Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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Frankford. Kaiser. Barnhart. Groesbeck. Smith. Goetch. Restool. Hack. Spring CROSS COUNTRY Although Coach XVinston's harriers suffered several defeats in 1031. they won the Five A League Championship. the City Championship with Central. and placed Maxim Kaiser second in the State Cross Country Meet at Ypsilanti. In the dual meet on September 26. the Quakers took revenge for the defeat which was administered them by Central in 1930 by trouncing the West Siders with a score of 34-21. Captain Stuart Frankford and Maxim Kaiser tied for first place. setting a new record for the two-mile course. They ran it in 10:50. During the following two weeks the teams journeyed to Flint and Kalamazoo. respectively. They were defeated in both of these engagements by a very close score. The outstanding performer of these two meets was Kaiser. who won first place in both of them. setting a new course record each time. For all the effort spent in grooming themselves for the Five A League Meet on October 17 at Battle Creek. they were well rewarded. They won the meet with ease, placing live men. and again Kaiser set a new course record. After the Five A League Meet came the Regional Meet at Flint. The Quakers did not fare so well in the motor city-they ended nearer the bottom than the top. Kaiser was the only lad to qualify for the State Meet and although only a junior. he took second place. Captain Frankford and Donald Smith are graduating, but with the return of the others a fine spirit is expected next fall. Page One Hundred Thirty-nine ...K . .LW '

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-Wir' Second Row: Coach Ciraff, Lynch. Fitch, E. Spaniolo, Swartz. Godfrey, Frankford. Pricco. Miller. G. Spaniolo, Tarpofl. Kaiser, Kruszewski. Coach Burnham First Row: Barnhart, Fuller, Sanders. Armstrong. Turik, Switzer, Hoff, Hulliberger, English, Schray TRACK TEAM 1931 The beginning of April found a host of boys in track clothes out for practice, trying to win a berth on the track team. The prospects were bright, although only three letter men were back: these three men, however. were some of the outstanding tracksters in the state. They were Captain Frank Hoff, one of the four best hurdlers: Robert Godfrey. Hofl s understudy in the hurdles, and Leo Pricco. who had placed at the State Meet in the high jump. Besides these lettermen were stars of junior high days such as Turik and Armstrong. The season opened with the Defiance College Invitational Meet for Michigan and Ohio high schools at Defiance. Ohio. To this meet, on April 25, Coach Graff took eleven men. Here the cream of Michigan's and Ohio's track men competed. XVhen the last event was finally run, Eastern's boys had scored nineteen points for sixth place. Captain Hoff was the highest scorer of the meet. winning Hrst place in the 120 high hurdles, the 220 low hurdles, and the running broad jump. Four days after the Defiance meet, Central's Big Reds were met in a dual meet on Pattengill Field. The meet was one of the most exciting of this season. First Eastern was ahead, then Central forged ahead of her. At last. when all the points were added. Eastern was nosed out by one point-the final count being 6113 to 6013. Next on the program was a practice meet with the Michigan State Freshmen, It was a three day meet held May 4, 5. 6. The State Freshmen snowed the Quakers under by a top- heavy score. After the Freshmen meet. the boys settled down to real business in preparation for the Regional Meet at Flint Northern on May 16. Lady Luck travelled with the boys when they journeyed to Flint for the track seasons greatest event. Eastern was there to defend a two year championship, and the competition was what in track is termed fast , Frank Hoff. Max Kaiser. Leo Pricco. and I.oyle English were the heroes of the day. Hoff won the high Page One Hundred Forly