Winslow High School - Eskimo Yearbook (Winslow, IN)

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W. H. S. I The Champion 1921, TI-IE SEASON'S PLAY-fflontinuedj for Mt. Carmel. The second half told a different story. We won, 16-12. They certainly were sick after that defeat. But they were real sports and well coached. Feb. 9 and County Tourney! We drew Algiers for the oepning game which was forfeited to us, 2-0 because they did not show up. We took a little practice and it seems that we sure needed it that afternoon. Our next and final game of the tourney was with Union. We went on the floor with plenty of confidence, with the result that we were defeated, 26-23. Hurrah for Union, the only Pike County team that could stand the grind. J. Wood led our scoring with six. Otwell won from Union in the final game of the County Tourney. We met Reitz on our floor, Feb. 16, the next date after the county tourney. We redeemed ourselves at Reitz' expense to the tun of 42-9. Both offense and defense were strong. Dude led with eight field goals. We went to Princeton for the final game of our schedule. They started off like a storm and secured a twelve-point lead in the very start. Couts was sent into the game at this point and did good work. The Princeton lads were large and extra rough. We fought hard but lost the game, the final score resulting 26-25. Sectional tourney came Feb. 29 and March 1 at Oakland City. We drew Ft. Branch. We lacked confidence but still had fight in our system. Our slump had been hanging on since the county tourney. Once we hit our old stride the jinx would be oi. All is well that ends well! After that game the beds at our rooming house were too small and some of our gang had to sleep on the floor. But at that they had childish dreams. One of our boys walked backwards to the room from the gym that night, so afraid was he that he would be vamped by admiring fair maidens. Even our coach was a general favorite and girls tried to flirt with 'himl But Couts started the game off with a pretty shot from the middle of the floor. The slump was off. We held Ft. Branch to 3 field goals. We secured fifteen and our subs played through a big part of the game, showing up to good advantage. J. Wood led with seven field goals. The score was 33-10 in our favor. Our second game with Patoka in her second game of the tourney. The playing in this game was a repetition of that with Ft. Branch, even to the score. We treated them both alike, defeating both by the score 33-10. B. Wood showed good form in this game. Richardson led the scoring with six field goals. Our third game came at three o'clock Saturday afternoon with Mt. Olympus. She had defeated the strong Princeton aggregation in her last game, and had high hopes of stopping us. But our machine was running smoothly, after the beginning of the game. We led them from there on through. The scoring was even with J. Wood, Dude and Red, each mak- ing four. The final score was 29-16. ? 4 Hazleton came next for us in the final. They had eliminated Owens- ville in the afternoon in an over-time contest. Richardson opened the game with three field goals in rapid succession, in less than five minutes. We did not hold this lead, however, very long, for Hazleton passed us within a few minutes. J. Wood dropped in two baskets but the half ended, 14-10 50

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192-4 The Champion W. H. S. THE SEASON'S PLAY-fContinuedJ dence and were very much disappointed at losing. The score was 20-8. The game was a clean but hard fought one. Coach Beard stated that in his opinion our team was as fast as any they had met in the Mississippi Valley tourney. Richardson secured jfour field goals and J. Wood annexed three. We had a machine in this game that worked nearly to perfection. Our pass work was practically perfect and our defense was like a stone wall. Our trip to Boonville was enjoyed by all but most especially by J. Wood and R. Smith. Boonville ladies attracted their attention. The stay at the hotel was a novelty for the season. Barnett was rather childish-it was his first. Richardson led in field goals. E. Smith secured three. Final score, 27-24, a close shave. , Next we defeated Ft. Branch there. We shot poorly and they played hard and fast ball. The final score was 23-21 for us. They showed their coaching-Yea, Harmeyer! You see, he got his experience at Winslow. Most of them can learn something there. Richardson led in scoring with five field goals to his credit. Just a little scare, Ft. Branch. We went to West Baden on Jan. 18. Their gym was entirely too small. At least Red thought so fon he hit the ceiling in an effort to shoot a foul. Our boys saw a girls' game as a preliminary and it seems they tried to play like them for we came near getting defeated. J. Wood lead in scoring with six field goals, E. Smith following closely with five. Our defense and floor work featured. We won, 33-28. We defeated Mt. Olympus easily here, 32-16. Our boys showed im- provement over the play of the past. Progress was evident. Our scoring was steady. Mt. Olympus was strong but we were stronger. R. Smith led with five field goals. Barnett's guarding was good. Boonville, on Saturday night, following Mt. Olympus was not as strong as we had expected. We took them into camp to the tune of 32-17, all our boys playing a good brand of, ball. Dude led the scoring with sit: to his credit. ' f l 2'4' ' Tait? ' Tlfnsvilie. could not keep the pace with our boys and went dcvfi to de e'+. 41-20. Our subs played during a large part of the game. Couts played for the first time of the season and gave a good account of himself. Our offense was flashy and effective at all times. Dude led the scoring with seven fields. Central invaded Winslow the following night with lots of confidence, for no Winslow team had ever defeated her. Our boys started the game full of fight and with a bull dog determination to win: Central failed to score during the first nine minutes of play. The first half ended 9-5 in our favor. The last half was more furious. Our crowd gave up hope but our boys rev'-W did. The 'ifl' 'niled 17-17. Our bcys held Central scor. less in the aftermath and :added four points to our own score. We won 21-17 in the best game of the season. We showed wonderful pass-work with a de- fense that could hardly be penetrated, at all. Dude played the game of his life, annexing five field goals. Feb. 6 meant a trip to Mt. Carmel and we sure had hard luck in shoot- ing, as we failed to make a field goal the first half. At half time it was 8-2 49

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1924 The Champion W. H. S. THE SEASON'S PLAY-QCOntinuedJ in their favor. They were confident but we wanted that trip to Blooming- ton. So we came back with the old-time fight and passwork about the basket that put us in the lead again, which we kept till the end. Richard- son and J. Wood divided honors with five goals each. The Smith brothers and Couts played wonderful basketball in this game. We won, 26-21. On to Bloomington! For the regional at Bloomington We were fortunate enough to draw the future state champions, Martinsville, and were pleased to play them the kind of game we did. In the beginning we were playing as good ball as they were. We led at the ten minute period. Our shooting slumped but our scrimmage Work help up to form. They out-shot us. The half ended 20-11. The last half of play was nearly even, 8-7 in their favor. We ran the score up to 18 in the second half before they scored. The score was 20-18 in their favor at that time. We seemed to play in spurts against them or we might have been more effective, even against the state champs. The final score was 28-18. - We wish old W. H. S. a successful season next year. Signed, GARTH and JOHN. rf . ..i-1.-- Y BASKIQTBALL SQUAD 51