Warrensburg High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Warrensburg, IL)

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TI-IE' C RDI AL-'L'-1 KIILLIKIN UNIVERSITY firYMN.KSll'M Eugene Simpson Everett lirown Forward Center and Guard forged ahead with a free throw. llut the team never gave up. They started down the lloor with titty-nine seconds to play. lust live seconds lrefore the timer went for his firearms Simpson tossed a held goal. In the third quarter of this game Paxton re-injured his leg and was forced out for the rest of the season. In the next game Niantie gave the dope bucket a kick by ousting our team as a titular favorite. The boys couldn't hit and dropped the game by a score of 23-II. In the eveni11g session the Cardinals played Mt. Zion for third place. A fter a disastrous lirst half the boys pulled themselves together to beat the foe I3- 14. After this game the All-Stars were announced. Ulysses Shephard and Owen Barclay were plaeed on the second team. DISTRICT TOURNAMENT XYarrensburg dropped their tirst game in the district tournament to Niantic. In the last minute of play a Niantie basket sent the VVells-coached machine ahead to win I4-13. This game closed the prep basketball careers of the Barclay brothers, who came from Argenta. Argenta's loss was our gain. The lettermen for the year are Nathan Brown, Everett Brown, Owen Rar- clay, Otis Barclay, Eugene Simpson, Ulysses Shephard and Luther Paxton. Number of games played .,.........................,.........,.... 2l Number of games won 9 Number of games lost ....... ..,... I 2 Percentage of games won ...... ...... 4 3 The star ol' 'em all Is the boy who can grin W'hen he's ierkedH from a frame. D A And a sub sent in. -31-

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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-

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T E CARDI AL RESERVES Back row-VX'illiam Nlinters, Claudie Collins, Herschel Sheneman, XYillard Buckley Front row-Merle Major, Nelson Vaughan, Harold Heiserman, NX'alter Pritchett The boys whose likeness you see above Composed the reserve team 'lhe reserves played a larger schedule than any reserve team of former yeais NVh1le a majority of the games were lost, the experience gained will be a great asset III the future when they take their places on the varsity. SUMIXIARY OF RESERVE SCHEDLTLE Grwzc Argenta Latham l'Jurfee . Kenney Niantic Argen 1 a Central Kenney Niantie l Jnrfee 'llutal -32- ll'.C.H.S. Oppmzcllis 2 9 .. 9 lZ li 13 . 13 5 15 14 .. 3 20 ,. fb 22 22 3 .. 9 lil 12 17 ,....l09 127