Springfield High School - Millers Log Yearbook (Springfield, OR)

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Jfnnthall ants Qlratk FOOTBALL: Back row, Kerneth Cox, Bob Claunch, Everett Chetwood, Disque Smith, Dick Richardson, Pete Taylor, Leonard Clearwater, Billy Burnett, Randall Ray, Louie Tuhy, Roscoe Cole, Doyle Bailey. Front row, Bob Litscher, Billy Hill, George lrvin, Tom Goodale, Jack Williams, Verlin Posey, Arnold Scott, Charles Cole, Charles Ingersoll, Allwin Johnson, Jack Logan. TRACK: Back row, Marion Hall, coach, Tom Goodale, Billy Orr, Wilbur Dehne, James Hill, Randall Ray, Billy Burnett, Warren Vail, Clifton Smith, Meredith Ebbert. Front row, Robert McChesnev, Obert Andrews, Malcom Hansen, Bob Litschner, Disque Smith, Kerrigan Hutcheson, Clair Hadley. In basketball Chatterton had but two lettermen, Carson and Cox. Carson proved the teamls most valuable player. Other team members developed as the season advanced but had little chance against some of

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Sports Six months of our school year went by, yet it seemed that inter- scholastic athletic activities were destined to bring little glory to deah ol' S. H. S. this year. Those demon gods that send dark storm clouds to darken the brilliant lives of budding athletes sought out Springfield, and here those clouds hovered all through football and basketball to cast gloom over the school, athletically speaking. When school opened last fall our mighty midget's of the gridiron triumphed over Philomath 32 to 7 and Reedsport 26 to 0. But that was before those gloom clouds came to rest above the school. Not another game was won during the season. First came Roseburg to shatter our hopes 27 to 13. University high continued with a 19 to 0 victory, and Leb- anon duplicated that score. Cottage Grove, formidable foe, Wreaked vengeance upon us by a referee's decision 13 to 6, and Dallas and Inde- pendence came out on top 6 to 0 and 7 to 6, respectively. Then basketball started. Robert Chip Chatterton and a host of recruits sallied forth, but game after game the valiants were hurtled down the hatchway, only to come back with still more fight. Success came one night with Halsey turned back defeated. Next week the whole town turned out to see th locals again triumph, this time over Cottage Grove. Springfield just had to win that game. The boys were full of pep and glamour. They shot from every corner of the floor. They couldn't miss the old basket, and the game ended in an overtime period 36 to 34 for Springfield as the crowd went wild with excitement. But our rejoicing was short lived. Corvallis, Eugene, Albany, Uni- versity High, St. Mary's-all were victorious. Then Springtime in all its glory broke through. Those birds, which had been going coocoo over the heads of our stellar athletes, changed into song birds, filling our hearts with glory by their merry music. Base- ball and track began. The demon gods scowled, acknowledging they could no longer tarry in such atmosphere. The first game of baseball seemed to repeat the old story with Lowell winning 12 to 5. But a surprise for our school was in store. Coburg twice, Oakridge, Marcola. Eugene, U. H. S.. Belknap CCC, Junc- tion City went down to defeat. Only the Oregon Frosh broke the chain of 8 straight victories, which is no feather lost or gained. As this publica- tion goes to press we await anxiously the outcome of return games with these teams, and win or lose, we're behind Chip Chatterton and his boys. Marion Hall's track team has also performed well, defeating Albany, taking second in a meet with the Oregon Frosh, Eugene and U. H. S. and second in the Willamette Valley track meet at Corvallis. Disnjue Smith, high point man in the latter, qualified for the state track meet in the high and low hurdles and broad jump. Hansen qualified for the mile and half mile, and Hutchinson for the 440. Several facts, however. are to be considered in connection with this year's football and basketball score records. In football Coach Hall's boys were greatly outweighed in practically every game, yet made their opponents know they had been in real contests. Springfield developed in Everett Chetwood an outstanding fullback. Chetwood, Smith. Williams, Posey, Scott and Cole played their final year, but an array of talent will return next year.

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Easkethau aah Zgasshall BASKETBALL: Back row, Bill White, Dale Carson, Dick Richardson, Tony Uchytil, Bobby Calkins, Robert Chatterton, coach. Front row, Kenneth Cox, Lawrence Chase, Bueford Holverson, Irvin Darr, Pete Taylor. BASEBALL: Back row, W. E. Buell, principal, Carl Brann, Dale Carson, Carl Steven- son, Arrold Scott, Warren McKenney Robert Chatterton, coach. Second row, Bill White, Kerrigan Hutcheson, Arthur McChesney, Luther Steinhauer, Lawrence Chase, Melvin Stevens. Front row, Kenneth Cox, Lorry Liles, Pete Taylor, Roscoe Cole, George Irvin, Verlin Posey, Irvin Darr. the stiffest opposition the league has had to offer in years. Only Darr and Uchytil will graduate, but Chase, Holverson, Carson, White, Bob and Dick Richardson, Cox and Taylor will all return. Watch these boys next year! 4