Berne French Township High School - Our Yesterdays Yearbook (Berne, IN)

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CLIFTON HABEGGER — “Cliffy,” a veteran guard with enough scrap for three fellows his size—a “pepper-upper type of player. Well liked by the fans and players. A strong defensive man who can score when the points are needed. He’ll be a mainstay for the Bears next year. JOHN SPRUNGER — “Jchnny” has played two years with the Bears and is a forward to make any coach's heart glad. Can shoot and guard. Will be of much value to the Bears next year. What he lacks in size he more than makes up in speed, cleverness, and “fight.” LESTER HABEGGER—“Les,” the type of player a coach likes to work with—conscientious, hard-working and cooperative. A good team man. Can be counted on to be “in the game” all of the time. Plays forward and plays it well. Much will be heard from him next year. RICHARD LEHMAN—“Dick,” a sophomore this year proved very valuable to the team. His clever cne-handed shots proved a thorn in the side of many of his opponents. Dick's future locks very bright and we know with this year’s experience as a varsity player he will be one of the main-stavs of the Bears the next two years. ROGER FLUECKIGER—“Saddle” is one of the best shots the Bears have had for many years. Also a gcod defensive player. Many times called up from the Cubs to handle a small, fast opponent. He does his work well. Prediction: A bright basketball future for “Sad.” JAMES BIXLER—“Bix,” our manager, has proven himself an asset to the athletic team of Berne High. His work is unsung and unpraised. He takes his basketball seriously and is in there “pitching” for the boys and school all the time. FIRST TEAM Roger Flueckiger. James Goodin. Cliff Habegger. Jim Bixler. l.ake Glendening. Howard Baumgartner, Dick Lehman, Raymond Mazelin. Billy Emick. John Sprunger. Lester Habegger. Earl Habegger.

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CHEER LEADERS Merlin Stucky Isabel Schug Thomas Sprunger FIGHT, TEAM, FIGHT! The Bears opened the ’41-’42 season very optimistically, journeyed to Hartford Township for the opening game, and got the scare of their lives—only winning the game by two points on a shot from the field in the closing seconds of play. This settled them down and they were off on a five-game winning streak which was snapped by Decatur. Except for a brief mid-season letdown, the Bears continued their winning ways down to the final game of the season when Decatur again nosed them cut 35-32. High lights of the season— I— Victories over Bluffton and Emerson of Gary by a total of three points. II— Overcoming a sixteen-point handicap with eleven minutes of the game remaining against Monroe in the Sectional. III— A 4th quarter burst of nineteen points to down Winchester 48-39. The Bears finished the season with 14 games won and 8 lost. This record was made against schools of a much larger enrollment than Berne. L. L. GLENDENING, Coach—Better known as “Lakie.” Only his second year with us, but what a year! He certainly deserves all the praise we can give him. Through him, our boys have developed teamwork; and have learned the true purpose of athletics—to play the game for all there is in it. He has shown skill in fundamentals and handling of players. His teams have had excellent records in all sports. HOWARD BAUMGARTNER. Captain-One of our two four-year men, a steady dependable guard. A particularly gocd “feeder” due to his ability to handle the ball well and think quickly. “Bummy” was elected captain of the team by the boys— a popular player. He was a hard worker and played the game for all it is worth—to win, fairly and squarely.—L. L. G. EARL HABEGGER—“Hobby,” the other half of our two four-year men. A lover of the fast break style play. With the best when it comes to rebounding. A tough boy on the basketball court because he can not only score with the highest but can be as- signed to the opponent’s high scorer and hold him scoreless. A real forward in every sense of the word.—L. L. G. JAMES GOODIN—“Jim,” a senior, playing his first year on the varsity. Came up from the Cubs as a dependable guard. Hasn’t disappointed anyone. Has shown as much improvement as any man on the squad. Good on set shots and can come through at the opportune time. Worth his “salt” to any coach.—L. L. G. BILL EMICK—“Doc.” to the boys. First year on the varsity. Particularly strong on rebound work under Berne’s basket. A good pivot man. Can feed as well as score from that position. 11 is long reach has been verv embarrassing to many opponents. —L. L. G. RAYMOND MAZELIN—“Maz” has lacked experience, but when it comes to “scrap” he's there. Although he didn’t get to see as much action as some of the others, his spirit helped the boys win many games.— L. L. G. Twenty-four

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HOW THEY PLAYED THE GAME Games We Won Berne .30 Hartford ....28 Berne.... 49 Geneva . 25 Berne 30 New Haven 21 Berne .44 Redkey .30 Berne 42 Portland 30 Berne 38 Monroe 23 Berne 49 Geneva 26 Berne 39 New Haven 34 Berne 36 Columbia Citv 31 Berne 54 Warren 45 Berne 33 Bluffton 31 Berne 45 Emerson Garv . 44 Berne... 48 Winchester 39 Decatur Sectional Berne 41 Monroe 40 Berne 32 Pleasant Mills .35 Games We Lost Berne. 28 Decatur 32 Berne 36 Dunkirk 46 Berne 33 Garrett 35 Berne 39 Huntington 45 Berne 38 C. C. Fort Wayne 48 Berne. .31 Hartford Citv . 38 Berne 32 Decatur 35 curs Wayne Stuckey, Gaylord Stuckey. Vaughn Schindler, James McCrory. Frederick Lehman. James Bixler. Manager: Robert Liechty, Dwight Amstutz. Virgil Neuensclnvander, Elbert Stuckey. Roman Beer. Warren Sprunger, and L. L. Glendenning. Coach. THE CUBS Berne’s second team this year was probably the smallest cne in the history of the school; nevertheless they have held their own against tough competition and tougher players. The Cubs are a scrappy outfit and usually gave the fans their money’s worth. They make up in clever ball handling, fight, and brains what they lack in size. Most of these boys are freshmen and sophomores, and in a couple cf years they will give their opponents plenty of headaches. The Cubs will send several good players up to the varsity next year. Although several of the boys did not see much action in the games they may develop into good players within a year or two. Their training and the fact that they have been growing steadily will be of great help in the future. The Cubs were badly out-sized in height and weight in most of their games this year, but when the smoke of battle had cleared the fans were satisfied with a win or the fact that the Cubs had fought to the end. Twenty-six