Pendleton High School - Wakeipa Yearbook (Pendleton, OR)

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1921 Basket 335111 H. S. encountered the usual difficulty a smaller high school meets with, that of having all her basketball men on the football squad. Q C'onsequently real practice did not start until a week preceding the Christmas holidays. As a result the'Green and Gold did not get down to real work until after the holidays. The first week of practice the first team trounced the lnterclass tf'hampions 78 to 9. Witli but seven days of practice the locals journeyed to W'alla VValla and after a thrilling battle, held Wa-Ieli, the 1920 Northwest Champions, to a 21 to 20 score. Coming up in the second half with Wa-Ili leading 12 to 5, the Green and Gold went into high and with but three minutes to play were leading the Blue and Wliite 18 to 15. Two free throws and a long basket put iWa-Hi in the lead 19 to 18. Hanley's basket again left the Buekaroofs on the long end. A double foul called on Stendal just as the whistle blew gave Walla Willlil a chance to win 21 to 20. The Garden City followers were loud in their praises of Coach Hanley's team and conceded that Wa-I-Ii was fortunate to win. The Gre-en and Gold played the City School Champion, the Wasliiiigton School, easily winning 79 to 9. The next week found the locals on the first leg of their Palouse invasion, stopping at Albion. Thursday the Green and Gold had little difficulty scoring a 69 to 19, with Stendal scoring 36 points. On the next night, playing a curtain raiser for th-e U. of W.-Wasliiiigtoii State game, Pendleton carved her name in the hall of fame by.whipping the fast Frimson and Gray Freshman quintet by a 12 to 10. XVith the score 7 all at the end of the first half, the Buckaroos made five points and held their opponents to 3. The last five minutes found the Frosh desperately trying to score with P. H. S. five man defensive working to perfection, 1600 rootcrs cheered the fighting high school lads as the whistle ended the game. Hanley and Kramer starred for P. H. S. On Saturday evening Pendleton High trounced Pullman High to the tune of 28 to 10. Over confidence accounts for the lowness of the score. The next we-ek-end found P. H. S. on Baker's floor. Confronted with a protest of the entire Green and Gold team, and forced to consent to the petty conditions of the Baker authorities, the boys completely forgot all the basket- ball they knew. Both teams used football tactics and the first half ended 19 to 5 in Baker's favor. After a short talk between halves the locals came back and outplayed the Purple and Gold in the second half. The game ended 32 to 23. The following night before a hostile crowd, the Buckaroos came back strong and outfought Bakerls aggregation, winning to the tune of 17 to 13, Hanley, Stendal and Kramer starring. f118:l

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John Henderson, 4'He11dy, an athlete who developed from au ordinary substitute into 21 star guard. Hard Consistent work and strict adherence to tl'?ll11lIlg make him a valuable man to the team and school. Walf1'ecl Holmgren, Swede, a freshman whose accurate shooting in the second Dalles game stamps him as a future star. T1-ies hard at all times. Harold Houser, 4'Shrimp, a forward whose speed and floor- work discounts his lack of stature. l-'roved his worth in both of the Dalles games. 1 117 1

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The following week Baker and P. H. S. 1nixed on the localis floor before a record crowd. After getting away to a back start in the first half, Pendle- ton came back and scored a decisive 47 to 33 score, Hanley and Stendal each scoring 14 points. Kramer accounted for 13 points via the foul route and scored a field basket. Lawrence and Cahill each rang a counter. On Saturday night lack of co-operation and too many long shots by Stendal let a cinched championship go glimmering into a tie with Baker. Coach Dewey's quintet fought hard and deserved the victory for only occasionally did the Green and Gold display their real form. On such occasions they scored as they pleased. A few bad breaks in the last two minutes of play permitted the Baker boys to win 31 to 27. On the following Friday the boys left on their trip to Hood River. Handi- capped by the loss of Stendal the team broke even on the trip. At The Dalles the Green and Gold romped away with a 38 to 16 victory, Hanley at forward scoring 20 points. At Hood River the boys ran into some home -town officiating and lost 25 to 22. A total of 35 fouls were called on Pendleton and even Hood River people, indignant at the exhibition of officiating, recognized the respective merits of the two teams. As a result of the State Board 's ruling that sixteen P. H. S. athletes were placed on the suspended list for thirty days because they received gold foot- balls from the Rotary Club, P. H. S. was forced to cancel the LaGrande games. ln the meantime Coach Hanley worked night and day to get a team ready to meet The Dall-es. Building a team around but one experienced man the Pendleton men turned out a team that defeated The Dalles in a return game here February 25 by a 23 to 20 score. Although greatly outweighed by their older and more experienced opponents, the local youngsters out- played and outpassed the visiting team. Captain Henderson and Holmgren starred. Pendleton High School . 78 Juniors . . . 9 78 Wasliiiigtoli School 9 20 Walla Walla . 21 69 Albion . . . 19 12 Wasli. State Frosh 10 28 Pullman High . 19 23 Baker High . 34 17 Baker High . 13 47 Baker High . 23 26 Baker High . 31 38 The Dalles . 16 22 Hood River . 25 23 The Dalles . 20 Pendleton High School 481 Opponents . 249 f119l