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

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they carry on Joe Grimme, elected honorary captain by his team mates, heads the list of Tiger hardwood celebrities. This stellar guard graduates this june. His greatest work for the Tiger team was accomplished at pivot point, but he is also an outstanding all-round player, adept in any department of the game. He was awarded the King trophy. Another graduate Whose shoes will be hard to fill next season is Les Menze. He played both forward and guard this year, and was excellent at both positions. Ray Hostler, who found himself about the middle of this season, is another who, we regret to say, leaves us this June. Ray stars in both defensive and offensive work. His favor- ite scoring play was a slick sleeper worked directly under the basket. Harry Buckmaster, the only other graduate, began this season on the reserve squad, but his steady, cool-headed playing later won him a position on the varsity. Lyle Neat, a junior, led our scoring this year. Neat is one of the sweetest ball players that has come to Central in a long time. He is a dead shot from every angle and reasonable distance on the floor, and is the most successfully aggressive player on the entire squad. He was high scorer in the city. Dick Warfield, forward or guard, good in both positions, is another junior in our ranks. Dicks outstanding work has been in getting the ball off the backboard, but, like others, is a fine all-round player. Bob Altekruse will also play his last game for Central next year. Bob is a good floorworker but stars the greatest at his center post. Virgil Riddle, skilled, cool-headed, and alternate first team man this season, will probably be a regular forward or guard next school year. Bob McKee will be a senior next year. Bob played excellently as a reserve-varsity man this year and finally ended up on the Sectional team. ,jack Paul, a freshman, who played in the same capacity as did McKee this season, is one of Central's brightest prospects. Lloyd Altekruse, Bob's brother, and another freshman, is a very promising center. He made eleven points in the final reserve game. Freddy Kabisch is now an 11B. He is steady, an excellent defensive man, and hits the bucket from all angles. Toppy Bourne, another freshman prodigy, is tall now and growing like a weed. He is a varsity man of the future. Steve Sitko, being the outstanding player on the reserve squad this season, tall, well-built, an honor student, and only a sophomore, makes us expect much from him in the future. Howard Shockey, a junior, is a slick player in all ways and will probably mean a lot to us next year. :Jo ll 111,,1z

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in the .rprifzg---fmcle' Central's Tigers opened their track campaign with a great deal of vigor this year, and the two coaches, Mendy and Bob, harbored hopes of finishing with a successful season listed in the records. For several years the track team was compelled to practice at Centlivre Park. Many times the boys would trot through the winding streets and out to the old race track finding that the clay, softened by recent rains, would come over their shoes, making it difficult to go through practice with any ease. Now that a good Cinder path has been constructed for their benefit on the lot across from the school, the boys have longer hours in which to develop themselves under the careful supervision of the coaches. ln 1933 Mendy put a reputable track team in action against some very strong contenders. This year he hopes to repeat the previous success by obtaining an early start in giving the older members of the team more detailed points in the essentials of running, while Bob will spend more time with the newer ones who look as though they may develop in the course of time. Mendy can depend upon Bob Hawkins, John Collias and John Charlton to deliver the goods in the foo and no-yard dashes. Les Menze will shoulder the burden in taking care of the 440-yard dash along with Colias and Robert Brown. Menze, with Christopher Dixie and John Mileff, run the mile and half-mile. John Charlton is a main- stayin the broad jump as he has cleared almost lO feet in practice. A new product has been developed this year in the person of Virgil Riddle, a tall boy, who will aid Dick Vyfarfield and Ray Hostler in the high jump and pole vault. Dan Bourne is another promising prospect for this event. Eugene Seals and Maurice Owens will put the shot for Central. These boys have shown their worth in the first two meets of this season. Garrett's Railroaders were defeated by a score of 5812 to 4016, while South Side and Marion were defeated in a three-way meet by the scores of 5oM to 4426 to 11. The Tigers were to match their strength with Auburn on April lO and enter the Kokomo relays at Kokomo on April 18. The N.E.l.C. Conference was scheduled to be held at North Side on May 5. In preparation for the state meet at Indianapolis, May 19, the Sectional was held at Garrett, May' 11. The last meet of this year will be the City Track Meet at North Side on May 16. Page Om Hlll11ilFd N me