Princeton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Princeton, IL)

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ASKETBALL TEAM First Row: fleft to rightl-Dick Gibons, Jack Eakle, Donald Kern, Dean Teece, Roger Richards, Donald Rumley, Harold Powers Second Row-Carl Olson, Mr. Keagle, Gene Gildermaster, Donrld Larson, Mr. Howard. Third Row-Dick Robb, Donald Swan, Robert Ferris, Howard Troupa, Howard Ross, Charles Hays. Fourth Row-Verne Shaffer, George Skinner, Douglas Conley, Carl Croissant, Roger Smith, john Miller. Not in Picture-Clifford Frantzcn, CCaptain in 1942-194333 Donald Fahlberg, Russell Halberg, james Marine, Robert Jaskowiak wi

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1942 Mr. Ewart having left for the army, the track team was taken over by Mr. Keagle. The outlook for the year was unusually good with Frantzen, Fleming, Young and Brown, and many promising underclass- men back. Coach Keagle did a commendable job with the boys, and the outcome was the best track team in the history of Princeton High School. In the Oak Park Relays, where he was in compe- tition with boys from schools with indoor tracks, Bob Frantzen tied for second in the pole vault with a vault of 11 feet. The boys worked hard early in the year and were rewarded in their first meet, the Geneseo Relays. In competition with 19 schools, we won this meet for the first time in our history. This success confirmed expectations of an outstanding' team. Next in line for the Tigers was a dual meet with Dixon. We defeated Dixon by the overwhelming score of SO to 29. In Princeton's next test, a triangular meet at Princeton, the Tigers came through with a victory over Ottawa and Mendota. Our Freshman and Sophomore relay team was one of the strongest in the state this year, with such ath- letes as Don Rumley, Dick Highfield, Herb Pease, Bob Carlson, Don Lay competing. These boys won by a large score the Ottawa Invitational Freshman and Sophomore meet. In the Lincoln Relays, in competition with 14 schools, most of which were members of the big 12 conference, Princeton, taking only five boys, placed second to Pekin. The Tigers are very proud that they were able to place second in this meet since they were in competition with the best teams in the state. 1942 The 1942 tennis team was one of the best. The team, composed of Roger Mercer, Gilbert Brown, Eug'ene Gildermaster, Steve Kasbeer, Jim Marine, George Skinner, and Howard Troupa, and coached by Mr. John Cardle, was undefeated in a series of dual meets, placed first in the District at Monmouth for the second consecutive year, and won the North Central Conference championship for the second year in a row. The Princeton boys were up against tough opposition all year long- In the series of dual meets we defeated such strong teams as Ottawa, Geneseo, and Dixon. With a perfect record behind them, the Princeton net men entered the District as a highly 1942 This year's golf team was also outstanding. Under the coaching of Mr. Lowry the boys enjoyed vic- tories in dual meets over such strong schools as Ottawa, Dixon, Geneseo and Hall. The only losses suffered were two defeats dealt us by Kewanee. At the District, Princeton was in competition with Peoria Central, Peoria Woodruff, and Hall. The meet was nip and tuck, but Princeton was nosed out by T T RACK In the District Meet at LaSalle, Don Rumley and Gilbert Brown placed second in the broad jump and discus, respectively, and thus qualified for the State Meet. With a record to be proud of Princeton entered the County Meet as the favorite- All the boys came through to win the Bureau County Championship by the largest margin in history. Besides winning the meet, the Tigers set three new records. Brown broke the discus record with a toss of 133 feet 10 inches. The Freshman Sophomore relay team, made up of Rumley, Highfield, Lay, Ross and Pease, set records in both the 440 and the 880 with times of 248 and 1.39.9, respectively. Since school closed early this year, many of the boys were working or were sent out of town, so the team was unable to get together for the North Cen- tral Conference Meet. Except for Captain Bob Frantzen's injured leg, which hindered him throughout most of the season, the team suffered few injuries. The team will greatly miss the loss, through graduation, of Bob Frantzen, Gilbert Brown, Arthur Fleming, jack Young, and Charles Doty, but we are looking forward to another good year next year. The boys whose performances were outstanding this year are as follows: Bob Frantzen, pole vault, Don Fahlberg, shot put, Gilbert Brown, shot put and dis- cus, Charles Doty, mile, Don Rumley, broad jump, Herbert Pease, hurdles, Lyle Pierce, hurdles, Arthur Fleming, dashes and broad jump, jack Young, 440 yard dash, Dick Highfield, dashes, Elmer Dalton, pole vault, Galen Goodale, high jump, Bob Carlson, half mile, Dean Rumley, mile, and Don Lay, dashes. ENNIS respected team. Mercer and Gildermaster won first place in the double, and Brown came through to take first place in singles. After winning the District where we competed with Galesburg, Monmouth, Canton, Morrison, and Colchester. In competition with such schools as Dixon, Ottawa, Sterling and Geneseo, we won first place in this meet also with Gildermaster and Kasbeer winning first place in the doubles. Al- though Brown and Mercer were lost through gradu- ation, we still have quite a number of boys with ex- perience and are looking forward to another good year in '43, GOLF Peoria Central by a margin of one stroke. However, our fortune was better in the individual standings, for LaVerne Carlson placed first, thus becoming elig- ible for the State meet- In the State Carlson placed seventh, which is very good. The members of the team were as follows: LaVerne Carlson, Lawrence DeVore, George Gibons, Hayden Parker, Howard Walker, Dick Gibons, Jack Eakle, and Roger Richards. i-471