Rawlins High School - Roundup Yearbook (Rawlins, WY)

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Hot Potato, Hot Potato, Half Past Alligator Ram-Bam Bolleator Chick- a- wah Saw, Rawlins, Rawlins, Rah! Rah! Rah! This year, for the first time in the history of the Rawlins High School, elocution was practiced extensively. Almost the entire student body was enrolled in this study and to say that they lacked enthusiasm in this particular branch of the school curriculum would be far from the truth. Basket ball furnished the outlet this year for most of the students enthusiasm; and that they appreciated the opportunity given them for “elocuting,” is proven by the fact that at every game played here the students attended almost to a person. Along in December several of the boys of the High School met and decided to organize a basket ball team. They elected Ros-coe Alcorn as coach and manager and John Schalk as captain. Practice was not started in earnest until about the first of January, about two months after the season had opened. This handicap was partially overcome, however, by faithful training and attention to the game. Several games were played with the R. A. C. team, most of which were won by our team. It was the latter part of January, however, before the first game with an outside team was played. Daramie High School was the) team and Rawlins lost the game by a narrow margin. A couple weeks later the Cheyenne High School team played here and again Rawlins lost. In February a trip was taken to Cheyenne and Daramie where, although beaten, the boys played good ball and each game was better played than the previous one. The last game of the season was played here against the Wyoming University Second Team. The result of this game was very much in cur favor, and the season closed with us feeling very proud of the Rawlins High School Basket Ball team. Walt Smythe and Emmett O’Melia were the forwards and two better forwards could not be found anywhere, while John Schalk at center was always in the game. Frank Mahoney, John Quinlan and John Lynch were the guards, and we were certainly proud of them. Remember this is the first year that the R. H. S. has ever been in any form of Athletics, and no player on the team had ever even seen a basket ball until last fall. Conidering these facts it will pay every school in the state to reckon with the Rawlins High School in deciding the State Championship in Basket ball next year.