Rochester High School - Falcon Yearbook (Rochester, MI)

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SPORTS FOOTBALL BOXING The pigskin toters of ' 38 fought a very hard season since most of the team was new material. How- ever, the sacrifice of this year ' s season to mostly new men should produce a good tetm next fall. Next year ' s team looks like a light one from the material around and, therefore, will probably develop into a very fast one. Due to knee injuries Captain Carl Comps had to do his pulling and fighting from the sidelines. So as we look ahead next year ' s crop looks most promis- ing even though some of the veterans will be missed. Regulars leaving are: Carl Comps, Dan Guthrie, Fred Sargent, Bill Seed, John Gilmore and Bill Barnes. BASEBALL The year ' s season is far from finished as we rush off to press, since only six games have been com- pleted. Nevertheless, baseball is coming along fine, for after four nights of practice the team journeyed to Oxford for their first game, where they took Oxford to camp 9-5. L. Hopp, pitching his first high school game, held them to two hits. The next game was against Lapeer played at Halbach Field where the Falcons again ' ca,me through with a 3-2 victory. Hopp also started this game but was relieved in the 6th by D. Bull. The next three games the team lost to Romeo, Utica, and Rich- mond, respectively. However, the next game, which is the last to be played before we go to press, shows the Falcons as splendid ball players. This last game was with Eastland. Our players defeated them 9-7. Therefore, as the wins and losses stand, three up, we have hopes for this new material to enjoy a good season before this year is over. For the last two years boxing has been sponsored, but it is now an important feature on the athletic calendar. Each year young boxers are ready to go in and mix leather for a title. This sport is entirely intra-scholastic but is one of the greatest events enjoyed by both students aid parents. There were eleven different classes this past year with the following entries: 1. Bubbleweight — Maynard Aldrich, Edwin John- son, and Graham Patterson. In the finals Patterson won from Johnson by a decision. 2. Air Weight — Debert Beach, Douglas Fraser, Junior Hadd. Hadd won over Beach by decision. 3. Paper Weight — T. Anderson came out champ over B. Adams by decision. 4. Fly Weight — Myron Aldrich lost to John Willis by decision. 5. Sparrow Weight — Stanley Behm, Winifred Tubbs, Richard Trout, Lawrence Seigler, Robert Lambert, Stuart Crateau, Behm won from Lambert by decision. 6. Bantam Weight — Don Johnson, Russell Thomas and Noan who won by decision. 7. Feather Weight — McHaney, Fons, Fetterly and Largent, Fons beat Fetterly by decision. Light Weight — Paul Smith won by technical knockout from Glenn Jacobs. 9. Welter Weight— R. Crateau, Jack Seigler, Ed- ward Walker and A. Franks. Seigler won by de- cision over Walker. 10. Light Heavyweight — G. Bartholomew, S. Strong, T. Myers. Strong won by decision from Myers. 11. Heavyweight — Bill Hubbard won by knockout from James Hunter. ftMNMB KS

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BASKETBALL Top Row (left to right)— K. Rosenquist, K. Hunt, G. Clark, Coach Grasman, J. Lee, D. Bull, Paul Smith. Bottom Row (left to right) — Manager F. Riley, K. Pickering, Co-Captains B. Shueller and P. Sargent, J. Bull, Manager Wm. Hubbard. The same thing is true here as of football. The team this year suffered from inexperience, since only one man was a regular on the varsity team before this season opened. However, it wasn ' t too bad a season when all things are considered. The following should give you somewhat of an idea of the individuals who played: CO-CAPTAIN BOB SHUELLER — The fastest man on the team whose accuracy in shooting will well be missed by all his teammates. CO-CAPTAIN FRED SARGIE SARGENT — A real scrapper on offense as well as defense, Sarge has proven again that size is everything in a ball player. GERALD CLARK — His height was needed and appreciated as well as used. KENT ROSIE ROSENQUIST — The freshman who ' s going places with his aggressive game. JACK BULL — i Whether it ' s over the top or under the bottom or even right through, Jack believes in getting near the basket. KEITH PICK PICKERING — Raise your head when you play is Pick ' s formula. JOE LEE — He has all the makings of a ball player. In fact he even shook well with either hand. KENNETH HUNT — His guarding saved the team ' s neck more than once. DON BULL — Until you ' ve seen him play, you have no idea what can be done with a ball. PAUL PUTZER SMITH — With his speed and fast faking he makes many opponents look sick. Blue and White Given First Class Honor Rating As you remember our Blue and White club joined the National Press Association of High School and College Publications last fall and in January submitted a complete file of our first semester copies. It is with great pride that we announce triumph with our first semester Blue and White page, having received the award of First Class Honor Rating from this Association which is sponsored by the department of journalism of the University of Minnesota. The University staff judges all types of papers from the small mimeo- graphed sheets through the daily publications of large schools such as the University of Michigan Daily. The judging is based on many points, including lay-outs, printing, type, and heads as well as writ- ing ability and selection of subjects. Since its founding in 1921, the National Scho- lastic Press association has grown to include in its membership nearly 3,000 high school and college newspapers, magazines and yearbooks, in all 18 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and the District of Colum- bia. This great honor which has come to our school is of no little importance and we feel it could not have been obtained without the fine cooperation of The Rochester Clarion. We think the public should be informed of the calibre of our school page in relation to other towns and papers and realize that a First Class Rating means EXCELLENT, according to the scoring given by the Association. It speaks well of our Blue and White club and its writing efforts as well as the Clarion staff. TENNIS Top Row (left to right) — F. Sargent, T. Myers, R. Middle Row (left to right)— J. Bracy, M. Littell, B. Clasper. Bottom Row (left to right) - Blome, K. Pickering, R. Burr. White, K. Hunt. Shueller, Coach Kelly, H. Lantzsch, K. Prout, P. -Capt. Bob Hibbert, J. Theriault, S. Wattles, R. Jerome, K. Rosenquist, B. This, the third year in which Rochester High has put out a tennis team, proved to be a very good season. The boys learned a lot in the losing of a few matches early in the season so that they did a good job at winning later on. Considering the size of our school, Rochester went places. There aren ' t many schools the size of ours that engage in tennis, therefore we played with larger schools which natur- ally meant stronger teams. After getting off to a rather bad start the team started winning and won as many as four matches on four successive days. This is a record of which our coach, Mr. Kelly, and the team can feel very proud. As this article goes to press the Regionals at Plymouth have not been played. These Regionals are for the Championship of the state and our hopes are high. Rochester is entering the following boys in the Class B play-offs: In Singles: Dick Jerome, No. 1; Bob Blome, No. 2; and Bob Burr, No. 3. In Doubles: K. Pickering and B. Hibbert, No. 1; K. Rosenquist and J. Theriault, No. 2; and F. Sar- gent and S. Wattles, No. 3. Other boys who played this year on the team were K. Hunt, P. Clasper, R. White, T. Myers, H. Lantzsch, M. Littell, L. Trevethan, and K. Prout. There are four scheduled matches which are yet to be played and which we hope to take. They are with Bloomfield Hills, Pontiac, Lapeer, and Birming- ham. Where SCORES Played Opp. R.H.S. Date April 3 April 11 April 13 April 14- April 20- April 26 May 2- May 3- May 4- May 8- May 13- May 15- May 16- May 17- May 18- Opponents — Mt. Clemens —Birmingham — Mt. Clemens —Royal Oak —Pontiac —Plymouth -St. Clair -Cranbrook -Mt. Clemens (Jr. -Bloomfield Hills -Owosso -Lapeer -Ferndale -Cranbrook -St. Clair There Here There There Here Here Here There High) Here Here There Here Here There There 1 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 11 7 6 10 4