Warrensburg High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Warrensburg, IL)

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12-LTI-IE CARDl15IAL . ..., ,..,.. . ,... .. . - . .,...... .,,,,.. ..,.- ,, M1 ARGENTA COMMUNITY HIGH SC1-Iool, Owen Barclay Otis Barclay Forward and Guard Forward WARRENSBURG, 195 ALUMNI, 17 VVe captured our First game from the old grads in a last-quarter rush. No doubt the Alumni ate too much at the banquet before the game. WARRENSBURG, 145 MAROA, 16 The Cardinals dropped another heart breaker at Maroa. Their Cracker box gym seems to have a jinx on our teams. We never remember of winning a game in it, though the game here was usually a different story. WARRENSBURG, 145 NIANTIC, 35 With Cussins flipping seven held goals from the center of the floor in the first half Niantic repeated what they did at the tournament. In the last half our team found itself and the scoring was even. WARRENSBURG, 105 ARGENTA, 20 In the game played in the new gym of the county champs both teams displayed very little basketball. In the last quarter a barrage of long shots by the Craig, Miller, Manacke combination turned a tight game into a rout. WARRENSBURG, 355 MAROA, 6 The Cardinals were in a harping mood this night and trounced Maroa to the tune of 35-6. The Dunlap boys were helpless in front of our defense and could not stop our offensive which was scoring from all angles. WARRENSBURG, 245 WAPELLA, 6 The team still had the winning fever. They presented a line defense coupled with a lighting offensive that completely routed the Dewitt demons. -29..

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--2--THE CARDINALLA BASKETBALL llfACON COMMUNITY HIGH Scnoor. lhysscs Shephard, Captahz Luther Paxton Guard Guard WARRENSBURG, 165 ARGENTA, 30 We opened the season with Argenta. Our old rivals had been playing on the hardwoods for a month, and though they nearly doubled the score on us the count does not indicate the closeness of the game. ' WARRENSBURG, 163 LATHAM, 20 Our second game was played on Latham's floor. The 1923 district champions expected to make hash out of us. The Blue and White was so dazed by the light the Cardinals put up that they were barely able to eke out a win. WARRENSBURG, 215 MT. ZION. 23 The losing jinx was still with us when we met Mt. Zion on the local floor for the third game of the season. After leading throughout the contest our team dropped the game in the last minutes while attempting to stall. , WARRENSBURG, 93 WAPELLA, 11 NVapella, the highly-touted Dewitt County five, met and defeated us in our fourth game. It was a fast defensive contest, going into one overtime to decide the winner. Failure to take advantage of charity tosses cost us the game. WARRENSBURG, 173 CLINTON, 19 Clinton's fast-traveling quintet was forced to play two overtimes before they could down the Harpers. Clinton got all of their field goals from near the center of the floor. This game speaks for the team's ability, as Clinton beat Decatur three days later. WARRENSBURG, 105 KENNEY, 19 Mr. Harper was called home and could not accompany his team on this trip. The boys were off on their shots. connecting only three times in fifty-five attempts. -28- 'J c

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TI-IE C RDIISIAL-' Mmtoa COMMUNITY HIGH Scnoot, Nmhm1Bnmh Ndmm Ymmhmi Center Forward WARRENSBURG, 133 MT. ZION, 9 In this game Mt. Zion determined to avenge the county tournament defeat, but a big first quarter for the Cardinals put the game on ice and the defense kept it there. WARRENSBURG, 173 KENNEY, 5 NVarrenshurg turned hack Kenney in their fourth straight victory. It was a listless game, both teams playing ragged basketball. WARRENSBURG, 29g LATHAM, 18 ln the most important game of the year VVarrensburg put forth their greatest effort and played their best basketball. Before a howling mob of six hundred the Cardinals avenged five consecutive defeats in three years by walloping their hated rivals. The Hunter preps could not penetrate our zone defense and con- sequently had to rely upon long shots. They never got a shot within the free throw line, while our offensive drives were constantly opening the Latham defense. WARRENSBURG, 125 CLINTON, 24 At Clinton the Dewitt County champs stopped our winning streak by a crush- ing defeat. The team had an off night and was unable to cope with the flashing attack of the XVilson quint. WARRENSBURG, 215 NIANTIC, 5 In the last scheduled game the boys took the fioor in an avenging mood. They completely crushed the Vtfells tossers, holding them without a field goal. MACON COUNTY TOURNAMENT VVarrensburg upset Macon, a county favorite, in their first game of the tourna- ment. After leading until the fourth quarter Macon tied the score 13-all, then -3o-