Princeton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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ASKETBALL TEAM First Row: fleft to rightl-Dick Gibons, Jack Eakle, Donald Kern, Dean Teece, Roger Richards, Donald Rumley, Harold Powers Second Row-Carl Olson, Mr. Keagle, Gene Gildermaster, Donrld Larson, Mr. Howard. Third Row-Dick Robb, Donald Swan, Robert Ferris, Howard Troupa, Howard Ross, Charles Hays. Fourth Row-Verne Shaffer, George Skinner, Douglas Conley, Carl Croissant, Roger Smith, john Miller. Not in Picture-Clifford Frantzcn, CCaptain in 1942-194333 Donald Fahlberg, Russell Halberg, james Marine, Robert Jaskowiak wi

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1942-'43 BASKETBALL Without a single regular back from last season, Coach Bill Howard's Tigers played ex- ceptionally fine ball. They finished the season with 13 wins and 11 loses. The boys' lack of ex- perience was more than made up by their scrap. The Princeton boys had more fight than the op- posing teams throughout the year. After a slow start, the Blue and Gray began to click with the scoring very evenly divided. The season was opened with a win over Wyanet, followed by a one-point defeat at Hall Township. Four successive Kern specialties brought home the first conference victory at Mendota. During the Christmas holidays, the Tigers faltered at the free throw line to lose to DePue, but all was well when Dean Teece held Gob Brown to seven points and our Tigers took a victory over last year's Conference Champions. Kewanee's fire- wagon fast breakers were too much for the Tigers the day after Christmas. A loss to Rock Falls and a victory over Geneseo, prior to the county tourney, kept the season on a .500 basis. With the aid of Don Larson, who proved to be a spark plug in the tourney, the boys went into the finals with Hall. After a game in which we 'Nov. - Wyanet .........,.. BHSKETBHLL Princeton Opponent .. ......... 37 22 Dec. 4-Rochelle ................. ......... 2 0 49 Dec. 11-Spring Valley .......... ......... 2 4 25 Dec. 18-DePue ....,.................. ......... 3 4 38 Dec. 23-Mendota ........... ......... 3 8 27 Dec. 26-Kewarree ........,,. .....,,.. 2 9 43 jan. 8-Rock Falls ........ ......... 3 3 46 Han. 9-Walnut .,,......... ......... 4 0 28 Jan. 15-Ottawa ....,.,,, .......,, 3 6 47 lost to Hall by only one point, it was felt that victory lay aheadg but again first place eluded Princeton. After the defeat by Ottawa, our .500 percentage was set at stake when we met Rock Falls on our own floor. However, in the last min- ute Dean Teece came through with the game- winning basket. A small, fast DeKalb team handed Princeton its third conference defeat, after trailing for three quarters. Dick Gibons teamed up with jack Eakle to set Geneseo back for the second time during the season. A greatly improved Men- dota team headed the local boys by two points in which game the locals could not find the hoop in the first half. The regular playing season was closed with a defeat at the hands of a red hot St. Bede team, and two earlier defeats were avenged with victories over DePue and Hall Township. In the Regional Tournament the Tigers claw- ed a high scoring Ohio team, only to lose to LaSalle-Peru in the semi-finals. Letters for the season were awarded to Clif- ford Frantzen, senior and honorary captain, Dean Teece and Don Kern, co-captains elect, Dick Gibons, Eugene Gildermaster, and Don Larson, all juniors, and jack Eakle, a sophomore. SCHEDULE Princeton Opponent Jan. 22-Geneseo ......,...,......................... 27 22 Jan. 25-30-County Tournament tl'Feb. 5-Rock Falls ....,.......,..........,,,,... 31 30 i4Feb- 12-DeKalb ...,,...,.. ,,,,,,. 3 6 42 glieb. 15-St. Bede ......,. ,.,.,,. 2 9 58 'fFeb. 19-Geneseo ...,...... ....... 3 6 24 tfFeb. 23-DePue ................,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,.. 31 27 f'Feb. 27-Spring Valley ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 32 27 ftMar, 1-7-Regional Tournament i'Home games. r-441

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