SEGMENT: ACTIVITIES
Bert Aikman>UIS Collection A's>UIS Collection, Segment 12
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- ACTIVITIES
- Discusses attending basketball games at Waggoner High School. Lists relatives (nieces & nephews) that went to Waggoner High School & who played basketball. Story of basketball first being played at Burnet school. Much laughter about parents at game urging players on. Used barrel hoops nailed on posts, no backboards. Then game played in gym with proper equipment. Harvel, Raymond, & Waggoner Schools played each other. Mentions good players of that time. Players were a "little light on weight." Never went to Waggoner baseball games. Bert describes abscess on kidney. Stayed away from baseball at that time for fear of getting hit & hurting kidney. Mentions playing town-ball again. Played softball at church just once. If you were put-out you were out of game.
