Prophetstown High School - Prophet Yearbook (Prophetstown, IL)

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THE PROPHET TRACK This year, for the first time, the school has organized a track team. While the squad is small it is a beginning and we are already entered into meets. Those out for track are: Curry, Weekley, Peters, and Burdsall. BASEBALL Another organized sport which is making it's debut this year is baseball. It has a better following than the track team and there are some promising players out for practice. Catcher, Burdsallg Pitchers, Waite, Curry, Johnson, Infield, Adams, Mathis, Fritsch, Peters, Lewis, Mabel, Fadden, and Lester Burdsallg Outfielders, Egbert, Woodward, LaDine, Dingman, Gibson, Prichard, and Sund- berry. SUMMARY This year has been a year of development in all lines of Athletics. Many men have shown up who need only practice to make top notch players out of them. While the loss of Curry and LaDine will be deeply felt, we have some promising men for their places and we are glad that we do not lose more than two such valuable men. With the majority of the football team left, basketball with its strong following, and baseball and track in their infancy, P. H. S. has every reason to look forward to a successful season in all branches of athletics in the year of ,23 and.'24. 1923 Forty-,raven

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Forty-,fix THE PROPHET Peters and Curry came home Saturday, but the rest stayed to watch the games and came home broke Saturday night. INTER-CLASS TOURNAMENT The first interclass tournament in the history of the school was held March 21, 22, 23, in the Congo Gym. The Seniors and Juniors did not have men enough for a team and so they went together and formed one team and the grades entered a team. The strongest rivalry was between the Sophomores and the Junior and Senior team. For example, Budd was making up rhymes and speeches and writing them on the black boards. One in particular was a parody on the Gettysburg Address and to the effect that all Juniors and Seniors were born victorious. The Sophls made answer in poetry form and reserved most of their efforts for the evening when they met the Junior and Senior team in the opening game of the tournament. That night was a double victory for the Soph's. The girls won over the Fresh- men and the boys over the Juniors and Seniors. The Sophomore victory was due to two reasons. First, the fact that the Junior and Senior team had three men who never handled a ball before and second that the Sophomores had five men all of whom had had first team experience. The next day Budd was singing: Ohl they ripped and they tore and they beat us 33 to 4. just as loud as he had been singing against them the day before. In spite of the uneven score the game was fast and the unexperienced men put up a good fight which showed that if they had been used to the game it would have evened up the score. The next night the Freshies played the Grades. The game was so slow that the little fellows were unable to make the Freshmen work because of size. However some good material for future High School teams were seen. Score 24 to 16. Gibson played stationary guard for the Freshmen and stationary was the best part of his game. Friday night the tables were turned on the Freshies when they played the Sophomores. They were the little fellows now and were unable to stop the scoring of the heavier five. They were unable to get through for any short shots, they scored mostly on well placed long ones, and Fadden was their high man. He made seven clean baskets off of the region of the center of the floor. This game was fast however and also rough. The Freshmen were weak on centers having four of their five men playing that position at different intervals of the game, while the Soph's played the same man all the time in both games. The score was 46 to 26 leaving the Sophls the champions of the school and in undisputed possession of the banner. In the girls' tournament the teams were more evenly matched and consequently played closer and more interesting games. Of course the boys' games were inter- esting to the Sophomores but that is about all. 1923

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THE PROPHET IRMA MORRILL, CAPTAIN-She's a forward and a master at circling the ball with the ring. Don't forget the ball, Tootsie, and roll your eyes. LEONA HUDSON1Sh6,S small, but mighty good at baskets, we will miss her next year. Her chief delights in life are basketballs and little Buicks. DOROTHY BROWN-4'Dot started the season as guard and finished as jump- ing center. Dorothy and Cecile play lightning team work. Dorothy goes to the country to study for teachers exams-F CECILE LUNDELL-Side center. Choose lightning or Cecile, one's as fast as the other and they never strike twice in the same place. Cecile's stage struck every place but on the basketball floor. RUTH WARNER--Guard. First, last and always cool headed. She aims quite high-looking for the aviator. LUCILLE SwANsoN-Lucille started the season as jumping center but finished playing a steady consistent game at guard.Training rules are her greatest abom- ination. FLORENCE WYIRTH-High or low, over or under, you can't get the ball beyond that guard. She knocks them down like nine pins. CLARA LANCASTER-WhCfC ever you put Clara she's right there: Side center, guard or forward, if you don't think so ask Lyndon and their Lona. EVA DELL JOHNSON-'HSlS,, is sub-guard this year, always the Old Reliable . She's an authority on Fords as well as basketball. 1 9 2 3 Forty-eight