Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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Poge l OO Baseball l940 '-Cf, I AVQ, R L RV 1 R B lx WT ,, Z 1 X .1 ' I -. ,... X Y I l i Top Row -H.VKruusv,.H. Holll, 1. Rcunclmnlmt, . cfluhn, . Mason, Couch Stole 'tn Srmnd Rnwf . uvmrs, E. Vcrst-, I.. Dnvls, D. lN lclmlskl, J. Kelley, . Nlasnn. Front Rnw4Mgr. usch, '. Olson, . romck, R. Sundx-1, B. Junglxluth. S I , Q 1 1 V . . D . . . o . ' , Q , 1 1 1 V ' 1 I , 1 - ' 1 l - I Q ' 1 1 N' . . . I - . . I ' - 1 1 1 N 1 1 1 J . 1 1 1 I . . . , 1 1 ' 1 I - . . . ' - 1 ' - ' ' 1 1 I 1 1 1 , , ' , . 1 - ' 1 ' . , . . . , . ARROL lPopl Stokke s Central Red Rander nlne had a poor season du to heavy graduatlon losses and unexperlence They won only three games out of ten but were always In there provldung their opponents wuth many close thrllllng ball games The openlng game came on May 4 when the Rauders traveled to Wlnona and In a double header beat Wlnona nn a mornung encoun ter 4 2 and came back again to rep at theur morning performance by whlppmg Logan by a 3 l score Playing theur flrst home game on May S at Copeland Park Centralutes were outclassed by Eau Claire and were downed to the tune of IO Z On lvlay 9 Central met the Aquinas Golden Avalanche at Copeland Park but couldn t cluck and again came out on the short end of the score 5 l Not being able to snap their losing streak the Ralders lost a heart breaker to Logan 3 2 on May l2 On May l7 Central again having bad luck was defeated by Vnroqua on the home dlamond In a thriller 3 2 On lVlay2l Central lnvad ed the Eau Clalre Old Abes Field but was shelled l4 4 by th powerful northern team Aquinas nntlvcted the only shutout of the Red and Black nune In l94O on May 24 beating them 6 O at Cop land Park On May 29 the Vlroqua men defeated the Red Rauders a second tame 3 l June 3 the Red Raiders snapped their seven game losing streak by whackung the sphere for a 6 O victory over the Logan Redmen at Copeland Park Coach Stokke Issued thlrteen letters to hns Red Ralder baseball squad Those re Bo Ray nm .llm Mgr celvnng them were Don Mlchalsku Rennebohm Leo Davus Emll Verse Mason Roy Mason Arnold Veglahn Weber Ralph Voves Harvey Krause Ruchardson Wlllard Tronlck and Russell Basch Coaching dutues an l94l were turned over to Walter lBabel Welgent Hls wealth of veterans was composed of Leo Davis Don Mschalskl Kenny Olson Wlllard Tronuck Jam Ruchardson Harvey Krause Ray Sun det and Howue Hoff Wlth these and promlslng sophomores and juniors Coach Weugent molded has l94l dlamond nlne

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Earning Points 3 Donphms enjoy theur weekly splash on Monday after sfhyol 4 Marjorie Hoapes does a jackknmfe dnve J Margie Howe huts a homer Page T. Muldred Garske seems determined to catch the ball fn knttehball 2. The home run queens, kuffehbalf winners

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Track 1940 pR0 nn P P wnnn nc win n nn pw J nn gkvf ERE na n To w-R. Sc ultz, . Williams, J. elcrson, E. :fa n, F. Olbcrg, H. Marshall, Coach Hanson. Second Row-J. Roc-Llc , . Tlnonnas, W. a 'ms, H. Cooper, J. Vg-rchotnn, N . Tntcom x. D :rd Rowf . cnsolc, . Pnttman, A. Render, R. A en, L. Luutz. Front Row-G. Pnttman, E. Pnncsznk, M r. . n-nnn Y, . mmons, D. vznrdnnorc. U e . . . n , d I I . 1 - 1 I I I ' . I . . , . I . . . V - . I . . . . . . . I - - 9 , 3 1 , . ' ' ff A . u a I . 1 I 1 1 1 - - - 1 1 ' ' I I - . ' ' I I v . . I ' 1 1 ' ' I . 1 1 1 . . . , ' ' ' . 1 1 1 ' . I I I I ' 1 1 1 . 1 - . . . I ' 1 1 1 I I I ' NDER the leadershnp of th nr new coach Wnllard Hanson the l94O Central speedsters had a good season wnnnnng two meets placnng second nn two others and fnnnshnng hngh nn the rest Coach Hanson was anded nn hns fnrst season of track at Central by havnng such brnllnant performers and seasoned veterans as Ru s Schultz Jnm Roedel Erv Pnncsak Albert Render Paul Wnllnams Bob Emmons and the sensa tnonal freshman Harry Cooper The Rand ers started thenr season by travelnng to Wnsconsnn Rapnds on Aprnl 5 and compet nng nn a seven team meet Central fnnnshed snxth place scornng l6 ponnts but gave a good account of themselves so early nn the season Next on Aprnl 27 nn the LaCrosse Relays at theT C Fneld the Cen tral Red and Black wound up thnrd collect nng a total of 44 ponnts The strong Du buque cnndermen copped the meet wnth 7l V2 ponnts Central s thnrd meet came on May 4 when the Randers traveled to Wn nona for the Wnnona Quadrangular and won thns meet O May ll nn a ual meet wnth Wnsconsnn Rapnds on the forengn fneld Central was downed 60 V2 to SOVZ On May l8 Central nnvaded Campnon s fneld at Pranrne du Chnen nn another dual meet The Red Randers led through but were eked out when the Campnon Knnghts took the last event and copp d the meet 58 13 On May Zl onT C Fneld the Centralntes had thenr annual meet wnth Aqunnas where the Red and Black dealt the Blue and Gold a crushnng defeat 90 to 23 runnnng away wnth every event The Rand ers attended the State Track Meet at Madn son on May Z5 but dnd not place nn nt at all Coach Hanson nssued letters to Russ Schultz Jnm Roedel Harry Cooper Erv Pnncsak Bob Emmons Paul Wnllnams Ed Wonahn John Pnttman Harry Marshall Al Render Don Wensole Marlon Tntcomb and Mgr Dnck Pfennng Captann elect for l94l was Russ Schultz Other returnnng vet erans for l 94l were Harry Marshall Marlon Tntcomb Harry Cooper Paul Wnllnams Erv Pnncsak Ed Wonahn and Don Wensole Page IO!