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

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Basketball Season Central High School's Tigers played through a very erratic off-on 1931-1933 basketball season. Although they lost eleven of their regularly scheduled games they featured hot nights and beat highly touted lives one night, and lost to inferior quintets the next night. The Tigers went through their season in true tiger-like form, however, and were much admired because they fought with fury even when the minutes to go were few and they were hopelessly behind. The season uncovered unusual ability in some of the Tigers and as all of the varsity five, except Burton, will be back next year, their future outlook is very encouraging. In the initial start of the season, Central gave the Portland Panthers a seven point trouncing on the Friday of December 1, only to bow to a humiliating defeat on the next day at the hands of the powerful Hartford City five. Central lost her first city series tilt to North Side at the Northern gymnasium. The Tigers, then, played three games the next week-end and after warping Columbia City, took on Garrett and Frankfort in a double-header. They managed to nose out the Railroaders in the first game but were completely outclassed and outscored by the Hot-dogs in the night-cap. During the Christmas holidays the team bowed down to Central Catholic, losing by iive points. The Kendallville Comets were the next to defeat the Tigers but had plenty of trouble doing it as it was a fast, hard-fought contest. The Tigers clashed with the South Side Archers in the annual charity tourney and fell before the well-oiled, smooth- working, Southern quintet to lose 7.1-18. 1110 1141119

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Senior Class History By GEORGE KOEGEL In 192.9 the present seniors first entered Central. The class election was held, and Joe Tucker was chosen class president. The other officers were: Jacques Schwartz, vice- president, and Kate Yaple, secretary- treasurer. The social council was composed of Garnet Gerlock, Charles Porter, .james Stephans, Jane Palmer, and Marion McKay. The ofhcers chose Miss Florence Lucasse and Mr. John Reising as advisors. The first social activity of the class was the Freshman Frolic, which was held for freshmen only. The outstanding feature of the party was a play presented by some of the outstanding members of the class. The class of '33 moves forward and we find that Marion McKay has been chosen president. The office of vice-president was filled by Benjamin Falk, while Kate Yaple became secretary-treasurer. Those on the social council were Esther Sams, Ernestine Stumpf, Kenneth Baker, Charles Porter, and James Yarnelle. Miss Mary Zent and Mr. Robert Nulf became the advisors. The Hobo Hop opened the class of '33's activit-ies. Clever decorations made this an outstanding dance. This was fol- lowed by a spring dance. The junior year brings around another class election. The president was Joe Tucker. Neva Williams was the vice- president. Kate Yaple was again chosen secretary-treasurer. The capable social council consisted of Ben Falk, George Koegel, Chuck Porter, Glycla Heckler, and Lorraine Miller. Miss Vera Pence and Mr. Robert Wyatt became the class ad- visors. The activities consisted ofa mati- nee dance and a dance after the Warsaw game. The Junior Prom was held April 13, in the boys' gym, with Carl Brenner's or- chestra furnishing the music. Dorothy Hassan, a prominent junior, was crowned Prom Queen. Modernistic decorations of cellophane made this a colorful dance. Fantastic fish gave the gym the atmos- phere of the deep sea. 1. Paul Kigar, vice-president, Bob Barnes, president J.. Kate Yaple, secretary- treasurer 3. Miss McKinnie Mr. Wyatt advisors The class that entered Central in 1919 have now become dignified 'seniors. At the class election Robert Barnes was given the office of president. Paul Kigar was elected vice-president and Kate Yaple was elected secretary-treasurer for the fourth time. The social council consisted of Joe Tucker, George Koegel, Ed.lou Bailhe, Jean Beugnot, Ben Falk, Neva Williams and Ray Sanderson. Miss Eva Mcliinnie and Mr. Robert Wyatt were chosen ad- visors. A dance was held in the fall and in November the senior play, Skidding , was presented. In February the seniors and the Caldron staff put on the annual Vaudeville. The senior's Commencement Ritual and impressive Commencement Dance bring to a close the activities of the class of 1933 at Central. Pngt Stun

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Basketball Season Central hit a hot night in their next game and the far superior Auburn team, led by Dave Williams, was barely able to snare a close one-point victory from the Tigers, 7.4-2.3. The Tigers continued their hot streak the next week to defeat Winamac, runner-up in the state tourney last year. By virtue of a last three-minute rally the Bluffton Tigers broke the Central Tiger's successive chain of victories to win by three points. Still retaining their hot streak, the Tigers next beat Decatur, the 1931 Sectional Champs. At this point it looked as though the Tigers were not merely on a hot streak but actually playing in championship form. This is in fact mostly true as they were not playing race horse basketball, but methodical and precise basketball. The Tigers lost this form during their next two city-series tilts and lost both by large scores. The next week, the scrapping team took all the sting out of their poor seasor1's showing. They beat South Side!! They not only beat them, but with the aid of a new zone defense fairly trounced them by eleven points. After losing a slow game to Warsaw, the Tigers forced the Washington of East Chicago's Senators to go to their limit to win the game. ln the final game of the season the scrapping Central Tigers went down to a superior Elkhart quintet led by Patnelle. Fighting with their boots on, when the fray closed, the curtain dropped on the 1939.-1933 season for Central High School basketeers. Page 0