Central High School - Caldron Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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' s f vc 'fs The Cultlrou sr To c' Left to right-C. Hatfner, J. Williams, J. Kitch, C. P. Turpin, advisor, Bob Gard- ner, J. Weiss, T. Dalman, Reece Gardne1'. Sitting-L. Hire. TENNIS If the interest that is being taken in tennis is any indication of the success it will have this year, undoubtedly the performances of the Blue racqueteers will far excel that of former years. Although this is only the second year that tennis has been given a place in Central's spring sports, it is rapidly gaining a high place of prominence and popularity. Over thirty men reported for practice this season, and a pleasing schedule of fifteen games was carded. The tennis season opened May 2 when the Tigers journeyed to the Bluffton Tiger camp. Games every week were scheduled from then on until June 2 with some of the best teams in the state. Preliminary tournaments to draw out material were held April 23-228, and both single and double matches were staged. Everyone received an equal chance to make the squad in this manner. Les Ortlieb, city champion, who coached the Blue players so successfully last year, was back again at the helm of the Tiger racquet wielders. Ortlieb deserves a great deal of credit for contributing so much to the establishment of tennis in Central. He has coached without compensation for two years, and is exceptionally Well liked by all of his players. Mr. Charles P. Turpin, a new instructor in Central, acted as faculty manager this year. The championship matches, to determine both single and double champs, were held May 21-25, and the winners had their names engraved on the Gardner trophy. Some of the fellows out for tennis were: Kitch, R. Gardner, Bob Gardner, Weiss, Hire, Heit, Dunn, Coar, Homscher, Paul, Crane, B. Weiss, Cowan, Pfeiffer, Salzer, Erb, Dick, Brause, Hill, Haffner, Kernen, Snyder, Weaver, Williams, E. Erb, McMahon. The schedule is as follows: May 2-Wednesday, Bluffton, there. May 16-North Side ftentativej. May 4-Friday, Marion, here. May 18-Friday, Goshen, here. May Saturday, Elkhart, there. May 19-Saturday, Elkhart, here. May -South Side, there. May 25-Friday, Goshen, there. May -North Side ftentativeb. May 26-Saturday, Marion, there. May -Friday, Huntington, there. South Side here. May -Saturday, Bluffton, here. June 1-Open. May Monday, Huntington, here. June 2-Saturday, South Side, here e a 1'-Us -a-- - Pa ge 108

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GIRLS' COACH Soderlund, Rah! Yea! Soderlund. This goes to the girls coach who has led Central girls so faithfully throughout the past year. She is a graduate from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has taught at nu- merous other places before coming to Cen- tral. She was supervisor of physical edu- cation at Kendallville and also taught at Bellevue, Iowa, High School, and the Bloomingdale school of Fort Wayne. Ingrid Soderlund is just a new teacher at Central but thus far has established a record of friendship and good sports- manship that the girls of Central will never forget. INFORMAL GYM In the fall when the school first started the girls spent almost their entire time in the gym in learning to play volleyball. Both the indoor and outdoor courts were used for this game. They kept practising and play- ing the game until all had learned the art very well. Later when volleyball was finished, the gym classes took up cales- thenics, marching, folk dancing, and basketball. After the basketball tournaments were finished, then came the spring sports such as tennis and baseball. Each class had to work on a drill or a dance which was to be their particular part in the exhibition which was given April 27. The rest of the time was spent on baseball and thus the season closed. Page 110