Central Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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ur Coaching Staff MR. iVllCl'l:XEl, SCOTT Bnslfrlliall mul Track Conch lfor the last three years Mr. Scott has been head of the basketball and track team and formerly coached our freslnnan team. Mr. Scott not only develops a line team spirit but looks to the future by keeping plenty ul underclassmen on tht- lcam. REVEREND GILBERT G. WIRTZ plllllelic Director Yo single person has done more to extend the fame of Central Catholic through our athletic de- partment than Father Wirtz. The work of Father Wirtz shows best in the well-paired athletic sched- ules which he has prepared for our football, basket- ball. and track teams in the past. Page 98 MR. PAUL MILLER i'lSSl'SffllIf Football and Baslfelball Coach One of the brains behind Mr. Scott is our able assistant coach, Mr. Miller. This is his second year at Central Catholic. He has always passed well- coached players on to both the football squad and the varsity basketball team. Dick Harbor t W----1---vw-H .:,zn,. .t.,.-.ails-:1u.gu.TK,T'? -f..': i:lit::::-:al--H

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r1ii -W - The I 94 7 ?ovt6all Semen Drawing a tough schedule, Central Catholic took ad- vantage of the experienced players produced during last 1947 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE year's football season and began its drive toward victory. The Lew Wallawcary 'A--'.ww., 6 CDC. 6 first game of the season ended in a 6-6 tie, but in the second South Bend Wash ,,,,,,,,,,,,, 38 C,C, 0 game C.C. suffered a defeat at the hands of Vlfashington of Smllll 1391111 C6111 Cath ----- 13 CC- 33 South Bend. Undaunted, the Irish began to roll. South Bend Nml' Side -4 - '- '--- - 0 CC' 21 . . N ll H'Uh-H d ......,. '. . ' Catholic was defeated. Remembering the protested loss to ,O I' ammon 12 CC 26 South Bend Cath .........,,,. 7 C.C. 21 North Side in last year's game, the team fought even harder Central .,.......,,.,,.,,,.,.....,.,.. 6 C.C. 25 and handed them a three touchdown defeat. Three more South Side ,ApV-.pApV--VVW4.-,-.-.. 13 CIC' 6 victories for the Irish followed. One of the victories included Crispus Ainuekelnfi. .,.... 6 C.C. 32 a 25-6 defeat over the Central Tigers. Then the most talked of game of the year arrived. Central Catholic played the South Side Archers, where they suffered a disheartening defeat by one touchdown. This was followed hy a victory over Indianapolis. Throughout the season the Irish had won seven games, tied one, and lost two. Under the expert coaching of Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Miller. together with the splendid teamwork of the players, Central Catholic had the honor of having six of the boys on its squad placed on the All-City Team. ' Bob Pranger THE 19-47 VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM Rou' IAM. Nedifl. D. Feichter, B. Mudd. P. Krause, C. Lihhing. N. Krabach. D. Nicodemus. C. Cc-ntlivre. D. Clemens. A. Burch. B. Lider. Row 2-Coach Paul Miller, R. Sorgen. R. Avila. P. Martin, B. Cameron, D. Heidenreich, D. Hege, B. Kaehr. Il. Beck, M. Schrader. T. Heminger. Ron' 5'-D. Lorraine. B. Avila. R. Manny, C. Parnin, B. Fioritto. K. Elder. B. Waltke. T. ,lc-hl. J. Hyde. B. Moore. J. Noll. B. Dileo. Line Coach. Row 4-,l. Halfner. C. Hartman. T. McDonald. N. Ryder, J. Wveher. Talarico. C. Winans. D. Hipskiml. T. Logan. J. Beck. P. Kelty.