Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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SOPHUMORES Tec.h's sophomore basketball squad, coached by Paul Wetzel, completed a five-game card with one in the win colunm and four in the deficit. Scores for the season were as follows: December 21-Tech 13. Speedway 7: January 17-Tech 9. Warren Central 22: January 25-Tech 8. Washington 15: January 30-Tech 13. Southport 36: and February 5-Tech 13, Speedway 17. Members of the team were Marvin Arnold. John Allen. Howard Beeson, William Childers, Adelbert Evans, John Graham. Robert Henniger, Kenneth Krieger. Paul Logan. Robert Minatel. Robert Pritchard, and James Smith. FRESHMEN Freshman Coach Paul Myers guided his basketball team through the most successful season enjoyed by a Green and White rhinie aggregation in several years. bringing his team through a 15-game schedule undefeated. The record for the season follows: November 30- Tech 14, Southport 11: December 8-Tech 25. Ben Davis 16: December 15-Tech 30, Warren Central 19: January 11- Tech 29, Broad Ripple 12: January 16-Tech 22, Shortridge 20: January 18-Tech 29, Manual 21: January 23-Tech 22, Cathedral 15: January 25-Tech 15. Washington 12: Janu- ary 30-Tech 25, Southport 13: February 1-Tech 34, Howe 22: February 6-Tech 30. Broad Ripple 21: February 8- Tech 19, Shortridge 18: February 13-Tech 27. Manual 16: February 15-Tech 32, Cathedral 4: February 20-Tech 22, Washington 15: February 22-Tech 28. Howe 10. Members of the squad were John Anderson. Edward Cass, Robert Evans. Roland Galyean, William Hitzeman. Robert Held. Robert Jaegers. Jack Larson. Charles Mass. Floyd McCurdy, Robert Mehl. Eugene Miller. Donald Ped- low. John Ricker, Richard Robbins. Joel Sharp. Frank Staf- ford. Paul Wilson. and Jack Payne. Qs' my Girls' Play Day was held, May 20. the activities taking place in the stadium and in the girls' gymnasium. Included in the numerous sports on the athletic field were relays. soccer-kick. 50-yard dash. basketball throws. base- ball. archery. jumping. cage ball. and volley ring. ln the girls' gym. ping-pong. shuffleboard. and aerial dart tourna- ments were held. Girls from the classes of Miss Mabel McHugh, Miss Hazel Abbett. Miss Helen Borkert. and Miss Helen Caffyn participated. First place winners received blue ribbons while second and third place winners received red and white ribbons. Because the dedication of Stuart Hall was held on Supreme Day, the usual Maypole and folk dances on the quadrangle, in celebration of that day, were postponed until next year. Zlfllfllsf The Tech tennis team was under the guidance of a new coach this season. and as the CANNUN went to press had split the opening two matches of the season. Five veterans reported to Coach Urlo Miller. who had taken over the duties handled successfully for the last two seasons by Valentine Williams: and before making a general call, he named Tom Messerlie. Wooden Wieland. Joe Kettery. Garo Antreasian. and Ray Goodman as the team for the open- ing matches. May 8 the Tech team defeated Jefferson of Lafayette. 7 to 0, and the following day was nosed out by Shortridge, 4 to 3. May 18 the Tech racket-swingers played host to Wiley of Terre Hauteis courtmen. and lost the team match by a score of -L to 2. Washington was the next opponent of the Green. on Supreme Day, and on May 2-If the Techmen met Shortridge again. The season ended May 31 with another match against Washington. Q-aft Vvhen the CANNON went to press, the Tech linksmen, under the leadership of Coach Bayne Freeman, had com- pleted six matches out of a nine-meet schedule with four vic- tories against two setbacks. ln the first try of the season. Tech lost to Shortridge's veteran crew, 121k to 51Q. April 22. on the Speedway Course. April 27, in a North Central Conference foursome match at Kokomo, the Green golfers placed third: Kokomo won with a score of 34-5: Richmond was second with 350: Tech third, with 354: Marion fourth, with 370. Recovering from their early defeats. the Techmen won in their four-way tilt from Wasliiiigtoii, Martinsville, and Southport with a 327 count. April 29. at Speedway Course. Tech scored its second triumph over the same N.C.C. trio-Marion, Kokomo, and Richmond-in 3411 strokes, May 41. Kokomo. Richmond. and Marion finished in order. In the second Shortridge match. May 6, '11ech's men defeated Shortridge, 8 to 4, in a match at the Speedway. At the Marion invitational meet. May 11. Tech defended the Conference championship by shooting a team score of 335 strokes. Richmond was second with 337: and Kokomo. third. with 338. Boys making up the squad at press-time were William Binder. Robert Armstrong. John Hunter. and Robert Davidson. May 15 the Green and White club-wielders repeated their Conference tournament victory over the Anderson team. whipping them. 11 to 1. at Anderson. The Techmen had broken last year's winning State tourney score in the second Shortridge match. but fired a 352 to hnish far back in the state tournament. played May 18. at the Speedway course.

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Front row 11+-tt to rightt : Charles lierling. llouston lla-yer. ,lack Bradford. Dudley Cole. Robert Jordan. and Frank Walker. Rack row tlell to riglilt: Athletic Director 11. V. Copple. .lack Stoelting, llarrv Hagans. Robert Cray. Lowell Boggy. Frank liuddenbaum, liicliard livan-. and Coach liayne Freeman 5..r.f4.zz During the 1939-40 season. the Tech basketball team compiled a record of seven victories and thirteen defeats. The peak performance of the Green and Wlhite team came when the 'licchmen beat Logansport and Rushville on successive nights, going two overtime periods with Logans- port. After beating those two highly regarded teams. the Tech- men whipped Broad Ripple and Shortridge to advance to the finals of the city tournament. But for the second straight year they were upset in the finals by Manual, this time in an over- time thriller. The highlight of the latter part of the season saw Tech whipping Southport and the strong Shelbyville aggregation on successive nights. Record for the season was as follows: November 29- Tech 37, Cathedral 153 December 1-Tech 21, Kokomo 29, December 8-Tech 16, New Castle 393 December 16-Tech 30, Frankfort 363 December 22-Tech 21, Franklin 29, De- cember 27-Tech 26, Shortridge 28: December 30-Tech 26, Richmond 30: January 5+Tech 32, Logansport 30 tdouble overtime! 3 January 6-Tech 28, Rushville 24. January 11, 12, 13-City Tourney-Tech 29. Broad Ripple 22, Tech 30, Shortridge 26, finals, Tech 31. Manual 33 tovertimel. January 19-Tech 30. Jefferson 38: January 26- Tech 21, Muncie 223 February 3fTech 28. Marion 29, Feb- ruary 9-Tech 27. Southport 16: February 10eTech 28. Shelbyville 22: February 17-Tech 35. Anderson 42: Febru- ary 24-Tech 21, Washington 31: Sectional Tourney-Tech 22. Decatur Central 24. RESERVES Techis reserve basketball team, under the direction of Coach Orlo Miller. completed a sixteen-game schedule with three victories against thirteen defeats. Scores for the season were as follows: November 29- Tech 11. Cathedral 10: December 1-Tech 4. Kokomo 31: December 8eTech 18. New Castle 14: December 16-Tech 18. Frankfort 243 December 22-Tech 19, Franklin 21: De- cember 27-Tech 12, Shortridge 24: December 30-Tech 13. Richmond 19: January 6-Tech 17. Rushville 9. City Tourney-January 11, 12, 1,3-Tech 5, Broad Ripple 15, January 19eTech 18, Jefferson 233 January 26- Tech 16. Muncie 24g February 3-Tech 11. Marion 14, Feb- ruary 9-Tech 1.6, Southport 18, February 10-Tech 18. Shelbyville 273 February 17-Tech 12, Anderson 23, Febru- ary 24-Tech 30. Washington 24. Boys on the squad were Barclay Johnson, William Pease, Richard Plummer, Robert Wilson, Dale Burries, Charles Fisher, Fred Henke, Roy Hurley, James Kafader. James O,1V1ara, Raymond Means, and Don Rademacher.

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