The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-12-16
BASKET BALL
Season Soon To Be Opened
By High School
Captains Of Teams To Be
Elected On Dec. 10

hO captain vi HbAI year ulBu
school football team and also the cap
tain of this seasons basketball team
will be elected at a meeting of the
members of the two athletic squads,
| together with the coaches and the
members of the high school faculty,
at the banquet table on Friday eve
ming, December 10TH
The annual banquet of the high
school football squad will be held at
that time and will be considerably
larger this year because of the fact
that the basketball squad. as we'll as
the football players, will be present.
| The football letters will be awarded
to the players who won them upon
the gridiron this fall.
There will probably be no more
than two candidats for the captaincy
of the 1914 football team and proba-
| bly, there will be but one. "Chip"
| Clayton, who for two years has
proved himself fast and shifty end
and who got in at quarterback sever
al occasions this season, is the man
who will probably land the honor.
He the most experienced player that
will be on the next years team and,
naturally, he is the logical choice as
leader.
Now that the 1913 season of foot
ball, which, by the way, was one of
! the most spasmodic ever experienced
| by the local high school, is over, the
local lovers of high school sports
turn to the most interesting of indoor
games, basketball. Although very
little has been said of the fact, Mt.
Vernon should have a very brilliant
team this winter with every member
of last years team on the squad ex-
cepting Hovey Altenberg. The team
last season was exceptionally strong
for high school and, with one of
the many valuable substitutes to step
into the vacancy left by the loss of
Altenberg, this years team should be
pretty nearly capable of pulling the
high school basketball championship
of the state.
Clayton, Dixie" Porter, Seymour,
Allen Sapp, Walter Sapp, Shiremen
and Severns of last years regulars
will be on hand and, according to
present indications, all of them will
have to pepper up" and keep moving
or their positions will be filled by
some Of the promising candidates
that are expected to show up before
the season is very far advanced.
The first practice of the season was
| held on the Y. NJ C, A. floor Thurs
day evening. Coach Miller issued the
call for players Thursday and a great
deal of material turned out for work
along the seasoned players Mr.. Mil
| Ter Is reputed to be basketball
coach of considerable ability and
should succeed this year in rounding
out five that will ably uphold the
honor of the orange and black and
bring pride and JOY to the many local
basketball enthusiasts who are eager.
ly looking forward to the opening
game of the season
The schedule of games for the win
ter is nearly completed 1t embraces
games with some of the strongest
high school teams in the state and
large number of them will be played
in Mt. Vernon. The amount of local
interest that was worked during the
schedule of games in Mt. Vernon last
season has given the local manage
ment enough encouragement to book
most of the best games to be played
at home. There is little doubt of the
fact that the games this winter will
be more largely attended than ever
before and the matter of making ex-
penses when out-of-twon teams play
here will, no doubt, be the cause of
little worry. The schedule of regular
games will not start until after New
Years.