Prattsburgh Central High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Prattsburgh, NY)

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL I9 In the fifth game the worms turned, and Prattsburgh swallowed Avoca Highwhole to the tune of 56 to: 4. l The game was a run away, and the only distinctive feature was Donley and Thomas' rolling in field baskets. During the game Thomas made thirteen of them, and Donley twelve. In the sixth game, Haverling High was given a rub, but it .was over- come and Prattsburgh was finally defeated, 26 to 18. ' Ill the seventh game, Prattsburgh again ,let victory slip from its grasp and go to I-Iaverling, 9 to 16. At the end of the first half, Prattsburgh led by one point, as thegbcore was 8 to 7, but Lee, of Bath, spilled the beans in the last half by making good on long-shot baskets. Pnattsburgh's pass work was as eiiicent as in preceding games, and had itgnot been for Lee, Prattsburgh would doubtless have had the game 011 a platter. On january 13, 1922, the eighth game was played. It was in all respects an excellent game, next best of all played during the season. It was between Prattsburgh and Canisteo High, and Prattsburgh pulled out just one ahead, as the score was 23--22. Prattsburgh led, II to 6, at the end of the first half, but in the last one Canisteo caught up, and it was ia seesaw game until the timeris whistle finished it. It was the best game of any ever played at Prattsburgh. , ' The ninth game was between North Cohocton--Atlanta and Prattsburgh and was a rather one-sided aiiair, the score being 45--21, in favor of Prattsburgh. Donley and Thomas each made eight baskets and'Higby five. Donley also made two foul goals, and Higby made one. , The tenth game was with Canisteo, and' was not a replica of 'the former game, as Canisteolreigned supreme with a twenty-four point plurality, the scoreiwasl 37--13. Prattsburgh's pass-work,was their principal asset. In the eleventh game Painted Post buckled up unto ourymen, and wilted with the 38--16 score. The gauze was more or' less' easy for our men, and they made the most of it. D ,. I . Q ,. 1 The twelfth , game wasV,the return with Avoca, andfour boys treated them with a 56--9 drubbing., .Ringrose and Clark, regular second team men, were put in as right forwards, as Donley was absent because of sickness. They worked veryksplendidly, and Qllagk made five baskets in the last half. Wi U ff W I f The thirteenth game was with the Corning Eagles, 'who were defeated 26--20. Although they put up a gocd fight, our men were togo much for them. . p L 1 V 1 And now for the game of games! Of all games any .Prattsburgh team has ever participated in, the return game with Painted Post was Qthe, most exciting, and best played of them all. A.t the end of the first half the score was 1 1 to 12, and at the and Cf the last half the score was a 20 to 20 tie. Accordingly it was decided to play five minutes more, and during the last minute the Painted Post center made the fatal basketzv All bas- kets made by the Prattsburgh boysain this 'game were beautifully neat, especially a length-of-the-court shot by Olney, which did not even nick the rim of the basket. Enough can't be said describing this 'game, but

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18 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Im F. LTHOUGH the Prattsburgh High basket-ball team made a rather unauspicious beginning of the basket-bail season-, they had reached the high spots and were still growing strong when the season ended. At the beginning of the season two or three games were played before much practice was obtained, consequently in several of' the first ones our opponents squelched us with but little effort. Another reason for our first defeats is that the hardest nut of the season was cracked in the first two games, namely---Penn Yan Academy. With their eihcient and heavy guards, they held our forwards down without much trouble, but I will say more of those games later. Basket-ball practice was started October seventeenth, and' about twenty- five boys turned out to try for the first and second teams. Some were dropped almost immediately, as being too inexperienced for use. If more time for practice had been available, some of the meh who were dropped would have stayed and had a longer try-out, however as it was, the best were picked in the first two practices, and the others wereidropped. The first game of the season was with Penn Yan Academy, and, as I have said before, their team was a fine bunch. They outweighed our boys considerably, and so our men were unable to do much except by pass work, which indeed was fine. In the end the score was 28 to I2 in favor of Penn Yan. ,. The second game was also with Penn Yan Academy, but was played at Prattsburgh. This game was held on November the eleventh, a week after the first game with the P. Y. A. The game was even worse than before, as our boys were defeated by a score of 29 to 6. The predomi- nating feature was the pass-work utilized by Prattsburgh. The third game was considerably better. It was at Prattsburgh on November 24th with Rushville. At the end of the first half the score was a 9 to 9 tie, which was unchanged until the last thirty seconds, when a Rushville forward threw afield basket, clinching the score at IO to 12. The fourth game was at Rushville on December 2nd with Rushville. At the end of the first half Prattsburgh led by two points, but they were swallowed up in the avalanche of field baskets piled on them by Rushville in the last half. At the end of the game the score was 2I to 13, in favor of Rushville. U

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20 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL just imagine a mob of spectators howling from seats, and ten sweating, exhausted, men, each struggling for the ball, trying to do his best for his team, and you will have the barest idea of the game. Higby's phenome- nal foul basket shooting was the sensation of the game, as he made ive baskets in succession, and barely missed the sixth. The fifteenth, and last game, was with the Corning North Side Inde- pendents, and Prattsburgh swamped them without effort, by a score of 46 to 18. It would be interesting to know what would be the result if Penn Yan, Rushville and Bath, our worst opponents, were to play us again. I think that hardly without a doubt, Prattsburgh would lick them all in a third game. The Prattsburgh pass-work was, as a whole, the feature of all the games played, and played a most important part in winning them all. The credits attained by each player of the basket-ball team in all fifteen games is as follows: Position Field baskets Free throws Total counts Higby Forward 27 1 9 7 1 Donley Forward 3 1 5 67 Thomas Center 9 I 4 1 86 Olney Guard 7 o I 4 Conine Guard o o o Ringrose Forward 2 o ' 2 Clark Forward 7 o 1 4 McConnell G'd and For. I4 o 28 Thomas played all fifteen games, Higby all but one, McConnell all but two, Olney all but two, Donley all but five, Conine played eight full games and two half games, Clark played but'two half games, and Ring- rose played but one game and two half games. As can be seen, Thomas nearly reached the century mark in field bas- kets. If Donley had not been obliged to go to the hospital, it would have been interesting to watch between Thomas and him in registering field goals. As it was, Thomas was nineteen ahead when Donley had to quit the game. The Prattsburgh High School team was a cracker-jack this season. Although they lost two from the three games they played, they put up a good fight in each, and it took the best in their opponents to down them. The first game was played at Avoca with the High School Second Five and ended in a Prattsburgh victory. The second was with the Atlanta second team, in favor of Atlanta. However an extra five minutes of play had to be instituted in order to saw CPE the 1 1 to 1 1 tie at the end of forty minutes of play. A lucky shot made by an Atlanta forward in the last thirty seconds of the five minutes, gave the game to Atlanta. The other game was with the Penn Yan Independent Juniors, and our boys were defeated 24 to 12. The members of the team are: Clark, forward, ' Ringrose, forward, Horton, center, Jones, guardg Putnam, guardg Keys, substitute.