Yorktown High School - Episode Yearbook (Yorktown, IN)

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PAGESIX THEYHSBROADCASTER SPORTS BASKETBAI L Mr Reeves gave the tall for the basketball players and all who were players or had even seen a basketball was to come out A total of about 38 came out for the game of bas ketball Wlth them the old players of last year and the year before and also some xery good new mateual whrch was soon to become very xaluable to old Y H S In the second vseel of October the call was rssued come all who may because we had a tou h game the frrst one That left us about 8 good practrce mghts to whrp a team strong enough to beat the toughest team ln the county But we went out on the floor determrned to wm no matter mf the odds were agalnst us we dldnt mmd a lxttle thrng lrke that Harrrson came ox er to beat us and I dont mean maybe They d1d rt too Course we thought we had somethmg to say, but we drdnt She was a game and I dont mean maybe It was any bodys game t1ll the last two or three mmutes then they took her mto camp to the tune of 24 to 22 But that never hurt us any made us frght Just that much harder rn the next frame at Cadxz whrch we took over to the tune of 41 to 9 Then came Gaston whom we took m to camp also to the tune of 32 to 75 Then came Mllldl6t0WH xery tough boys who thought we couldn t beat them but ln an overtlme game we took them mto camp to the score of 26 to 25 Boy she was a tlu'1ller Then came the game of the year Mt Summlt Boy they were as tough as you get them But we rolled them to the tune of 26 to 22 after we had stzug gled and hauled pulled for 32 mmutes of real basketball Then came Cowan whom we lrked to beat and beat them as badly as we could We beat them 48 to 34 Then came our old rlval Eaton W blew up a good deal and lost to them by the score of 21 to 24 1n then' favor That took all the lrfe out of the team for a whrle ThlS was tough medrcme but we took lt wlth a determmatlon to beat them rf lt took us to dooms day to do so Next game we made up for rt though bv beatlng DeSoto 43 to 10 Then came a team who they sald was as tough as you get them We played wrth two regu lars off and beat them 27 to 17 on therr floor at that Next on the program was Sulphur Sprmgs We wanted to heat them and we d1d the score was 33 to 22 rn our favor Then the oldest rrval of them all came along Dalevrlle whrch after a last half rally we took them to the bottom of the score after a hard fought game llke we always hare wrth them We drdnt do so well ln xt as all of you know but we d1d the best we r-ould lost 2 out of 3 games played That hurt some of us m fact all of us but that just put the old flght ln us and we came back frghtmg hard and flgl-tmg harder than we had ever fought We took Cowan over the coals by a score of 57 to A1 Eaton came next and we decrtled to put them where we had wanted them for three or four years, on the bottom part of the score at score of 48 to 19 That made: us feel fme Then poor old DeSoto whom we had beaten four times thrs year thls tlme to the score of 75 to 20 'lhen came Irankton 74 to 91 Then came Cadlz the town of brlght lrghts we covered them ln a score of 34 to 18 We set out to prove to them thu were badly mlstaken Score 31 to 19 Then came Dalevrlle the last game of the year whrch we took or er wrthout muth trouble that IS ln tht last half We beat them 33 to 16 went to town rn our last game Elndlng up ruth 16 won and 9 lost rn the scheduled frames a percent of 888 leadrng the county Ill pornts An ax er age of over 57 ports to a game We went 1nto the tournament XVll,h the deter mrnatlon to vun but d1d not do so well as expected Not our fault or any body elses we couldnt hlt and when you can t there rs no use trymg to play bfrll Setms that Yorktown was not a tournanu nt team but a schedule team Wt drl the best we could all the trme althougn some tlrnes we saw after the game was over what we had not done and what we could have done On the whole rt was a fme year both for the coach and the team GLEASON HODSON NEXT YEAR S CH XNCES IN BASKETBALL So now after tellxng you about last years games vse should say somethmg about next year s prospects You know we have 5 regulars to grad uate Wrrght Mann fnot Jack? Hod son Mrtchell M Cox and all of these are on the flrst team So that does not leave manv regulars left BLT dont you worry about Yorktown at all llawe Well lrsten those boys wrll be ln Hu., School next year and I expect some of them to make the team too In the Hlgh School we have the ones who played thxs season and some good prospects also We have good materral and although rt may take some trme to get the boys started I am sure that we wrll have a very successful year Mr Reeves has had a successful year as well as the team He started up the season wltha loss and ended on top wxth a 888 percentage as I told you once before whrch I thmk IS very good when you stop to thmk of the opposltron we were up agalnst Mr Reeves has been here two years and both years have been very successful both rn basketball and baseball rn the latter wmmng two trophles So to sum It all up he has coached and helped the boys very well BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1931 1932 Here rs the schedule for 1931 32 There only one new team we play and that Farmland So here they are Basketball schedule for 1931 32 Frlday Oct 23 Cadrz Frlday Oct 30 Farmland here Frlday Nov 6-Gaston here Frrday Nov 13 Mlddletown there Saturday Nov 21 Mt Summlt, there Wednesday Nov 25-Cowan here Frrday Dec 4-Eaton here Frxday Dec 11 DeSoto there Saturday Dec 12 Mlooreland here Frlday Dec 18 Sulphur Sprmgs here Frlday Jan 1 Dalevrlle here Friday Jan 8-Frankton there Saturday, Jan 15-Cowan there Frrday Saturday, Jan 22 23 County Tourney Friday Jan 29 Eaton there Frlday Feb 5 DeSoto here Frlday Feb 12 Center there Saturday Feb 20--Mt Summrt here Frrday, Feb 26-Dalevxlle there flIIIIIllllIllllIIllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIO SHELL Ralph J Parker Manager sllllillllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllll Boyle Brothers ' CROLERIES all MEATS Yorktown, Ind Chesterfield Ind 2100 E Jackson Muncie Ind C B Donovans CIGAR STORE If You Are Planmng Any Cement Work Thls Summer, Do It Now Cement Is the Cheapest for 10 Years The Yorktown Lumber Co GET YOUR HAIR CUT FOR GRADUATION AT KIDD S BARBER SHOP Rrchman SL Prrllaman MORTICIAN LADY ATTENDANT Prompt Ambulance Servlce t V . 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'IHLYHSBROADCASTPR PAGEFIVE 'Sf 6? li FRESHMAN CLASS YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL 1931 IF I COULD LIVE 'VIY HIGH SCHOOL LIFE OVER Wlth the drawlm., to a close of my hlgh school llfe I look back upon the four years that have llded by so rapl lly and recall Wlth regret the many mls takes whlch I could so easlly have avold ed Age and experlence together wltl a serlous outlook upon llfe have brought about thls reflectlve mood whlth D1 ompts me to put my thoughts lnto vsords Oh' the money I have cast upon the wlnds' Educators tell us that It takes several dollars for each day spent ln school Yet although aware of thls how frequently I absented myself from the classroom' Now the bllls stretch be fore me ln nevel tndlng llne as far as the eye can see Four years I have been thlowlng them away and only today do I awaken to DQICBIVQ how hlgh the fl: ules are amountlng, Not only IS thls a pecunlary loss but a splrltual one as well At some tlme 01 other every one has experlenced the Joy and self satlsfactlon that conles flom accompllshlng a task wlth thoroughness I'hls pleasure I have denled myself fOl It IS a well known fact that the work of the pupll who IS flequently absent can not compare Wlth that of the one who IS regular ln hls attendance Tlme and agaln, I have mlssed the flne polnts of lessons whlch llke the expert strokes of a master's brush, dlstlngulsh the excel lent fl om the average Medltatlng on the past, I repent hav mg studled Latln for only two years, ln stead of foul, as I was advlsed to do My reasons for dlscontlnulng the study of thls language were the same as those of many of my classmates who dld llke wlse To me, Latln was dlfflcult, old fashloned, and dry Fulthermore, west ern colleges, whlch supposedly lead the world ln new ldeas, were reduclng Latm to the mlnlmum Countenanced bv these seemlngly reasonable arguments, I felt entlrely Justlfled ln my vlewpolnt Slnce then, I have learned that the more dlfflcult course IS often the better, that age IS not always a good standard to adhere to ln Judglng the worth of a subgect, and that Latln IS not a dry sub lect, for It contalns a wealth of culture ln ltS hlstorlcal and mythologlcal storles Although I have passed all my ex amlnatlons successfully and shall be graduated after four years study, I have but a DZSSIHH acqualntance wlth my nooks I valnly tly to recall telms ln Blology or CIVIC My sthoollrg IS a Jumble ln my mlnd and I now von'f.r how I passed these sublects Wlth my llrnlted knowledge In Splte of my lntentlons when a freshman to become a school celeollty so to speak I have ach eve.l no honors ln any branch of scllool actlvltles My mlstakts arc flue largely to my havlng dlsregarded the advl e of others and to my havlng, followed the caslest course that offered ltS6lf Xet tnlough xperlence I have found that the best oad to success IS to do what seems he hardest lnstead of the easlest and to llsten to the guldlng words of succe sful oeople rathel than to try the extrava ant trlal and error method But my hlgh school days are over and wlsh as I may they can never return If I have falled I can COlYlf0lt myself hat mary stand between me and the foot of the class and then too perhaps others may nto regald me ln the same 'lght ln whlch I see myself I only hope that someone readlng of my mlstakc tlurlng my hlgh school course wlll proflt by my GIIOTS so that he wlll be more ontented Yhlth hls scholastlc llfe when hls four years come to a close OPAL CARTER Y TR AVEL My hand has ltched to sclawl a stoly true My mlnd has Clled to tell thls tale to you About a Journey that a group of students took They plodded thlough a wonderland of tlme Acloss the sands of wondelland to Freshmen town they blundered And gazed lnto the sea that seemed de vlne They thought about thelr loulney and they wondered Four years of lourney were ahead of them Four years of study wele ahead of them Four years of text books, penclls, and pens Four years of llfe and expellence ahead of them They turned thelr faces stralght ahead of them fand slghedj They delved deep lnto thelr text books and they trled To galn more knowledge whlch was thelr work To do And men I tell you now they dll not shlrk But thelr Shlp was weak and the sea was rough Thelr vuork was hard and thelr studies tough They knew not how to man that boat Th y found It hard to keep afloat Then thc Pllot of thelr boat asked fox a meetlng He looked at them and gate a surly greetlng Here was a group of students W'l0 were new He looked them over and sald I guess youll do A year of work had passed but they went on A year of study for them had come and gone But llke the sallors that they leally are They manned thelr shlp llke men and passed o'er the bar lThe gales lncreased and typhoons barred thelr way Thell wolk mcreased they stluggled nlght and day Another year, God' won't they reach thelr goal? Or wlll they crash the locks, the reafs, or shoal But lo' What stretch IS that ahead of them That has loonled out of the thunder and the dm Of tests and work, whlch neal ly lost the llttle band Look ' They crled, At last, lts SEN IOR land People frlve away' And glxe our stud ents glound They have come, and they have anchored safe and sound Thev started foul years ago ln thls very room And yet they must leave thelr dreamland ln the gloom I say, they have come to .Iourney's End But they wlll travel, and they begln Now Wlth a tougher and a blgger shlp to steer, And you know that the path of llfe IS never clear BELFORD MILLER . , . . . I p 1 4 J l 'Tirff Q' 'wf'-wfmti' -X'1f QzfWM-rs-fm Q: . , ff z sf l F, - f 'W 1 . ' X . , Z , ,Y V , x, ff ,N',?A:a , in X V. .V il, t , A I 4 A , I x , , J. V, ,pm-,,y,, ,W , , .y ., , , . ,,. ,,, . . 4 , , 1 , A - ' ' f f 1 .,11:::.-'f:: .f ' ' ' ' :L '73 . sf-1-M- ' ., ' -'M 1g'i::: ., I ' ' U ' .- '-f - J. ..' . L., , I - f .f 'f , l - ' + . ' ' . 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THEY.H.S.BROADCASTER PAGESEVEN 1-Lf - YORKTOWN HICH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM 1930 1931 J YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM COUNTY CHAMPIONS 1930