Plymouth High School - Rock Yearbook (Plymouth, IL)

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Back row: Wayne Lovell, Lyle Webster, Gale Downey, Jack Stoneking, Loren Larson Front row: Coach Schnake, Jerry Cookson, Junior Hitz, Merle Post, Richard Miller, Kayo McCollum Hake illlle Gbut En Ghz Ball Game The Plymouth Club lost three games and won one last fall. Two of the losses were handed to them by Colchester while they split two games with Bardolph. The battery for the team was Rankin and Miller. Hitz also saw some action on the mound. A G-ale Downey played first, while second base was patrolled by Jerry Cookson, with Junior Hitz as his mate at short, playing errorless ball. Stone- king handled the hot corner at third. In the outfield Melzlergffipatrolled the left sector while big Loren Swede Larson covered center field and Wayne Lovell took care of right field. McCollum and Lyle Webster also saw some action in both infield and outfield. Junior Hitz took the batting crown with a batting average of .600.

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Back row, left to right: Wayne Barberie, Geraldine Simmons, Marilyn Kenneday, Joyce Pickard, Velma Norris, Richard Garlick Middle row: Merle Post, Jesse Endsley, Janis Waner, Carolyn Moss, Esther Rampley, Merlene Johnson, Jim Lewis, Mr. McDaniel Front row: Johnnie Pointer, Doris Gray, Barbara Payne, Ila Ware, Shirley Powell, Frances Kamm, Donald Ussery GB!! what A Beautiful illllnrnin' This year for the first time students from Plymouth High School entered the Cheeney Creek Archery Tournament for high school students. Medals were to be given to the five girls and five boys with the highest number of points. All five boys' medals were taken by Plymouth: film, Merle Pgstg second, John Pointer, third, Wayne Barberieg fourth, Richard Garlickg iifth, Kenneth Griffin. Only one gir1's medal was taken by Ply- mouth: fifth to Joyce Pickard. For several weeks previous to the contest Everett McDaniel taught arch- ery to any boy or girl who was interested. Such a good showing after so short a time of practice Cmany of the other schools have had archery for sev- eral yearsj, is a fine reflection of Mrf'eDaniel's excellent instruction.

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AB H 2B 3B HR PCT. RBI E R BB Cookson 12 4 1 1 .333 3 3 4 5 Hitz 15 9 1 .600 4 2 Miller 12 5 1 1 .416 6 4 4 Downey 12 2 2 .416 2 3 5 2 Rankin 12 2 1 .167 1 1 1 2 Stoneking 10 5 2 .500 2 1 2 2 Post 14 5 .357 1 4 1 Lovell 9 1 .111 2 4 Webster 4 2 .500 2 Larson 9 1 1 .111 1 1 McCollum 1 .000 1 Bardolph 3 Plymouth 2 Here Bardolph 2 Plymouth 15 There Colchester 7 Plymouth 5 Here Colchester 5 Plymouth 3 There Eelke 09112 illlnre Glhanre with me The basketball season opened here Nov. 21 with the Black-hawks play- ing Bardolph a close game all the way. Bardolph emerged the victor 40-39. Our second team won 51-37. On November 28 we went to the new million dollar gym at Macomb to play Western. Western led all the way to win 66-50. The second team lost 46-33. On December 1 our third game made history as Plymouth downed Co- lusa 104-28. In that game Miller dumped in 29 points. The second team won 78-33. Our nearby rival, Augusta, came here December 5 and edged us 58-56 in a thriller. The second team lost 38-24. In our iirst game with Colchester we got off to a bad start by a technical foul being called on the crowd and were beaten 89-59. The second team lost by a close score of 56-52. December 12 brought Bowen to Plymouth and Plymouth won 52-44. Our second team was defeated 51-40. An over capacity homecoming crowd saw Plymouth edge Dallas City 68-67 on December 15. Brown of Dallas made 32 points. Our second team also won 37-26. Warsaw came to Plymouth December 19 and were beaten 58-45. The second team won 56-35. Arenzville came over December 22 to finish up our long home stand. Plymouth won 63-51. Our second team also won 56-50. In the first game of the Mendon Holiday Tourney Plymouth was upset by Warsaw 60-54.