Spencerville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Spencerville, OH)

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THE ECHOES First Row--.lohn Eley, Hob Townsend, VVillard Miller, Bill Neidhardt. Second Row-Ollen Jones, Carl McMichael. Eugene Hoverman, Carl Morris. Third Row-tlarnerd Trnesdale. Carl Davies, Roger Robinson, lvan Simmindinger, Orian Miller, Austin Hoverman, .lohn Gochenour. Fourth RoweHoward Post, Lowell Bowersock, Donald Bowersock, Paul Carey, Bill Crider, James Gilbert, Mr. Fuller -Coach. A great deal of interest was dlsplayed in baseball this year. A number came out for practice and out of these a good team was se- lected. In the spring of 733. we played our first league game with Gomer at Gomer and we came home defeated. The next game was with Shawnee at Shawnee and failing to find our hittinig stride returned home defeated. Some of the games have been canceled or postponed due to conflict with other School Activities and a few are yet to be played so we cannot give a complete score. The games yet to be played are the follow- ing: Elida here, Harrod there, Lafayette there. intra-Mural Tournament A good deal ot' interest was displayed in the Intra- lilnral tournament this year. The teams were Veiy evenly matched and the underclass gave the Seniors some keen competition. The tournament opened with Il men txt' the Facnl y and 2 Juniors playing a picked team from the main squad. Alter a hard fought game it ended with a 119 1-t-14, The Sophomore girls easily defeated the Fresh- men girls hy a scor. ot' 21-12. The next game between the l l'tSlllllf'll and Sophomore boys was considered the lr:-st ot' the afternoon, tht- Freshmen winning 11-10. Fol lowing this came the .lnnior and Senior girls, game in which the Seniors defeated the .luniors IRS-4. 'Tho last game ot' the at'tt rnoon was lzetween the .lnnior and Sen- ior hoys in which the Senior boys eliminated the Juniors 241-151, The opener ot' the evening was between the Tth and Sth grade lzoys in which the Sth grade won IH-4. The next was between the Tth and Sth S,'l'ilde girls in which the Sth grade won ZS-1S. The following game was be- twt en the Sophomore and Senior girls and after a har.l tight the Sophomore girls were defeated 25-4. The tea- tnre game of the evening was between the Freshmen and Senior hoys. At the halt the Freshmen were lead- ing but from then on the Seniors took charge of the game and defeated them 20-15. At the close of the tournament, trophies were pre- fented to the winning team. County Tournament For our first opponent in the tournament we drew llarrod. They were con tident of win- ning lmt we broke up their hope by defeating them 26 to 20. Our next opponent was Bluffton, one of the favorites, who defeated us 32 to 18. l':tg.- 'I'wt-nty-eight Although we didn't win many games we had a very fine team, so heres 3 cheers for the team of '32-'33, and lots of luck for the team of '33 and '34.

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THE ECHOES First Row-Ollen Jones, Harold Mechling. Second RowfCarl Mcbliclliel, Eugene Hoverman, Bert Beerman, Carl Morris. Third Row-John Gochenour, Manager, Joan XVright, Franklin VVood, Howard Post, Paul Carey, Robert Price, Mr. Fuller. Coach, Boys' Basketball At the opening of the basketball season about forty boys were out for practice. Our policy, this year, was to give all who came out, prac- tice, and consequently a large number were out to every practice. Due to this large num- ber it was impossible for the main team to re- ceive as much practice as some other previous teams. We opened our season on November 29, with a game at Lafayette, After playing a hard game we were defeated 22-33. The first game on our home floor was played on the following Friday night, December 2. Gomer came as our guests and left with the big end of an 11-26 score. After a two weeks' rest we motored to Ohio City on December 20, but only to come back defeated. 23-39. A strong team from Union came here on De-- cember 22. After a hard fought battle we were defeated 20-23. During the Christmas vacation. on Decem- ber 27, Shawnee came here and defeated us 21-28. On January 6, our luck changed and we mo- tored to Harrod and easily defeated them by a large score of 32-19. South Reserve from Lima came tl1e follow- ing Friday evening, on the 13th of .Ianuary, and after a very close and hard fought game de- feated us one point, 22-23. On January 20, Lafayette motored here and we were determined not to ruin their record by defeating us 32-35. The following week we journeyed to Shaw- nee determined to get even with them but we came back defeated, 25-39. On February 3, Harrod came here for re- venge and after a hard fought battle they took the large end of the score, 27-31. The next game was played at the South High School Auditorium with their reserves. Our team could not get used to the large floor and we were defeated 16-37. The last game of the season before the tour- nament, was played here with Elida. The game was hard fought and we defeated them, 31-20. 'l'w+-nry-s- y n

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THE ECHOES Advice to Next Year's Seniors The purpose of this article is to give a Word of advice to the Juniors as to their behavior next year in regard to notes, grades and attitude toward school work. 1. Always run upstairs and then smile at the teachers and start talking to them. If you think of something real snappy they will forget it and let it pass. 2. Ask Franklin Wood how not to study and keep up your grades easily. 3. Ask Gay Hydaker how to use notes in any class. 4. Ask Harry Monfoirt how to be p0Dl1laI' With the gi1'1S- 5. Ask Karl Krendl how to be calm and collected at all times. 6. Ask Happy,' Fissel how to be happy at all times. 7. Ask Kate Kleinoeder how to be able to talk forever. 8. Ask Juanita Seibert how to get along with the least amount. of sleep. 9. Ask Johnny Gochenour how to be innocent. 10. Never let an under classman tell you anything because it has a bad influence on the rest. 11. Be careful and happy so as to have the under classmen think you are happy whether you are or not. 12. Take anything you can get your hands on. It causes some excitement. 13. Put your initials on anything and everything you can. It helps the decorations. 14. Never get above D in any subject. The Juniors might get jealous. Jokes and What-Not The absent-minded professor went out to lunch and left pinned to his door a card which read, Professor McCleary will be back at 1 p. m. Returning at 12:30, he read the notice, looked at his watch and sat down to Wait for himself to return. Bob Henne Csnifflingj: I have a cold or something in my head. Miss Deemer: A cold, undoubtedly. Cut lines in a Buffalo Newspaper: . GIRL FLIES IN RUSSIA We've never been able to tell whether the flies in America are girls or boys. Mary N.: I don't see how football players ever get clean. Pauline W.: Silly, what do you suppose the scrub teams are for? Envy not the proud man, the peacock of to- day, is often the feather duster of tomorrow. Bob P.: What did your father say when you told him my love was like a gushing river? Pauline D.: Dam it. Why I embarrass it I can't explain , the freshman said- Yet every time it sees me coming that darn traiiic light turns red. rl Carl Morris: Do you like bathing beauties? Howard Post: I don't know, I never bathed any. Junior: Mom, what is a second-story man? Mrs. McCleary: Your father is one. If I don't believe his first story, he always has an- ther one ready. Margaret Steiger: I notice that the authors of mystery stories are always men. Red Lowry: Sure, what woman could keep the murderer's identity a secret until the last chapterf' Junior Ticket Agent: Where would you like your seats? Senior: Oh, about a good egg's throw from the stage. The meanest teacher is one who borrows a fountain pen from a student and then marks him down a flunk. Mr. Hauser: What is Boston noted for? Johnny G.: Boots and shoes. Mr. Hauser: Correct. And Chicago? Johnny G.: Shoots and Boosef' Mr. Fuller: Name three articles containing starch. Bob Baldwin: A shirt and two collars. Twenty-nine