West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAM

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were defeated, the score was so close, that it showed that both teams were very evenly matched. Neither team can say that their playing excelled that of the other. Saginaw — 15 Arthur Hill — 19 Saginaw received its second defeat from Arthur Hill at Pioneer Hall. This victory, over Saginaw, gave Arthur Hill the valley champ- ionship in basketball. Saginaw obtained the lead in the fir.st half which ended 10-6. At the beginning of the second half our team started out with a determined effort and overtook Saginaw ' s lead in a very few minutes and never again did they lose it. Our team completely out- played Saginaw in every department of the game. Saginaw seemed lost before our advances, and were stopped dead in their tracks by the excellent guarding of our men. Saginaw fought gamely throughout the game but were outclassed by the passing and guarding of our valley champions. Bay City Western — 2 Arthur Hill — Fight, fight, nigger and a white. Dynamite, out of sight. On account of poor officiating, the last valley game of the season ended in a fight amongst both players and spectators. The crowd marched right out onto the floor and Mr. Allen thought it best to take the team off the floor and forfeit to Bay City. Mt. Pleasant Tournament. Arthur Hill — 9 Alma — 13 No golden banner and cup of silver was brought back by our team from the Mt. Pleasant Tournament, but the tale of a jolly good time and a hard earned rest. Our gang travelled to Mt. Pleasant to take part in the district tournament. They were defeated by Alma High School in the first tournament game, this eliminating them from further par- ticipation. Line-Up Grube Forward Davis Forward Scheib Center Gile Guard Hackett Guard Friske Sub Currott Sub Roeser Sub Girls Basketball Team Is the team of 1921 on the map? Well, I guess! Just look at the above picture and notice the sturdiness of these lassies. Don ' t they look rather peppy ? We ha ' several trimmings, and one team walked away with us entirely. Although we were not always victorious, our trips were often made a real pleasure to us. At Owosso, each girl was taken to a private home and royally entertained. At Vassar, we found three games scheduled, with ours as the big one. After lots of eats, the surprise came: We had to play first. Well, we did our best, but lost 40-21. Talk about being stage struck! That ' s what happened to us the night we played Saginaw and as a result Saginaw won out. In the re- turn game we had recovered from this difficulty. We kept right up with them until the end of the third quarter. In the last quarter they got

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ahead and stayed there until the whistle blew. During the rest of the season we won every game, although we had to fight desperately for some of them. When we did trim our opponents, we surely made a good job of it, not only because we fought every minute, but also be- cause of the loyalty of the girls. They came to every practice, stuck and worked together like regular fighters. They certainly deserve credit for the season ' s work. GAMES Vassar 40 Arthur Hill 21 Owosso 18 Arthur Hill 17 Y. W. C. A. 21 Arthur Hill 23 Saginaw 27 Arthur Hill 17 Y. W. C. A. 29 Arthur Hill 43 Vassar 18 Arthur Hill 22 Owosso 20 Arthur Hill 30 Chesaning 17 Arthur Hill 45 Bay City Western 10 Arthur Hill 49 Saginaw 40 Arthur Hill 29 Bay City Eastern 30 Arthur Hill 39 Bay City Eastern 30 Arthur Hill 51 Bay City Eastern 26 Arthur Hill 75 Chesaning 24 Arthur Hill 32 Line-up Ida Osterbeck Forward Helen Carr Forward Anna Klemach Center Grace Carmichael Side Center Dorothea Reichle Guard Pauline Smith Guard Jane Williams Sub Mary Howard Sub IDA OSTERBECK. GIRLS ' BASKETBALL CARNIVAL You didn ' t go to the Girls ' Basketball Carnival ! Why, dearie, you missed half of your life; but I ' ll try to tell you about it. Well, to start with, Old Pioneer looked like a regular fair with the cleverest booths on two sides of it. And the cake, candy, and ice cream sandwiches — oh bother — how we all ate! Just eat! Well I should say not. You haven ' t heard the half of it yet. The center of the hall was roped off for dancing, and with the peppy music furnished by Dona Donelly, Rally Burrows, and Har- old Olson, you just couldn ' t help wanting to dance. Wait a minute, that isn ' t all either, they had the slickest mounted police you ever saw. What for? Why they got the cheek-to-cheek dancers, and the other law violators, and dragged them up on the stage where they were fined by a terribly harsh judge. And, my dear, you should have had your future read by the fortune teller. It was great. Regular stuff! They also had games of chance. There was a fish pond, and chances were sold on boxes of candy. Well, I guess I ' ve told you nearly everything and I know you ' re sorry that you weren ' t there, because, all in all, it was a great success. The profits that amounted to $125 are going to be used to buy sweaters for the girls on the team. Ruth Appleby.