Art Holten -- a 1933 grad of Westport (Clatsop County, Oregon) High School and a member of Linfield Class of 1938-- Art played football and basketball for Linfield College teams coached by Henry Lever.
--Art apparently played
football for Linfield in 1933 season and basketball in 1933-1934 season.
--Art apparently played
football for Linfield in 1934 season (an Oregonian story from Nov. 1934
mentions him as a member of the Linfield football team) and basketball in
1934-1935 season.
--Art apparently played
football for Linfield in 1935 season and basketball in 1935-1936 season. He's
mentioned in a lot of basketball stories during the 1935-1936 season as being a
sophomore.
--It appears Art did not
attend Linfield immediately after graduating from Westport (Clatsop County,
Oregon) High School in 1933. It’s assumed he started at Linfield as a freshman
in the fall of 1934 instead of in the fall of 1933. If so, that would jibe with
sports stories in 1935-1936 saying he was a sophomore.
3/7/1935 -Story (headlines,
“Pacific Wins Closing Game, Score 36-30 Victory Over Wildcats”) in March 7,
1935, McMinnville Telephone-Register includes a scoring summary showing Holton
and Harrington leading the Linfield team in scoring with nine points each.
12/5/1935 -Story (headline “Wildcats
Turn Out For Basketball; 2 Games Scheduled”) in Dec. 5, 1935, McMinnville
Telephone-Register includes that returning lettermen include “Holton, forward.”
1/16/1936 -Story (headlines
“Pilots To Meet Wildcats Here,” College Slate Opens Saturday Night”) in Jan 16,
1936, McMinnville Telephone-Register includes, “Art Holten, high-scoring center
who has paced the way in virtually every game this season, topped the scorers
with 23 points.”
3/12/1936 -Cutline for
photo (headline “Marksman”) of Art wearing a Linfield men’s basketball team
uniform (apparently posing outside on the Linfield campus) in the March 12,
1936, McMinnville Telephone-Register: “Art Holten, Linfield’s high-scoring
sophomore center, who has tallied 302 points in the Wildcats’ 22 basketball
games this season for what is believed to be a Pacific Northwest Record. He
also was chosen by Coaches ‘Nig’ Borleske of Whitman and ‘Spec’ Keene of
Willamette on their all-Northwest conference quintet this season.”
3/12/1936 -Photo (headline “Bring
Championship to Linfield”) in March 12, 1936, McMinnville Telephone-Register
has this cutline: Unbeaten in their Northwest conference games and victors in
all but five of their 16 non-conference games, Henry Lever’s Wildcats won the
conference co-championship with Whitman this year. In the picture from left to
right, are: Purcell, Helser, Holton, Swenson, Durham, Robins, Strang,
Harrington, Morris, Hipple and Coach Lever. Holding the ball is Logan, manager.”
8/21/1938 --Story ‘LINFIELD
GRIDMEN GET DRILL ORDERS’ in Sunday Oregonian, Aug. 21, 1938,previewing
Linfield’s 1938 football season mentions the “non-return of veteran Art Holten.”
