Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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for scores, and Cecil Burnett made the final touch- down. The down river boys threatened only once late in the game but Olmsted booted 60 yards to end this danger. Jimmy Murphy sparked the sec- ond team which played a great deal of the ball game. Sept. 30. Co-captain Meier stole the show in the Olathe game scoring 23 points in the 35-O rout of the Mutes. He carried the ball over in the first, sec- ond, and third quarters, and topped off this per- formance by making five consecutive conversions. He received able assistance in the ball lugging de- partment from Miller and Boswell who each turn- ed in one touchdown. Milton Thomsen, from his signal calling position, Olmsted, at end, and Shep- herd and Ed Pasek, two big tackles, were the out- standing Redbirds. Oct. 7. Meier, out with an injured knee, was replaced in the Benton lineup by Charles Martin, but even without their charging halfback the Cards drove to a 33-0 victory over C. B. H. S. Miller and Bos- well supplied the winning spark, the former going over twice and the latter scoring once. Olmsted, on a short pass from Boswell, and Murphy, sub full, took care of the rest of the point-making. Richard Jones, guard, kicked three extra points from placement. Oct. 15. Benton avenged the 41-0 licking the 1937 Falls City eleven handed them by tuning back the in- vading Tigers to the tune of 19-0. Meier again led the attack, marking up two touchdowns and set- ting the stage for the third by Miller. Benton's twelve iron men dominated the game most of the time with Shepherd and Pasek standouts in the brilliant play of the line. Oct. 21. For the first time of the season the Cards wialked off the field defeated by a strong North Kansas City team 0-3 on a last quarter field goal. The two elevens had battled on even terms for three periods when the Hornets suddenly found themselves on the Cardinal 5-yard line, after which --the fatal kick! Benton vainly took to the air to try to make up the deficiency. A last second heave by Don James clicked with Olmsted snagging it but he was dropped in his tracks on the 10-yard line as the gun went off. The work of the Red- bird ends, Olmsted and James, and tackles, Shep- herd and Pasek, featured the game. Oct. 28. Due to the death of Principal Fred E. Vander- ,WSW ,n .1 Football Squad sloot, the tilt with Trenton, which had been sched- uled for November 4, was canceled. A Enoch Shepherd, out with an infected throat, was replaced in the Benton lineup by his brother, Wilbur Shepherd, but this did not weaken the Cards who charged to a 12-0 win over Lafayette. The Redbird scoring was confined to the second frame when Boswell and Meier both drove over for six-pointers. James Komis, center, played a. great game defensively, backing up the line and sharing in nearly every tackle. Thomsen received a shoulder injury in this hard blocking battle but was able to continue in the fray. Nov. ll. In the season windup a crippled Cardinal crew bowed to a great Central team, 35-6. which vir- tually clinched the city championship for the.tribe. The lone Benton tally came late in the game with Meier breaking through a stubborn Indian de- fense. Shepherd was still out of the lineup and' Thomsen was unable to play up to par because his shoulder, injured in the Shamrock affair, was both- ering him considerably. The entire lineup of Olm- sted and James, ends, W. Shepherd and Pasek, tackles. Jones and Perks, guards, Komis, center, Thomsen, quarterback, Meier and Miller, half- backs, and Boswell, fullback, fought hard through- out the game but the big Central eleven was too much for them. Nov. 19. After the close of the football season the News- Press picked the annual all-city team. Benton was represented on this mythical eleven by Bud Olm- sted, Richard Iones, Wilbur Meier and Ed Pasek, and on the second team by Komis, James, Thom- sen and Boswell with the latter named as captain. Enoch Shepherd received honorable mention for his playing during the season. Previously, the Bentonian had named Olmsted, captain, E. Shepherd, jones, James, Meier, and Boswell on its all-city. Richard Jones and Milton Thomsen were chosen as co-captains of the 1939 Cardinal grid team by the 1938 football lettermen. jones, at guard, and Thomsen, at quarter, were outstanding Redbirds throughout the season. Benton's seconds wound up in third place in the reserve city league by winning one, losing two, and tying three games. Flowers, Teschner, W. Shepherd, Elliott, Grimm, Babb, Battreall, Norton, and Murphy were the mainstays of Coach Harry Lee's team. , VARSITY CITY LEAGUE Won Lost Tied Central . . . ............................... . 3 0 0 Benton ....... ........... .... ..... 2 1 0 Lafayette ...... ..... 0 2 1 Christian Brothers .............................. 0 2 1 RESERVE CITY LEAGUE Won Lost Tied Central ........................................ 3 1 2 Lafayette .......... .... 3 1 2 Benton ............... .... 1 2 3 Christian Brothers .... .... 0 3 3 tPage Twenty-onel

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Football quad P Back--Edward Lawhon, Ed Pasek, Herbert Ivey. Gerald Flowers, Salvador Cardona, Gerald Long, Donald James, James Babb, Frank Grimm, VVilliam VVheeler, Ed Swedo. Fourth-Harold Jackson, Billy With, Kenneth Sandusky, Henry Nott, James Murphy, Marion Seever, VVilbur Shep- herd, Alex Carillo, Bill Hurst, Robert Norton. Jack Young. Third-Keith Donahoo, Frank Calovich, Donald Barnaby, Norman Loyd, Charles Lott, Clyde Teschner, Lawrence Sebby, Paul Watkins, Bob Gallagher, Bobby Teresinski. Second-Carl Rosenauer, Clyde Key, VVilbur Strickland, Mr. Springer, Coach: Mr. Lee, Assistant Coach: Robert MeGee, Kenneth Tadloek, Sammy Swope. First-Charles Martin, Noel Elliott, James Komis, Richard Jones, Milton Thomsen, Enoch Shepherd, Bud Olmsted, Paul Miller, VVilbur Meier. Sept. Benton Sept Benton Oct. Benton Oct. Benton Oct. Benton Oct. Benton Nov. Benton, . . . . . Nov. Benton 25 Lafayette . ......,.....,. .. 0 38 Kansas City Southeast.. . . . 0 35 Olathe . ............... .. 0 33 Christian Brothers. . , . . 0 19 Falls City .......... .. 0 0 North Kansas City.. . . . . 3 12 Lafayette . ........ . .. 0 6 Central .. 35 168 38 llenton's 1958 grid machine marched through another successful season under the tutelage of Coach l', li. Springer, setting a record of six wins and two losses. l,ed by Co-captains llud Olmsted and Viilbur lileier, the Cardinals snowed under their first five opponents without a score being marked up against them, dropped a close one to North Kansas City, won a close battle from Lafayette, and then had their hopes for a second consecutive city championship crushed by Central in the season finale. Post season statistics gave the Redbirds log points to 33 for all their op- porients. In the season opener on the lienton field, the big Red eleven swept through a light but scrappy Lafayette team Z5-O. The game was all Benton from the start as fullback l'aul Boswell drove over for a touchdown early the first quarter with Meier tPage Twentyh 1938 FOOTBALL SCORES adding another in the second period. Again, in the final quarter, lloswell marked up a six-pointer, and a short pass from substitute quarterback jack Hat- treall to Olmsted ended the scoring of the Card- inals. lfnoch Shepherd and Olmsted were the mainstays of the Cards' forward wall in this tilt- a non-title affair. not counting in city standings. The coronation of the new football queen, Nellie blones, took place just preceding the game. September 25. A hard-charging Cardinal line composed of Olmsted. Shepherd, jones, Komis, Perks, l'asek, and james which opened huge holes for the backs was the big factor in the defeat of the Kansas City Southeast eleven. 38-O. The Redbirds opened fast with l'aul Miller, Boswell, and lileier scoring in quick succession during the first quarter. ln the third frame lioswell and Meier again went over

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Basketball Squad P VARSITY AND RESERVES Back-Bill VVith, Dewey Helsel, Gerald Long, Gerald Flowers, Fred Studer, Frank Grimm, Norman Loyd, Ronald Wihittington, Bob Gallagher. Third-Donald Lanning, Manager: Clyde Key, Jewell Crouch, Paul Watkins, Keith Donahoo, Bill Hurst, Jack Young, Bobbie Cooper, Eugene Henson, Manager. Second-P. B. Springer, Coachg Robert Norton, Charles Mears, Harry Lee, Assistant Coach. , First--Ed Pasek, James Babb, Louis Kastner, Vaughn Linnell, Bud Olmsted, Charles Martin, Bill Tworek, Paul Springer, Roland Albright. VARSITY BASKETBALL SCORES Benton North Kansas City .......... There ,...,.,,,.,. December Benton C. B. H. S ......................... Here ...lanuary Benton ........ .... H iawatha, Kansas .......... Here .January Benton Central .............................. Here ...Iannary Benton North Kansas City ',... ...,,. H ere .January Benton ,,,,,... ,.., l .afayette .,.....,.......,. Here .January Benton Trenton ........... There .January Benton C. B. H. S ............... There ..-Ianuary Benton Olathe lNlute:s ...... There .January Benton Trenton ................... Here February Benton Olathe Mutes .............,,.,. There February Benton Hastings. Nebraska There February Benton ........ ..... B eatriee, Nebraska There February Benton Central .............................. Here February Benton Lafayette ,,....,..........,,....... There February Benton VVillian1 Cl'll'lSll1Z1l'l .......... Here February Benton REGIONAL TOURNAMENT 17 Central 25 Central Gym ......March 1Page Twenty-twoi