Ottawa Hills High School - Legend Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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First Team Top row: George Horner tmgr.j, Robert jamo tmgrj, Donald Steibel tmgizj, Pierce Yardley, Eugene Ver Merris, Thomas Fudge. Second row: Robert Zaremba, Harold Miedema. Hugh Lilly, john Steketee, Jerome La Vene, Robert Lindstrom, john Nam- mensma, Harris Timmer, Wil- liam Danielson tmgizj. First row: David Applebee, james Mitts, Robert Clark, Arthur Lindquist, Wailtei' Ped- Iey, VUilliam Wfinstrom, Willizirii Hill, Thomas Newby, Lowell M. Palmer tcoachj. Absent members: james Dinge- man, Frank Fry, Robert Green- hoe, Alex Martin, Donald Salm, Donald Smith, Carl Van Dorn, Gordon Van Hoeven, Donald Veldman. '41 Football Season Opens Fall Sports The bleachers are packed to capacity, the spectators are tense with excitementg everyone is standing, watching the boys in uniform on the field. The whistle blows! The kick off! The stands let off a thunderous roar as the pigskin floats down the field before the triumphant foot of the kicker. This is what every true football fan has been waiting for. The season started on September 18 at House- man Field where Ottawa bowed down before a powerful Kalamazoo team. When the linal whistle blew, the score was 14 to 0. The first out of town game was played Sep- tember 25 at Holland in a dismal rain. Although they fought desperately to do so, neither team passed its opponent's 25-yard line and the game Second Team Top row: Henry Vander Laan, Thomas Heagy, Donald Rut- stein, jack Frey, Eugene Holden, jerry johnson, George lwlorris, NX'illard Clark, Fay Knapp. Third row: R o b e rt Jamo tmgrxj, Raymond Zwingeberg, Donald Drews, Richard Rogers, Roscoe Bennett, Floyd Cook, Donald Bolthouse, Gerald Haan Qmgrj. Second row: ja mes Burger, Donald Draper, Willitlni Edison, XX'alter Koster, Stanley Smith, Edward Potter, Robert Stearns, Robert Ernst, Maurice Vander Veen, james Shuster. First row: Duane Ziegler, Thomas Saye, Ben Nord, Phillip Bartlett, Kenneth Shireling, George Horner Qmgiij. Absent members: Donald Bar- endse, Richard Bloxsom, john Cary, Albert Coates, Lee Funder- burk, Herman Higley, Lee XX'heeler. ended with a scoreless tie. The following week Ottawa was overwhelmed 27 to 0 by Central in the first night game of the season. The outstanding players were Lindquist, Zaremba, Smith, and Lindstrom, Ottawa came back after its defeat of the week before to down Creston 12 to 0 with a passing attack, Greenhoe to Martin, during the third quarter. On the night of October 9 the Indians were drowned out by a powerful Tech team in a ter- rific rain at Houseman Field. All through the first half, the game was fairly even with many long marches being made by the tribe, but Tech came back in the last half of the game to win 14 to O.

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ll Hlill E5 C' That Nothing Fears Nowhere is the spirit of youth better exemplified than in the field of sports. Here a spirit, strong and vibrant, is displayed - a spirit that develops a love of just and fair play. The athletic program of Ottawa Hills gives each student a chance to specialize in his favorite sport. He may participate in tennis, track, bowl- ing, badminton, or golf. He also learns to cooperate with other students in games such as football, basketball, volley ball, and field ball. This year the senior boys have re- ceived Commando training three times a week to prepare them for mili- tary work. The Ottawa girls are also preparing themselves for service by practicing the WAAC exercises. Athletics builds strong bodies and strong characters. It strengthens man's code of honor. It teaches him to ac- cept results gracefully, and to be gen- erous. On the field of play the youth of today learns a strong vibrant joy- the joy of achievement. Face uplifted to the sun, here is young America playing, young Amer- ica on her way, strong as a mighty bird. The eagle of the crg- that nothing fears.

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The spark plugs of the football team, the cheer leaders. Art Lindquist about to bring down a Union High ball carrier. On October 24 Ottawa defeated her old rival, South, 14 to 0 during which the ball was in the hands of the In- dians 'most of the first quarter. The great moments of the game were Zaremba's touchdown from the 15- yard line and Greenhoe's interception. A The Union game, which ended in a W scoreless tie, was played on a muddy field and every one was covered with it when the game finished. The season ended with a painful de- feat of 27 to 0 by Catholic Central. The team looked good in the first quarter but finally gave way under the superior power of the opposition. When the football season ended, Ottawa was tied with Creston and Tech for fourth, fifth, and sixth place. In the city Ottawa defeated South and Ctestonjtied Union, and lost to Cen- tral, Tech, and Catholic. Basketball Squad is Rebuilt In judging the success of this year's team, one should remember that last year Ottawa, with a team that had been playing together for four years, tied for the championship. Only two play- ers on that entire squad who had seen any action returned, Greenhoe and Martin, and the former was lost in january due to the eight semester rule. It was necessary then to do a rebuilding job, and to that end a squad was picked for this season's title conquest, at least half of whose members were to return for another season. In consideration of that fact, the team, we be- lieve, did very well indeed, says Coach Ludwick, and the chances seem f bright for another good year in 1945-44 First Team Top row: Henry Ludwick fcoachj,jack Gladstone, Phillip Montgomery, Williztm Hers- man, Carol Hendrickson, Hugh Lilly, Robert jamo, Robert Millar fmgrj. First row: William MacAlpine fmgrj, David Tuuk, Harry Palmer, Thomas Ohland, Mar- tin Slager, Alex Martin, Donald Veldman, Donald Frans fmgrj. Absent member: Clarke Goethel lmgrj. 59 p Holland, 59-Ottawa, 28 On December 9 Ottawa traveled to Holland to open the season. The lead piled up by the tall Holland five was too great to overcome. Ottawa, 34-South, 28 The first city league game was a triumph over the favored South High Trojans. The Tribe was ahead throughout the game. Ottawa, 40- Catholic Central, 32 The Indians kept well ahead of the opposition all through the game, even though a fourth quar- ter rally by the Cougars almost lost the game for Ottawa.