Troy Township High School - Trojan Yearbook (Coolville, OH)

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THE 1940 TROJAN v. - Coach Baker built his team around Cole, the center. Cole's towering size and ability to drive untiringly made him a dangerous threat, both offensively and defensively. Supplementing and complementing Cole's work in the pivot were the forwards, Crislip and McKinney. In Crislip, Troy had a natural sparker to the team. His uncanny ability to find or make an opening under the basket kept him one of Troy's scoring aces. To McKinney goes the credit for being one of the most accurate shots and smoothest ball handlers on the club. The stabilizing factor in basket ball is defense. The guard positions were held down by two very able boys. Shanks and Jackson. These boys kept their opponents in the lower scoring brackets throughout the season, and the same time proved themselves very effective as feeders to the forwards and pivot man. Frequently both boys broke into the scoring column. Ralph Lake, a Junior, substituted regularly during the season when necessary, and showed himself a more than adequate source of reserve power. No article about the 1939-40 season would be complete without a mention of Troy’s Reserve Squad. The group was composed of Green. Douglas, Kelley. Hall. Wines. Marshall. Kincade. Swisher, Bond. Sinnett. and Croy. During the season the reserve team played several preliminary games in which they demonstrated themselves to be worthy of being a contributing part of the season's triumphs. As a final climax to the basketball season a banquet was held in honor of the team under the leadership of Mr. Newsom. Clyde Parrish, and Hall Chapman. As a gift from the faculty gold basketballs were presented to the following members of the team: Cole. McKinney, Crislip, Jackson, Shanks, Green, and Lake. Games Troy (here ) Troy T roy T roy Troy T roy T roy T roy Troy T roy Troy T roy T roy T roy T roy T roy T roy T roy T roy (here ) (there) (there) (here ) (there) (there) (here ) (here ) fhere ) (there) (there) (here ) (there) (there) (here ) (there) (there) (here ) Hollister ......-..... Belpre ............... Ames Bern .............. Pomeroy ............... Waterloo -.......... Shade .................. - 29 Marietta Chester .....-.......... Marietta ---------------- Rome — Plains .................. Belpre .... ........... Greens Runs Chester ---------------- J-T..................... Albany Buchtel ........ -....— Parkersburg T roy Opponer 34 19 33 20 25 22 14 18 ... 53 13 29 9 29 31 .... 31 24 33 31 ... 34 14 ... 32 9 .... 52 32 60 35 .... 37 21 . 42 32 40 28 .... 31 25 .. 29 12 38 14 Athens County Tournament Games T roy Troy vs. Buchtel ..................... 44 Troy vs. J-T . 47 Troy vs. Ames-Bern - 21 District Tournament Opponents 17 21 20 T roy Shawnee 22 50 Total Points 809 515 PAGE THIRTY-ONE

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-4 THE 1940 TROJAN +■{ BOYS BASKETBALL FIRST ROW (left to right)—Loris McKinney, Russell Shanks. Charles Green, Dale Cole, Murl Jackson, Kenneth Crislip. SECOND ROW—Coach Baker, Ray Fairchild (Cheer Leader). Russell Hall, Orbitt Sinnett. Bill Wines, Robert Kelly. James Rogers (Manager.) THIRD ROW—Robert Croy. William Anderson (Manager), Glenn Swisher. Ralph Lake. Francis Marshall, Max Douglas. 1940 TROY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS In the autumn of 1939 when the call for basketball was heard, Coach Baker found himself with three letter men, Crislip, McKinney, and Cole remaining from last year's regulars. Russ Shanks was welcomed to fill one of the guard positions, and Jackson, a very dependable reserve from the preceding season, played guard to complete the first string five. This smooth working quintet presented a combination of power unequaled in the county. The team played easily through their ten league games to win the Athens County League undefeated. To further emphasize their prowess they accomplished what no Troy team has done by defeating Buchtel, J-T, and Ames-Bern to be crowned The Athens County Tournament Champions. This aggregation was one of the most powerful teams to have ever donned the Orange and Black for Troy. When required of them, they used a very effective slow breaking offense, and yet, at a moment’s notice they could display one of the fastest breaking outfits this county has ever seen. -4 -4 PAGE THIRTY

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-4 }: THE 1940 TROJAN TENNIS FIRST ROW (left to right)—Glenn Swisher. Robert Croy. John Butcher. William Anderson, Everett Webb. Leland Daugherty. SECOND ROW—Coach Baker. Ray Fairchild. Murl Jackson. Berl Boggs. Walker Norman. Jack White. Weston Potter. James Rogers. THIRD ROW—Ronald Kincade. Glenn Cubbison. SOFT BALL FIRST ROW (left to right)—Max Douglas, Glenn Swisher. Charles Green. Orbitt Sinnett, Everett Webb. SECOND ROW—Coach Baker. Dale Cole, Bill Wines. Russell Shanks, Kenneth Crislip. Murl Jackson. Wetzel Bond SOFT BALL The soft ball team of the last two seasons had a hard hitting and fast fielding aggregation that few schools could compete with. The 1938 team had a record of two wins and two defeats, dividing games with Belpre and Tuppers Plains. The 1939 team, being composed of practically the same players as that of ’38, gave an accountable record of themselves. The team played three games this season, winning two and losing one. The games played were with Belpre and Tuppers Plains, beating Belpre twice and losing to Tuppers Plains. 4 - PAGE THIRTY-TWO