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

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SHORTNESS OF TERM BARS MINOR SPORTS This year, due to the extraordin- ary shortness of the term, Central will have neither a track team nor a baseball team. This policy was deemed best by the coaches and Mr. Croninger because it would not be worth while to devote time to these two sports because of the little time there would be for competitiong therefore it was decided to devote the time to spring basketball and football. For some inexplicable reason Cen- tral's basketball team this year did not turn in as good a record as the raw material warranted, conse- quently, Mendy has decided to give as much time as possible to the building up of next year's team. Thus, the gym classes are continu- ally practicing basketball. As soon as the weather permitted, spring football was started, which was about the iirst of April. This year it will occupy most of the coaches' attention. This spring sport usually attracts about 50 boys. By means of this premature football, Mendy can size up his material for the following season, and at the same time can give many instruc- tions and pointers to the boys who try out for it. They go through all the rudimentary tactics of football, tackling, blocking, running, passing, punting, etc. Mendy and Bob each take charge of some of the boys, and divide them up into teams, each one playing the other. In this way, the coaches can pretty well pick men for next season's team. New candi- dates learn the desired system of playing the game, and have an addi- fx 2 I 'iYRIN ,FPORTF tional chance to make the team in the fall. The practice lasts for about a month, which will be near the end of the semester this year. Since there was no track team, an inter-class track meet was held to ascertain the athletic abilitv of the students in the gym classes in this particular brand of sport. It will serve about the same purpose as did spring football, picking to a certain degree next year's track team. Absence of a regular baseball team this year has left another spring sport out of action, but both Bob and Mendy have decided upon an indoor intra-mural baseball team. There will be three classes of teams. The Midgets, or the 110-lb. class, will be composed of under- classmen. The Juniors, or the 125- lb. class, will include underclassmen also, while the Senior will include any Central boy who cares to parti- cipate. These classes practice after school on different diamonds at the same time as do the basketball and football boys. 109

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The coaching staff of Central does much to beneiit the school. Murray Mendenhall and Bob Nulf have developed teams of which any school would be proud. The girls' coaches, Miss Meribah Ingham and Miss Emma Ada-ms, have made girls' athletics very interesting and beneficial. As a whole this staff has added much prestige to Central.

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Left to right: Frank Janorschke, Dick Vogelsang, Chuck Porter. Not present when the picture was taken, Ray Ridpath. VOGELSANG, RIDPATH, JANORSCHKE, PORTER ARE VARSITY CHEER LEADERS Central was indeed fortunate this year in having back three of last year's varsity cheer leaders. Togeth- er with one of last year's reserve leaders, they made a quartet that was hard to beat when it came to extracting Central Spirit from the student body. They provided the main fireworks at the pep sessions and at our games. When it comes to pep, Dick Vogel- sang has got Hit . When volume in yelling is required, Dick is given the job. He can't be stopped nor can the rooters when he leads Give 'em the Blue or our Central Chant , the good old Central Chant. Even Gunnar Elliott, our eminent radio broadcaster, said that Rickey had more pep than the Whole crowd put together. Ray Ridpath, a junior, is as good a cheer leader as can be found. Small but mighty, that's Ray. In him is found someone who can really give the Central Loco . With Ray be- hind the throttle, the student body furnishing the steam, our team does the going , This is only Ray's sec- ond year as varsity cheer leader, and Central is certainly glad to have him back for another successful season. Charles Porter is the other junior yell leader. He has been instilling pep into the student body for two years now, and each year he seems to be gathering more momentum. By next year he will be so full of pep that we won't be able to keep him down, like any good man. Chuck's favorite yell is Come on Blue . The other varsity cheer leader is Frank Janorschke. Although he is only a sophomore, he made the var- sity squad this year by virtue of his outstanding ability. He was the big gun of the reserve squad last year, and certainly demonstrated his pep. Blue White, Tigers Fight! is the yell that he can best lead, and hence likes it the best. He fits in very well with the rest of the boys. Jim Curran, Carl Lee, and Salem Bashara comprise the reserve corps. They are sophomores and a junior respectively, and are reported as doing nicely. They all have plenty of pep in leading yells, and should develop into first class cheer leaders for the following year. All they need is a little more experience. 5 110 '