West Chicago Community High School - Challenge Yearbook (West Chicago, IL)

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1931 The We-Go 1931 I . Buchanan. bank, T. Lynch, V. Simon, Coach Johnson. i i 4 Y V C Y tv First row: W. Jaeger, E. Buchardt, R. Curran, E. Besch, L. Smith, M. Fish, R. Lottnds, Second row: Coarh Gamble, W. Dilworth, D. Plaver E Lee O. Curran J. Hummel. E. Fair- Third row: E. Burton, L. Sharp, A. Neylor, T. Linton, V. Timm, R. liuss. R, LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBALL Ahout forty lightwcights turnccl out lor footlmll lust l.tll. This wits tltr lurgust cr ttsscnililctl in VVQ-Go history. Vergie, G. Weber. squaul of p-inics Conch Iohnson haul to huiltl .almost tin cntirt- new tt.tm, its hc haul sullt-rctl grunt losscs through ,raulttqition ttncl promotion to the lit-gtvyxvciglit sqtiqul. ln thc first gums with llattztviat thc 'Al.ights lost ll to ll hut showul .1 good tlvfctisc. Manx op- portunities to score wcrc thrown ttwttv tts thc lizlflss i'c-pcgttully fumhlctl within thc tt-u ytirtl httc. Tho sccotitl ,gtttnc was with lilgtn Lightwcitht ll tt-itnv :intl though thtt' otitplttiul their rivals tht: lllut' ttticl Whitt- wcrc licltl to gt scorclcss tis. strong hut thcy wcrc hzttulicttppul hy their XVL'2lliIlCN5 ou n1l I1 ln tht' first confcrcncc ganna :tt York tht- Lights were bttttcn IK to l. Thu We-tio tlcfctisc w.ts L st- within thc s-qoritig vonc. Rivcrsitlc's lust lightweight tuun trzttiiplctl tht' liouic ttuun 52 to 'l. At Maine. Wcst Chicago pltiyttl at high liraiml of lootlirtll with Iioth trtttns xihout rtcn the first hatlt. ln the 1. 1 - ' W list qutrttr Mttinc sttcccctlctl in pt.tt1nq over il touchdown to nuttin it vittori of fi to ll. 'ost Chicttgtfs litittl tlriw for tt touchtlown fell short. llowncrs Grow: fottntl tht- NVQ'-Go lint' too strong ttntl wats forctwl to ht- stttislit-tl with xt scoiclcss tit: filc'I1l11l1'tl pt'ot'ctl too tough for thu liluc ,ttifl YYlutt'. .intl zhtry pttsliul over thrcc totlclttlowtis to U wilt. l to U. lht' hnztl gattm' with llmstliilt- wats wry cvvnly cotitcstctl ,intl tht- Wt-tio ponies gttittctl tht-ir tliittl scorvlcss lic of tht- YL'1lI'. llt lihc litiatl sttttistifs for the scgtson show: Chtlnss XVon, Ilg Lost, -l: lic, 2: .IML .Xltliougli tht- Ligltlwviglils tlitl nwt win .uit gmucs. thc tczttii this ytxu showctl gt lint tlctcriiiitiqt- in gtml not once thtl they shtckcn thvir pact' ttntl quit trying. lhc Lights lost tout' mvn throulgli grattlttatticri. Fish. who wits co-f.tpt.liii with licsfli, wus llllillilt' to play qtltcr the linttttut gzunt' licu.tust- ol' an tniurt. Page Fifteen

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tl. J CC 'a 931 The We-Go 1931 1 First row: S. Nz-1111, J. Carey, K. Curran, W. Mackert, E. Benson, I.. Sinizle-tary, V. Jensen, H. Seanor, R. Day. Second row: Coach J11hns1m. W. Weber. E. Cheverette, H. S1-hlenter. W. Matthews, I.. Hulmby. R. En11ers. R. VViant, V. Schleuter, W. Rupp, R. Hitzman, W. Dilworth. Coach Gamble. 11-111EAVYW1E1G1l-11 FOOTBALL 1Vith 11111 wpening Ill- se1111111 1111 Se11te111her 2, Cnaclies 111111111113 11n11 I1111ns11n 1ss11e11 the call 111r f1111t- 111111 c.11111i11at1-s 111r the 501151711 111 19511. A Sxlllilll 111 twe11ty-1111 11t'l1Y1'XVl'lQ111h l C511tII1l1L't1 to 111111 the n1111eski11s. The 1111t111111t fur the liezivyweiglits was vert hright. for the only lnsses from g1'Alt11l1ll1Ol1 were three 111115111111 .11111 tw11 hacks. The s1'11s1111 was 11111111111 siiecessfulli' at l1ata1'ia with the 1111111 111111 White t1L'1iL'LlI1I1g thc 111-1gia11s. 111 111 H. .'X1t111111g11 they are 11n11 a few miles apart. this was the hrst niteting hetween the tw11 se1111111s 11n 11111 111111151111 11L'1t1. The Hrst h11111e gLLll11t.', with Y11rk1i111'. was Ll 111t'111tJl'Ll131L' 1111e. as the lig11t VV1'-G11 hacks ga1111p1'11 1111-1' Ll 1111 H1111 111 L1 211 t11 ll 1ict11ry. The c1111l'1're11ce season was 11pene11 .1t Y11111 wit11 1Vest Chicagti playing its greatest QJI111' 111' the year. '1'11e First 111111. was 1111 XV1-st C111ti2lg1t1. '1'.'itl1 Yurlg 1111 11e1ens1' .11111tt51 1111 the ti1111'. The sec111111 11.111 was 111.1r14e11 wit11 1111- 111ss. through ini11ri1's. 111 R111111 11111, star ttillhaelx Lltltl Capt. Mackert. een- ter, 11re.1t11' 1VL'l11iL'11L't1 111 1111- 111ss 111 lltttstt 111ai11sta1s 1111 111'fe11s1' 111111 1111e11s1' XV1'st Chicago was f11ree11 111 take an IH 111 ll k1L'1L'll1. lJa1's iniuri 1,1-111 111111 1111111 the ga1111- 1111- 11st 111 the s1'11s1111 hut Maekert l'L'1L11'I1L't1 1111' 1111- 1.1st tw11 ga1111-s. hvl111 .1 11.1te11e11-1111 lineup XV1'st ti111e.1g11 1ae1'11 Ri1'11'si11e 111111 was 111-111 t11 .1 11 t11 I1 tie in a YL1'1 eienii 511111111 g.1111e. 1111- trip 111 h'1.l1l1t' pr1111-11 11isastr1111s. as We-U11 was 11C1vCLl1L't1 111 the 1v.lN1 Maine l1g1gj,1'L'Qll11UI1. 27 t11 ll. Maine 11111111 the 111111' 111111 V1'hite un 1111'ense right at tl1e start 111111 g11t A111311 t11 11 g111111 sil1'11 1e1111 111 11111 1511'st 11.111, which she 111111 t111'11t1g111111t. 1JL'1L'1'111lI1l'l1 t11 enter 1111- CU111't'l't'l1Ct' win Q1111111111 the 1111111 411111 NV1:ite 1l11Y1ULlN11 1111111111-11 the e1111- test wit11 1J11w1111's Gr111'11. C11111hining .1 passing 111111 running attack. West C1111'.1g11 1111111-11 11111 N1l'1ll1.l 1111' 111lXY11L'l'S 111111 w11n. 12 t11 11. 111111111 1l1N1111't't1 111 their 1ict11r1' 1-111' 1111w111'1's iirme the XV1'-U11 51.11XVLlI'I5 XV1lF1iL't1 1111111 for 1111- 111xt 12111119 wit11 their IFilt1111tlI11l1 ri1g11s. f11L'I115LlI'l1. Sent 1111 hi a rousing 11111 I11L'L'I1I1g, .11111 111111111 s11p11111'te11 hx XY1'-C111 1'111111w1'1's. the 111110 111111 White sta1'te11 with 11ete1's11inati11n at t11e 11p1'11ing whistle. 111111 11111111111-11 its way 111 .1 15 111 11 1e1111 at halt time. ln the last a11I2ll'1CI' fi1l1l'115Ll1'11 ra1111-11 t11r 11 t1111c11- 1111w11, 111.114111g the 1111111 se11r1- 13 111 T. '1'11e 1.1st 42.11111 111 tl1e season. with Hi11s11a11', was 111111011 1111 L1 1111111111 111-111 where the 1ig11t VV1-4911 hacks were at .1 t11Nil11N2lI1IklgL'. W1-st t111ic11g11 was 11n t1L'1CDHL' t1LlI'l1'1Q the hrst 111111 hut 111an.1g1-11 111 keep tl1e R111 111111 XVhite 1r11111 seuring. 111 the SCCIIHI1 111111. 1111we1'er, H1115t1-11L' 1111s11111 11i'er tw11 t11uc111111w11s t11 KVII1 15 111 11. This g.1n1e was the last in the ezireers 111 ten seniors as l't'11I'L5t'I1l1lIlNC5 111 VVest Ch1u11g11. 1':11lG F11111'tee11

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1931 The We-Go 1931 First row: J. Carey, K. Curran, E. Benson, W. Mr-ickert, W. Matthews, W. Weber, L. Sinfzletary. Second row: Mr. Johnson-Coach, L. Mancilla, H. Schleuter, A. Klug, M. Wells, E. Brosseau, J. Rapp, Mr. Gamble-Coach. HEAVYWEIGHT BASKETBALL VVest Chicago placed third in the West Suburban basketball standing. Hinsdale being second, and Riverside first. West Chicago scored the second-highest number of points against its opponents, with Riverside taking first honors. The man who is primarily responsible for the good showing of West Chicago in Athletics in the last two years is Coach Don Gamble. Coach Gamble took charge of Athletics in the fall of 1929, and since that time there has been a steady improvement in all branches of Athletics in the school, In 1929 he managed to pull West Chicago out of the cellar in football. ln 1930 West Chicago placed in a fourth position tie with Maine in basketball. ln football of that year VVe-Go tied for fourth place with Hinsdale, due to Coach Camble's excellent coaching, In the 1930-31 basketball season the Blue and VVhite team placed third. We hope that this upward trend in Athletics is only a beginning of what the teams of the coming years will accomplish. Scoring -109 points against their opponents -153 points, the Blue and XVhite teams went through the 1930-31 basketball season rather successfully. Statistics show that the team lost more non-conference games than conference. Out of nineteen games played, VVest Chicago won eight and lost eleven. Out of twelve conference games played, West Chicago won seven and lost live. On November twenty-sixth, 1930, VVest Chicago opened their 1930-31 basketball campaign. Hav- ing just put their football equipment in moth balls, the boys could not seem to get accustomed to bas- ketball. lilburn and Hinckley defeated the Blue and VVhite team 311 to 20 and 30 to 13 respectively. December 12 marked the opening of the league season. West Chicago defeated Downers Grove 24' to 23 at We-Go. December 19, Hinsdale defeated VVe-Co 20 to 5 at West Chicago. The Blue and White travelled to the DeKalb invitational tournament on December 22 and was defeated by Sycamore 1X to 10. We-Go played Fox Valley on lanuary 3 and took the short end 15 to 16. West Chicago met Maine on lanuary 9 and was victorious 18 to 12. Elburn came along and defeated the Blue and White -12 to 11 on Ianuary 16. The next evening We-Go upset York Z5 to 17. NVest Chicago played Glenbard at the home court and won a decisive contest 35 to 23 on lanuary 30. On the thirty-first the Blue and White travelled to Downers Grove and lost 21 to 15. The next Week, February 3, West Chicago travelled to Riverside and lost a fast game 33 to 22. February 6 We-Go travelled to Hins- dale and defeated Hinsdale on their own floor for the first time in VVest Chicago's history. The score was 3-1 to 19. February 11 saw the Blue and VVhite defeat Maine at West Chicago 39 to 21. February 14 We-Go sunk Hinkley 31 to 15, at West Chicago. VVC-Go travelled to York on February 20 and lost an exciting game 20 to 18. February 21, VVest Chicago lost their second game to Riverside 30 to 19. On February 27, West Chicago wound up their conference schedule with a 31 to 25 victory over Glenbard at the opponents gym. PaLe Sixteen