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

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APRII. 21-MARYVILLE, MO. FWD Pops boys came along with the power to win Class A honors, defeating Central for first place by five points. Martin and Wheeler shone by winning firsts. The medley relay squad also won first. APRIL 29-TRENTON, MO. Once again, Benton won the meet champion- ship. Clyde Teschner set a new meet record of 52.5 in the quarter mile and won the Car- dinal top scoring honors. Of local entrants Central placed second, Lafayette, fourth. MAY 7-CI'I'Y MEET Benton took the lead in the first day of competition and held it throughout the meet. Schools placed as follows: Benton, 64 2f3, Central, 62V2: Lafayette, 22 5f5. MEIER and TESCHNER starred for the Cardinal field men. MAY 15-COLUMBIA, MO. A picked squad of Cardinal track stars made the trip to the Missouri Class A tour- nament and won eighth place in a field of sixteen schools. MEIER won third in shot put and pole vault: OLMSTED won second in the discus throw. CITY TUNIOR HIGH TRACK MEET The Iunior Cardinals won the city track meet for the third consecutive year. The Benton juniors gathered a grand total of 92 points. The team won first in the Class 2 division and second place in the other two divisions. COOPER, TROTTER, STUDER and SHARP were consistent scorers in the meet. Tracksters in Action Ed Hurls the Discus Arky High Over Three Shot Putters shogngultefs in Re' v Chick Comes Ove' Another Hurdlel At the Start Who Is It? Iunior High Squad BACK: George Watson: Bill Turpin: Eugene Hempy: Dan Cooper: Arthur limes: Donald Ship- man: Raymond Peck: Billy Bird: Alvin Pittman: lorry Young: William McMxllen. SECOND: lack Tadloclr: Eddy Iameson: Fred Studer: Theodore Sharp: William Elliott: Robert Haskins: Lawrence Baker: lame: Hyde: Gerald Murphy: Mr. Saunders. coach. FIRST: Billy Still: Henry lackson: Robert Dickey: I. E. Albright: Gene Iones: Donald Casler: Pleasqg ant Trotter: Iohn Erganian: lohn Fender.

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BACK: Coach Springer: .Bill With: Bill Hockenauer: Keith Donahoo: Bob Teresinski: Gerald Long: Henry Emery: Iohn Karrle: Dick.Sm1th: Fred Studer: lack Young: Salvador Cardona: William Raumaker: Frank Grimm: Bill Hurst: Edward Zxph: Marcus Caton: Frank Calovich: Max Sandusky: Donald Mosier: Kenneth Tadlock: Coach Lee. SECONP: -limes Mulghy: Norman Loyd: Clayton Price: Lloyd Davis: Alex Carillo: William Wheeler: Clyde Tesch- ner Dick Iones harles H. Martin. Kenneth Sandusky. FIRST: Ed Pasek: Bob Hatton: Wilbur Meier: Enoch Shepherd: Charles E. Martin: Paul Boswell: Bud Olmsted: Tick Elliott. 1939 TRACK REVIEW LTHOUGH the Cardinal thinclads got oil to a rather slow start in the 1939 sea- son, they gained speed consistently and ended the schedule in a burst of glory. Most oi the scoring honors went to seniors, Charles Martin, Wilbur Meier, and Bud Olmsted, but the fleet-footed sophomore, Clyde Teschner, was a frequent win- ner, setting a new record in the quarter-mile at the Trenton invitational meet. Wilbur Meier won the gold track shoe awarded by the B Club to the team member collecting the most points in track competition. Clyde Teschner was chosen captain of the l94U squad. APRIL 1-KANSAS CITY. KAN. Argentine High School dedicated its new athletic field by taking lirst place in a tri- angular meet. Benton won second place, trailing the leaders by l3 points. Meier and Martin paced the Cardinals. APRIL 8-TARKIO, MO. Cardinals again placed second. Wilbur Meier scored two tirsts to lead the Cardinals' scoring. Other scoring was done by Pasek, Teschner, Martin and Olmsted. Page Twenty-eight APRIL 14-LIBERTY. MO. Benton was nosed out by a local rival, Central, in the William Iewell College invi- tational Class A meet. However, the Redbirds trailed by only 2 points. Meier Won the meet individual scoring honors by gathering 13 points. Teschner, Martin and Olmsted also won in their events. APRIL 15-CHILLICOTHE. MO. The Cardinals gathered five points in the Chillicothe invitational meet. The scoring was done by Meier and Olmsted. Ten high schools competed in the meet.

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