Skidmore High School - Beacon Yearbook (Skidmore, MO)

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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

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WILDCAT CAGE SUMMARY QC: Ccontinued from the preceding pageb gf rance was also the Ublack sheepn of the squad, making 69 fouls. In the same pen was Paul Fletchall with 67. Othcr information may be gleaned from the following table which lists the fifteen boys who made the most points: ' FG ' FT ' F ' Player TF ' Don Barber ' 74 ' 18 ' 51 ' 166 ' Charles Lowrance ' 46 ' 28 ' 69 ' 120 ' Lawrence Hilbert ' 41 ' 19 ' 48 ' 101 ' Paul Fletchall ' 41 ' 17 ' 67 ' 99 ' Roger Barrett ' 28 ' 26 ' 22 ' 82 ' Dale Johnson ' 29 ' 17 ' 21 ' 75 ' Paul O'Riley ' 22 ' 15 ' 44 ' 59 ' Ted Barber ' 19 ' 20 ' 60 ' 58 ' Charles Parman ' 21 ' 14 ' 65 ' 56 ' Richard Barrett ' 19 ' 18 'V 54 ' 56 ' Robert Barrett ' 17 ' 10 ' 41 ' 44 ' Ralph Peter ' 16 ' 10 ' 20 ' 42 ' Pat Hasty ' 16 ' 6 ' 14 ' 58 ' Monty Wilson ' 12 ' 5 ' 26 W 29 ' Stanley Worl ' cl2 1 1 ' 14 ' 25 ' Total ' 415 ' 224' ', 5-55 ' 1050 ' CAPTAINS Don Barber, Ted Barber, Charles Lowrance,Reger Barnett, and Dale Johnson have all served as captains on the first stringg and Paul O'Riley, Monty Wilson, Stanley Worl, and Richard Barrett in the second team line-up. No all-season captain was chosen for either team, but one boy, was ap- pointed to fill that position for the duration of each contest. Each captain was picked on the lfollowing five points: Kllknowledge of the game,C2Jcalmness Uunder.fireY l5Jnatural flare for strategy, f4Junderstanding of the rules, and f5Dabi1ity as a natural leader. COACH CThe following material is a sum ary of an 'informal interview with Mr. Smirl.1 Mr. Smirl expects next yeir's combination to be the best since he has coached at Skidmore. The boys are shap- ing up fine, and by next season it is anticipated that they will have developed a speed and accuracy which will carry them far in interscholastic competition. The boys are given a mark to shoot at by a description of Mr. Smir1's conception of an ideal player. This ideal player would not necessarily be a Wsuperman,U but would have physical ability and level-hcuded-cleverness backed by an undeniable determination to win. His attitude would be dominantly cooperative toward beth his coach and his fellows. He would play for sheer love of the game and not with the superficial intent of Wmaking a lctter,W which when poorly or deceptively gained becomes only a piece of felt and chenille.