Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR 174 ATHLETICS FOOTBALL. When the call for football material was made about twenty students responded. Most of the men were new at the game, yet there were plenty of vacancies to fill as almost all of last year’s team graduated in 1913. The team had no coach, but was under the direction of the captain, who with the aid of the old men, did the best he could to get a winning team. The season opened when the team went to Hoopeston for their first game. After the first few minutes the team played good football and managed to hold the heavy Hoopeston team. That was after the Hoopeston team had scored a touchdown, and it came before some of the new men had realized they were playing ball. The final score was G to 0, as Hoopeston failed to kick a goal. The next game was with the Grand ITairie Seminary at Onarga. It was a hard fought game with the teams evenly matched and it ended without either team scoring. The next Saturday the team traveled to Gil son to meet the Drummer Township High School team. They were accompanied by about one hundred loyal rooters and the team managed to bring home a very decisive victory. The Gibson team scored their first and only touchdown in the first quarter. At the end of the quarter the score was 6 to 0 in favor of Gibson, as they had failed to kick a goal. In the second quarter Art Fredrick started the scoring when he intercepted one of Gibson's long passes. The start was all that was needed, for before the game ended Gibson’s goal line had been crossed six more times. Harr.merlund kicked four of the seven goals, the three missed being almost impossible. The final score was 46 to G and it was the most decisive defeat “handed to” Gibson in the last four years. The next game was in Kankakee with the local High School team. This game showed us how little we really knew about the game. They romped away with the game to the tune of 81 to 0, and there is no excuse to make except that they were entirely out of our class. We did not quit, but did the test we could and took our defeat with a smile, as we did our victory the week before. The next game was at Fairbury and again we were defeated. This was due to the fact that some of the regulars were out of the line-up, and even at that the defeat was only 13 to 0. This game was played against odds as it was necessary to defeat twelve men instead of the usual eleven. This could not be done with a crippled team, although it could have been done with the regular bunch. The last two games were with the Seminary at Onarga. The first of the two was played in Paxton and was a 10 to 9 victory for the local team. The game was hard fought and it was in doubt up to the end of the game. The second was a defeat like that handed to Gibson earlier in the season (only we had the little end of the score). They outplayed us in every point

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173 COMMENCEMENT NUMBER, 1914 The A B C's of the Seniors A-ppetite—“Tub'’. Bright—Maud Clever—Neta Dimples—Carl E-steemable—Ruth C. F-air—Miriam G enerous—Bessie G. H-appy—Bess Bear I -ntellect—Ethel J-oyous—“Nosey” Knowledge—Einar Loafing—Austin Manly—Herbert Nightingale—Edla Optimism—Signe P-lacid—Floyd Q-uiet—Anna R efinement—'Ruth L. Studious— Prudence T-alkative—Mary Greenan U-rbane—“Pink” V aliant—Ernest M. W-it—“Ginger” Youthful- Marian. Z-ealous—Chester H. THE FACULTY—(Continued from Page 149.) Mr. E. A. Messenger, our genial high school principal during the past year, will return to us in September “brown as a berry” after having spent the greater part of his vacation on the mountains and plains of the far West. He will be cordially welcomed on his return. Mr. T. A. Rogers, our popular instructor in physical and chemical science, and in manual training, will probably spend his vacation, for the most part at least, at his home here in Paxton, and will devote some time and thought during the vacation to the improvement and extension of the equipment of his combined departments of science and manual training. We are indeed glad to know that Mr. Rogers decided that four years is not too long for a young man to remain in one position. Very recently Miss Edith Bisbee reconsidered her decision to seek a larger field for the development of her commercial work. The Paxton High School, we think, offers her abundant opportunities for the development of a full commercial department, and besides the girls of the school require her services as a competent and enthusiastic basket ball coach. Mr. Bainum will continue the work which he began in Paxton seventeen years ago as superintendent and as instructor of the more advanced classes in English and Mathematics. He will spend the entire vacation in rest and recreation. This, we are informed, he has not done before at any time for more than twenty-five years. Since his long and serious illness during the first months of school last fall, he has, slowly, but with increasing certainty, regained his former vigor and strength, and, with the invigorating influence of a full summer’s recreation and rest, will be ready to meet and solve all of the perplexing problems of school management with the same efficiency and strength as in other years.

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175 COMMENCEMENT NUMBER, 1 14 of the game and deserved to win. A good deal of the credit should be given to the coach who took advantage of our weak points and drilled his men so they could stop every play started. BASKETBALL. Basketball receives very little attention because there is no suitable place to play. There is no reason why Paxton could not have a strong basketball team as well as other High Schools, yet it is hard to get a new game started. BASEBALL. In the spring everyone gives his attention to baseball, and as soon as the weather would permit, the fellows were at the ball park working for their places on the team. We were more fortunate in baseball than in football because of the fact that most of last year’s team were back in school. The team had no coach, but was under the supervision of the captain, who with the help of some of the older players, was soon able to get the new men in line. On April 18tli, the team went to Urhana to meet the Urbana High School bunch. The team went into the game a little over-confident and came out of it with a 7 to G defeat staring them in the face. Urbana got a good start and managed to collect six runs in the first eight innings. In the first of the ninth inning Paxton by a batting rally secured three runs and tied the score. Then before the last half of the inning had fairly started Urbana pushed the needed run across the plate with two base hits and a stolen base. On April 25th the team was in Gibson battling with Drummer High School. Although this game started like the one with Urbana, it had a very different ending. Drummer started the ball to rolling when they secured two runs in the first inning. This lead was soon cut down and, when the seventh inning started, Paxton was three runs ahead. Gibson tied the score when they pushed three runs across by a “lucky seventh batting rally. Paxton got busy and untied the score by batting in three runs in the eighth inning. After that neither side scored and the game ended with the store 11 to 8 in favor of Paxton. We opened our season at home on May 2nd, when we crossed bats with Urbana High School for the second time this year. This game had everything a good loyal rooter would want. Uriana scored one in the opening and the score stood 1 to 0 up to the fourth inning. In the fourth inning Paxton tied the score, but it did not rt main tied very long. In the sixth both sidts scored, Urbana getting one and Paxton two. The “lucky seventh” passed without any scoring, but in the eighth Paxton batted in four runs, “putting the game on ice.” That ended the scoring of the game. Final score, Paxton 8, Urbana 2. The only remaining game to be played is with Gibson on May 30th, at Paxton. This is to be the big game of the season and promises to be a good one. As we have defeated Gibson once this season we expect to repeat it—but it doesn’t pay to be too sure.