Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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joofdaf gaina new 9 my af The Plymouth Rockies got off on M' what looked to be a poor season, when on September 8. only two P A days after school started they . iourneyed to Peru and were fl ew beaten by a score of 25-13. lm- Q mediately Coach Thomas be- gan drilling the boys on funds- mentals and plays. and, one week later, a team which had im- proved one hundred per cent came out on the Lincoln High field and beat the Monticello Indians 33-0. The Rockies were back to usual football, but War- as s s saw. who had beaten Plymouth every year since 1939. was sche- duled to invade the Rockies the next week. Last year, when the Rockies beat every other team on the schedule, it was the Ti- Iacque Kubley Harry Harris F llb k Captain A111 Clbiiference Right Tackle Honorable Mention two defeats. But a strong varsity, who had been inspired by the Monticello victory. turned the tide and came through with a 15-Z victory. The next week the confident Plymouth eleven iourneyed to Columbia City where they gave the Eagles a 40-19 defeat before large group of Plymouth fans. The next Friday the local boys were visit- ed by Wabash and Plymouth played a very close game which Robert Mime, Henry gutler ended with a score of 13-6 for LeftHa1f Right nd Honorable Mention Honorable Mention

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the Rockies. The boys were doing fine, they had tour victories in five starts. They had played every f ,gh game like veter- ?Z?31TEiIiZfdS Exreairselund 2521? ans and it looked like smooth sailing the rest of the season. On Friday the 13th oi October, which appeared to be a real hoodoo day. the Rockies traveled to Warsaw. The first quarter was played well with Plymouth in the lead 7-0 as the teams changed goals. But then K . . W p D . we , something hap- tiszz. lisrgiifw 3i'..21:eaz.. mened- Warsaw began clicking and Plymouth looked as if they had quit and gone home. As a result Warsaw won 34 to 7. Everyone was depressed. Again Coach Thomas had to bear down on practice. On October 18 Valparaiso was coming to town to play in the Rocky homecoming game. On that evening the Rockies came out of their slump to give the Valparaiso elev- en a defeat of 25-6. 'W ii fi 'I . .. Edwin Dodson Gerald McCan R' h rd Bm d'ge Tackle Quarter Back E d

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Ioyce Crocker, Queen's Attendant P t K ser the Queen H l M Q A d ou, Wq,zza,1.,,, .Nome Coming for the team was the big day in the football season. Queen Patty Keyser and her court, elected by the student body. reigned at the evening game, inspir- ing the boys to a powerful victory over Valparaiso. . and why they are popular . . . because they have not only fulfilled requirements in yell leading but farex- ceeded them: because they have each been faultless examples ot the high type of school loyalty in which they lead us. 36 Phyllis Muffley Phyllis Stockmcm C1 E h 1