Thursday, March 17, 1938
Page Six
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
THE
Hehisch
Published by the Journalism Class
of Heppner High School
STAFF
Editor John Crawford
Assistant Editor Sibyl Howell
Pinto Points Paul McCarty
Humor, Pat Casin, Thomas Gonty
Personals Scott McMudo
Did You Know That? Alvina Case-
beer
Guess What Howard Patton
Baseball and Track .... Emery Coxen
Ten Years Ago John Crawford
Gossip, Bill Barratt, Bethal Blake
Can You Imagine? Joe Aiken, Ire
na McFerrin
Cranium Breaker Thomas Gonty
Junior 0Play Sibyl Howell
H.H.S.
Adams Wins District Title
Coached by Henry Tetz, mentor in
the local high school last year, the
Adams basketball quintet won the
coveted championship of District
13, Oregon's largest, at Arlington
last Saturday from Arlington, the
host team, by the decisive score of
39 to 26 and is the entry in the state
tournament now in full swing at
Salem.
A beautiful gold trophy, donated
by the Arlington business men, was
awarded to the Adams squad and
Capt. John Kirby, towering center,
Arlington and its captain, Reuben
Wetherell, were presented the run
ner-up trophy. Halfway was given
the tournament ball for defeating
Condon in the consolation game.
Adams, Arlington, and Halfway
dominated the all-star team of the
ten outstanding players.
Adams took its first tournament
game from Odell,t pushed over Con
don in the semi-finals and beat Ar
lington in the final game. The War
riors worked in a basket on the
opening tip-off against the Honkers
and were never headed during the
contest. The Adams defense was too
tight to allow Arlington's usual long
passing offensive style.
Managed by Vince Barratt, Ar
lington coach, the tournament was
a huge success with basketball fans
packing the gymnasium both days.
Heppner was well represented
among tounament officials with A.
H. Blankenship, local school super
intendent, acting as time-keeper,
and Wm. Bennett, Smith-Hughes in
structor, handling the score-keeping
duties with Dick Wightman, ex
Heppner resident, now of Arling
ton. A former Lexington boy, Keith
Gentry, who played on Jackrabbit
athletic teams for two years, starred
in the tournament with the Half
way team from Baker county. Gen
try was among the ten all-stars re
ceiving miniature gold basketballs.
H.H.S.
One year ago this week The
Smith-Hughes surveyed the ground
back of the gym in preparation for
the new tennis courts. . . . Baseball
practice started Tuesday night. An
other pennant in sight. . . . Hepp
ner grade school basketball team
won Arlington tournament by tak
ing three straight, including a win
over The Dalles.
Five years ago this week Hepp
ner defeated by Adams, 41-18, at
the district tournament in Pendle
ton. . . . The sub-district tourna
ment held in Heppner's new gym
was a great financial success.
Ten years ago this week The "H"
club entertained the assembly with
their annual program. . . . Basketball
letters were awarded Wednesday to
S. Thompson, P. Hisler, J. Farley,
R. Tuner, H. Robertson, H. Gentry,
R. Thomson.
H.H.S.
Can You Answer Them
The United States, British and
other foreign embassies and lega
tions in China were forced to move
from Nanking to where?
Many citizens resented President
Roosevelt's choice of a successor to
the retired Justice Van Devanter
because the new appointee was who?
H.H.S.
Guess Who?
Age 18, weight 208, height 5 feet
9 inches, eyes, blue; hair, brown;
occupation, hog farmer.
PINTO-POINTS
The time has come for all good
basketball fans to dismiss the thot
of witnessing any more casaba gath
erings and to turn to some other
sport of the present seasonal in
terest. The district tournament at
Arlington last week end was the
finale in eastern Oregon basketball,
and all that remains is the state
tourney at Salem.
To Henry Tetz and Vince Barratt
go the honor of turning out the best
teams in the district, Barratt turning
out the state "B" football champions
at Arlington and Tetz coaching his
boys to the district basketball cham
pionship, the latter being our pri
mary concern for the moment. Mr.
Tetz, an ex in the annals of Hepp
ner coaching, took a group of boys,
formerly coached to play the slow,
set style of offense, with no real
basketball action resultant, changed
them to a speedy group of ball
hawkers playing a fast brand of ball
that wound up the season with the
title of the basketball champs for
"B" schools in eleven eastern Ore
gon counties and with a trip to Sa
lem, a decided contrast to the Ad
ams squad of last year which failed
to win a single game.
The unsung hero of the champion
ship game between Adams and Ar
lington was a meek, quiet lad from
Adams. It being nothing unusual,
he didn't star on offense, he rarely
if ever does, but that night he did
perform a task that greatly aided
the chances of Adams taking the
noon-day train to Salem. Emil Abel
by name, he played a wonderful eta
fensive game against Arlington. The
Warriors held down the Honker
high scorers that night, and Abel
was the one who led the defense
tactics. Sticking on him like a barn
acle, Abel checked LeRoy Baker,
the point garnering forward for Ar
lington who had made 12 and 8
points in two previous tournament
games, so closely that he made only
one basket, the equivalent of two
points. Abel wasn't the only War
rior to shine out like a lighthouse
in the tournament. Little Pete Hod
gen, the last of seven of that ath
letic family who had led Adams'
teams to glory in past years, was
the best all-round player in the
tournament and was voted as such.
Wetherell of Arlington would give
him a close second, but he lacked
the all-round ability of little Pete.
In Emil Piluso the Arlington tour
nament had probably the most col
orful referee in the northern division
of the Pacific Coast conference. His
style of officiating pleased the fans
immensely, and they immediately
took a liking to him. After whistle
tooting in the coast conference for
13 years, starting in 1925, Piluso has
learned how and when to take it
easy; for an efficient referee has to
be ready to go as the game goes. At
quarter-time or on time-outs, Pilu
so always walks over to the offi
cials' table, which is usually just
adjacent to the center line of the
basketball court and on the side
boundary, places the toe of his .right
foot even with the line, puts the left
foot a few inches behind the other,
bends the right knee as he leans
slightly forward, and rests as com
fortably and as long as possible.
Thirteen years of supervising bas
ketball has taught him when to
take it easy and when to hit the
high spots. Piluso had an individual
style all has own of handling grum
bling players. During the progress
of the Grant Union-Halfway game,
after an out-of-bounls was called on
one of the Prospector boys, a team
mate emitted a rather surprised
"oh, oh!" Upon hearing the remark,
Piluso asked "Any argument against
that decision?" The Garnt Union
player replied in the negative, after
which Piluso warned him, "Keep
your mouth shut, then." A sideline
spectator questioned one of his de
cisions and the dapper little referee
asked him, holding up his whistle,
"Want this?" Not hearing him, the
spectator repeated his complaint,
and Piluso also did the same, again
saying, as he held up his whistle,
"Want this?" Wishing he hadn't, the
person questioning Piluso's decision
heard him only too well, sank down
in his chair as his face took on a
slightly red tinge, and shut up like
a clam. The one mistake that Piluso
made during the tournament was a
tongue twister, and he soon discov
ered when he said: "A four on num
ber foul."
Your correspondent is soliciting
funds for a noiseless typewriter,
the strong silent type ... on Satur
day morning around 7:15 while typ
ing out a line or two on the game for
the previous night, one tired girl,
evidently roused fom her peaceful
slumber, stuck her curly-locked
upper-structure out her room win
dow and asked, in a rather crude and
profane manner, if yours truly was
going to type all night. However,
that wasn't the only incident of the
same nature . . . that night when
finishing up the championship game,
the neighbor in a near-by room
walked by this writer's tournament
abode, the door being open, and
unshyly commented to his fellow -partner
that that typewriter was
going all night last night ... so any
donations that may be contributed
towards the down-payment on a si
lent keyboard that leaves all within
hearing distance in a friendly mood
will indeed be appreciated.
Here and there . . . some of the
Boardman boys, as stated in this
column last week, did not sleep in a
sheep camp tne first night of the
sub-district tournament held here,
and they want it made public that
all rumors to the effect are entirely
unfounded.
Here's a new one . . . one boy in
school brought up the fact in health
class the other day that the Hunch
back of Notre Dame, although de
formed in his posture, was still a
great athlete.
H.H.S.
Baseball and Track Here Again
Baseball and track were officially
opened Monday, with only two let
termen out from last year's track
squad, and five lettermen out for
baseball. The two track lettermen
are Arthur Vance and Bill Blake,
The baseball lettermen are John
Crawford, Floyd- Williams, Joe
Aiken, Clayton Wright and Emery
Coxen.
Although the baseball team has
lost five veteran lettermen, they are
going out this year to keep up the
fine fighting spirit that was shown
at the end of the basketball season.
The schedule is not, as yet, made
up, but it is thought that the first
game will be played on the home
field. Probable teams against whom
Heppner will play are Arlington,
Hermiston, Umatilla and possibly
Fossil.
H.H.S.
Here and There
Paul McCarty attended the district
basketball tournament held in Ar
lington over the week end, where
he filled the capacity of sports writer
for major Oregon newspapers.
Emery Coxen, Milton Morgan,
Harry O'Donnell, Bill Barratt, Nor
val Osborne, Guy Moore, John
Crawford, Don Bennett and Hugh,
Crawford, members of Heppner
high's basketball squad, attended
a dancing party given by Hermiston
high school at Hermiston last Friday
night.
Mr. Blankenship and Mr. Bennett
acted as official timer and scorer,
respectively, at Arlington's district
tournament.
Emmett Kenny has been unable to
attend classes for several days be
cause of illness.
Bentley Altizer and Margaret Doo
little, sophomores, were absent from
classes Monday.
Did You Know That
A stone so perfectly balanced that
when it sways in the wind will crack
a walnut can be seen in Argentina?
In Lemar, Colo., a gas station has
been erected from petrified wood,
approximately 175 million years
old? The "timber" is as fire-proof
as stone and the roof alone weights
90,000 pounds.
It has been found that ultra-violet
rays aggravate the skin erup
tions in smallpox?
Although a hurricane may be
blowing 200 miles an hour, there is
a calm area in the center, usually
about ten miles across?
H.H.S.
Eighth Grade News
The eighth grade has been elect
ing the staff for an annual they plan
to publish at the end of the year.
Mrs. Rodgers came to school Tues
day to explain to eighth graders the
details of the two contests to be held
by the American Legion Auxiliary
for the boys and girls. The boys are
to answer the questions on the flag
code, and the girls are to write an
essay on, "Why I Believe in Democ
racy" or "Education for Democracy."
Both the boys and girls will also be
judged on the traits and character
istics that tend to make them bet
ter Americans.
Gossip
Sybil Howell was seen at the show
Sunday and not alone. Guess again;
his name wasn t John.
Havft vou heard Bill Blake's alibi
for the lipstick marks so apparent
on his face?
You also should have heard Max-
ine McCurds plan of attack for
last Monday night.
Following a recent excursion to
Hermiston, Milton Morgan has
changed his favorite song to Mane
for more reasons than one.
Ruess what! Shirley Wilson was
seen at a certain dance without none
other but Joe Aiken. That's al right,
Joe, she was behaving herself.
Who's been keeping track of van
Marter and Morton lately? We can't.
On second thought, maybe Van bet
ter start keeping track of a certain
Mr. O'Donnell.
Due to inability of Maxine Mc
Curdv to eo to Hermiston Friday,
Don Bennett was able to celebrate
in a grand fashion and he did.
Laura Warfield and Bill Brown
'me have been hitting it off pretty
smoothly lately. Jerry Casteel hasn't,
if you get what we mean.
H.H.S.
Can You Imagine
John and Sibyl at the dance at
Hermiston Friday night?
Guy Moore and his girl friend
getting along at Hermiston?
Bethal waiting up to receive divi
dends upon investment at Pacific
university?
Scrivner getting the run around?
Van Marter not at the tennis
court?
Emery Coxen with girl friends in
Condon and Hermiston.'
Alvina getting lonesome for the
South? (It couldn't be the south
ern boy-friend!)
H.H.3.
Bill Browning: "Your eyes are
like-like"
Alice McGrew: "Yes yes my
eyes are like ?"
Bill: "Each other."
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