Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS Won Lost Tie DOWNERS GROVE 5 0 1 LaGrange 3 0 3 York 3 1 2 Hinsdale 3 2 1 Glenbard 2 4 0 Maine 1 5 0 Riverside-Brookfield 0 5 1 The Trophy Top Row: A. Carrie, B. Antonoff, B. Unger, J. DeWolf, Arn. Schrank, B. Poborsky, L. Nielsen, T. Hackbarth Middle Row: B. McCabe, E. Davies, G. Donaldson, R. Esposito. Bottom Row.- B. Lane, W. Vorreyere, J. Duncan, B. Potter, B. Extrom, T. Drmkwoter, H. Christy, AI. Schrank, L Turk

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MAINTENANCE STAFF E. Rosine, E. Zimmerlin, L. Staffeldt, I. Leverenz, G. Rungger, J. Petrie. G. Pappas J. Vanderploeg G. Rosine . . . Stacie Set Yjana erS When freshmen enter our school, one of the first things they learn is that it is one of which they can be proud. On both the inside and the outside D.G.H.S. is one of the finest schools in this section. We owe this to our fine maintenance staff, which, headed by Mr. Irving Leverenz, works constantly winter and summer. Their perpetual efforts have and deserve the respect of every student, teacher, and visitor in our school They are men of all work. They do everything from fixing lockers to cleaning up ink spots. Occasionally they will even be called upon to evict a stray dog. Each night they begin, even before school is out, to straighten and clean the class rooms. This year there are several students who stay after school and assist the janitors. There is extra work whenever any activity calls for the use of the gym or the auditorium, for then they must put these in order before and after they are used. During the summer when the rest of the school s occupants are all busily engaged in resting, Mr. Leverenz and his staff are still as busy as ever. They have to clean the buildings from top to bottom and get them in order for next year. Then, when this is finished, they must keep the extensive lawns mowed and sprinkled, the bushes, trees, walks, tennis courts, and athletic fields all in perfect order. The 1947 Cauldron wishes to extend to these men a vote of thanks for their tireless effort. 22

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Hinsdale then opened up a passing attack which netted them a score. The game see- sawed up and down the field until Downers scored twice more in the 4th period. Downers Grove 1 3 La Grange 1 3 The only black mark of the season occurred on this fateful day. It is probably best said that LaGrange had a good team and a good day. Downers came from behind in the final period to tie it up. Having only seven of last year s lettermen with which to start the season, the lightweights had to and did play good ball to become the first undisputed lightweight champs in the school s history. Evan Davies and Gene Donald- son were elected co-captains Downers Grove 21 West Aurora 0 Scoring twice in the first quarter, the Trojans wasted no time with West Aurora’s frosh- soph team. A pass interception on the 9 yard line late in the third quarter kept West Aurora from scoring. Downers Grove 20 Maine 6 The result of many of the regulars ploying their first game before a home crowd, was a poorly played first half on Downers part. The local boys, however, settled down and pushed over 3 touchdowns, and early in the 4th quarter the second team took over. Maine scored once. Downers Grove 38 Riverside-Brookfield 0 After 4 first period fumbles the team calmed down a bit, and scored 2 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter to leave the halftime count at 14-0. The half ended, however, with R-B on the Trojan 1 % foot line. After three second half scores, the 2nd team then took over and got into the spirit of things and produced 6 points. Downers Grove 34 Hinsdale 6 Playing before a Dad’s Day crowd, the boys turned on the steam for two counters in the 1st quarter. They came through with another half- way through the 2nd. Downers Grove 27 York 6 York’s tricky ponies scored first, but by the end of the first frame they were behind 7-6. The third quarter was up and down the field with D.G. mainly controlling the ball. The last period added 7 more points to the D.G. side of the ledger. Downers Grove 40 Marmion 24 Downers scored the most points of the season against this big, rough frosh-soph team but also earned their worst defensive record. The ponies didn’t begin to pull away until the third quarter when they scored two touchdowns to make it 27-12. The fourth period produced two tallies for each team. Downers Grove 19 Glenbard 0 Because of the championship crisis, Downers easily scored thrice in the first half. Our lights then concentrated on defense and held Glen- bard scoreless, to win 19-0 and become 1946 West Suburban Conference Lightweight Cham- pions. LIGHTS Row One: L. Nielsen, B. McCabe, W. Vorreyer, G. Donaldson, Co-capt., E. Davies, Co-capt., B. Unger, R. Esposito, B. Poborsky, T. Drinkwater. Row Two: B. Barbier,Mgr., Arn. Schrank, B. Potter, H. Christy, A. Carrie, Al Schrank, J. Duncan, L. Turk, T. Hackbarth, B. Antonofl, J. DeWolf, R. Grosch, Mgr. Row Three: Coach Taylo, R. Springstroh, B. Ex- trom, D. Absher, L. Rathke, B. Lane, T. Mc- Cleery, T. Brudniak, J. Turk, C. Rutt, G. Mur- ray, B. Lea, B. M ister. Coach Riddlesberger. 24