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Commtsstone'Z · · 's J CifArtessage It is with a feeling of humility that your course, does not make the rules. He merely new Commissioner of Athletics accepts the interprets them. I do not expect you to agree position entrusted to him by the Board of with all of my rulings. If you did, that would Control of the Kentucky High School Ath­ probably set ·some sort of record. I only ask letic Association. The letters of congratula­ you to believe that I am doing my best to tions and good wishes and offers of assist­ interpret the rules as I understand them. ance that have come from school men all W·hile we are talking about rules and rulings, over the state have been most heartening this is a good time to urge you to study care­ and they have made your Commissioner even fully the Constitution, By-Laws and Tourna­ more determined to do the best job which he ment Rules of the Association. The rules is capable of doing. are being recodified this year and w~ hope For a man to leave public school work that they will be ea.Jsier to read. My experi­ after some twenty-five years of it is just ence on the Board of Control ha·s taught me about the most difficult dedsion that he that in almost every case where a school could be called on to make. School teaching was suspended a rule had been broken un­ and school administration get in the blood. knowingly. Would it therefore not be a good You fellows who read this know what I am· thing for every school administrator and talking about. And yet there is a challenge coach in Kentucky to know in detail the and an opportunity in this newly created rules of the Association? position that can not be overlooked. I hope Within recent years it has been of great that I have the ability to measure up. concern to the members of the Board of Control to note that in certain areas of the Some of y,ou have been kind enough to state bad feeling has developed between in­ say that your secretary has done a good job dividuals and between towns, growing out for the past ten years. If that is true, then of athletic contest,s. This problem can be let me give the praise to those who deserve solved if we all work at it. The Code of it most. You school men have managed tour­ Ethics. of the Association, "The Sports­ naments, sponsored clinics, given officials' ex ~ man's Creed", which was formulated several aminations, acted as employment bureau years' ago, is printed in thi:s. issue of the heads, rated officials, written magazine ar­ magazine. It will be reprinted often. Study ticles, and performed numerous other tasks it and see how your players, your staff, and for the Association. About all the secretary the people of your community measure up to has done is to call the signals and you fel­ it. Sportsmanship and citizenship are two of lows have •carried the ball. If your quarter­ the fine results of a well conducted athletic back can devise any new plays, you may be program. If we are not getting the,se, then sure that he is still counting on you to make we have a job to do and we had better get them work. to work. I hope that I can be as fair and consistent To the task of helping you to present ath­ in my rulings and interpretations as have letics to the people of your community and been Mr. Bridges and his predecessors. This state as a force in education, I dedicate my­ is a pr·etty tall order, and no one knows this self. Let us make our plans together. any better than I do. The Commissioner, of Ted Sanford .. Page Two THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947

AUGUIST, 1947 VOL. X-NO.1 Published monthly, except June and July, by the Kentucky 93oa'zd o/ Control !Resolutions Hgh School Athletic Association. Russell E. Bridges of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Office of Publication, Henderson, Ky. has served the Kentucky High . School Athletic As­ Entered as second-class matter in the post o:ffiJce at Henderson, sociation for the past ten years with honor and dis­ Kentucky under the act of March 3, 1879. tinction. For four years he was a member of the Editor ...... THEO. A. SANFORD Henderson, Ky. Board of Control and for the past six years presi­ dent of thP association. BOARD OF CONTROL Upon his retirement from active guidance, the President ...... Lyman V. Ginger, Lexi.n-ittOn Kentucky High School Athletic Association, through Vice-Pr esident...... Talton K. Stone, Carrollton the Board of Control, hereby accords its grateful Directors--;Sam B. Pollock, Madisonville; J. Matt Sparkman, appreciation of his untiring efforts in the promotion Paintsville; Lawrence Carter, Cumberland; James L. Cobb, of the state's inter-scholastic athletics. Newport; J. B . Mansfield, Cav·e Cilty·; Carlos Oakley, Mo·rganfield. Upon his retirement from active guidance, the Subscription Rates ...... $1.00 Per Year Kentucky High School Athletic Association, through the Board of Control, hereby accords its grateful appreciation of his untiring efforts in the promotion of the state's inter-scholastic athletics. grom the Commissione'z's B//ice It is the opini-on of' the 1947 Board of Control that his influence as a leader in the field of athletic 1947-48 Membership Dues endeavor will live in the state as a memorial to his leadership. Schools will soon receive statements for their Kentucky High School Athletic Association BOARD OF CONTROL. 1947-48 membership dues. Principals should fill out the blue statement forms in full, indicating the W. B. Owen of Greensburg, having served with names of the coaches only in the sports which will distinction as a member of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association for a period of eleven be maintained during the coming ·school year. The years (the past six as vice-president), is hereby Commissioner's office receives many requests each accorded the grateful appreciation of the member year for lists of schools sponsoring certain sports. schools of the association for his untiring efforts in The only source of information is the blue statement the promotion of interscholastic athletics. WHEREAS Mr. Owen has retired from active forms and the accuracy of the information is de­ participation in the association, we, the members of termined by the accuracy of each form. It will be the 1947 Board of Control, enter this expression on appreciated if principals will hold their checks for the official record of our minutes. dues until the statements are received. These state­ Kentucky High School Athletic Association ments will not be sent out until all supplies have BOARD OF CONTROL. been received and are ready for mailing. August 26-Mayfield. Registration' of Officials 27-Bowling Green. 28-Louisville New officials who wish to register with the As­ 29-Lexington. sociation should write to the Commissioner for their 30-Ft. Thomas. application cards. Previously registered officials September 2-Ashland. who wish to register again should hold their fees 3-Pikeville. until they receive the usual form letter with the 4-Pineville. 6-Princeton. enclosed application card. This letter is sent out just as soon as rules and play situations books, The Insurance Program emblems, and other officials' supplies have been re­ ceived and are ready for mailing. The mailing in of Every member school of the Kentucky High fees early causes unnecessary correspondence on School Athletic Association should insure its ath­ the part of both the official and the Commis13ioner. letes in the K. H. S. A. A. Protection Fund. The boys are entitled to this protection but the records Football Clinics show that a comparatively small number of them are receiving it. The fees are $1.50 per player in The Association has b-een· fortunate in securing football, including spring practice, and 50c in each the services of Clarence L. "Cap" Maddox, veteran of the other sports. This is an increase over the Western Kentucky official, for the officials' clinics fees charged last year, but the .benefits will also be in football. During recent years it has been neces­ increased. Principals should write for the examina­ sary to divide up the work in conducting the clinics, tion cards at once. In order to simplify the insuring with several outstanding officials being responsible ·of ·players, after the examination is made the cards for the clinics in various areas. These men have may be filed in the principal's ·office and a statement done their work well. However, it was thought that may be attached to the summary sheet to the effect it might be a good idea, in order to promote more that the boys listed have been examined and de­ uniformity in the interpretations of the rules, to clared fit for athletic competition. It will thus not be necessary to send any examination card to the revert to the orginal plan used when the clinics office of the Protection Fund except to support a wue started, namely, to have one official conduct all claim. It is hoped that this simplified plan of insur­ of the clinics. The tentative dates and sites of the ing their players will prove popular with school clinics are as follows: officials. THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 Page Three The Cavalcade of Sports By Charlie Vettiner

Wonder what my Grandady would think But it's 1947 now and it costs more to see of if he were alive today. The grand ball games but you 1:..re seeing more ball old fellow was .an ardent fan of the Louis­ played too. The old idea that the umpire or the referee was your enemy has been mod­ ville Colonels when this little ehap was in ified a whole lot as people have learned over rompers, and many .are the stories I've the years that if you want to play ball you've heard from him and my Dad about those old got to have an arbiter. Sure, the blood still timer.s, Christy Mathewson, the , runs hot in the veins of -some of our up-and­ coming sprouts and professional commission­ , the shortstop, and dozens ers, and high school commis·sioners have to of others. use dis.ciplinary measures to put them back Wonder what Grandad would think of in line. But now, peop1e know that it's the football as it is now played. The old flying game which counts and not the individual playing it. wedge is gone, the old philosophy that the Yep, we've learned a lot about how sport.s way to win the game was to knock out the should be conducted since my Grandad used opposition's best player has been replaced to play and watchem, and it's a cinch that, by "Let's beat the best they have or lose while the old timers would be shocked at trying." first at the multitude of changes which have been made, that other Grandaddies, like You're 100% right. Those old time-rs who mine, would say, "Grandsonnies, you're doin' used to follow the Colonels to Indianapolis all rig;ht. You've really ' the ball' since the on the excu11sions just to get in on the free­ '90'·s." And Grandpap would be right be­ for-all, whkh was. always sure to be a part of cause we are all chips off the old block, and the day's festivities, would swallow those your Grandad was like mine, a crackin' good prominent Adam's apples if they were here sport who'd fight a circle saw, espe.cially if today and could see the revolution which has the saw looked like an umpire. taken pla,ee in all sports. They have a hard time understanding why players are fined in the professional leagues for conduct which Grandpa would have looked on as a part of National Recreation Congress the game. To Honor Jefferson County Back in the 90's, and even when this little fellow came along a few years after the turn Recreation of the century, the idea in sports wa·s, "If we When the National Recreation Congress of the lose the game, maybe we'll win the battle af­ United States convenes for a five day conference on October 13th at the Hotel New Yorker in New terward." Back when the boys were using York City, J efferson County Recreation will hold peac:h baskets for goals in the now popular an honored spot on the nation-wide program. • game of basketball, do you think my grandad The National Recreation Association, the pa­ would have found anything to fuss about if a rent organization of all recreation departments -of the United States, has extended Charlie Vettiner, spectator up and slugged a refer·ee? Director of the J efferson County Playground and When my Grandad used to take my Dad Recreation Board, an invitation to speak to the out to old Eclipse Park to see the Louis-ville body concerning the recreation program of Jeffer­ Colonels play back in the 1880''s, you needn't son County which has consistently attracted na­ think for a minute that he was going to pay tio·nal attention and only recently gained interna­ tional recognition when the Health and Welfare more than two bits for admission. Wonder Department of Canada asked that the program and what his reaction would be to sports prices organization set-up be made available to that now? country. You know I thought a lo t of Grandaddy The program of the National Recreation Con­ gress on October 14th will be devoted entirely to because I could mooch a nickel off :him any­ speeches and panel discussions ·c-oncerning recrea­ time to buy a confection at a ball game. tion for counties and small villages. The program Brother, just what would his reaction have of the Jefferson County Playground and Recreation been at the state tournament this year when Board is considered a pattern by national recrea­ tion leaders, and as such was presented to the Mid­ my little 8 year old daughter, Pat, said, West Recreation Conference in Indianapolis in April "Daddy, gimme a dollar so I can buy me and to the Governors' Advisory Committee on Rec­ somethin'." reation of Minnesota at Duluth on June 12th. Pag-e Four THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947

Magazine Costs : Printing and En- REPORT OF AUDIT graving ------$ 1,795.30 Louisville, Ky., July 26, 1047. Editor's Salary _ 494.00 Editor's Office Ex- Mr. Theodore A. Sanford, Secretary & Treasurer pense ------162.35 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Mailing ______27 .01- 2,478.66 Henderson, Kentucky. Clinics : Dear Sir: Honorariums ---$ 560.00 Pursuant to instructions received, we have made Printing & Miscel- an audit of the books and records of the KEN­ laneous Expense_ 65.70- 625.70 TUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIA­ TION for the period of one year beginning July 1, Officials' Emblems ______275.15 1946 and ended June 30, 1947. In addition, we have Purchase of Rules Books ____ _ 588.00 Examinations and Bulletins __ 48.00 prepared and attached hereto statements of the Receipts and Disbursements, which in our opinion Track Expense: reflect the true .financial condition of the .Associa­ Trophies and tion as of June 30, 1947. Awards ------$ 654.33 Committee Ex- The Cash Funds on Hand and U. S. Savings Bonds pense ______88.00 Accounts were found to be correct a nd verified by Officials ______200.00 letter from your depositories. Mileage and Local We found the records presented us for ·purpose of Enaertainment __ 1,282.35- Regional Track audit to be in agreement and in good condition. Expenses ______8.00- 2,232.68 Respectfully submitted, JOHNSON-FOWLER & CO . Girls' Division-Printing and By HuettL. Johnson, 30.00 Certified Public Accountant. Supplies ------$ Audit-1945-46 ------­ 35.00 Investigation for Board of KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL Control ------101.60 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION National Federation Dues ___ _ 22.50 Withholding Tax ------­ 915.70 Period from July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947 Bad Checks ------­ 4.05 STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND Rental on Films ------­ 150.00 Transfer ·Of Funds to K. H. · DISBURSEMENTS S. A. A. Protection Fund __ _ 1,200.00 Balance in Checking Account July Refund of Officials' Dues (Overpayment) ______15.50 1, 1946 ------$ 5,165.99 Delegates to National Fed- RECEIPTS eration Meetings ______219.87 Annual Dues 483 @ $3.00----$ 1,449.00 Clerical Help ------963.90 Officials' Dues 1244 @$2.00 Repairs on Equipment______35.27 (239 Football-1005 .Basket- Officials' Bureaus ------­ 12.56 ball) _ ------2,488.00 Purchase of Government Overpayment of Officials' Dues 15.50 Bonds _ ------­ 8,000.00 Redeposits (Bad Checks Made Swimming Trophies and Good) ------6.10 Awards ------122.66 Advertising in Magazine ___ _ 280.00 Meals-Annual Banquet ____ _ 169.50 Subscriptions to Magazine __ 7.00 Rental of Safety Deposit Box 2.40 Sale of Rules Books ______53.19 Purchase of New Equipment__ 136.05 Refund on Breakage at State Golf Trophies-State Meet_ __ 64.57 .:rournament (19

Tournament Man- Armory Rental and Additional ager's Expense _ 21.00 Services _ ------1,779.19 Rental and Service Public Address Rental and An- - 156.70 (State Meet) ___ 220.00 ---======·======800.00 Trophies & Awards 166.30 Lodo~~igi~ln ~er_g _ ------2,256.90 Federal Tax Telephone and Telegraph ___ _ _ 48.86 (State Meet) ___ 111.76- 2,761.38 Meals _ ------2,723.15 Miscellaneous Expense ______4.65 State Tennis Meet: Transportation ------­ 982.65 Trophies & Balls--$ 163.64 Assistant Manager-State Tour- Miscellaneous Ex- ment _ ------150.00 penses ______25.90- 189.54- 28,073.79 Publicity _ ------40.00 Scorers and Timers ______200.00 Cash Balance in Bank ______$ 2,489.63 Ticket Sellers ------­ 125.00 Towel Service ------51.00 BANK RECONCILEMENT Shot Chart Keepers ______80.00 9,302.91 Balance per Bank Statement June 30, F ederal Tax ------­ Refund .Sutcliffe-Postage and 1947 ------$4,116.57 Insurance ------­ 304.41 Less: Outstanding Checks: Public Liability and Robbery No. 220 ------$ 6.87 Insurance _ ------374.99 No. 230 ------39.00 Filming State Tournament_ __ _ 500.00 No. 232 ------133.25 No. 234 ------259.00 23,546.36 No. 248 ------50.00 No. 272 ------41.00 $31,751.64 No. 278 ------181.00 DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS No. 281 ------5.00 No. 287 ------169.25 Transf er to K. H. S. A. A. Checking Ac- No. 299 ------111.40 count _ ------$19,751.64 No. 301 ------61.80 Transf er to K. H. S. A. Savings Aecounts No. 303 ------44.90 counts Nos. 1, 2, 3------12,000.00 No. 310 ------64.00 No. 311 ------55.50 $31,751.64 No. 318 ------103.50 No. 319 ------15.24 No. 321 ------243.90 Kentucky High School Athletic Association No. 322 ------42.33- 1,626.94 Period from July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947 True Bank Balance June 30, 1947 ______$2,489 .63 Protection Fund RECEIPTS FUNDS ON HAND Balance on Hand July 1; 1946------$ 59.59 Cash Balance-First National Bank of Football Fees-1545 @ $1.00 __ $1,545.00 Henderson ------$ 2,489.63 Basketball F ees-1160 @ $.25__ 290.00 U. S. Savings Bonds (Value June 30, 1947) 35,068.50 Baseball F ees-84 @ $.25______21.00 Savings Aceount No. 1-First National Track Fees-22 @ $.25 ______:.. _ 5.50 Bank of Henderson ------4,000.00 Overpayments 13 F. B., 2 B. B.) 13.50 Savings Account No. 2-First National Cash Transferred from K. H. S. Bank of Henderson ------4,000.00 A. A. Account ------1,200.00 Savings Account No. 3-First National Bank of Henderson ------4,000.00 K. H. S. A. A. Protection Fund______152.51 Total Receipts ------~------3,075.00 Total of Balance and Receipts------$3,134.59 Total Funds on Hand June 30, 1947--$49,710.64 DISBURSEMENTS Postage _ ------$ 36.00 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Claims Paid: 2,141.00 Statement of Receipts and Disbursements Football _ ------­ Basketball ------­ 424.00 State Basketball Tournament Pr inting _ ------­ 75.25 Clerical Help ------265.80 March 20, 21, and 22, 1947 Service Charges-Bank ______3.33 RECEIPTS Collector of Internal Revenue __ _ 23 .20 Refund on Overpayments ______13.50 Ticket Sales ------$55,198.00 Refund from Armory ______100.00-$55,298.00 Total Disbursements ------2,982.08 DISBURSEMENTS Total Funds on Hand ______$ 152.51 Postage _ ------$ 26.00 Trophies and Awards ______357.57 BANK RECONCILEMENT Printing _ ------­ 315.39 Balance per ·Bank Statement June 30, Ticket Refunds ------52.50 1947 ------$ 208.01 Service Oharges-Bank ______6.24 Less: Outstanding Checks: Additional Clerical Help- No. 151 ------$ 28.00 Ticket Sales ------­ 264.25 No. 152 ______10.00 Incidental Expenses (16 NO. 156 ------17.50- 55.50 Teams) ------­ 960.00 U shers and Ticket Takers----- 1,684.00 True Bank Balance June 30, 1947 ~------$ 152.51 Page Six THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 Fifteenth Annual Kentucky High School Tennis Tournament Bellevue }{igh School June 2-3, 1947

SINGLES Kaiser-Male Bye ~--- ~K__ a_ is_e_r~~~~~, QUARTER-:FINALS --=-~~- IKaiser: 6-0; 6-2 Snow-Dry Ridge SEMI-FINALS Steere-Danville-'--~~:.c.:.::_--=....:_:__~ -' Steere: 6-1 ; 6-2 - Kaiser: 6-2; 6-3 St. X No.1 Hutter: Default Hutter-Holy Cross I Nutter: Default West-Hopkinsville Nutter: 6-0; 6-0 FINALS Nutter-Georgetown \ Kaiser: 6-3; 6-0 Wagoner-B . . Green Huff-Berea 1Wagoner: 6-2; 6-2 ~ _M_c_P_h-. e-r-so::...:n.:.__-_H_o_lm~e-s- Wagoner: 6-3; 6-4 McPherson: Default Cov. Cath. No. 2 1 Trieschman: 6-1; 6-2 Allen-St. Henry Lazarus: 7-5; 6-2 Lazarus-College Hi I Trieschman: 6-0; 6-J Bye ITri eschman Trieschman-Bellevue

Feld-Bellevue B~ye ------'_F_e l_d______~ - Feld: 6-2 ; 6-2 Wiedner-B. Green IKl ein: 6-0; 6-1 Klein-Hopkinsville Feld: 6-4; 6-4 Shipp-'Dry Ridge Default St.~ X~~~~~~- No. 2 ~ Shipp: - Evans: 6-0; 6-1 Maturo-Georgetown Evans: 6-0; 6-1 Evans-Berea ~~~~~~~--I· Keeney-Holmes Ewald: 6-1; 6-1 Keeney: Default Cov. Cath. No. 1 I IEpling: 6-4; 6-1 Epling-Henderson IEpling: 4-6; 6-2; 6-1 Diddle-College High I Ewald: 6-1; 6-1 Rauen-Holy Cross Perisutti: 6-0; 6-0 Perisutti-St. Henry I SEEDED: Ewald: 6-1; 6-0 1. Don Kaiser- Male. Bye 2. Donald Ewald-Male. 3. Ray Feld-Bellevue. _E_w_a_ld_-_M_a_l_e~----- ' _E_w_a_l_d ______~ I 4. Paul Trieschman-Bellevue. THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 Page Seven

Fifteenth Annual Kentucky High School Tennis Tournament

Bellevue High School-June 2-3, 1947

Doubles 1 Bellevue Bye~~------~ ~B~e l~l e~v~u~e ------. ~ Bellevue: 6-3; 6-4 Hopkinsville I Garth: 9-7; 1-6; 6-4 Garth

Bellevue· 6-1 · 6-0 ' Dry Ridge Dry Ridge: Default Holy Cross

Dry Ridge: Default Bye St. Xavier St. X. Male: 6-1; 6-4

Berea Berea: 6-2; 6-2 Bowling Green Berea: 6-0 ; 7-5

Holmes Holmes : Default Covington Catholic

Male: 6-0; 6-0 College High College High: 6-0; 6-1 St. Henry Male: 6-2; 6-1

Bye SEEDED TEAMS: Male 1. Feld and Augs back-Bellevue ) Male \ 2. Kaiser and Ewald-Male. Page Eight THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 RESULTS Kentucky High School Track Meet Lexington, Kentucky, June 4, 1947

100 Yard Dash- 200 Yard Low Hurdles- High Jump-

1. Stoops-St. Xavier. 1. Andrews-Tilghman. 1. Warner-Tilghman. 2. George-Dayton. 2. Osborne-Ashland. 2. George-Dayton. 3. Vaught-Male. 3. Weeks-Henry Clay. 3. Hart-Manual. 4. Bathiany-Highlands. 4. Garrard-Bellevue. Koke-Bellevue. 5. Lee-Male. 5. Bubell-Bellevue. Franklin-Holmes. Time: 10 seconds. Time: 23:5 Ziegler-Highlands. Height: 6' 1hr'. 220 Yard Dash- 880 Yard Relay- 1. St. Xavier. Broad Jump- 1. Stoops-St. Xavier. 2. Male. 2, George-Dayton. 1. Van Deren-Beechwood. 3. Holmes. 3. Lee-Male. 2. Pryor-Manual. 4. Tilghman. 4. Bathiany-Highlands. 3. Garrittson-Tilghman. 5. Bellevue. 5. Sedler-St. Xavier. 4. Steffen-Newport. Time: 1:32.1. Time: 21.7. 5. Hamilton-Male. Distance: 21' 4". Mile Relay 440 Yard Dash- 1. St. Xavier. 1. Denny-St. Xavier. 2. Male. TOTAL POINTS 2. Planck-Manual. 3. Dayton. 3. Sither-Henry Clay. 4. Henry Clay. Male ______34.7 4. Wolff-Holmes. 5. Holmes. 5. Bohr-Flaget. Time: 3:33.4. St. Xavier ______31 Time: 52.8. Tilghman ______21.5 Pole Vault- 880 Yard - 1. Ziegler-Highlands. Holmes ------20.9 2. Ginnini-Male. 1. Warring-Georgetown. Henry Clay ______19 2. Orith-Highlands. 3. Rapp-Manual. 3. McKee-Holmes. Mathis-Male. Highlands ______16.9 4. Bowles-Manual. Waltrip-Highlands. 5. Gray-Manual. Smith-Campbell County. Dayton _ ------15 Time: 2:02.8. Plainzer-Holmes. Height: 11' 5". Manual ______13.9

Mile Run- Ashland ______10 Shot Put 1. Rudolph-Murray. 1. Hubbard-Male. Georgetown _ ------9 2. Witt-Henry Clay. 2. Robinson-Male. Campbell County ______6.5 3. Warring•Georgetown. 3. Myers-Lafayette. 4. Price-University High. 4. Regan-Henry Clay. Murray _ ------6 5. George-Valley. 5. Loos-Campbell County. Beechwood ______6 Time: 4:38.3. Distance: 46' 7 W". Bellevue _ 5.7 120 Yard High Hurdles- Discus- Lafayette _ ------3 1. Osborne-Ashland. 1. Linneman-Holmes. University High ______2 2. Weeks-Henry Clay. 2. Trapp-Campbell County. 3. Garrittson-Tilghman. 3. Knoerl-Holmes. Newport ______2 4. Andrews-Tilghman. 4. Robinson-Male. Valley _ ------1 Kelly-Male. 5. Regan-Henry Clay. Time: 15.6. Distance: 135' 8". Flaget _ ------1 THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 Page Nine Male Golfers Win Title

Loui,sville High School defended success­ 252-William Belviy, St. Xavier. fully its Kentucky High School Golf cham­ 255-Johnny Brown, Henry Clay. pionship at the K. H. S. A. A. State Tourna­ 257-0harles Breckle, St. Xavier. ment, held at Fort Knox on May 19-20. The 260-Lewis Flowers, Anchorage; Ed Oyler, team score ewas 950. Anchorage. The Male golfers captured the first three 261-Jerry Mann, Covington Catholic; Frank berths in the tourney, leading the second Ramber, St. Henry; Jack Davier, St. place St. Xavier squad by 74 strokes. Henry; Don Sorrell, Henry Clay; Bob Bob McBride of Male, defending champion, Logan, Shelbyville. took top honors by carding 232 for the 54- 263-Lewis Whipple, Anchorage; Bobby hole round. He clipped three strokes off his Lawson, Shelbyville. winning score in last year',s tournament. Two 264-J i m my Thomas, Lafayette; Jack strikes behind in the runner-up spot was Wright, Holy Cross. Ches McCall with 234. In third place was 265-James Conn, St. Xavier; Bob Ciary, Gene Meyer with 238. Highlands. Franklin Williams of Lafayette blazed the 266-Bob Hannon, Flaget; Barry Herendeen, way with a 74 for the lowest round ever Fort Knox. fired on the course by a scholastic golfer. He 268-Joe Hayden, Manual; Elmer Berling, helped to move his team into fourth place St. Henry. in the field. 270-Bob Kerchner, Manual; Charles Lan­ Twelve teams were entered in the tourna­ caster, Henry Clay; Jay Wilson, Fort ment. The scorers were as f·oUows.: Male, Knox. 950; St. Xavier, 1024; Henry Clay, 1029; 271--'Charles Harlow, Flaget. Lafayette 1062; Flaget and Anchorage; tied 273-Coleman Waltrip, Manual. with 1064; St. Henry 1074; Shelbyville, 275-Charles Jordan, Lafayette; Rodney 1078; Madisonville, 1093; Manual, 1095; Ft. Fossinger, St. Henry; Richard Pollock, Knox, 1110; Highl-ands, 1118; Covington Madisonville; Larry Rollsen, St. Henry. Catholic, 1123. 276-0harles Long, Shelbyville; R o b e r t In the driving contest, Bob Haag of Male Garin, Flaget; Eugene Crawford, La­ was first with Charles Lancaster of Henry fayette. Clay second. Franklin Williams. of Lafay­ 277-J·ohn Buckner, Shelbyville. ette won the approac:hing contest with John 278-Jim Johnson, College High. Brown of Henry Clay second. John Beckner 280-Jerry Wagner, Highlands; David Wag­ of Shelbyville was the best putter, and Bill ner, St. Xavier. Faulkner of Henry Clay was in second place. 281-Richard Sander, Covington Catholic; Coach Elmo Head of Shelbyville won the Don Smith, Anchorage. mentors low gros·s title with an 82. Blind 283-Tof Roff, Fort Knox; Jack Dierig, bogey, tournament prize, was captured by Highlands; Fred Allen, Lafayette; Manual'tS. pilot Hillman Holley. Doug Graham, Madisonville. The individual scores were as follows: 284-Ray Nolan, Manual. 232:_Bob McBride, Male. 286-John Hoesing, Covington, Catholic. 234-Ches McCall, Male. 288-Art Ri0hardson, Fort Knox; James 238-Gene Meyer, Male. Robinson, Madisonville. 239-Franklin Williams, Lafayette. 290-Harold Lahner, Highlands. 242-Bill Faulkner, Henry Clay. 291-Ed Musgrove, Fort Knox. 246-Brown Cullen, Male; Chesley Riddle, 295-Jerome Moser, Covington Catholic. Madisonville; Bobby Haag, Male. 305-Paul Lubbers, Covington Catholic. 250-Bart Brown, St. Xavier. 3·09----!Charlton N as·h, Shelbyville. 251--'George Fisher, Flaget; John Rountree, 31 4-Robert Schoo, Manual. Bowling Green. 322-Melvin Foltz, Highlands. Page Ten THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 1947 Kentucky State High School Swimming Meet March 29, 1947-Weaver Health Building Richmond, Kentucky

Results 4. 100 Yard Freestyle- St. Xavier ------39 1. Shadburn, Male ______1:01.9 Berea ------25 2. Graham, Berea ------1:02.1 Male ______------______20 3. Minogue, St. Xavier______1:03.4 4. Hunt, St. Xavier ______1:04.6 Flaget _ ------7 5. Rawlings, Newport ______1:08.0 Manual ------4 6. Blackburn, Berea ______1:09.1 7. Rankin, Male ______· _ ___ _1:10.4 1. 75 Yard Breaststroke- 8. Freeborn, Manual ______1:10.5 9. Ray, University High ______1:16.0 1. Smith, St. Xavier ------:57.6 10. Thorpe, Manual ------1:18.5 2. Beck, Berea ------:59.4 11. Watkins, Newport ------3. Bitzer, Flaget ______1:01.4 4. Uhl, St. Xavier______1:03.6 5. 150 lndividua.I Medley- 5. Rankin, Male ------1:03.7 1. Shadburn, Male ______1:59.6 6. House, Manual ______1:04 .1 2. Cambron, St. Xavier ______2:04.7 7. Forbes, Manual ______1:05.2 3. Weir, Male ------~----2:08.2 8. Sanders, Newport ______1:05.7 4. Dages, St. Xavier ______2:10.5 9. Dickerson, Newport ______1:06.6 5. Rawlings, Newport ______2:17.0 6. Dickerson, Newport ______2:18.5 10. Bossung, Male ------6. 150 Yard Medley Relay- 2. 50 Yard Freestyle- 1. St. Xavier (Kissell-Smith-Knop) ____ 1 :39.0 1. Shadburn, Male ------:27.0 2. Berea (Hanger-Beck-Capps) ______1:39.5 2. Graham, Berea ------:27.2 3. Flaget (Reynolds-Bitzer-Gavin) ____ 1 :41.4 3. Capps, Berea ------:28.0 4. Manual (Morat-Forges-Schang ) ___ 1 :46:1 4. Blythe, Manual ------:28.3 4. St. Xavier (0'Donnell-Uhl-Savage)_1:46.1 5. Rawlings, Newport ------:28.9 6. Male (Weir-Rankin-Grossman) ____ 1:46.4 6. Ballard, Winchester ------:29.0 7. Manual (Lockner-House-Spivak) ___ 1:48.5 7. Hunt, St. Xavier ------:29.0 9. Newport (Klotzback-Bihl-O'Hearn _1:54.0 8. Minogue, St. Xavier ------:29.0 9. Van Sant, Dayton ------:29.3 10. McKinley, University High ______:29.6 7. 200 Yard Freestyle Relay- 11. Grossman, Male ------:29.8 1. St. Xavier (Minogue-Hunt-Knop- 12. O'Hearn, Newport ------:30.2 Smith) ______------1:54.6 13. Gavin, Flaget ------:30.4 2. Berea (Graham-Blackburn-Wal- 14. Spivak, Manual ------:31.0 ters-Capps) ______1:55.5 15. Snowden, Winchester ______:31.8 3. St. Xavier (Denny-Kennedy-ln- 16. Boggs, University High ------gram-Hornek) ______2 :00.0 4. Manual (House-Massie-Spivak- Blythe) ______2:02.4 3. 75 Yard Backstroke- 5. Newport (Watkins-O'Hearn-Bright- 1. Kissell, St. Xavier ------:54.5 Minning) ------______2 :05.0 2. Weir, Male ------:55.2 6. Male (Frank-Saxton-Bickel-Mil- 3. Hanger, Berea ------:55.3 ler) ______------______2 :07.4 4. Reynolds, Flaget ------:56.0 7. Berea (Card-Arnett-Arrowood- 5. Dickerson, Newport ------:57.5 Dorf) ______------______2 :10.0 6. Cambron, St. Xavier ------:57.7 8. University High (Barrow-Utter- 7. Morat, Manual ------:58.3 Underwood-McKinley) ______2 :11.1 8. Utz, Newport ------:59.3 9. Manual (Freeborn-Forbes-Thorpe- 9. Wharton, University High ______1:03.0 Schang) __ __ ------__ _ ------2:13.2 10. Lockner, Manual ------1:03.5 10. Male (Grossman-Netherton-Jackson- 11. Shrader, Berea ------1:05.2 Bossung) __ __ ------2:15.7 12. Ballard, Winchester ------11. Newport (Sanders-Utz-Bihl-San- 13. Jackson, Male ------tini) ______------__ 2 :50.3 THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 Page Eleven St. Xavier Swimming Team/ State Champions

Left to Jright, sitting: W. Savage, J. Uhl, Captain, W. Smith, J. Kennedy, R. O'Donnell, 0. Knop, D. Minogue, and J. Denny. Standing, left to right: M. Hornek, J. Ingram, L. Kissell, R. Dages, R. Cambron, T. Henle, J. Hunt, H. Hargadon, T. O'Toole, ,V. Reinstedler, manager, and Brother Fabius, Coach.

Kentucky High School Baseball Tournament

Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky June 12-13, 1947

Central City (2) I Bellevue (13) Bellevue (5) Bellevue (0) Hall (4) I Hall (3) Fort Knox (1) Manual-Champion Prestonsburg (7) I Prestonsburg (4) Lafayette (6) Manual (6) Manual (25) I Manual (15) Heath (1) ·'

Page Twelve THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR AUGUST, 1947 Assigning Officials By Supt. J. 0. Lewis of Mayfield, Secretary Western Kentuc_ky Conference

Behind every movement, great or small, there to which they do not want to be assigned. They has been one man who has formulated plans for list their first and second choice positions. When its organization. L. G. Sullivan, then coach at all registrations are in, the commissioner prepares Tilghman High School, in 1924 led the organization a list of officials who have registered for each of movement of t;he Weste-rn Kentucky High School the four positions and sends one to eac·h member Athletic Conference. All the charter members of school, which prepares a professional list of of­ the Conference thought that the organization could ,ficials for each position, listing them from first be of great help to each and all of them, but each choice to last. The school will omit the names of was a bit uncertain in regard to its continuance. the officials who they do not want to officiate in During the 23 years of its history the Conference any -of their games. This list should be in the Com­ has proven its worth to its members and has been a missioner's hands by August 15th. stimulant to other sections of the state to form When these lists have been received, the Com­ similar organizations. missioner assigns the officials for each game. In For many years the success of the Conference so doing no official is assigned to a school for which was handicapped by the lack of competent officials. he does not desire to work, and no school is as­ Rumsey Taylor of Prineeton, then an aggressive signed an official which it has rejected. The officials young high school referEe, organized the Western· have agreed to accept any assignment made under Kentucky Officials Association in 1927. He con- these conditions. This insures the C and D type . tinued his efforts toward securing better officials schools that they will receive some of the recog­ and succeeded in convincing the Conference in 1930 nized best officials and it also means that the young that it would he advantageous for it to incorporate inexperienced -officials will have the opportunity the W. K. 0 . A. into the Conference as the Officials to work in some of the better games. No school has Department of the· Conference. refused to accept its assignments and no official Up until this time the individual schools would has refus•ed to go where assigned. agree upon officials for their games and then the The Commissioner is given the authority to make host school would dicker with the officials in regard necessary adjustment in assignments in emer­ to fees. Usually the ref·eree would receive the high­ gencies. If it develops that an official has not proven est price, the umpire next, and the head lineman, satisfactory to certain schools he may be remov·ed being unimportant, the least. It was not unusual from those games and assigned elsewhere. In the for a referee to be paid $100.00 for a Thanksgiving event that a school asks that an official be removed Day game. After Mr. Taylor began umpiring for from its games, and if the official cannot be reas­ the Southern Officials Association, he began to signed, the school must pay to the official the stip­ agitate the need of better trained officials, and in­ ulated fee, less the costs to the official that would augurated a Conference Clinic in 1930. Coupled have resulted had he worked the game. with this was a desire to have the smaller schools, Each official is sent a list of his assignments which could not pay so much in fees, secure better after they have been made together with his ·posi­ officials. . So in September 1938 a committee was tion and the names and positions of the other offi­ appointed to perfect a plan for assigning officials to cials assigned to the games. Likewise, each school all games played on the gridiron of Conf·erence is sent a complete assignment of officials for each teams. Mr. Taylor was chairman of the committee. of its games. Upon Tuesday before the game is to The final report of the committee was adopted at be played on Friday, the Commissioner sends a copy the annual meeting of the Conference in Deeember of the corps of officials for a particular game to 1939, to become effective in 1940. each official and to the host school. This is done so Under this plan a commissioner was established as to give the latest official assignments and thereby who assigns officials for all games played on the prevent mistakes, or the non-appearanc·e of officials home field of Conference schools. Three officials for the game. must be used for all games, but four may be used, Naturally, the system has not been absolutely if the h-ost school so desires. Four officials are as­ satisfactory to all schools and all ·officials, but it signed for all Thanksgiving Day games. The schools has proven itself so satisfactory that no one desires are divided in A, B, C and 'D type schools. The to depart from it. It has stabilized officials' fees; it A type schools pay $20.00; B type, $17.50; C type, has resulted in better trained officials; it has given a $15.00;. D type, $10.00. The schools were classified uniform spread of good and better officials to all upon the basis of gat!l receipts. schools; and it has done away with tenseness, strain, Officiels register with the Commissioner, list­ and lack of confidence among schools relative to ing the dates when they can work and the schools securing officials.