Trivoli Community High School - Memoir Yearbook (Trivoli, IL)

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- -------- - ---------- - OUR COACH For two years Russell Peters has coached the T. H. S. athletic teams and in that short time he has won the respect and admiration of students, athletes and fans alike. To the athletes whom he has trained, he has been not only an instructor but a pal and can no doubt attribute much of his success to his ability to make 'friends with all. In the face of every obstacle he has developed a team this year from a limited stock of inexperienced material that won a beautiful loving' cup and a shield. The record of honors that his teams have won we cannot here relate but it is enough to say that he has shared with his players the joys of victory and the sorrows of defeat. We feel that the success of the basket ball teams of 1922 and 1924 was due not only to the players but also to the sterling character and expert coaching abil- ity of our coach and friend, Russell Peters. To the Basket Ball Fans We, the Athletic Association, wish to express our hearty appre- ciation to those -of the community who have so loyally supported us in all our athletics of the past. We feel that much of our success has been due to your timely encouragement and unfailing willingness to aid us in all our enterprises. We hope to continue to deserve your loyalty in the future. Page Seventy-nine

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The Canton Invitation Tournament When is a vacation not a vacation? Answer-When you spend it practicing basket-ball. Every day of vacation before the tournament the team spent many hours in strenuous practice. Christmas afternoon found the boys dead weary after a three hours' practice. But in spite of all, each face wore a look of cheerful determination. On Wednesday evening the team, accompanied by Coach Peters and Trainer White, swung aboard a iirst class M. Sz St. L. Tag-a-long, bound for Canton by way of Farmington. The journey was uneventful and eight o'clock found them established in their headquarters at the Churchill House Hotel. At the Churchill House they suddenly awoke to the fact that they had in their group an explorer and discoverer of note. He informed the team that he had discovered a radio testing sta- tion across the way where a large number of beautiful young ladies were testing radio sets. Close investigation however, disclosed the fact that it was merely a telephone switchboard. Thursday morning after a restless night, they had the privilege of playing the Hrst game of the tourney at 9 a. m. The foe, Bardolph, was represented by an exceptionally fast team, which put up a game iight all the way. The final score read 18-13 in favor of Trivoli. Due to a draw, which forced Trivoli to play one game more than than any other team entered, they took the floor for a second time on Thursday evening at 9 o'clock. Knoxville, their opponent, caused the team less anxiety than any other team 'met in the tournament. Leading 20-4 at the first half, substitutes were entered in the fray. The final gun was fired just as the score-keeper was in the act of hanging up figures which read 33-19. In this game Theodore Opie carved his name high on the mantle of fame at T. C. H. S., due to the fact that he entered the game with but forty seconds to play, dribbled through the entire Knox- ville team and scored a Held goal just as the gun was fired. Ted ,how- ever, earned his glory, for he was at once appointed guardian of the ball, and made responsible for its safe transportation at all times. Most critics thought Trivoli would be beaten in the next game with Elmwood at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The game was the closest played by Trivoli at the tournament, resulting in a 15-18 victory. The greater part of tlfe period found the score tied or in Elmwood's favor. A last minute rally resulted in the acquiring of five points and a hard earned victory. Trivoli was now eligible to compete in the semi-finals with Normal High School. Normal was being picked by many fans to win the tour- ney and the first half round found them well on that road, leading 10- 12. Coming back into the game, spurred on by encouragement from Coach Peters, the team proceeded to fight as never before. Hard work received its reward and in the fmal quarter of the game with the score Page Eighty