South High School - Sohian Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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g TT-IE soH1AN A1950 Back Row: Mr. XYargo, Foley, Tarson, Anderson, Smith, Tracy. Front Row: Mihalik, Porter, Huth, Sir Louis, Rogerson, Orcutt, Gabalac. BASKETBALL Julius Mihalik- Jutz'l. This was jutz's iirst and last year on the squad. He played his part to perfection. Thomas Porter- Tom . Tom was always ready for the ball when it came his way. He wasnlt a scoring threat but his line pass work featured. Tom will be back next year. Oral Huth-lNhen it came to playing center, Oral was a star. llc was the big man of the team and on him rested our hopes of retaliation. This was his first and last year on the team. Vernon Sir Louis- Vernie . Vernie, Captain, was one of our most valuable men. He played two years of varsity' basketball. lle was rewarded by being placed on the All-City team this year. XYe lose him this spring. Roger Rogerson- Roge . VYhen the critical moments came along, 'tRoge could be de- pended upon: he always delivered the goods. Fred Orcutt- l ritz . Hliritzn was a hard player. Vkfhen he got the ball it was ours. He bids fair to become one of the heroes of basketball fame. He will be missed next year, Frank Gabalac- Gabbyl'. Gabby played guard, and checked his opponents vigilantly, never letting them score. His love for the game made him a man to be depended upon. Coach Frank C Doc l VVargo. South lligh must feel highly honored to have the services of such an able coach as l7oc' XYargo. The squad of this year was his tirst at South, and there are no doubts as to its worth. Lawrence Foley- Larry , Larry became eligible just at the beginning of the new semester, but when he did get in he showed he had the makings of a basketball star. james Tarson- jimmy . jimmy could be counted upon to do his duty, whenever he was called. He is a -lunior and we shall see more of him next year. XYillia1n .Xnderson- Bill . Because Bill is only a Sophomore, he didn't play often, but we knew he was there, rooting for South. George Smith-Mgr. George played just as hard as any of the boys who were on the Hoor. Howard Tracy-Asst Mgr.-.-Ns much can be said of Tracy as was said of Smith. page lzzmdwd z'iw11fy-ciglzt

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THE SOHI my NyAy 19 3 0 FRA N K GABAi.,xc-llalflmvle Is an all around athlete and gave his opposing' players many bad 111UlUClllS.u Tum POR'1'liKiQIllIl'fL'I'IIt1L'k Was a brainy little tighter who Anever said die'. MI Q' CIIAEL lf1LlNc:-Iizrlllmvk Showed well in all games he played: we are sorry we lose him. FRE N10 NT Elf H El.I3liRGEIi--C4011fC'7' MARVIN KAW-W-G'ff7 fl 'K-X consistent player. always Could always he counted had a steady influence in the upon tu do his part. middle uf the line. fvalgv 11 1111 drvd fiwlzty-se7'r'11

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THE SOHIAN19Q0 if it 3 BALL r . 1 : l ll ! THE SEASON IN BASKETBALL When Coach Xlargo sounded the call for basketball candidates, early in December, about one hundred boys responded. With a letterman and live second-team men back, a fairly successful season was assured. The first game of the season was played against St. Mary's. Our team scored enough points to win, 23 to 14. The following week we played the Alumni and lost. The Blue and VVhite beat Cleveland East Tech, 25 to 23. Next we won from two Cleveland teams. Heights and Glenville. Salem proved too good for us and we lost in an overtime period, 23 to 21. The game at Cuyahoga Falls was all oursg the final count was 30 to 15 in our favor. Canton, our old rivals, beat us 31 to 27, but we came back to win from Cleveland South 32 to 24. XYe lost to Sharon 31 to 20, but started the city series well by defeating Central, 25 to 19. Some- thing came over the team, for four straight defeats were administered to it. Dover, East, Massillon and North. The team didn't win again until the Garheld game when we took Garlieldis measure. 30 to 18. Kenmore was our fourth rival in the city series. The Cavaliers out-pointed them 30 to 11. South administered a sound defeat to XYest as a conclusion, ruining their championship hopes. The score was 10 to 9. Summary of ,29-'30 Season South 23 .... ...St. Marys 14 South 20. .. .... Sharon, Pa. 31 South 17. ., ...... f Xlumni South 25. .. ...... Central 19 South 25. .. .......... llast Tech 23 South 13. . . ... Dover 30 South 29 .... ...Cleveland Heights 24 South 22. .. ...... East 27 South 32. .. ........... Glenville 20 South 23. .. ...Massillon 38 South 21 . .. ,......... Salem 23 South 22. .. .... North 2-L South 30 .... ...Cuyahoga Falls 15 South 30. . . ..... Garheld 16 South 27. . . ........... Canton 31 South 30. .. .... Kenmore 11 South 32 .... .... L 'leveland South 24 South 10... ..... NYest 9 NI' XII XII THE NORTHEASTERN OHIO TOURNEY South lligh entered the tournament and drew Salem for' her nrst game. Salem was a hard game. but we won 21-20. Then we played Youngstown liast, whom we beat easily, the score being 2-1-10. Next we played Canton McKinley and they proved too good for usg we lost by one point, 17-16, the game proving a thriller all the way through. page lzzmdrcd tzomztx maze