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Eastern Kentucky University Encompass The Athlete Kentucky High School Athletic Association 12-1-1947 The Kentucky High School Athlete, December 1947 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/athlete Recommended Citation Kentucky High School Athletic Association, "The Kentucky High School Athlete, December 1947" (1947). The Athlete. Book 490. http://encompass.eku.edu/athlete/490 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Athlete by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. (Left to right) 'Bottom Row: Gish, Walston, Reed, Peck, Haley, Beasley, Marvin, Cromwell, Auen, McAllister, Martin, Wall, Powell, Christopher, Foster. 1Second Row: Lynn, K. Burnett, 1Searles, Wilkins, Jones, Powell, May, Baggett, Hannin, Hicks, Houser, Parks, B. 'Burnett, Burkhart, Graves, York, Nickias. Third Row: Cooper, Smalley, Walker, Knight, Pugh, Thomasson, Wooley, Lewis, Beyer, Buchanan, Stewart, Bright, McDaniels, Cunningham. Augusta Tilghman of Paducah lost one football game in 1946, none in 1947. LOUISVILLE MALE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD ONE OF KENTUCKY'S GREAT TEAMS (Left to •Right) Front Row: Martin, Breehl, •Sa·graves, Kleier, Smith, Hager, Thorne, Kratz, Price, !Hamilton, Southall. Second Row: Kaiser, Brady, Kreitman, Bridgers, Rogers, Schaffner, Campbell, Divine, Specter, Grider, Sutherland. Third Row: Davison, McTyeire, Mings, Gray, Bass, Lawrence, Netter, Waltrip, Clayton, Hoertz, Sam·s, Varble, Beard. Fourth Row: B. Thurman, Lewis, Ray, Dosker, Buttorff, Sander s, McNair, Larimore, H. Thurman, Greer. ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS Western Kentucky Athletic ·Conference Ends : •Cromwell, Paducah; Griffin, Hopkinsville. Big Sandy Conference Tackles: Auen, Paducah; Baldwin, Madisonville. Ends·: Polly, Whitesburg; Burchett, Prestonsburg. Guards: Fraley, Henderson; Russell, Hopkinsville. Tackles: Bates, Whitesburg; Cline, Jenkins. Center: Armstrong, H enderson. Guards: Goyer, Pikeville; Horn, Prestonsburg . Backs : Fost er , Paducah; Minton, Henderson; Fos Center: Cisco, Hazard. ter, Owensboro; H arris, Madisonville ; Bazzell, Backs: Branham, Prestonsburg; Ross·, Hazard; Mil Mayfield. ler, Paintsrville ; Ramsey, Pikeville. Cover Picture-Paducah Powerhouse There is little doubt but that the 1947 team of Cumberland Valley Conference Aug usta Tilg hman Hig h Sc'hool, Paducah, is one of Ends: Spurlock, Hall ; Lewallen, Harla n. the great tea ms of the South. Paducah was rated Tackles: Rodgers, Loyall; Smith, Barbourville. by Dr. ·Litkenhouse a s the No. 1 t eam in K entucky Guards : Farley, Evarts; Jones, •Lynn Ca mp. this sea son. Tilghman's 1·ecord is as follows : Padu Center: Henson, C umberland. ca h 48, Cairo (Illinois ) 7; P. 21 , Memphis Tech 6; Backs: Howard, Pineville; !Steele, Lynch; Lankford, P. 38, West F r ankfort (Illinois ) 1-9; P. 30, Louisville Corbin; tRector, Middlesboro. Manual 7; P . 32, Russellville (Alabama) 6 ; P. 68, Marion 19; P. 47, Jackson (Tennessee) 0; P. 38, St. Eastern Kentucky Conference Louis McKinley 6; P. 38, Henderson 12; P. 27, Hopkins'Ville 0; P . 54, Ma yfield 6. Ends: Moore, Catlettsburg; F r anz, Russell. Tackles: Cox, Raceland; Miller, Catlettsburg. Pictures Missing Guards: Wellman, Catlettsburg ; Sheppard, McKell. Pictures of the Prestonsburg a nd Pineville foot Center: Tyler, tBoyd County. ball teams, rEspective winners of the Big tSandy and Backs: French, McKell; Adams, Ra;celand; tDavis Cumberland Valley conferences, were not available son, Raceland; Webb, !Russell. at the time this issu e of t'he ma g azine w ent to press. These pictures, along with the pictures of Northern Kentucky Conference the Bloomfield and Leba non Junction t eams, co Er;.ds : Johnson, Highlands ; Augsback, Bellevue. cha mpions of t he Salt River Valley •Conference Tackles : Faust, Highlands ; J. Huenefeld, Holmes. which s·ponsor s six-ma n football, will appear in a Guards: Ramelsber g , Newport; ·Roman, Highlands. for thcoming issue of the magazi ne. Some of the Center: Morrison, Dixie Heig11ts. conferences had not announced their all-conference Backs: B. !Schneider, Highlands ; Pitakos, Newp,ort; team s early in December, and this information will Hisle, Bellevue ; Wherry, Holmes. be ma de available to At hlet e readers at a later date. The Kentucky High School Athlete · Official Organ of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association ViOL. X-No. 5 DEGEMIBER, 1947 $1.00 Per Year Commissioner's Message URING the past few weeks, it has been that the fract still remained, however, that the unpleasant duty of the Commis two officials of the K. H. S. A. A. were treated D sioner to suspend from the Associa shamefully at Paris, and that any school which could not devise a way to protect the tion two member schoolSr, Paris and Somer officials during and following athletic con set. Some facts bearing on these suspensions tests s~ould probably do away with its sports will be of intereRt to many Kentucky school program. It was also pointed out that the men who ~are trying to play the game accord law enforcement officers, who had left the ing to the rules but who might make the field prior to the end of the game, were in effect traffic officers and not policemen at same mistakes which, in the opinion of the the time the officials were attacked. The fact Commissioner, were made by the school of that Paris school officials had made an effort ficials of Paris and Somerset. to secure adequate police protection caused On the night of October 10, following the the Commissioner to give the school a com partively light penalty, the period of sus Mt. Sterling-Paris footl5all game, Paris fans pension being approximately two months. attacked two of the officials who · worked in Somerset was suspended for an entirely the game. The evidence showS1 that one of different infraction of the rules,. A returned the officials was knocked to the ground and veteran, who had played basketball prior to "worked ov·er" while he was on the ground, the war for two schools located in other dis and that the other was kicked repeatedly. tricts, was supposed to have made a bona fide move into the Somerset school district. This was one of the most disgraceful epi School officials were led to believe that the sodes in the long history of the K. H. S. A. A. mother of the boy had actually changed her It was held that the Paris High School did residence. It is possible that most principals not give the officials :adequate protection and in the state would have made the S'ame mis that it was therefore in violation of By-Law take as was made by the Somerset principal. 17 of the Association rules. Especially is this true when it appears that Paris school officials testified during the some of the individuals most closely connect hearing that they had made every effort to ed with the case made statements concerning secure adequate police protection prior to the the move which was supposed to have been game, and that they were unable to get this made. The average principal just doesn't protection. As an actual :Bact, two law en have t'he time to go around ringing doorbells forcement officers were :at the game, but they and inquiring concerning the name of the had left the field a few minutes before the person who lives there. However, the pro end of the contest in order to assist in the vis;ions of By-Law 1, Section 7, par:agraph a, direction of traffic. One of ·the school of ·are very specific. All school men would do ficials of Paris asked this question: "In what well to read this rule :and to check carefully way have I failed to do the job required of on the residence of their players, especially me under By-Law 17? I had law enforce those who supposedly move into one district ment officers at the game, tried to secure the from another. assistance of others and was unable to do so, It is my fervent hope that the Paris and and rushed to the scene of the fight, helping Somerset suspensions will serve as a warn to stop it." The Commissioner stated that it ing to the school officials in our st:ate, and was entirely probable that the school officials will cause them to be even more careful than of Paris had done ev·erything in their power some of t'hem have been in the past in their to have the game policed properly and that efforts to abide by the rules of the K. H. S. individually no one of them was to blame; A. A. Ted Sanford. Page Two THE KENTUCKY /HIGH ·SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR DEOEM.BER, 1947 DECEMBER, 1947 VOL. X-NO.5 !SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF REGIS Published monthly, except June and July, by the Kentucky TERED BASKETBALL OFFICIALS High School Athletic Association. Offi,ce of Publication, Henderson, Ky. Anderson, George 0., 64 Oak Ridge, Ft. Thomas. Entered as s econd~class matter in the post office at Henderson, Apgar, Ross E., 4112 .Millsbrae, Cincinnati 9, Ohio. Kentucky under the act of March 3, 1879. Aterburn, Edward L., Park City. Editor. ........ .. ... ............. ........ THEO. A. 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