The Silver Kewanite - Kewanee Public Library District

STAGE BIG INDOOR
TRACK MEET HERE
A big indoor track meet was held
Saturday night. The four classes
had entries in all events. As usual,
the seniors won, with 15 points.
The juniors (as usual, also) came
last, with 2y 2 points.
Complete results are as follows:
Broad jump—First place tied by
Edwin Palmer and Mahlon Mercer.
Distance, 3 feet.
Marathon talking race — Helen
Zang. Time—Still going.
Fat man's 100-yard dash — Raymond
Orendorff. Time—18 seconds.
Head expansion contest—Barney
Yanuskus. No tape measure largr
enough to measure his head could
be obtained.
Pole vault — Philip Wagner.
Height—1 ft. 3 V, inches. (This
contestant could probably have set
a higher record, but the pole broke
with his weight.)
1930 FOOTBALL
IN A NUTSHELL
In this last, year the Kewanee
Boilermakers did their work on the
waffle iron in top shape, but, we
ask with all sincerity, is there not
too much glory hung on the fine
slender thread of football? No, not
by a long shot. Thus we turn right
around and find ourselves in an
argument. What to do, what to do?
High school is a place where people
go when there are hard times
and there is no work. Are we
right? Most decidedly, no. This is
a debate.
If you are able to catch the
swing and rhythm of the above
weighty clauses you are a genius.
The forward trend of the present
is not forward and backwards; it is
to the side; thus the boy who can
side-step and raise part of the hair
lip is a hero. The coming election
will verify the facts. No two people
have ever been born alike.
There is one born every minute.
No, most positively, yes.
Thus we come back to the subject,
is there or is there not too
much glory hung on the weak,
thick thread of football? It is one
that can be debated, yes. The other
day we were told that if no person
is a nut then the nuts that there
are are on trees and thus we find
the hall tree going to waste.
To settle this question, we reach
this conclusion: A prominent athlete,
in this season just gone by by
found one lone pass blocked; it was
his Latin pass. Then he turned on
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JEERING JOURNAL 13
YOUNG BLOOD TO
ENTER BIG RACE
A new era is about to approach
:or Kewanee home-loving folks.
John Willitts and company, builders
of fine racing cars, have decided
to settle in Kewanee and use
the Kewanee streets for testing
grounds. "There is no better place
in the world to try out cars, especially
our fine makes, than on the
Kewanee streets", said Mr. Willitts
in a statement made to the press
last night.
Will Willitts tear up the roads?
This is the speculation that is being
discussed on the street coiners
today by many local bums, in
view of the coming race in which
the popular Johnnie is a favorite.
There is no better driver in the
country than our local flash, Johnnie.
The car Mr. Willitts will use is
a wonder bird. In an attempt to
deceive the public, John has hidden
a fine motor and racing speed
chassis under the old Cheve body
that the youth drives in this vicinity.
His motor is said to be the
best buyable, a 1918 make, that is.
His tires are not the customary
silk cord found on the ordinary
racing car, but cracked, shriveled
Centuries.
The little boy could not be found
for an interview, however, until
late this afternoon when your correspondent
looked behind a fivecent
cigar and found John enjoying
the cool fragrance in the shade of
the band on the big butt.
The outcome of the race is foretold
in Mr. Willitt's own words:
"We know we will win. There is
only one chance that we won't.
That is, if our neighbor locks his
garage tonight, the gas question
will be a serious handicap."
ORION MAKES HIT
WITH K. H. S. TEAM
Some time during the basketball
season (so they tell us) a tournament
was held at Orion. We don't
remember who won, but of course
that is of slight importance. The
main thing is the fact that our
basketball team had a good time.
It seems that all the girls in
Orion fell flat for Pendy.—And to
think he'd go back on us that way!
To start the evening out right and
to be sure of a good time, Pendy
makes a date with three girls. The
big night comes! He ditches two
of his females and then discovers
that the other can't go. Such is
life, Wendell, but better luck next
time!
He wasn't the only member of
the team who enjoyed himself, how-
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Missed Free Throws
Why shouldn't Kewanee High
School burst forth with some real
teams in football and basketball?
If all the players had "steadies" as
ardent as those of "Fuzz" Marzalek
and Dan Goode, our teams would
undoubtedly be the state champions.
During the football season
we see Winifred Hayes leaning
over the fence giving "Fuzz" words
of tender encouragement, and, in
basketball, what could be more
touching than to hear Betty say
wistfully: "I want a swisher, Dan?"
—o—
There is no doubt but that we
had a good basketball team this
year but it seems as if Coach
Anderson were taking a lot for
granted when he suggested that the
girls were responsible for the defeats
that we had. Perhaps he was
trying to flatter the little boys
when he asked the girls to leave
them alone during tournament
week. The boys won, but we don't
know why. May we suggest that
about a year or so ago a certain
red head's presence at Star-Courier
games was a big factor in Ross
Anderson's playing. Perhaps she is
still the inspiration behind his
work.
—o—
Mahlon Mercer is slated to run
the 220 on Ross Anderson's track
team this year. Mercer is the man
for this position. He is in fine condition
and when interviewed yesterday
sat in a chair and said he
would walk off with all the honors.
Mercer has had much experience
and is a pretty rough baby. He was
in the Dramatic club play and in
the Christmas production.
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Albert Carlson, small freshman,
is the man slated for the cross
country team and is also apt to
carry the weight throwing jobs on
this year's team. He is the best
man this side of Baker park. He
achieved his first success on the
football team when he had his own
team that won the wild west end
championship for the Nebraska
Wildcats.
John "Wildcat" Daniel is still in
the hospital recovering from the
last football season. John achieved
great success in the newspapers,
not that he had anything to do
that would influence the Wildcat's
reputation as a journalist. John
will be long remembered in the
portals of K. H. S. as the man who
won the Woodhull game and made
the headlines which read: "JOHN
DANIEL AND SECOND TEAM
STOP WOODHULL."
great game.
It was a