Vincennes Lincoln High School - Lincoln Log Yearbook (Vincennes, IN)

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FOOTBALL BASKETBALL V MAN S CLUB

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FOOTBALL SEASON RECORD BASKETBALL SEASON RECORD Date V.H.S. Opp0IlBH'CS Date V H S. Opponents 0 0 16 26 September 14 Bosse September 21 30 Lawrencevllle 0 September 28 Prmceton October 5 Central October 1 Llnton October 1 Washlngton October 2 New Albany November 2 Sulllvan November 9 Blcknell STATISTICS The year 1945 was marked w1t'h another successful football season When the flnal gun had been flred ln the last game of the year at Blcknell s Hooper Fleld the Green and Whlte of old Vmcennes had e tabllshed a season re cord of 6 v1ctor1es 2 defeats and one scoreless te They had scored 41 touchdowns and 13 extra polnts for a total of 259 polnts Wh1Ch IS far beyond any other scormg mark ln the school s glorlous grldxron hlstory This rugged offense was backed by an even greater defense whlch allowed the Allce goal llne to be crossed only 5 tlmes The great work of the Alxce l1ne was shown tlme and tlme agaln and ln one game when the flgures were tabulated the opposlng team was 5 yards ln the hole The average score was almost 29 polnts per game for Vmcennes to only 4 for thelr opponents The only weak polnt that could be seen 1n any phase of the Green and Whlte attack was the 1nab1l1ty to add the lmportant extra polnt In the Lln ton game the failure to k1ck the extra polnt cost the Al1ces the ball game and a chance for th S I A C tltle The Vmcennes football Y Schultz on the th1rd strlng of the All State Football Team BOSSE 0 0 The openlng game of the 1945 grld season saw the Al1ces and Bosse Bulldogs battle at a stand stlll ln a scoreless game at Enlow Fleld IU Evansvllle Vmcennes started off on the rlght foot by cl1ck1ng off two successlve flrst downs before fumbllng with the Bulldogs recoverlng on thelr own 35 Then Bosse made the longest sustam ed drlve of the evenlng before flnally bemg stopped on the AIICG 1 yard stripe From there on nelther team could get 1ts of fenslve attack underway and except on one or two dlfferent occaslons the ball exchanged hands near mldfleld The Al1ces mam scormg threat was halted wlth a pass lnterceptlon on the Bosse 3 yard l1ne as the f1rst half ended Pass lntercept ons were predomlnent ln the second half as both teams took to the alr o try to break the scoreless deadlock LAWRENCEVILLE 30 0 The Al1ces galned thelr flrst vlctory at the expense of the Lawrencevllle Indians 1n thelr openlng game at Washmgton Fleld by a 30 0 trlumph November November 23 November December December December December December January 4 January 5 January 1 January 1 January Janualy February 1 February 8 February 12 February 15 Lawrencevllle R61tZ Washlngton Jasper Central Blcknell Bedford New Albany Jasper Jeffersonvllle Central Prlnceton Washlngton Sulllvan Huntlngburg Bloomlngton Lawrencevllle Bosse VINCENNES 26 LAWRENCEVILLE 24 The Allce hardwood squad won then' open mg game of the 45 46 season by scormg a close two polnt vlctory over the Lawrencevllle Ind lans 26 24 At the end of each quarter the Al1ces were ln the lead but only by sllght marglns After holdmg a 3 2 edge the Green and Whlte In creased thelr lead to 11 8 at the half In the thlrd perlod the Indxans closed the gap to only one polnt wlth the score belng 18 17 In the flnal quarter the Al1ces outscored the Indlans 8 to 7 to end up on the long end of the 26 24 score VINCENNES 25 REITZ 17 The Al1ces racked up the1r second vlctory of the season and flrst S I A C w1n when they defeated Reltz of Evansvllle 25 17 at Evans ulle Nov 23 The game opened wlth a fleld goal by Grubb follow ed by three flelders for the Panthers and one free throw for each team mak1ng the flrst quartel score 7 3 1n favor of Reltz Tre Al1ces pulled out m front of the Panth ers the second quarter by OLltSCOI'lI1g the R91tZ qumtet SIX polnts The halftlme score was 11 9 The thlrd quarter featured Hoffman Hud son and Grubb h1tt1ng from the floor and put tmg the Al1ces fulther ln the lead the score at the end of the perlod belng 19 12 In the flnal perlod Harwlck and Lasher tal hed three pomts each to make the Al1ces flnal 25 polnts agalnst the Panthers 17 VINCENNES 44 WASHINGTON 29 The Al1ces played on thelr own hardwood for the flrst tlme thls season and tallled their thlrd wx ln Nov 30 when they nset and tromped the W shlngton Hatchets 44 29 The game opened NVItI'l the Hatchets scormg from the floor Burdsall tallled a free throw and a fleld goal to ox ercome Washlngton s only lead durlng the contest Wlth Lasher Bowman Ig raceev xqeo 31 ' 0 30 44 ' 6 21 12 17 2 6 ' 7 14 25 9 65 ' ' 0 19 33 ' 4 32 7 21 31 25 ' 0 28 37 64 ' 0 35 46 ' 1 46 . ' 8 29 ' . ' - ' 25 31 ' ' ' ' 29 48 ' . , . , . 42 . . S . - 35 . . . , , 37 , i . . 36 7 e . . . . ' . ' ' , team was honored b the selection of end Paul . . . . X . . I , I I, - no er settle a u :ti n-Dinraeli.