Roosevelt Lincoln Middle School - Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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ao gig R,g11L1sPL11TER GIRLS' BASKET BALL TEAM GIRLS' ATHLETICS The Junior High School girls' basket ball team is an all victorious team this year. Miss Ruth O'Keefe has coached the team. Miss O'Keefe played on a never-defeated team when attending normal school. This team has demonstrated that a girls' game can be a fast, interesting event. They have played games as fast as any college teams. The same girls have played together all season which accounts for their exceptional team work and their speed and accuracy in handling the ball. Rosetta Kreps as captain piloted the team to its many victories. She was one of the fastest players on the team. Sylvia Barker and Davida Divilbiss played a consistent game as forward. Maxine Spradley and Bennie Hite were known

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THE RAIL-SPLI TTER 29 BASKET BALL ' No Salina .Tunior High School team ever played as strong a schedule and no team ever made a better record or repre- sented the school as creditably as the team of 1921-22 did. Beginning the season with new suits, the team, captained by Merrill Ragle and coached by H. VV. Jones, played through a hard schedule, Winning thirteen games and losing one. At the close of the regular season, the team entered the Kansas Wesleyan district tournament, in Class B but was put out in their second game by the strong Assaria High School team in a close game.. The team received much praise for the snappy game they put up in the tournament and several coaches made the statement that they displayed the best team work exhibited on the floor. During the entire season the team contributed a dazzling offense and a strong defense and a bright future is predicted for Rlgle, Stevenson, Jung and Moore when they reach High School, if they continue t0 improve as they did all season. Robert Moore was elected captain for next year and he will have some promising material from which to build up another winning team line up. j FOOT BALL Although late in being organized and handicaped through lack of practiceiand in foot-ball equipment, the boys made a good showing, .winning the two games, losing two and tying one. The following boys received lettersg Justus, Moore, Nine- meyer, Bartelson, Bro, Nickels, Spunangle, Stevenson, Geb- hart, Sefton and Betterson. SEVENTH GRADE VOLLEY BALL LEAGUE Each of the seven divisions ofthe 7th grade class was rep- resented byavolley ball team in their league. Each team played twelve games, room 12 winning first place. The following boys were picked by the coach as the eight best volley ball players in the leagueg DeLoss Platz, Clarence Kellams, Hobart Garvin, Murle Terry, Ernest O'Berg, Myron Fox, lValter Knight, and Arnold Jordan.

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THE RA I L-S PLI TTER 31 tor their speed and accuracy in passing the ball to their for- wards. Viola Torr and Clara Nesmith were efficient gards. This is shown by the small num ber of points made by their opponents. Mary Van Horne was the ever-reliable jumping center. Few opponents were able to get the tip-off from her. Our team is composed entirely of Sth and 9th grade girls. They have played senior high school teams in all games except two. The junior high school girls made 234 points to their opponents 59. This is a remarkable record for a junior high school team, particularly when it has been forced to play senior high school teams. As an all-around team, playing both a defensive and offensive game the junior high school girls' basket ball team has never been excelled. In addition to basket ball the girls' opportunity for ath- letic development has been extended to volley ball and indoor baseballg volley ball seems to be a favorite game with the girls, They play it in all grades. The girls of the seventh grade classes have had a volley ball tournament this year and have worked up a great deal of enthusiasm about it. One ofthe good things about all athletic contests carried on for the junior high school girls this year has been the un- usual spirit of fair play which seems to have characterized all of them. The girls have learned to play the game hard and fast but never to take an unfair advantage of their opponent. This spirit, which iS so rioticeablein our athletic contests, has extended itself to the play ground and groups of children can be found every day playing ou tdoors with no instructor in charge and without the usual quarrels which accompany such play. The spirit displayed on the school ground this year has truly been remarkable and there is no doubt much of it can be accounted for by the training in fair play which the pupils have received in games.