Wellington High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Wellington, KS)

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Football Scores Crusadfsirs . . . 0 East ..... 6 C1-ueaders .... 58 Winffiaild .... 12 Crusaders .... 12 Hutchinson . . 13 virusiaytlers ...O NBWEOII . . . 32 Ct usaders Pi-nta Crusaders ....7 oity..2o ...33 Blackwell . . . 6 Crusad-efrs ...25 Eldorado . . . 6 C'l'll.S3.dE1fS ...6 Ark City . . . zo if 'k Basketball VVHS 34, WHS 20, WHS 24, WHS 14, WHS 33, WHS 26, WHS 35, WHS 42, WHS 26, WHS 44, WHS 33, WHS 29, WHS 32, WHS 32, East 25 Hutch. 27 Eldorao 17 Newton 29 North 32 Ark City 23 Winfield 26 East 28 Hutch. 25 Eldorado 41 Newton 43 North 22 Ark City 19 Winfield 29 Regional WHS 45, WHS 26, Ark City 33 Winfield 19 Semi-Final WHS 52, WHS 28, Dodge C. 35 Salina 30 if D Co-Captains Chuck O'Neal in his famous 24, and Bob McClure, number 7 wearing the jersey, were elected 1943 co-cap- tai-ns of the Crusaders at the close of the sea- SOII. the big stadium. Completing fourteen out of seven- tein passes, the clzunter was set up by O'Neal and McClure and the Carusader swcoire 'Calm-6' to Davis in time end zone during time fourth perliod. Seeking a victory the Crusadlslrs invaded Black- well and igarnereozl a :Win ov-er a much larger team by a 33-6 w'iI.fh the Dukes scoring at will. In their last hoirne game the Crusaders played, host to the Elizloradio Wildcats and 'emerged from a hard. fought tussle with a well earned 25-6 win. The Crusaders jlsiurneyed to Ark City for their annual Turkey Day game and for the first time this yzfar the dope was in their favior. But numer- ous errors and an inspired group of Bulldogs all added up to defeat for Itlhe Crusaders by a 20-6 score. While the win and loss column did not show up no previous yeiazrss the team did enjoy a fairly I successful season. While dogged by injured and inexperienced players, Coaches Hall and Suran did a crzldiftable job. Every fan can fwell be proud of the y-:far's edition of Wellington football. The Orusaders never ga-ve up once, being by far the sorappiest team in the valley. 'A' t t lllll OR the first time in fifteen field, and Eldorado twice, split- Ill long years Wellington had a ..III ting a pair of games with the Hutchinson Salthawks, who tied with them in league wins, and dropping two to the powerful Newton Railroaders. Of the ten boys in the squad at the first of the year, only seven winning basketball team. I'h's Crusader quintet coach- ed by Cade Suran finished second in the Ark Valley behind Newton, defeating Wichita East, Wichita North, Ark City, Win- .

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FRONT ROW: McEachern, McClure, Whitley, Holefelder, OlNeal, Dixon, Quillen, Davis, Vaughn, Wentz, Bentett. SECOND ROVV: Templeton, Kirkpatrick, Rogers, Merryrllafi, Tomllns, Rissell, Waugh, Cornwell, Carter, Butler Arn spiger Cox, Cade, Knorp. THIRD ROW: McMillin, Gronemyer, Morris, Erwin, Bruce, Beatty, Erwin, Shields, Markley, Carter, Frazier, Carson Bur dick Cummirs, Carson, manager. BACK ROW: Coach Hall, Kemp, Mansfield, Brumley, Scates, Sargent, Matthews, Sanner, Collins, Newberry, McEachern Friedman, Boatright, Coach Suran, Coach Reinecker. Touchdown Joes While Wfllingtoirs 1943 football squad did nOt bring the Ark Valley title home with them, they did play good football all season. The team played close games with the league leaders and furnished thrills at home for the spectators. When the new coach, Artie Hall if Protection, a-rrived to take over the Crusader football reins this year, only four returning lettermen were on hand to great him. This is in itself a tough assignment, for a new coach to start the old-est and toughest league in thc state with a green taam. However, what thes: four biys lacked in quantity, they made up in quality. Chuck O'N5al, one of the better ends in the valley last year, shifted. to the backfleld where he led the Crusader offense in every game. Bob McClure and Red Whiiley, veteran ends, were among the better ivinigmen in Conference play. JHil'Il:E.S Quillen, the other monogram winner, was an 'excellent ball handler and operated from fullback. Bad luck, bad weather, and bad breaks accom- panied the C'l'l1SHidrQIl'S all season. The first blow came in the closing three weeks of season practice when Virgil Kifimp, starting ivitingmen, suffered a broken leg in practice. That week the high flying Aces of Wichita East came to town and were lucky to -ske out a 6-0 victory over a gang of fighting Crusaders. The Crusaders, never -5-aunted, struck back in one brief bid for supremacy when they swamped a luckless Winfield eliven by a 58-12 score. Next the strong HLltClllllEl.ll Sclthawks invaded Wellington witn a light gricky team co-ached in the typical Neve sysfiin. The Rezi and White lost a heart breaking decision. Ncxt on the schedule were the Newton Rail- rc-adels wio charged O'!f'l' Welliiigiiiiiii 32-Cf for the werst boiling' the Crusadfrs have suffered since 1936. Thi Newton l,Qam outweighed the Crusaders 20 pounds 'to the man and since the game was playid in a driving rain, weight meant rno.e power to thi: R.:i.ilers. The following week a. non-league tilt with Ponca City, one of the be-st teams in re- cent years to be found in the Sooner state, downed a group of fighting C'l'l1Efi3id6l'S 20-7. The Sooners played a college brand of ball and were the best learn to play bcfoire local fans all year. Then came the game of the year, when the Ci usaders followed by hordes of fans stormed the Lalwuence stavfium in Wiichita to battle tioie Reti- sloins of Ntrtli. However, the more expeirienciiid team won the game, onli cf the hiairdeot fought in many years, by a 12-7 count. The victory came only after the gallant Crusaders had unleashed one of the nioist electrifying aerial attacks ever wiitness-ed in

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A H. A ,fl remained at the end, two re- serves quitting to go to work, and Chuck O'Neal leaving the last of February for the Naval Air School. Of the squad that finish- ed the season, only four boys were seniors, meaning that time Crusaders go into the Ark Valley next year with a strong team as few juniors are in danger of be- called into the service. Rex Curtis, senior forward, earned a first team spot from thc first and kept it by his scrappy playing. He had a five-point ave- rage. Hollis Berg, 6'6', center, de- veloped into an all-around player as the season progressed and was a valuable rebound cog in the 1 mach ne. Bob McClure, guard and rtinnifg mate of O'Neal, play- ed the most consistent ball dis- played on the court this year. While not a high scorer, McClure was a good ball handler and team player. O'Neal, missed by the team in tournament play, was a spectacular player, specializing in stealing passes. He was a tricky passer and a good, alert defense man. Russell Burris, an- other senior and an able substi- tute, was a good passer and ball handler. Among the juniors was Jerry Vlfaugh, second high scorer in the league this year. A natural-born player, Waugh was an excellent 3 A , A Wi? wi? 'T it Front 'Row-Eddie Howell, Ervin Templeton, Buddy Tonflins, Donald Raines, Ernie Barrett, Jack Seal, Dean Patterson, Jack Merry- man, Warren Arnspiger, Gerald R,:gers'. Back Row-James Sanner, Bill Mclilachern, James Wilson, Kendall Dennis, Porter Fisher. floorman with a good shooting eye from any angle of the court. Arch Wallace, who took O'Neal's place, filled the position with more skill than most spectators dreamed of. Another tall center is Gail Lupton, a reserve, who be- came eligible the second semester. He will ably fill Berg's berth next season. Two other juniors, who saw but limited service as second string men until called up for the first ten, were Richard Mansfield and Franklin Hamilton. Another newcomer to the first string who came up late in the season was Harold Rogers, a classy little freshman, who already looks like a veteran. O'Neal and Waugh were hon- ored at the close of the season by being named on the All-Valley team in a poll taken by the Wich- ita Beacon from nominations made by the eight valley coaches. In the regional tournament, the Crusaders went through unde- feated, overpowering Winfield and Ark City: in the semifinals they overpowered Dodge City in a 52 to 35 win but fell before Sa- lina's Maroons 30 to 28 in a game in which the officiating was ques- tionable. i- i- Junior High The junior high basketball squad completed a successful season defeating both East freshmen and Winfield P38 to 27 and 25 to 21, but losing to both in return games 28 to 23 and 31 to 10. They defeated Ark City twice 25 to 23 and 19 to 9. They also won from South Haven 14 to 12 and the sophomores 38 to 28.