The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
FIVE VETERANS
PLAY LAST GAME
Captain Devero, Mcerath, Heineman
Vaughan and Pechstein Have
Played Their Last High
School Games.
FEW REALIZE THE FACT
Men Who Have Been Familiar Figures
In keokuk High Athletics Made
Their Farewell Last
Night.
FEW REALIZE THE FACT

Few persons who witnessed the
basket ball game at the "Y' last night,
REALIZED that they also witnessed the
passing OF five OF the cleyerest men
that ever wore Keokuk high basket.
ball suit. All are men who have helm
ed Keokuk high maintain a high
place In the state athletic meets and
Will be sadly missed by the local
school.
The five men who will be seen no
more in the colors of X. H. S. are De-
zero, McGrath, Heineman, Vaughan
and Pechstein. All five are football
men and have earned a niche in the
K. H. S. hall of fame and in the hearts
Of the students as no other five have
ever done.
Devero, the mainstay of Keokuk
high athletics, captained the basket
ball team and also the football team
OF last fall and has been one of the
most consistent ground gamers in the
former, and one of the most agrees
sive players in the latter, that has
ever been developed in local high
school athletics. His passing will be
keenly felt by the school, although he
VIII no doubt help out in the instruc-
ton OF the recruits for the teams.
McGrath, hard line hitter in foot.
ball. and clever man in basket ball,
has been a most popular man in X.
II. s. and his athletic prowess has
been such that the local school will
have hard time filling the place IN
the lineup. He was the manager OF
the Inflated tri-state track meet,
which fell through this year on &C.
count Of the inability OF Keokuk to
make place for it. From the way he
had started work. 1t would have been
a success without question and Dixie"
was sorely disappointed when his
plans fell Though. However, he has
the satisfaction of, knowing that 1t
was no fault OF his own.
Heineman, who is known as the
hard luck athlete of the local insti-
tuition of learning, has for four years
been feared by visiting athletes. In
track events, football and basket ball,
his ability has been the bane OF X. H.
s. opponents and the word was al
ways passed to watch Heineman."
That these instructions were followed
to the letter was plainly shown by the
number of injuries received by him.
In football. he played the greater part
Of the season, with injuries that would
have put less gritty man in the
hospital for good, but, playing on his
nerve, he frightened the chances of
Keokuk and placed him on pedestal
among the supporters of the school.
Pechstein and Vaughan have both
been faithful pluggers for Keo-
kuk high and have their place in the
hearts of the student body. They have
been members of the football and
basket ball squads during their high
school careers and the loss will be a
hard blow to K H. S.
With these five men out of the line
up the coaches next year will have a
hard time developing talent for. with
the exception of Huiskamp and Jen-
kins, there are no veterans left to
work on. Huiskamp and Jenkins,
however, have shown brilliant form at
times, and will no doubt be ready to
take up the burden of leading the
local school to victory in future
games.
The local basket ball season has
been fairly successful, considering the
disadvantage of having men injured at
various times during the year and the
condition of the floors in many OF the
cities where they have played. Fol-
lowing is complete list Of the games,
won and lost:
won-canton (2o, Mt. Pleasant, TT.
Madison, Pella, Kahoka.
Lost-Ft. Madison, Mt. Pleasant,
Hannibal (2), Ottumwa.
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