Arthur Hill High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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TOPS IN VALLEY-REGIONAL HONORS BENNY BENWAY ED CLAUSS ROBERT HINKIN DAVE OEMING GERALD ROBINSON DON RUBLE ED SCHUKNECHT KEN SPYKER MELVIN STERNHAGEN ISI-IAM WILLIAMS December 11, Ferndale-Arthur Hill 6-36 Ferndale was no match for the Hills. This non-valley opponent, was defeated 36 to 6, with Bob Hanes ringing up 13 points and Don Ruble 9. December 15, Bay City-Arthur Hill 23-39 The Hills beat the Wolves to take the league lead. Hanes was again the high scorer with 12 points and Ruble second with 8. December 22, Flint Central-Arthur Hill 25-47 A defeat of Flint now makes it three wins and no defeats for the Lumberjacks. january 8, Owosso-Arthur Hill 11-52 Leading all the way, Arthur Hill defeated Owosso 52 to 11, in the Hrst home game of the season. The Lumberjacks made 14 points in the first quarter before Owosso hit the hoop. Dick Rifen- burg led the scoring with 11 points and Wierda with 9. january 15, Pontiac-Arthur Hill 16-74 Hills break valley scoring record to beat Pontiac. Dick Rifen- burg and Ed Schuknecht each got 10 points and Gerrit Wierda, 8. january 19, Saginaw-Arthur Hill 23-41 Leading Saginaw all the way, Arthur Hill took the valley lead with six wins and no defeats. Gerrit Wierda led the scoring with six baskets and five free throws for a total of 17 points. january 22, Flint Northern-Arthur Hill 17-34 Gerrit Wierda, forward, played his last game against Flint Northern and took scoring honors with 14 points. january 29, Flint Central-Arthur Hill 31-38 Winning the eighth straight victory of the season, seven of which were against valley opponents, Arthur Hill found Flint Cen- tral a little tougher than some of the others. February 12, Owosso-Arthur Hill 26-63 Continuing their record of no losses, the Hill Cagers trounced the Owosso five at Owosso. Dick Rifenburg was leading scorer with 18 points. This was the first game Coach Kenneth Kelly took over after Mr. Arnold Wolgast left. February 16, Saginaw-Arthur Hill 30-36 Hills take the second game from Saginaw after a close match. Ed Clauss did a beautiful job of guarding Eddie Johnson by allow- ing him to sink only two baskets and two freethrows. Dick Rifen- JUNE, 1943 burg again led the scoring column for a total of 12 points, with Bob Hanes getting 9 points. February 19, Pontiac-Arthur Hill 18-51 The Hills led the Pontiac Chiefs throughout the game. Coach Kelly substituted freely using all twelve of his reserves. Don Ruble led the scoring column with 14 points and Ed Clauss with 9. February 26, Flint Northern-Arthur Hill 34-49 Nine baskets and four free throws accounted for Dick Rifen- burg's 22 points that led the way to victory over Flint Northern. Bob Hanes was second in the scoring list with 9 points. March 2. Bay City-Arthur Hill 35-53 Finishing the valley season in grand style. the Lumberjacks pulled ahead in the last half to win over Bay City. Ish Williams found the basket for 15 points and Dick Rifenburg made 12. March 5, Muskegon-Arthur Hill 40-39 The first defeat of the season was handed the Hills by Muske- gon. Muskegon showed up exceptionally well on long shots and had an edge in the height. After the start of the second half the Hills fell behind. But a good shot in the last seconds of the game tied the score and the game went into an overtime with a free throw deciding the Lumberjacks fate. March 12, Bay City-Arthur Hill 39-53 The Hills started the regional meet by defeating Bay City's Wolves 53-39. Taking the opening tip-off and dominating the rest of the game, the Lumberjacks scored 8 points before one of Bay City's players sank a basket. Coach Kelly substituted the entire reserve team in the third quarter. Late in the fourth quarter Coach Kelly sent back his regulars. March 13, Flint Central-Arthur Hill 31-38 Arthur Hill in the area finals defeated Flint Central 38 to 31. Dick Rifenburg headed the scoring column with 16 points. March 19, Saginaw High-Arthur Hill 26-36 Climaxing one of the most successful basketball years in the Lumberjack history, the Hills defeated Saginaw Trojans for the third time 36-26. The Hills showed their superiority throughout the entire game and at no time were they in danger of defeat. Arthur Hill's sophomore forward, Mel Sternhagen, and Dick Rifenburg connected for 20 points of the 36. 29

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SINKING one of his baskets to add to the Gnal score of 38 to 31 is Ish Williams at the Flint Central game. The Indians, though gaining in the third quarter, were held to the score of 34 to 24, and gave the Iaurnberjacks their eighth straight victory. 13 zz izffl PLAYER S ROBERT I-IANES DICK RIFENBURG GERRIT WIERDA Climaxing the basketball season, the Lumberjacks de- feated Saginaw High Eastern for the third straight time for the City, Valley, and Regional Championships. Coach Arnold Wolgast led the boys through the first part of the season while Coach Kenneth Kelly piloted the squad through the final games. Saginaw proved to be the most taxing foe, but Bob Hanes' constant dribbling down the fioor to sink dog shots and Gerrit Wierda scoring seventeen points in one game proved too much for the Eastsiders. In their final game of the season, the Lumberjacks re- ceived their first and only loss from the Muskegon Reds. In defeating all of their Valley opponents, Arthur Hill put two of its men, Dick Rifenburg and Bob Hanes, on the All-Valley first team. h RICSICRYICS, 'IU p Row- Hale V1-elker, llill Ruble, Dean Ousterhout, Bob Sager, Dale Pococke. J Xlidille RuwfF1':u1k Snyder, llill Stevenson, Dick Whitney, Dan Haft, 'Ronnie Konicczka, Frzmk Youllg, l ick Davis. 11-utlmin Rox I n MrIS'ai1l Ilzmlhl l,eln-nfl: lurk Hutt, Hill XVhite, Melvin B1lllIllL.f2ll'i'IlEI', .'X1l:u111'l:nlss, lim lioines. v-:L .. . ,, 28 IAEGENDA

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SXYlNllXllNG interests. lop row across--Arlon Quigley, llaviel NYnofl, Jim Quigley S cond Rowfllale Gooding, Stewart Fox, Art Robinson. 'l'hird Rr-wfRalpli jackson rl Agricola, llrnce Newton. Fonrtli Rrm'4'l'mn Brown, lfranli Brechtelsbauer ominic Fawara. Ilnttonz RowfGerry Newman, Hill Mason, llirlg AV6'Illl'PQl'j.f, 30 SWIMMING JOINS TRACK SWIMMING Adding another sport opportunity for boys the Varsity swim- ming team was organized under the direction of Coach David Gainey. Most meets were swum by telegraph method. However, the team made two trips during the season. Opening the season at Flint Central, the team showed possi- bilities but lacked experience, and they dropped the meet 38 to 19. Later in the season, Arthur Hill had their revenge when the Indians came to Saginaw and were downed 36 to 30. In their second meet of the season the tankers swam against Battle Creek, last year's State Champions, and were over- whelmed 59 to 16. Morton High School of Chicago proved a formidable foe and the natators again fell in defeat 42 to 19. The boys had their nrst taste of victory when they swam a telegraphic meet against Pontiac High School. The boys took six firsts and won 38 to 19. On a return meet, the Lumberjacks traveled to Pontiac and faced disaster, losing, 42 to 24. Going into the Detroit area, the tankers swam against Royal Oak and lost their fourth meet of the season 52 to 23. Entering the state tournament six boys journeyed to Ann Arbor February 27, where Dick Weinberg placed third in the 100-yard relay, with Jim Quigley coming in fifth in the 200- yard free style. To celebrate a good beginning and to talk about next year, the team concluded the season with a dinner at the home of Arlon and Jim Quigley, the team's '43 co-captains. RESERVE BASKETBALL The Reserve basketball squad won eight of its nine games and awarded eighteen Reserve letters. The Reserves opened the season with Flint Central on De- cember 22 to win by the score of 32 to 19. Harold Lebsack topped Arthur Hill with eleven points. Surging ahead in the final half, the Reserves won their first home game by defeating Lutheran Seminary, 36 to 17. Jack Mott led in scoring by sinking five shots for a total of ten points. Pontiac fell to the Hills January 15 by 31 to 21. Ronnie Konieczka led the scoring column with eight points followed closely by Mott and Bill Stevenson with seven points each. The first and only defeat of the season came when Saginaw Eastern edged in for a 26 to 25 victory. The Reserves brought home the bacon in the final score of 32 to 21 against Flint North- ern on January 22. They flashed ahead of Flint Central, on January 29, in the last half to win 35 to 27. High point man of the game was Mott with nine points. The most spectacular game of the season for the Reserves was the second tangle with Saginaw Eastern. When the smoke of the battle cleared the score board registered a victory of 45 to 29 in the Hillites' favor. In the second game against Pontiac, Arthur Hill again took a 35 to 31. Dean Ousterhout led with five baskets and one free shot. Bill Stevenson sunk eight baskets at Flint Northern February 26 for a total of sixteen points which contributed to a 43 to 27 victory. BASEBALL Spring training for baseball began with ten veterans and approximately fifty new candidates on a wet and muddy field. Midland handed Arthur Hill the first two defeats of the year in the opening double header game on April 29. The first game was only four innings but ended 3 to 11 in their favor. The second game went the full seven innings and found Arthur Hill on the bottom of a 12 to 3 final. The opening valley game, though errorless ball, gave Flint Central the lead with the score of 4 to 2. The downfall of the game came in the fifth inning when the Indians scored their four runs. Ken Spyker allowed only three hits throughout the game with Bobby Hanes leading the Hills with two hits. On May 7, Flint Northern got the winning run on a squeeze bunt in the last inning of play which made the final score 5 to 4, in their favor. Fred Habke was the Hillite hitting star by getting four clean hits in four times up. Although Arthur Hill expected a tougher opponent than Pontiac the game proved to be exciting. Arthur Hill took the honors with four runs to Pontiac's one. Coach William Vondette used his sophomores and juniors in the 6 to 2 victory over Birch Run. The Bay City Wolves handed Arthur Hill it second valley defeat when the Hills dropped an eight inning game. 2 to 1. Ken Spyker relieved Howard Diefen- bach in the seventh inning and was charged with the defeat. Winding up their 1943 schedule with Saginaw High proved R511 be fatal to the Hills when they were handed a 9 to 6 defeat, ay 26. LEGENDA