Perry High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Perry, OH)

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FRONT ROW Stanley Gould Vaughn Johnson Lowell Morrow Donald Brainard Edward Palmer Ben Johnson David Fovargue BACK ROW Royster Whiting Shirley Haines Arlene Hietanen Fannie Lou Thomas John Stacy Corl Torch Cooch Hawkins Basketball This year's basketball team, the Pirates, has been rather an experiment. Coach Hawkins has great hopes for a future team. This year's squad has been composed of a large number of freshmen and sophomores. There are a few veteran seniors on the squad. Perry has one of the most outstanding forwards in the county league. In 1935 he was voted a position on the all county team. This outstanding forward is Captain Brainard. Shirley Haines has proved to be an outstanding guard for the Pirates. He is a smooth and cool-headed eager. The tall lanky center, Joe Laurie, one of the few men in the county who can hold the ball out in one hand, proved to hold down the pivot position without much trouble. A smooth set of working brothers, Ben and Vaughn Johnson, helped the Pirates out of many difficulties. Lowell Morrow was the only all-around player on the team who proved able to play any position without being charged with any errors. Coach Hawkins hopes to mold a great varsity out of this year's reserve squad, which is composed largely of brothers—the Torches and Whitings all being good material. twenty-five

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FRONT ROW Sterling Averill Lenin Torch John Golding Corl Torch Maynard Whiting John Oliver Robert Stinchcomb Edmund Taft MIDDLE ROW Donald Brainard Charles Poulson Gail Fankhauser Lawrence Thompson Royster Whiting Edward McFarland Richard Cone Coach Hawkins BACK ROW Billy Jones Fred Baker Phillip Grech Alfred Fobes Edward Palmer Lowell Morrow Harold Fairchild Robert Remely Baseball It is a baseball axiom that a team which is strong in a straight line extending from home plate to the flag pole in center field is a good team. For proof, witness the Perry Pirates. The pirates have a good catcher in Maynard Whiting, a well-rounded pitching staff, a fine second base combination, and one of the best center fielders in the league. On the strength of these assets, plus the exceptional leadership shown by Coach Hawkins, the Pirates hope to beat the best of the other teams in the league. The pitching staff is one of the best in the country. With the blinding speed of Stinchcomb combined with the tricks of McFarland and C. Torch the pill will be hard to swat. In the infield the different positions will be taken by Golding, R. Whiting, L. Torch, Thompson, Palmer, and Johnson. Of these players John Golding will stand out the most this year. The curly headed Romeo can go far and wide for them. In the outfield there will be Brockway, Oliver, Morrow, Taft, Remely, and A. Fobes. Oliver proved to be a king at the stick last year. He is one of the fastest outfielders in these parts. twenty-four

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FRONT ROW Chorles Oliver Don Shepard George Bartlett James Zinn Richard Thompson James Poulson BACK ROW Manager, John Oliver Robert Rhoades Kenneth Wilhoite Lawrence Thompson Clyde Lapham Coach Hawkins Junior High Basketball The Junior High Basketball Team has had an average season under the direction of John Oliver, coach of the squad. At the first few practices about thirty aspirants appeared. This number has been reduced to around fifteen. To teach the fundamentals of the game and to give experience to as many boys as possible has been the main aim. As for players, Pete Thompson has been the cog of the team. He has scored about three-fourth of the team's points. Mitt Chapman's height has been an asset to the team. The passing and defensive work of Jimmy Zinn, Robert Rhoades, and Clyde Lapham have been outstanding. Other players who have shown promise of becoming varsity material in the future are Dick Thompson, Dan Shepard, Charles Oliver, and George Bartlett. twenty-six