Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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The Senior Rails p litter • January 1934 1 he spirit of the memlwrs of tlie 1933 football squad at Lin- coln High, expressed Coach I muel L. Wires, was with few exceptions, all that could he desired. The efforts of all individ- uals were directed toward the fAiccess of the team, with the result that the record was prob- ably the best of any previous 1-kmiiki. L. Wires Lincoln High teams. With this Assislmt spirit, athletics at Lincoln High Loach School seem to be very definitely on the upgrade, Wires com- mented. There is nothing that tastes so sweet as victory, and we had the pleasure of a few samples this year, states Lincoln ' s aler t Coach Arden I. McClain. A task inay be easy or difficult, he continues, but if every ounce of energy is expended with the proper motive in mind the task will be ca.sy. If we have several parts whicli are not cooperating with the whole the task will be difficult. There was more unity and cooperation shown this year in the football team than at any other time I recall since coming to Lincoln. Con,sequently the results were dif- ferent for there was a different thought in mind. If you want a thing enough you ' ll get it, concluded our able mentor, McClain. . ' kIIKN 1, .NUCl.AI.N Head Coach Gym is the education of the body, be- lieves Eunice Cripe, girls ' gym instructor, Recause a person is one-half mind and one-half body, one hour a week of gym is not enough for gym work, because all other school houra of the week are given over to the educa tion of the mind. Good health is es.sential -to enable one to be competeiu to obtain good grades in their studies, Miss Cripe further stated. The only way Miss Cripe has of giving the girls of Lincoln High more gym W ' ork is through the Girls .Athletic . ' ssociation. . ny Lincoln High School girl may belong to this club. Eunice M. Cripe Cirlx Physical f.ducalUm Instructor LoRIN H. Gr.aaff Su ' iiiiiiiiiiy Coach ■ Snioiimning l rospects C oach Loriii II. Graaff has been doing great work in developing a .swimming team in Lincohi High school since he came from Roosevelt High in Scjitemher, 1932. Tile Lincoln High swimming team last year had a good season considering that it did not have a team two years before. This year ' s team will snfTer a great loss by losing (;ienn Finiey, (Jiientin Hill, Terrell Salvers, Jack Woods and Jack Gooding. Gooding is out witli the team in spite of a broken collar-bone which he received during football season. There are a giKxlly number out this year but they are mostly from the 9th and 10th grades. However, this will constitute Lincoln ' s future swimming team. The boys are getting good workouts after school three nights a week and Coach GraafF believes the team will pull throtigh in good .shai)e. 17 Coach Lorin H. Graaff, Lincoln ' s swim- ming instructor, gives his views as to the outcome of future Lincoln High athletics staling that although the football team finished its most successful season in Maroon and (iold history, and the out- look of the basketball season is promis- ing, the temporary outlook of the swim- ming team is slim. Despite the loss of eleven men due to graduation and ineligibility, I will not give up hopes of a good team, explained Coach Graaff. Si) )rtmanshii) is devel- oped highly through Lincoln, which means the school is growing and growing fast. Lincoln ' s athletic victories are yet to come. With the husky ninth graders com- ing up, I expect to see Lincoln heading the city in sports, concluded the coach. OS? (folf Victories The golf aggregation under the supervision of Aaron C. Hutchens, vice principal, turned in a good piece of work la.st spring. For the first time in history, the Railspiitter golf team won .second i)lace in the Iowa State meet held at Woodside, May 20, for a total of 649. The golf team was comjiosed of (kiido Fontanini, Sargio Fon- tanini, Milton Moon and Corwin ' enn. These four akso won the city championship by downing Roosevelt 10 to 11 2. Guido Fontanini, a four-year veteran, will be the only one on the team at present that will be graduated in the January ' 34 class. Coach Hutchens looks ahead for a good year. He expects such stars as Allen Joss. Milton Moon, Corwin Venn, James Watson, and Richard Locke to turn in another good year for Lincoln High. Only one monogram will be awarded this winter, and that goes to Guido Fontanini.

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Abraham Lincoln High School • D e s Moines 0; the Cjridiron Oval Football JAen and Veil headers Reading from the L: Eugene Arrowsmith, Sidney Adams, Robert Allrcd, Arthur Anderson, Donald Davis, Rob- ert L. Carpenter, Sam Giannobule, Jack (iooding, Archie Highland, Robert Keefer, Richard Locke, Keinieth Miller, Ray Park, Robert Scharnweber, Donald Smith, Henry Sanders, Felix Tamasi, Carroll Wright, Algie Moriarity. Center, Captain Floyd Thompson. Football YelU IV hat ' s the matter tvith the team? They ' re all riyhl! Who ' s all rifiht? The team! Who? The team! Who? The team! Who? Who says so? Lincoln Hit h. T)iey are, they arc. They arc all right: Yea, lio! Football Yells H ill wc beat Roosn ' cU? Yea, Bo! Will wc? Yea. Bo! Will xve? Yea, Bo! What arc tw going to do? Beat Roosevelt! Heal Roose ' clt! Beat Rose ' -clt! Yea. Bo! Yea, Coach! Yea, McClain! Yea, yea, Coach McClain! 16

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A h r a h a m L. i n c o 1 n High School • D e s Moines 933 Cjfootball istory rni I ' ll]-: RICTURN of eij ht lettermen from tlie 1932 squad, the pros])ects of the foothall team of 1933 still looked small until after the first game with Newton when the Railsplitters came from behind for the first time in the history of the team to win 7 to 6. , With new spirit Lincoln journeyed to I ' erry the following week and played unlieatahle fuotl)all to defeat I ' crry 20 to 0. With the score 7 to 0 at the lialf. the i ' !ails])litters went out the second half to hold the lead and ([uickly rolled up two touchdowns in the third ])e- riod and took matters easy the remainder of the contest to find themselves just short of another touchdown wlien the game ended. The third game of the season was played at the Western League liall Park against Winterset. The golden warriors, trying to keej) a perfect record, could not be denied scoring on the third play of the game. When the gtm sounded the close of the first half Lincoln was prevented from making another touchdown having jjossession of the l)all on the visitor ' s one-foot line. Lincoln scored again in the third quarter to win their third straight victory of the sea.son 13 to 0. After playing unbeatable football for three games the Railsplitters hit a slump in their first city game against Roosevelt. Lincoln caught the Roughriders at their peak and lost 22 to 0 before the largest crowd that has followed the team in many seasons. In this game Ray Park, left end, was lost to the squad for the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury. Coach Arden 1. McClain worked hard to get the team out of the daze which followed the Roosevelt defeat to prepare them for their .second city series game with North. Although outplaying North tiiree out of the four quarters the Maroons were defeated 12 to 0. Both of the Polar Bears ' touchdowns came from long runs. Lincoln had possession of the ball twice inside of Nortli ' s five-yard line and once inside the ten-yard line l)ut found the Polar Bears ' goal line stand too tough and failed to score. After two weeks of practice the Maroons entered the East High game without much chance according to .sport writers. Lincoln hit their stride and played mo.st of the first half in East ' s territory. East was unable to penetrate deep into Lincoln ' s territory except for one long run by Brewer for a touchdown. In the first quarter the Maroon and (fold carried the i)igskin to the East Highs ' one-foot line but a penalty .stopi)ed the drive. Lincoln battled on even terms the third and all but three minutes of the fourth quarter. When the Lee Township team .scored two touchdowns in those waning minutes again.st a tired out Maroon team who played the whole game with only a few substitutions. Lincoln was further handicapped by the loss of its other regular end. Jack (jooding, who played a stellar game on the rigiit wing. The Railsplitters were outweighed from 25 to 30 ])ounds to a man, l)ut ])layed East on even terms. Several sport writers said it was the best city series contest played this year. Ten Lincoln lettermen played their last home game on the East iligh field. A battered Railsplitter team journeyed down south to take part in Kno.wille ' s homecoming game. Lincoln took the kickotT and without losing tlie ball scored a touchdown. At half time the Maroon eleven increased their lead to 13 points. Before the second half was fully under way the Maroons led 19 to 0, l)Ut at this ])oint the Lincohi line cracked with Kno.xville runin ' ng over two touchdowns. The final score being 19 to 12. Playing the last game at Valley Junction under the lights, Lincoln ' s line failed to stoj) the suburlian crew which was ])laying their best football of the year, ' i ie RaiLsi litters were deep in Valley ' s territory very few times, once on the four-yard line l)ut the shortness of time forced Lincoln to pass over the goal line. This game closed the most successful season in Maroon and Ciold hi.story and the high scIkm)] football careers of eleven lettermen. Linemen lost include: Jack (looding and Ray Park, ends; Felix ' i ' amasi, Carroll Wright and Robert Allred, tackles; Kenneth Miller, guard ; and Archie Highland, center. Backfield letter- men lost are Sidney Adams and Sam Giannobule, half- backs ; Eloyd Thompson and Robert C ' ar])enter, fullbacks. Lettermen returning next year are Don Davis, end; Robert Scharnweltber, guard; Richard l.ncke, tackle, and Robert Keefer, quarterback. T-incoln placed three seniors on the all-city second team ]iicke l by the Des Moines Regi.ster and Tribune. Those placed were Felix Tamasi, tackle; .Sidney Adams, halfback, and Floyd Thompson, full back. 18