L. W. MAYBERRY, SUPERINTENDENT FRANK K. REID, VICE PRINCIPAL

 

Wichita High School North

GROVER C. DOTZOUR, PRINCIPAL

Wich ita, ‘Kansas

DEPARTMENT OF PHysICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PHysICAL EDUCATION

Boys’

GIRLS’

Roy G. GROE Eva LYMAN
A. B. COLLOM JUANDA HAWKINS
A. R. EDWARDS ESTHER PFLEGER

ERNEST J. VANEK ANN THEILEN

I have been watching the write ups about him in the Wichita
papers, He is also a very outstanding baseball player and it
seems that several 0.Ue scouts have gotten to him. Oklahoma is
his home state. He was born there and did not come to Wichita
until he was in the Interm@iiate School. That may be one reason
why 0.U. looks good to him.

Now about his basketball ability: When I came to Wichita last
fall, evenbody said what a star he was. Well as far as I am con-
cerned he “never did come up to what I expected, Many persons told
me that he played lot better ball last year, It looked like a case
of too much publicity for a kid that could not take it. He has gota
fairly good eye for the basket and is a very hard driver, but is
very weak defensively. According to the other boys, during his
Soph. and Jr. years, he was the only one that did any shooting
and scoring. His coach never made him do a thing on defense, so
I had quite a job with him. He is very individualistic, and did
not get along with the other boys as wellas he should. That was
one great fault with my whole bunch. They were all Seniors, and
thought they knew everything.

This is Layton's record of his shooting according to my books.
We played 19 games. He attempted 590 shots, and made 52 baskets,
a rather poor percentage. He seemed to be in some sort of a slump
about half of the season. I think he was not training as well as
he should. However, he made the All Ark Valley team as a Forward,
and was fourth from the top among the leading scores in the Ark Valley.
It looked to me like making the All Ark Valley was a darn sight
more important to him than trying to cooperate with the other boys,
and win some ball games for us.

I do think that Lester will snap out of it when he goes to
College. I guess all high school boys have their faults. The fact
that he seems to be in love with a girl in Wichita and that he has
been considered the "big shot" around school, did not help him
or our ball club. He has a swell personality, and he is not hard
to handle,

I hope I have given you the information you wished. If there
is anything else you want me to do please let me know. I will be
glad to contact him if you so desire,