Western High School - Beacon Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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- ewes JANUARY I946 BALL Page Eighteen We ended up West Slde Champlons th1s ye ll due to the fme teamwork of these boys Vmce Foley 95 shagged flve passes for 165 vnds Westerns shm but amazlngly dur nble News xll cxty quarterback Jack Schlle man 75 made f1Ve touchdown Jaunts whlch averaged 25 yards Mauler Art Stearns 85 all c1ty gund who recovered thxee fumbles had speed and deceptlvcness that was con tmtly '1 threat to all runners The Cow boys plungmg full back B1llCheed1e 91 led the team IH polnts scored wlth 42 Probablx Westerns all t1me center Ken Wenzel 84 played a bang up defenswe and offenslve game lnterceptmg' three passes An 1nv1nc1ble mdomxtable tackle Art Schme du 96 placed on the Free P1999 second all state team Art Varady 77 halfback led the West slders wlth elght successful con VGISIOHS Placlnsi on the Detvozt Tunes and Free Press flrst all clty teams Jlm Overly 853 played end and was the only Cowboy to make both mvthlcal elevens Havlng one of the d9adl1eSt and most ac curlte throwlng arms ln the league Jlm Angeles 94 tlred 16 passes which h1t thelr milk Although xt was thelr flrst year on the squad Don Ncx 80 and Flank Buckncl 87 chalged along Slde of the rest of the squad llke true veterans Ed Bobowskl 90 number one Cowboy substitute could cwpably play vt any back position.

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I SWIM TEAM Westerns rookie swim teani. although not in the class of previous swim squads. inanwged to take fourth place in the City Finals. This was due primarily to the fine coaching of Wilbur Gunnerson, swim team mentor for the past years, who consecutively, year in year out, has presented superior teams. This year, paced by long distance water greyhounds Bob Simkus, Ron Alsobrooks, Frank Himsons, and Gordon McClellan, speed demons. Ted Gross, Joe Sim- kus, Harry Ackerman. and divers Joe Simkus and Tony Bango, the tankers won five dual meets, losing only to the powerful Cooley and Northwestern squads. In diving, the Cowboys were ably represented when Joe Simkus took second in the finals while Bango placed fourth. Experience combined with youth in the form of George McClellan and Frank Hanson, gave the Cowboy tankers many individual points throughout the year in the Medley. Page Twenty Sophomore Ron Alsobrooks, swimming the 100-yard breast stroke, was adged out by Bandyk, all-city for the second year, in the finals. The other half of the Tank Twins, Bob Simkus, excels in the 100-yard back stroke, placing second in the city meet, thus becoming an all-city man along side of brother Joe, Ron Alsobrooks, and Frank Han- son. Joe and Bob, with still a year to go, this season accumulated the grand total of 118 points. Too much credit can not be given to the fine work of Coach Wilbur Gunnerson whose inspiration and knowhow has carried Western to City Championships, This year Coach Gunnerson had to be content with laying the groundwork of next year's team since he had practically no veterans and should be able to pre- sent in '46 a team that will be long remembered in the annals of West,ern's swimming history. JANUARY-I946-l-