Wellington High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Wellington, KS)

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1 4 Jr' .. - ,. ,f gf' . - 0 v I 3 ,.,. ... a g i ', V! , A . X. . .- fr FIRST STRING f L,.,,f gs L r' Coachesw -Hall, Suran, and Reinecker: A, xii. '- ,' 7' 'A 5315 , . , limi: Row fYbnrm. Sanncr, J. Mcrryman. Tom- lins, Rogers. Rains, Templeton, and McEachf '- EKHI .11:.I.fIe Rou.'f'Cornwcll, ' Nlcrryman, Knorp. Shields, Kemp. Barth, T. Groom, Cruzan, and Dare: I-'ro-it Roll' -'Haniltor-1, Arnspigcr, XVnugh, Mansfield, Rissell, Dcets, and Wilson. 'THE SQUAD From Lcfl Io Righte Burk Row - Hoycr, Black, Kersting, Guinn, Prest- tv, llumblc, D. Mciiachcrn, l.owen, Norris, Friedman, Carson, Carter, G. Rogers, and W. Arnspiger. Ihlrd Row- Kenney, Goodrum, Tibbs, Seal, Hynd- min, Sargent, XValkrr, Gardner, Frambcrs Barron, Gasper, Jones, and Scates. row! Row ---Ruins. Cornwell, B. Shields. J, Mer- rvnnn. Rothrock, T. Merryman, Tomlins, H. Rogers. Groom, Dare, Sanner, and B. Mc- Eachcrnz Fron! Rowfl-lowcll, Hamilton. Kemp, Manshcld Rissell, Knorp. Deets. R. Arnspiger, Waugh XVilsnn, and Sharpsteen: riffs, at I withi-two p victory, the e b ' on after tsl.: onversions, ' 25. V Our valiant elev ooked for fort er conquesb as they next played h to the Railroaders, who bowed in a sparkling ga ich showed the Cru- saders' speedy running attack. The score was 20 to 0. Wichita North's Redskins were the next foe to venture to Wellington. Their running attack clicked all evening While the Crusaders bogged down hopelessly, and the Redskins made it for four years straight. The final score was 12 to 0. Next the Crusaders met the Vikings of Win- field and defeated them handily for their third Valley victory. Throughout the game Coach Hall used his reserves. The score was 39 to 6. Next the Crusaders met the ElDorado Wildcats and staged a spectacular scoring parade, running up 72 points to 0. Again Waugh made an amazing play as he ripped off a kick-off run back for 94 yards. Kemp, Wilson, and Rogers also sparkled in this fray and the line play was strong on defense. Last the Crusaders met the high riding Ark City Bulldogs in the Turkey day classic, It was a perfect football day with the bleachers jammed, and the most sensational playing displayed all season on both sides. Through the running of Kemp, who twice slipped through the Bulldogs end, and a pass from Waugh to Rogers, the Cru- .27. QVG'fER.l 'S l xl 3 1 ' Z is J, xiii! SX F f A out 1 W., ev' iff'-21 E saders racked up 19 points in the first half, but the Bulldogs came back strong, and scored two touchdowns, Wellington threatened twice in the last half, but the determined Bulldogs held. Then came their golden opportunity but it was muffed. The Crusaders missed a pass from center which rolled back of the goal line, giving the Bulldogs an automatic safety instead of a touchdown. This made the score 19 to 15 and with this score the game ended. It was a fighting Bulldog eleven that went down, and a determined Crusader eleven that played a heads up game on both defense and offense. Wellington placed three on the All Valley eleven, Waugh, Rissell, and H. Rogersg numerous players were on the Valley and all state second and third teams. To close the season the squad named Jerry Waugh and Bill Rissell honorary co-captains for the year. On December 18, the Chamber of Com- merce honored the entire squad at their annual banquet. The guest speaker was Ernie Quigley. To Coaches Hall and Suran the downtown quarterbacks gave a fifty dollar bill each for their hard work and faithfulness in building another winning team for Wellington High. .-1'

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1 UH ,,4W,.MmtW gi Ga ,, .J - r vi. 'Fot Winning seven and losing two games, We ton had a good season this year, tying for runner-up position in the Valley. With only Waugh, Rissell, and Tomlins re- turning from last year's starting lineup, pre-season dope gave little hope for Coach Halls Valley chances Virgil, Kemp, who was out with injuries last scascn, along' 'v :h Waug'i, Mansfield, Arn- spiger, and Wilson, a newcomer to the Valley, made a light but fast backfield, Veterans Rissell and Toznlins bolstered the forward vnall along witi the new line: Rogers, Hamilton, Tomlins, Knorp, Deets, J. Merrvmaii, liowever, it varied quite often throughout the season. Wellington played host to Blackwell in the opening game. The Sooners couldn't stop Wilson and Kemp, who ran the end at random, with Waugh doing the passing. The final score was 39 .26. by J CK CARSON t 0. Immediately the Crusaders began preparing f r their first league conflict with East, who had ominated the Valley two years. The Crusaders went down through fumbles on a muddy field to defeat, but the game included two brilliant runs of fifty yards by Waugh. A green but stubborn line never quit fighting, although they were no match for the East brawn, The score was 38 to 7. Next was a non-conference tilt with Chilocco Indians, who were as helpless against the Crusa- ders as we were to East, Two regulars, Rissell and Waugh, sat on the bench, because of injuries. The score 39 to 0. Tlee fighting Crimson and White then traveled to Neveland for a thriller that was unsurpassed in Valley competition. It was a see- saw affair vsith Hutchinson drawing first blood, but the Crusaders came back strong with a pass- ing offense that no defentse could stop. When the final gun sounded, they had survived the ordeal

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gg? . X A -1 ,X xx ' 1 5 X, . K Ark Valley Champions For the first time in its history Wellington captured the Ark Valley championship. With six returning lettermen, Captain Jerry Waugh, Lup- ton, Mansfield, Arnspiger, and Hamilton, Coach Suran rounded out the team with Kemp, Wilson, Cruzan, H. Rogers, Shields, and Barrett. The starting five were Waugh, on last year's five, Wal- lace, Rogers, Mansfield, and Lupton, second team. Lupton developed quickly and played plenty of good ball. Although he did not score so much, he was a rebound threat and as good a defensive man as any center in the Valley. A scoring ace through- out the season was sophomore Harold Rogers, for- ward, who came through with top Valley honors. He was high scorer from the first game but for two weeks he dropped to second place. Arch Wal- lace at the other forward post was also a high scorer on the team, being fifth in the Valley. He played fast and was a valuable cog in the defen- sive machine which the teamshowed in the second round of play. Richard Mansfield, playing his guard position was always good at defense. While he did not score as high, he could always hold down his op- ponent. Fourth 'place scorer on the championship five was Jerry Waugh, a four year letterman, and was scoring threat from any angle of the court. Playing the guard post Waugh was the fastest, coolest, all-around defensive man in the Valley It was Waugh who kept his teammates calm when going was rough, and fed the ball to the forwards. First sub was Virgil Kemp who was frequently called upon when too many fouls tripped the team, or when one bogged down. The first round opened with the challenging Salthawks coming here for a game that was Well- lngton's all the way. The Hawks fell 36 to 19, with Rogers, Waugh, and Wallace, the Big Three, bringing in 30 counters. The boys next faced vacation week playing a trying Viking team 34 to 20, then playing hosts to a challenging rough and tumbling North quintet, outshooting them at the free throw line 43 to ?.4. In their next game the Suranmen put on a spec- tacular scoring spree defeating the Wildcats 66 to 28, the big three accounting for 40 ponts. Next came the Newton Railroaders, the spot- light game that people had been waiting for, but here the sooringmachine bogged down for its first defeat, 37 to 24. As the Redskins had defeated New- ton the week before, this kept us tied for first place. The next week the boys bounced back and set the Ark City Bulldogs down 60 to 26. In the second .Salthawk encounter the Crusa- ders came from behind in the last four minutes of play to win 34 to 26. The East Aces came out on the short end of a 43 to 26 score, and the next week the Winfield five were downed 27 to 16. An- other game came up with North, but we held 42 to 38. Then came one with ElDorado and a 43 to 20 score. At last came the game all were waiting for, the Railroaders, the most thrilling from start to finish of any game all season. They were stop- ped cold as Crusaders won 36 to 25. The season ended with the Bulldogs who held well for most