Union City Community High School - Successus Yearbook (Union City, IN)

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BA S E B A L L Playing baseball only in the fall of 1936, the team won two games and lost two. James Wickersham with a batting average of .462 was the best hitter of the team for the second straight year. The Wildcat baseball team consisted of James Wickersham, shortstop, Glen Dillon, second base, Emerson Porter, outfield, Paul Wigger, catcher, Robert Ely, outfield. Paul Price, out- field, John Minnich, outfield, Robert Chattin, first base, Robert Hilderbrand pitcher, Fred Snook, pitcher, Richard Whitesel. outfield, and Walter Lynch, third base. FALL BASEBALL, 1936 Union City, 2: Jackson, O., 3 Union City. 2; Wayne, 1 Union City, 9; Wayne, 2 Union City, 0; Jackson, O., 3 SCHEDULE of BASKETBALL In ten years of coaching basketball teams, both varsity and reserve squads, Charles McCullough has seen his Wildcat and Kitten squads victor- ious 268 times and losers but 88, for a fine percentage of .753. Under his decade of guidance, the varsity net team has won 148 games and lost 46, an average of .763. 1936-37 BASKETBALL RECORD 1937-38 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Varsity Varsity Union City. 18; Hagerstown, 20 Nov. 5—Hagerstown, there. Union City. 26; Yorktown. 9. Nov. 12—Yorktown, here. Union City. 21: Winchester, 28. Nov. 19—Winchester, here. Union City. 21; Morton (Richmond), 26. Nov. 24 — Richmond, there. Union Citv. 24; Lynn, 23. Dec. 3—Madison Twp . here. Union Citv. 18; Portland, 26. Dec. 10—Portland, here. Union City, 25; Liberty, 2 7. Dec. 17—Liberty, there. Union City, 14; Rcdkey, 22. Dec. 22—Lynn, there. Union City, 24; Spartanburg. 13. Union City. 27; Eaton, O.. 25. 1938 Union City, 24; Spartanburg. 12. (Lvnn Big Four Tourney) Jan. 7—Eaton, O., here Union City, 32; Winchester, 30. Jan. 12—Portland, there. (Lvnn Big Four Tourney) Jan 14—Saratoga, here. LJnion Citv. 40; Portland, 33. Jan 21—Winchester, there. Union Citv. 30; Saratoga. 11. Jan 26 Dunkirk, here. Union Citv. 28; Winchester. 30. Jan. 28 — Rcdkey. there. (Double Overtime) Feb. 2 —Lynn. here. Union Citv. 22; Redkey. 19. Feb. 4—Centerville, there. Union Citv. 44; Centerville. 23. Feb. 11 — Burris (Muncie). here. Union City, 27; Lynn, 31. Feb. 18—Berne, there. Union Citv. 23; E3urris (Muncic). 30. Union Citv. 22 . Berne. 25. Nine games at home. Union City. 25 ; Madison, 19. Nine games abroad. Page Twenty-two

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BASKETBALL Though losing ten of nineteen games during the season, the 1936-37 basketball team captured the Lynn Big Four Tournament in mid-season and went to the finals of the sectional. After a slow start, Union City was victorious in nine of the last thirteen games of the season. The Wildcats showed their strength in the sectional tournament, defeating Lincoln, 38 to 19, Winchester, the favorite, 26 to 25, and Parker, 16 to 14. In the final game, Wayne nosed out Union City by a score of 33 to 29. The outstanding victory of the year was scored in the final game of the Big Four Tourney at Lynn. After defeating Spartanburg in the first game, the Wildcats scored 16 points in a brilliant last-quarter rally to beat Winchester, 32 to 30. Winchester was ahead at the end of the third quarter, 26 to 16. The boys who played basketball on the varsity squad during the season were as follows: seniors—Alan Ortlip, Emerson Porter, James Wickersham, Glenn Dillon, and Paul Wigger; juniors Robert Chattin, Robert Ely, Robert Hilderbrand, Paul Price, John Minnich, and Wendell Riffle. Players on the reserve team were as follows: junior James Cotter; sophomores Richard Hilderbrand and Walter Lynch; freshmen Stanley Riffle, John Kirwin, Richard Birum, and Richard Ely. Coached by Albert Hermeling, the Union City Kittens won ten games and lost nine during the year. Basketball lettermen for 1936-37 were as follows: seniors Emerson Porter, James Wickersham, Alan Ortlip, Glenn Dillon, and Paul Wigger; uniors Robert Hilderbreand, Robert Ely, Robert Chattin, John Minnich, and Paul Price. Dale Hammons, Betty Brown, and Winifred Barth were the cheerleaders who proved so efficient during the basketball season. Page Twenty-three