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Speakers Pay Tribute to Play At Banquet Honoring Ney Champions Athletics in the schools have im proved the spirit of friendliness among the various communities of Defiance county, it was agreed by speakers at the banquet held in Ney last night in honor of the high school sectional bas ketball champions. WKnights of Pythias hall was well filed for the programm and banquet, which will take rank with the import ant events of the year in this com munity. Speakers introduced by Principal Edward Kammeyer, were: Mirl A. Geller, Defiance, alumnus of Ney High school; Dr. A. G. Caris, president of Defiance College; Ralph W. Peters, editor of the Defiance Crescent News; William L. Manahan, superintendent of the county schools; Walter Studer, faculty manager; Edgar Bergman, coach; Welton Pollock captain of the high school boys’ team, and Mildred Kimberly, captain of the county cham pionship girls’ team. Strong support was expressed for the proposed community hall in Ney, to give the team a better place to practice and play next year. With an opportunity to accommodate bigger crowds, the indoor sport can be put more nearly on a paying basis, it was believed. Visiting speakers congratulated the community and the players, players thanked the community for support, and everybody joined in celebration of the best showing ever made by a New basketball team. The girls won the county championship and the boys, victorious in both the county and sec tional tournaments, were beaten only when they reached the semi-finals in the state Class B tournament at Col umbus. “Who misses or who wins the prize, Go lose or conquer if you can. But if you full or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman.” Those lines, taught to 2» Ney high school team several years ago by William L. Manahan, now superinten dent of the county schools, constituted the prayer which the Ney team re peated together before every game this year, it was revealed by speakers last night. The spirit of these lines, which have made Ney teams “good losers”, will also make them “good winners’”’ and exemplars of the best kind of sportsmanship coaches and players pledged. In his talk, Mr. Goller referred to the progress Ney has been making, outlined the advantages of developing the proper spirit of play among both old and young and predicted that with a proper playing floor, Ney team next year would go on through to a state championship. President Caris presented a con vincing argument for athletics as an important factor in education. He told of specific instances of the teaching of self-control and the right sort of sportsmanship—lessons which could be taught in no other way ex cept by on the athletic field or the basketball floor. He emphasized the alertness and the ability of quickly sizing up all situations which ath letics teach. Teamwork, courage, honesty and persistency are other fundamental qualities in integrity and character which the right kind of sports teach, he declared. “You never know the young peo ple of a community until you asso ciate with them in play,” said Coun ty Superintendent Manahan. He made a plea for community co-opera tion, as the only way by which Ney can accomplish her objectives. Co operation, he pointed out, will pro mote efficiency, good feeling and en thusiasm. He praised the attitude of Swede Oberlander of Dartmouth in refusing to commercialize his foot ball ability, in contrast to that of Red Grange. Supt. Manahan drew applause when he reported communications from the tournament management at Bowling Green and from one of the officials, praising the New team's upholding of Defiance county's “traditional” good sportsmanship. Walter Studer, faculty manager, re lated that he had attended all the sames, and that he had never once seen any New player make an inten tional dirty or unsportsmanlike play. He suggested a community play or supper as a means of raising money to reward the players with honor sweaters. Edgar Bergman, a Ney alumnus, who acted as coach, paid high tribute to the spirit of the players. He re called that the crowd seem to be with Ney at every tournament, and he was certain it was the unassuming and
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The Crescent-News
Defiance, Ohio, US
Sat, Mar 27, 1926
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