Skidmore High School - Beacon Yearbook (Skidmore, MO)

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S K I D M O R E W'I L D C A T S With only three of last year's lettermen with which to begin the basketball season, the team, under the coaching of Mr. Walter Smirl, made remarkable progress. The players were'quitefinexperionced, but each boy made commendable individual improvement and by the end of the season was playing much improved ball. The players to receive first team letters for the l94O- '41 season were: Don Barber, Ted Barber,Charles Lowrance, Charles Parman, Paul Fletchall, Lawrence Hilbert,and Paul O'Riley, seniors, Roger Lee Barrett and Dale Johnson,jun- iors, and Ralph Peter, sophomore. ,,.,.........., . 4 i 4 , n l vw.. 4 Back row---Bob Hitcheqck, sophomore, Stanley Worl, soph- omore, reserve letter, Bob Lowrance, sopho- more, Monty Wilsons, junior, Homer Lowrance, junior, Pat Hasty, sophomore, reserve letter, Robert Barrett, junior, reserve letter, James cDowell sophomore. Middle row-lIZ4ran1f1in'ce1we11, senior, Roger Lee Barremeee, junior, Ralph Peter, jr.r, sophomore, Don Bar- bers, senior, Ted Barbers, senior, Charles Lowranceas, senior, Richard Barrett, junior, reserve letter. Front row--Charles Parmanr, senior, Paul Fletchallr, sen- ior, Dale Johnsonr, junior, Mr. Walter W. Smirl, Coach, Lawrence Hilbertr, senior, Paul O'Rileys, senior. r indicates player has received one first team letter as indicates player is second year letterman JIYT TLT-5 1113- '-9 . Tp-,. L

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W I L D C A T C A G E S U M M A R Y The Cat basketball season drew to an unsuccessful close March 18 when the undaunted Skidmore combination accepted defeat for the thirtieth time. However, this season, like every other, had its high points, and the six victories the boys did capture stand out vividly in their list of accomplishments. Unlike the first team the second string stacked up a goodly number of victorios,winning nine out of a possible seventeen. The varsity's little brother, the Housecats, followed suit with six successes in ton attempts. COMPOSITE FIRST AND SECOND TEAM RECORD my The great downfall of the season was the failure of the Skidmore quintet to tally on charity shots,missing enough in many cases to give them an easy victory. During the season they hit only 255 times in the 560 chances given them. However, a considerably better average was tacked up on double pointers. On field goals alone the 'Cats scored 850 points, 148 of which may be attributed to Don Barber. A comparison of how the Skidmore ,combination checked up against their opponents is seen in the rela- tive score of 1329 for the opposition and 1069 for the boys in black and gold. A - ' AWARDS - Competition for positions' on the first five was wide open all season, consequently lettermen were hard to choose. The seniors who rated first team awards received fldbkbl A wrt 1: 1 dth figs sa?E0?1?1i4if'cna19i21Q 111l.lgwrgng1el?1TlSg'? Boiygaibefffiggff Lawrence HilbertK95J, Charles Parmanl86J, Paul Fletchall 1777, and Paul O'Ri1eyf56l. The remaining boys who came up to first team specifications and received the customa- ry letters were: Roger Barrettl78J, Ralph PoterK47J, and Dale Johnsonl45J. ' Those who didn't quite make the grade for varsity mono- grams, but received second team letters were Richard Bar- rett Robert Barrett, Monty Wilson, Pat Hasty, and Stan- ley Worl. Other members of the team, whose services many times were indispensable, wereg Franklin Celwell, soniorg Homer Lowrance, junior, Bob Lowrance, James McDowell, Bob Hitchcock, sophomorcsg Lansing Reese, Junior Gorman, and Don King, freshmen. INDIVIDUAL RECORD Of somewhat greater interest than the composite team record is the individual playerfs standings. Don Barber was high scorer with 74 double pointers and 18 free throws, a total of 166 points for he season. Don had a greater number of field goals than any of his team-mates, but Charles Lowrance ran up 28 points on free throws,out- distancing Roger Barrett by only two points. Charles Low- e iv TLsFrTfzrfzH: YH I