Royal Oak High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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..Ba4Aez'AaJl...5 The cross country team of 1941 was not the state championship team of the preceed ing year, but this was through no fault of Coach Robert Dunn. The team was handicapped by the lack of members to qualify in the meets, and because of this, the boys were only bl a e to come out with one win to three losses. Outstanding work was carried on by Bill Thomas and Jim Cibbard. Both were the sparkplugs of the current season and in every meet either Thomas or Gibbard was in first

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, 4 my and Jack Shader, the Acorns started putting on the heat. Each game they improved, and the line, which started with just a bunch of boys, rounded up into a first 1-lass forward wall. ,lim Dallavo and Johnny Gauss were the spirited ones who enabled Don Jensen, ,lack Lester, Orin Alstrom, Bob Stauffer, Bob Groves, Howard Delevan and George Papageorge to work together and make the line the impassable steel barrier tllat kept the Oaks on top in most of the games. Bowling was only partially successful this year as eight teams were made up under ,lack Schmitt, secretary. The season is still going and will continue until spring.

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