Wellington High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Wellington, KS)

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BASKETBALL SQUAD Left to right: Moor- head, O'Neal, Morrell, D. Vandaveer, Wirth, Coach Neve, Amberg, Brown, Meyer, Nof- singer, Quillen, Gad- die, Nichols, McClure, Carter, Blazer. Win Gr Lose INNING six gzmes and losing ten may show what the record of the Crusader basketball squad was, but it fails to point out the abil- ity they really had. Although the games won were few, the team displayed good, clean sportsmanship, that was never once disputed by fan or player. Starting the season, Coach Melvin A. Buzzard had seven letter men to build his fighting five, but only one, Ed Vandaveer, was in the starting lineup. Other letter men were James Schwensen, Jack Howell, John Hyndman, honorary captain this year, Bill Romig, Don Denny, and Don Jones, who made regular berths on the team. Second semester, David Roach was added to the starting iive. The season started with a roaming team from Wyandotte defeating the Crusaders by a large margin of 40-11. A dominating desire led the team to scalp the young braves of Clearwater 43-22. To open the Valley, Winiield came, saw, and conquered with marks of 30 while the Crusaders chalked up but 14 points. Next the Newton Railroaders tried to keep pace with the Vikings by piling up 30 points, to Wellington's 16. After winning two wel- come games from Wichita's North 15-13, and East 26-21, the law of averages failed the Crusader boys, for three defeats came from Hutchinson in a heart-breaking 25-23 score, ElDorado's 36-21, and Ark City's last quarter rally to win 15-14 after being held to 3 points for three quarters. Once again the whistle toots, the band plays, and the crowd rises to cheer for basketball, their favorite winter sport, which was entering the last half of Valley competition. Determined Crusader basketeers, learning a lesson, dribbled off to a start like the opening game of the season by a beautiful loss to the Viking Champs 41-14. With that week's defeat in mind the Crusader horsemen settled down to a strenuous weekls work, which was partly successful as it resulted in a 4-0-29 loss to Newton and a win over Wichita North 22-21, a -gg-

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Are We Proud E THE PEOPLE have s en the amazing fable of the ugly caterpillar changing into the beautiful. butterfly come true when the band iirst appeared in new uniforms at the annual winter concert January 31. Speaking of uniforms, who can forget our classy little drum major, Betty Glamann, her four drum majorettes and the added attraction of 18 twirlers headed by Junior Fritchman. Betty and Junior look as if they are walking right out on this page to 'tstrut their stuff. Below is the band's inspirer of aspirations and also perspiration, Clark Evans. Director Evans dreamed of an excellent band as 85 girls and boys carriedw their instruments to the band bungalow during homeroom period for practice, practice, and more practice. As the result, our band returned from the district contest held in Wichita, April 12 with a rating of highly superior plus, which entitled them to enter the National Regional Contest at Kansas City, Missouri, May 9-11. All practice and no play did not apply to the band this year. First, it boosted the Crusaders to their Ark Valley football championshipg then, it supported the basketball team through its hard-fought seasong February 13 brought Music Day with Dr. Joe Maddy as guest conductor of the all-county combined band concert. Naturally everyone wanted to hear this superior band as they played for many civic affairs. As the last note was played, the band closed the books of 1939-40 on one of the best years in the history of Wellington High School.

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A Gomes A Game big thriller. East Aces came out of their cellar with the support of their school, in a close clash they went flying OIT to a 17-14 win, their first. Leaders in two big scoring games, ElDorado and Hutchinson put on show- ings to the Crusader squad's unhappy recollection as the Wildcats tamed us, 40-25, and the Salthawks, 44-23. Now came an exhibition of bulldogging and horse riding in ball handling between the Ark City Bulldogs and Cru- saders. What a welcome finish of 35-33 for the Crusaders. Next the boys journeyed to the regional tournament at Ark City where they defeated the wild swinging Wichita Cathedrals in a close battle which ended 34-22 for the galloping Crusaders. The boys met for the third time the Ark City Bulldogs, who won after tough luck on the part of Wellington by a 23-22 score. Four Ark Valley schools went to the state, but only one, Winfield, came out, as they have for two consecutive years, the champs. Hutchinson and Newton battled for third and fourth places. That's Ark Valley basketball. NTRAMURALS were introduced in the athletic program this year under the guidance of Harold Cessna, to give boys unable to make the squad opportunity to participate in games. Ten teams-mainly juniors and seniors-organized, elected captains, chose high sounding names, and played rip-roaring games. Forty-live cinder men came out for track when Coach Buzzard sounded the starting gun early in April, and of these, twenty rated trips during the season. The team entered meets at Antihony, Newton, Clearwater, then the Ark Valley tilt and journeyed to K. U. for the state relays. One factor which may contribute to the success of these modern mercur- ies next yearwill be the cinder track to be built around the new football gridiron. ...2 9... Left to right: Cox, Lawbaugh, Stewart, R.. Snyder, Helm, Gla- mann, Agee, Davis, Rusk, D. Snider, Cozwh Buzzard, I-Iyndman, Schwenson, Romig, Casper, E. Vandaweer, Howell, Guinn, Jones, Denny, Tomlins.