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

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DES MOINES. IOWA JUNE, 1935 The Senior Railsplitter tion the second time, the Lynx came back strong to defeat the Tigers 28 to 19. The Railsplitters downed Knoxville 29 to 15 on the Knox- ville court. In the second game Lincoln downed Knoxville 29 to 15 on the Knoxville courts. In the second round of the city series affair, East came back strong to down the Kailsplitters by a margin of 24 to 16. McClain ' s hoys came out of the Roughrider game with the top side of a score of 35 to 23. In the second game with North the Railsplitters were downed by the Polar Bears with a margin of 18 to 16. The Lynx then traveled to Oskaloosa to be downed by a margin of 24 to 16. This was the first time that the Railsplitters were defeated by an out-of-town school in two years. In the sectional tournament Lincoln won from Mitchell vilk- and Ankeny. losing to North High by a margin of 14 to 11. Lincoln finished the season by downing (iuthrie Center, twice; Knoxville. twice; Valley Junction, twice; Hast, once; Roose- velt, twice; Oskaloosa. once; M itchellville. once; and losing to North, three times, and to Last and Oskaloosa, once each. TENNIS During the past season the tennis team, under the direction of Aaron C. Hutchens, showed good form. With the invita- tional meet at Oskaloosa on April 20, the tennis season was on its way. At this meet Lincoln placed second out of five schools, winning a third and fourth place in the singles. Bill Bowman, number one man, won third place and Roland Stebbins won fourth. The following week Oskaloosa came to Lincoln for a dual meet. In this meet Lincoln dow ned ( )skaloosa 4 to 2, winning two singles and two doubles matches; losing their number three and four singles matches. Bill Bowman and Chuck Parker, number one and two men. won their singles matches and paired up with Eugene Crook and William Gooding to win the doubles matches. Roosevelt t(x k Lincoln to town the next week on April 30. by a score of 5 to 1, Eugene Crook being the only Lincoln man to win. At the invitational meet held at Ames on May 11, the Lincoln team came through to place third out of 14 schools, in this way beating out all three of the other city schools. During the latter part of the season the team went against some stiff opj osition, losing to IVrrv, Mav 17. bv the score of 4 to 0 and to Fori Dodge, May 18, 5 to 1, Chuck Parker being the only player to win from his man. SWIMMING The swimming team, while having an unsuccessful season, mainly through ineligibilities, managed to get two city champ- ionships at mid-season. Max Shelton, through a disqualifica- tion, won the 40-yd. free style in 21.5. Jack Mains took the second championship in the 100-yd. back stroke in the time of 1.16. The second city meet was held at the end of the season in which Max Shelton won a second in the 100-yd. free style and William Downey won a second in the 200-yd. free style. A relay team composed of Bowman. Downey, Mains, and Shelton, took a third. Coach Graaff expects a most successful season next year as he loses but one letterman, Downey. Dan Harlow, Jim Kolls. and Jack Mains will hold up the backstroke end; David Emery, Wayne Merryman, Charles Mortale, Max Shelton, and Art Wilson will bear the brunt of the crawl; Clifford Fisher, Wayne Merryman. and Edward Tarr will do the breaststrok- ing ; the diving will be handled by Tony Renzo and Walter Virden. FOOTBALL James Sterrett, present principal of Warren Harding Junior High, states that football men turned out well for prac- tice in Lincoln ' s early days. We went over the hill, which was unimproved for practice, as well, as on the campus . . . Today ' s football field numbers 50 Lincoln men practicing. The 1934 football season opened with 60 boys reporting for the fall sport, including five lettermen of the past season who were: Don Davis, halfback; Robert Keefer, quarterback; Dick Locke, tackle; Robert Scharnweber, guard; Corwin Venn, half- back. Coach McClain hurriedly rounded his team into shape for the opening game with Perry High, September 15, 1934. The game ended in a scoreless tie. The next game scheduled was at Winterset. September 29, 1934, a night game. After a hard-fought battle the Kailsplitters brought home the bacon with the final score of 6 to 0. On the night of October 6, 1934, Lincoln met North High in Drake stadium for the start of the city series races. The smaller Lynx team staved off their heavier opponents for two grueling quarters but the weight and power of North finally proved superior and the game ended with Lincoln on the short end of the 25-0 count. Lincoln ' s second city series clash was with Roosevelt in a night game on Drake ' s field on October 12. 1934. Lincoln wore itself out in the first half and again weakened in the last two frames, consequently losing the contest 14 to 0. A second open date followed, after which Lincoln and East battled it out in Drake stadium on the evening of October 26, 1934. Once more, superior weight and power proved supreme, and the eighth Railsplitter lost the battle by a score of 19 to 0. The next week Lincoln traveled to Newton and because of the muddy gridiron and a streak of ill luck, dropped that game 12 to 6. The Railsplitters, not in very good humor after that string of defeats, and seeking revenge for the year before, visited Valley Junction High on the suburban field and came from behind to win the closing game of the season 13 to 6. The sound of the final gun marked the end of the prep foot- ball careers of Burton Crawford, Russel Gibbel, Robert Keefer, Dick Locke, Ralph Nelson, Corwin Venn, of the class of January, 1935. and Nile Oldham and Robert Scharnweber of the June, 1935, class. GOLF On a windy afternoon this spring, the Lincoln High golf team started its campaign to gain another high ranking in the city round-robin. Nine boys reported to A. C. Hutchens, Lincoln golf mentor. Days went by and they played in their first dual meet of the season, losing to Fort Dodge 7 l 2 to 4 l 2 they played Roosevelt in their sec- ond dual meet and came out on the short end of a 11 to 1 score ; North was next and Lincoln was victorious by the margin of 9 l 2 to 2 l 2 ; the next Saturday Fort Dodge again downed the Lincoln Sod Cutters to the count of 9 to 3. COACH Hl ' TCHKN ' S, Colfcr rp, D .. , . I he Kailsplitters have three mor e meets left, a dual meet with East High, the city and state medal tournaments, as this magazine goes to press. 21

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Basketball . . . what would they have though ' , of it 300 years ago? Stars of today, squad of 30. !hi k raw. reading from left to right: Coach Arden I. McClain, Leno Chiesa, Maurice (Jraziano, Stuart Gei!, captain; William (ioodititf, and Donald Davis. FfOUi roWl Charlc I ' arkcr Jack Cleary, Howard Faust, Michael (iraziano, and Orvillc (Joens. BASKETBALL Kxtra curricular activities last half of the century included sports . . . Basketball started in Lincoln with four or five teams selected by weight, according to lames Sterret, coach . . . Today ' s basketball s( iiiad of 30 ranked second in city series. Under the coaching of Arden I. McClain, the Lynx basket- ball team showed some good work toward placing a high record for Lincoln High. This team has won eleven and lost five games throughout the season. The first game was against Guthrie Center, which the home boys won 35 to 16. The following game was played against Valley Junction on the Tiger ' s floor. This game was close, ending 25 to 20 for the Railsplitters. Coach McClains boys won the first city series affair from Kast by the score of 24 to 19. In the second city series game the Railsplitters downed the Roughriders for the second time in school history by the margin of 14 to 11. The most thrilling game the Sotlthsiders ever witnessed was at the Drake fieldhouse where North won the count by 27 to 25 in three overtime periods. In the second game with Guthrie Center the Railsplitters easily downed them by a 35 to 19 score. Meeting Valley June- 20

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The Senior Railsplitter ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL G. A. A. EUNICE M CRIPE Girls ' Athletic ( ouch G. A. A. is an organization to which every senior high girl automatically be- longs and Sports Club is a group of leaders of the G. A. A. Only girli who are vitallv interested in sports, tourna- ments and the improvement of the gym classes join this club. Some very interesting work has been achieved this last year in the Lincoln club. Girls have learned many new games in- cluding: tether ball, archery, ping-pong, shuffle board, hand tennis, ring tennis, and howling. WHAT FUN! Badminton, which came from Australia, caused much excite- ment in Europe when the Earl of Badminton engaged in the game. He received so much pleasure and enjoyment from the game, that the people named the game after the Karl. It is one of the best liked games played by Lincoln girls. WHAT! COFFKE CANS? The girls decided they would like to learn to play tarn ball which is played with tambourines but they had no tambourines. The brilliant Eunice M. Cripe, girls ' physical education instruc- tor, solved the problem by supplying each girl with an empty coffee can. Even though it wasn ' t the tambourine it was a good substitute. This game, which originated in Germany, was en- joyed by all who engaged in it. DARTS HIT THE SPOT! Konano. an Indian game, was played early in the fall of 1934, hi playing the game, wands, two bean bags joined to- gether with a ' bridge of canvas cloth two inches from each bag, are used. ■ ; ■ • . r Darts has also been played this year. It is similar to that of archery, only darts are thrown instead of shooting arrows and no bow is used as the player merely stands off at a distance and throws the dart at the target. Lincoln sports It didn ' t take 300 years to produce queens queens today ... , liUL . Helen Glew started her active sports ' career in 10th grade when she joined G. A. A. Since then she has received a num- eral, an L. G. A. monogram, an all-city monogram, a swimming monogram. This semester she received an added ring to her all-city monogram. This young sportswoman had the second highest number 01 points this year in G. A. A., receiving 1.723 points. Helen is an all-around girl athlete, her favorites being bad- minton, baseball and basketball. She is runner-up in the bad- minton tournament, losing by 3 points. Mary Fini came to Lincoln High from Jefferson elementary school, becoming active in sports when she joined the G. A. A. in 10th grade. Mary has received a numeral, L. G. A. mono- main, all -city monogram and this semester she received an added ring around her all-city monogram with 1,679 points in (,. A. A., rating third place in number. Mary is an excellent baseball player, playing on the Women ' s League team. This is her favorite sport. lessie P. A. Andersen entered Lincoln High in 1930 from West Country school. Jessie ' s sports. ' career began when she joined the G. A. A. in 10th grade. Since then, this energetic girl has received a numeral. L. ( . A. monogram, an all-city monogram, an added ring to her all- city monogram, and has received monograms in swimming and tennis. She belongs to National Honor Society. Jessie is an all-around girl athlete, more active in tennis than any other sport, with second choice, badminton. This sportswoman is the first girl in Lincoln High to receive 2.0(H) points in G. A. A. She is also winner of the Lincoln bad- minton tournament. COACH LOR A N EL GRAAFF i Su ' iwmiuft Mentor TRACK Track . . . few fellows turned out for track in Lincoln ' s early days. To- day Coach GraafT has 20 men training. Starting about March L 1935, the track squad of about 25 boys worked out in the gym under the supervision ol its new coach, Lorin H. GraafT. After about three weeks ' practice the candidates began to thin out, many in favor of golf, tennis, or baseball. In the city indoor meet, the DOFS took 16 points getting a second in the 24 lap (t wo-mile) relay, and thirds in the 16 lap ( 1 X A mik) and novice relays. The 12 lap (1 mile) and the 8 lap ( -mile) relays took fourths. Running on the two-mile team were Downey, Ellis, Madison, and Walden. In the next meet, the Valley Junction relays, the two-mile relay took fifth and were barely beaten by the fourth place team. In the Drake Relays the one-half mile team of Camp, Downey, Kllis, and WharfT took a fourth. In the district meet at Valley the tracksters took six points the one- fourth mile relay team placed second in their heat and the one-half mile team taking fourth. The one-fourth mile team consisted of Camp, Follwell. F. Gillotti, and Hamlin. In the district consolation meet the boys proved they did have something when they took 42 points for fourth A first and second were taken by the medley and two-mile relays, respectively. The one-half mile relay also took second. To make up the medlev team, Coach GraafT picked Davis Kllis, Foil- well and F. Gillotti — running one-fourth mile, one-half and 220 yards respectively. Davis and Downey took thirds in the indi- vidual one-fourth and one-half mile runs respectively. In the 100-vard dash Camp placed fourth, in the 220 Wharff took second, and a third place was taken by the one- fourth mile relay. ■ . « . . To show thev had improved since the city indoor they took 22 points in the outdoor meet. This can be compared to the 16 points in the indoor meet. The two-mile team took third and the medley-mile, one-half mile and one-fourth mile teams took fourths. . . Prospects for next vear ' s team look bright as seven ot the ten men receiving letters will be hack and some strong junior track men wil l be seniors next season. Those receiving mono- grams include: Camp, F. Davis. Downey. Kllis, Fiske, Follwell, F. Gillotti, Madison, Walden, and WharfT. All of these will return except Camp, Downey and ElltS. I une Ealbert of senior homeroom 135 lias been suc- cessful in keeping a perfect six-year record of attend- ance. June has attended only two schools, Lincoln and Home Elementary. Beginning at Lincoln in the 7B class iti 102 ( , June has succeeded in reaching her grad- uate year without heing absent or tardy. Next fall June plans to attend a commercial school, where site hopes to continue in her perfect attendance record. Incidentally, what an odd coincidence to he named June and graduating in June!