Spiceland High School - Yearbook (Spiceland, IN)

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BASKETBALL Indiana is suffering from a raging, incurable, ever-spreading, never-ceasing epidemic of basketballitis, and our community is no exception. Until the season of 1 9 1 8- J 9 the team had to content themselves with a small 24x30 Gym. with a seating capacity of 100. It was not until our populace realized that our team was handicapped only by the lack of equipment and a modern gymnasium, that they united to give the boys their chance and on Thanksgiving, 1918, the work on the new gym was practically half completed by labor and material cheerfully donated. For this effort the team nobly reciprocated and won the 1919 District Tourn- ament by defeating the New Castle High School team in the Saturday afternoon session and duplicating the feat the same evening at the expense of the Muncie High squad. The record of the team this season has also improved, the first two games be- ing played at Hagerstown and Lewisville respectively, the locals having the ad- vantage in each instance. On November 7 Technical High School won their first home game by a 4-point margin. Rushville there and Hagerstown here were each defeated, after which Franklin, the 1920 State High School champions, forced us to accept the short end of a 37 to 4 score. Rushville was again defeated, this time on the local floor and Richmond were easy victims in their first home game. The New Castle High School quintet defeated the locals by two points and Con- ner sville received the short end of the score in their game on the local floor. Lew- isville and Mooreland in the order named were easily defeated and New Castle re- turned to the Rose City with another one-point victory. Muncie defeated a crip- pled team on the Magic City ' s floor and Tipton, Richmond and Muncie all suc- cumbed to the attack of the greatly improved team here. Franklin then came to the local gym and barely won the fastest game ever played on the floor by a count of 25 to 23. The account of this game was ably presented by the following ex- tract from the New Castle Courier of February 28 : SPICELAND PLAYS WONDERFUL GAME Academy Basketball Five Holds Franklin to 25 to 23 Score— Team Shows Class Not Hitherto Displayed This Season — Come Back Nearly Defeats Franklin. Spiceland, Ind., February 28.— Playing purely an offensive game in the sec- ond half, after playing a defensive game in the first half, the Spiceland Academy basketball team held the famous Franklin High School team, picked to be the next State champion, to a 23 to 25 score here last night. And the pistol shot denoting the end of the game most certainly saved the Baptist city team a mortifying defeat. Never in any game this year in this neck of the woods has such guarding as shown by the Quaker team been displayed. Not satisfied with guarding closely, the team members made it certain by going down the floor with their man. This necessitated a number of held p lays, but the Quakers profited thereby. Franklin was scared stiff as the saying goes. The celebrated offensive of the Baptist town team failed to function properly. A play would be started only to find a Spiceland player on the floor with the ball. With one minute to play Franklin called time out and then stalled the last minute. Truly, the gun saved Franklin. — Franklin ' s First Team — After the game the story ran around that Franklin did not play its first team.

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ATHLETIC GAMES In a certain sense it is true that each nation, largely, also each period of time, has its own outdoor games. For a great many years cricket and football held sway in England, whence they were imported to America ; golf came to us from Scotland ; croquet, probably from France ; tennis, in some form, has been played in England for several centuries. Baseball has been rightfully called the national game of the United States and is seldom played in the other countries. Basket- ball had its origin also within our own country and has been universally played in all our schools. and colleges.

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Every member of the first squad was in the game and not a man was substituted. Hie players admitted after the game that it was a surprise to them. They had defeated Spiceland 37 to 4 earlier in the season and looked for an easy victory. With the showing made last night, Spiceland looms as a very distinct factor in the district tournament Such playing would win any game if it lasted Summary : — Spiceland. Franklin. Pierson Forward Vandivier Leigh Forward White Myers Center Hicks Chew Guard Keeling Poer Guard Friddle Field goals : Pierson 3, Myers 2, Chew 4, Poer 1, Vandivier 7, White 5. Foul goals : Chew. 3 out of 4 ; Vandivier, o out of 1 ; White, 1 out of 2. Substitutions : Comer for Hicks. Referee : Schoeneman, Em Roes. The following is a summary of this season ' s games : Oct. 24 — S. A., 25 ; Hagerstown, 23, There. Oct. 29 — S. A., 17 ; Lewisville, 8. There. Nov. 7 — S. A., 15 ; Technical, 19, Here. Nov. 14 — S. A., 23; Rushville, 13, There. Nov. 15 — S. A., 18; Hagerstown, 17, Here. Nov. 21 — S. A., 4; Franklin, 37, There. Dec. 5 — S. A., 12; Rushville, 11, Here. Dec. 12 — S. A., 32; Richmond, 9, There. Dec. 19 — S. A., 13 ; New Castle, 15, There. Dec. 26 — S. A., 18; Connersville, 9, Here. Dec. 31 — S. A., 17; Lewisville, 8, Here. Jan. 9 — S. A., 32; Mooreland, 15, Here. Jan. 16— S. A., 17; New Castle, 18, Here. Jan. 23 — S. A., 15; Muncie, 26, There. Jan. 31 — S. A., 21 ; Tipton, 7, Here. Feb. 6 — S. A., 18; Richmond, 9, Here. Feb. 21 — S. A., 29; Muncie, 15, Here. Feb. 27 — S. A., 23 ; Franklin, 25, Here. The result of the District Tournament held at New Castle on the 5th and 6th of March is set forth below and it was not until the final game with the New Cas- tle High School quintet that the Quakers were forced to exert themselves. Middletown, 24; Cadiz, 10. Richmond, 24; Kennard, 15. Cambridge City, 25 ; Economy, 8. Hagerstown, 24; Mooreland, 16. Spiceland, 22 ; Whitewater, 9. Williamsburg, 19; Boston, 10. Fountain City, 15; Centerville, 10. Knightstown, 20; Lewisville, 19. New Castle, 67 ; New Lisbon, 8. Richmond, 26 ; Middletown, 4. Hagerstown, 17; Cambridge City, 1. Spiceland, 50 ; Williamsburg, 2. New Castle, 23; Richmond, 11. Fountain City, 18; Knightstown, 14, overtime. Spiceland, 31 ; Hagerstown, 9. New Castle, 35 ; Fountain City, 23. Spiceland, 19; New Castle, 17. On the Wednesday following the District Tournament Coach Reagan and his