Western High School - Concept Yearbook (Auburn, MI)

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Football At the beginning of the season, prospects for a winning team were not overly bright. The candidates consisting of a few veterans, and enough new men to bring the total up to the number necessary to play. Sometimes as many as Iifteen men reported for practice. Among the men were some who showed exceptional ability along certain lines. For accuracy and distance in passing the ball, Thomas would rank among the best in the state, and it would be hard to find more skilled men than Behrens and Anderson in the art of receiving long passes. The team developed slowly but surely, there being absolutely no com- parison between the eleven individuals who played the first game and the nine that played the last game. A glance at the score book would be enough to convince the most skeptical of the 'wonderful improvement of the team. This improvement is due entirely to the faithfulness of the men in practice, and to the good spirit with which they followed instructions. Some of the best players on the team will be lost through graduation. Men like Thomas, King, Miller and Royal, whose steady, faithful work help to make the football season a success. The back field and the ends will all be back, .and with a nucleus of veterans like Laverty, Nelson, Tyson, Anderson and MacDonald, Western should have a winning team for 1913. L. E., Behrens, L. T., Thomas, L. G., Royal: C., MacDonald: R. G., King: R. T'., Miller, R. E., H. Andersong R. H., Nelsoug L. H., W. Andersong F. B., Laverty captainjg Q., Tyson: manager, Neal.

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Girls' Basket Ball Girls' basket ball this season was very successful. A large number of the girls took great interest in it, and the result was a strong team. Our first trouble was in securing a gym in which to practice, but the Y loaned us the use of theirs in return for a sum of money which was raised by candy sales and a musical. Members of the faculty also lent their assistance to the girls, Miss Keating as coach, and Miss Lowrie as business manager, and Mr. Hassett refereeing at almost all of the games. The girls were very glad to get their help, and appreciated having some of the faculty take an interest in their athletics. . Eastern and Western agreed at the beginning of the year to play a practice game once a week. This agreement was lived up to, and Western may well be proud that their team was victorious in practically all the games. Two out-of-town games were played, one at Owosso, and one at Arthur Hill fSaginaw.J At Owosso, the girls lost their first and only game of the sea- son, but succeeded in keeping Owoss0's score down from their usual forty or fifty to the small number of thirteen. As a result of the good work done in all of the games, VVestern claims the championship of Saginaw Valley, basing their claims on the fact that they de- feated Bay City Eastern three times, Arthur Hill fSaginawJ, twice, and that Arthur Hill had been previously defeated by Midland. The only game lost during the entire season was to Owosso, a strong contender for the state cham4 pionship. May Petit was captain elect and forward, and by her well directed free throws, she especially starred in the Arthur Hill CSaginawJ game on the local floor. Marie Kolb, as center, was the strength of the teamg she was very quick, and her enthusiasm helped to win many of the hardest games. ' Eva Sherwood played forward, and it was through her ability to make baskets from the field that the scores were so high at 0wosso and Saginaw. Ellen Law was an all-around good playerg she was,guard the first part of the season, but was changed to side center, where she and Marie Kolb worked together so well. Abbie Ralston played guard and did excellent work: she was always by her opponent's elbow, and she did not allow her to make many baskets. She graduates in 1913, and the team will certainly feel a loss. Annetta Neal also played guard, and her chief quality was in her ability to stick to her man. : The other girls who played basket ball during the season are Ethel Nichols, centerg Lillian Reynolds, side center: Ethel Sherwood and Effie Horne, for- wards. These girls were very faithful in going to practices. The schedule games of the season were as follows: January 17-Eastern, 43 Western, 5. ' January 24-Eastern, 4, Western, 8. ' February 14-Arthur Hill, 43 Western. 7. February 26,-Eastern, 65 Western, 8. February 28-Owosso, 133 Western, 11. March 14-Arthur Hill, 145 Western, 16.