South Side High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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BASKETBALL TEAM In I IOVS left If ugh! Bnbbx Hacknex Hexbelt Kuel Vlllblllll Ferllge Blllx Seats NX enflell Lotel KlYl110I1Il Vllles and Blllx I umom Cl1max1ng the greatest season of basketball rn South Stde s h1story the Scrappers won 23 games and lost 2 to brlng South Stde thelr ttrst basketball champton sh1p The Scrappers team was composed ot such vet erans as Marlon Look and Bobby Peacock guards Wtllram Carpenter and Bob Stanley forwards and Varstty lncluded B1lly Mrlls Bllly Permenter Edward Slsson Bobby Hackney Herbert Kuehn Bruce lohn son Bllly Sears Wendell Coter Brlly Lannom and Greek George The team scored a total of 865 polnts to average 35 polnts per game The regular team all scored over N conrl N lett to ll ll Craft H11 mfm lwlll IQIIIIQIHBI Bob 'stanley Malmn Cool JIHIQS wuuel Lohb Ieacock and Bruce Johnson a hundred polnts each durtng the seasons play After belng seeded tlrst ln the second dlSlf1Cl tour nament lt was locally belteved that the South Slde team would rush through all oppos1t1on The Scrap pers conquered Messrck m the hrst round ot play to advance to the semttlnals but the tollowtng nlght the Scrappers were upset by the Cent al Warrlors South them by an overwhelmmg score Cook Stanley and Peacock were selected on the all dlstrrct team Bab b1t Cook and Bob Stanley were also selected on the Commercral Appeals All Memphr team The Scrappers w1ll lose by graduat1on Babblt Cook Bobby Pea ock and Wtlltam Carpenter BOXING The South Sldes boxmg team led by Captaln Marlon Cook plled up enough polnts to wln the l9th annual YMCA prep league boxrng champ1onsh1p South Slde had seven men entered IH the flnals Mess1ck srx and Humes llve The Scrappers won hve ot therr bouts whtle Hume won four and MSSS1Ck two When the trghts were over the score sheets had South Slde trrst w1th 36 polnts Humes second w1th 27 pornts and Messlck th1rd wlth 18 polnts Thls years team was composed of the tollowlng 141 1 1 boys Buddy McMullen Ben Musser Bruce lohnson Baymon McMullen Earl Alexander W1ll1am Fowler loe Darden Marlon Cool' Sylvester Lew1s George Mrller and Bllly Sears Buddy McMullen Ben Musser Bruce lohnson Ioe Darden Marlon Cook Sylvester LEWIS and George Mrller all reached the hnals Of these boys McMullen lohnson Darden LSWIS and Mrller won the Cham plonshtp ln thetr d1v1s1on I 1943 'S ' ', 1 1 j ,' ' ' ln, .'e mv, '. gl : 1 fl 'ek . C g, Billy . I ., Q ' A- A' . .kv ' 1 - ,' 2-Y K. 3 , ,y in K AT' .- L 2 L h-. xv .' 1 5- ' ' ' 12 I D V , I I- l , N , . , . 4 V , 2 r ' . lGH19S SCIWYGT, CGTITST- The fefflflifling PlGY9fS Of the Side then played Tech tor third place and defeated I I I I ' I I . - s . A F 1 , . l I ' ' ' , ' I , 1 1 ' ' S ' 1 - 1 1 l U D l 1 1 1 V l - - 1 p,. ,, N1..,',,,,.-!,1,7 Tn: Sl'R.Xl'l'l4IR -- . - I,

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BASEBALL TEAM LIS1. mu lett to ught RODBII Bake1 I-rank Bxeuex Alben Boyd NIa11on Cook Bobbx PelLOCl Id Jlclson Hex Prep champ1ons 1n 1940 1941 and 1942 the Scrap per under the leadersh1p of Coach lohn Baker are headed for the1r fourth stra1ght baseball crown ln the1r f1r t encounter of the 43 season the Scrap pers defeated Tech 14 to 3 W1ll1am Carpenter and Bobby Peacock comblned 1n the p1tch1ng to hold the Tech Yellowjackets to f1ve h1ts Every player on the quad part1c1pated ln the game The second game of the season found the Scrap pers overpoWer1ng CBC 13 to 1 The h1ghl1ghts of the game featured the on h1t p1tch1ng of Gllbert M11ls and the t1mely h1tt1ng of Marlon Cook Bobbv Peacock and Bob Stanley ond 1 tt 1 ll Ll N 11 endell Cotex Pleston Nh Xlex 1111161 Bob stlnlex 'us llllalll C 1 1 1191 1 N s L1 lx P9lIll9llI9l The team cons1sts of Mar1on Cook catcher G1lber M111 and W1ll1am Carpenter alternat1ng be ween f1rst ba e and the mound Bobby Peacock second Bob Stanley short Ed Iackson th1rd W1lburn George left Bozert Elzey center lames Sawyer and Wendel Cofer alternatmg 1n r1ght Other on the team are Preston McAlexander Herbert Kuehn Albert Boyd W1ll1am Spru1ll CUYllS Hearn berger lvy McAdams and Perry Thomas The semors graduat1ng are Bobby Peacock Mar1on Cook W1ll1am Carpenter Ed lackson Preston M Alexander and Bobet Elzey GOLF Durlng the week of Apr1l 20 South S1cle held 115 annual golf tournament Flfteen boys s1gned up to part1c1pate rn the tournament w1th only B1lly Permen ter return1ng from last years team The boys who made the team were B1lly Permenter B1lly Lannom Paul Sharpe and Bubba Brewer SOLIH 51111 H1011 N 11101. Permenter and Lannom had l1ttle trouble 1n makmg the team Wh1le Paul Sharpe nosed out Homer Walton 2 and 1 and Bubba Brewer won a close match over Flem1ng Horne 3 and 2 The golf team w1l lose by graduatlon Paul Sharpe and Bubba Brewer pf ll -i. . ,y - .4 3 - -Y '- ' - ' '. Sec mv, le' to rigl t, William S1111 '11, Pa I .1112 'pe - , . . . .- .- , -. W ' '- ' -' A ff -'Z V l UNIX ' .' . - ' 1 - ' A ' 1 ' Se. ' , W' ' 121181 ', Gilbe 'I -Iill:, 1-' ' bert Kuehn and Gerald Blanton. XYll1Jlll'1l George. and Coach John Baker. . . ' ' , ' E 1 1 W ' ' ' L 1 3, , S ' l ' . I I f ' S 1 , Q S ' . ' . ' ' , . ' . . I I I 1 ' 1 . S 1 . V I A I I V 1 . ,, . . , 1 A 1 A 1 , A C' , . Y . . I - I I I ' Q' -2 ' .Tv 1 Pug Sirlu- inf' 1