Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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CROSSCOUNTRY IYith only one letter man back. around whom to build a cross country team, Coach IVinston labored mightily to whip his boys into shape and bring them up to championship specifications for the 1931- season. Beginning a tough schedule in fine shape, Eastern won handily over Central, 21-IM. in the first dual meet, W'olfe of Eastern coming in first with a time of 10:29. At Kalamazoo. October 13, Eastern was nosed out 28-27. Gaudard. Eastern's plucky little runner, coming in a close second to Niles of Kalamazoo. .lackson's well-balanced team won the Five-A championship, scoring 251 points with Eastern second having 48. Gaudard again ex- hibited the best form among the Blue and Gold runners. with Bassler a close second. To complete the schedule the Vikings again defeated Eastern. November 6-11-65 Q at Ypsilanti. taking the state title by another one of those one-point margins. Second How: Ackles, Fenn, Himnan, De-Fay, Adsit. Levanclowski. Coach VVinston First Row: Gaudard, Baldwin, Bassler. Elliot, Mills, VVolfe TRACK Because of a lack of meets, Coach YVinston's harriers failed to attract appreci- able attention although they worked hard and showed fine spirit in every meet of the season. The Inter-class meet, which is an annual event, was won handily by the 11-A's. The nearest Competition was turned in by the Senior A's. Battle Creek was next engaged. The Quakers easily triumphed with a 60 IX3-413 score. In the meet with Central. the Reds outperformed the Easternites 67-37. The Five-A competition was rather disastrous. tl1e Blue and Gold ending in fifth place, being saved from the cellar by the Battle Creek team. Every boy on the team gave a good account of himself and some material was developed that will be heard from next season. Third Row: Coach XVinston, Bozak. Haussman. Gallager, Mgr. Cummings, Mgr. DeFay, Allen, VVade. Hazelton, Coach Burnham Second Row: Myers. Madison. Lyle, Geovanes, Feun, Elliot, Pearson. Delp First Row: Bassler, Gaudard, Foster, May, Jacobs. XNolfe SWHMNHNG Coach VVinston's mermen started the 193-1--35 season with a splash, in a meet with the alumni. the grads were drowned -L2-32. Dropping a dual meet with Battle Creek, 27--L8, the Quakers rallied with a signal victory over the ancient foe, Central. defeat- ing the Reds -LO-35 for the first time since 1928. In a dual meet with Ann Arbor, the Easternites submitted to a scant RGIQ-38lQ defeat, putting up a game fight before allowing the Purple banner to be raised. Atoning for this nick in their record. the natators sank Pontiac -113-32 and then struck a low spot in the season, dropping meets to Ypsilanti, State Frosh, and Jackson. To wind up the dual swims, Central was again tamed, -111-31. In the Five-A league meet, the Quaker swimmers placed two second places and three fourths to their credit. Arnold Reeves, a senior, and Ike Stange, a junior, deserve much credit as consistent winners in their events. Stange made a record of taking first in the 220 yard swim in all dual meet competi- tion. Third Row: Burhans, Thomas. Stauge. Pierce, Cwiek, Sykes. Vtlhipple, Starbuck, Mgr. Polihonki Second Row: Coach XYinston, Phelps. Hays, Petrovitch. Richter. Redman. Reeves, Hill First Row: Coon, Ray, Brown, Stelma, Trimmer, Hellman, Davis, Rcutter, VVilc0x Page One Hundred Slxlccn

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INTRAMURAL SPORTS To furnish diversion during the noon hour and to give an outlet to the athletic ahility of' the classes, intramural games are held in the gyin under R. A. VVinston's direction. '1'ht-se sports which include haskethall. volleyball, indoor. and swimming, furnish competition for hoth hoys and girls. Although anyone may try out for these sports, the final team selections are made hy the athletic managers of each class. A schedule of five games is played hy each class, the various teams being eliminated until the final champion is found. Intramural managers. who referee and supervise the games, are selected on the hasis of their previous athletic record, two hoys and two girls comprising the final selection. Many interesting and hard-fought games are played. and recreation is furnished to a large numher of students hy this competition. BOYS' INTERCLASS SWVIMMING CHAMPS Second Row: Stclma. Coach YVinston, Trimmer First Row: Redman, Brown, Davis, VVhipple BOYS' BASKETBALL CHAMPS First Row: Jenks, Smith, Adams, Maliskey, Allen, Alton BOYS' VOLLEY BALL CHAMPS Second Row: Alton, Jenks, Sherman. Stadnyk First Row: R. Smith, Adams, Maliskey, Gallagher, Allen INTERCLASS TRACK CHAMPS Second Row: Ackles, VVolfe, Bassler First How: Gallagher, Adams, Fenn, Allen, VVade, Sherman Fagr Om' Hundred Eightrrn