Crandon High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Crandon, WI)

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Basketball With just two veterans returning and the other three positions to be filled with green material, the outlook for a successful season looked dark last fall. It cannot be better emphasized than in Coach Krumm's own words, “wo'll be lucky if we win half our games ’ The boys practiced hard and looked good but no one gave them a chance in their opening tussle with Eagle River. What did they do? They went right out and handed the Eagles a 25 to 19 set-back, and a “find 4 was uncovered in Ivan “Bump” Jones, who later developed into one of the finest defensive players in the conference. Next came the Hiles encounter and Captain Ray Chartraw made it vic-try number two by ringing up 21 points to lead his mates to a 36 to 17 victory. . , • The Three Lakes game was next and the Cards showed they could stand pressure when they played their ace, Chartraw, with a long bucket in the closing minutes to come through with an 8 to 7 victory. Gaining confidence, the Redmen came from behind again in the closing seconds to whip Eagle River for the second time 21 to 19. Just to show the fans that scoring 21 points against Hiles wasn’t luck, Captain Chartraw did it again as the Cards romped to an easy 34 to 6 win over Goodman for their first conference win. The Wabeno game, there, showed again that Krumm’s warriors could come back as they put on a fast last quarter finish to win 25 to 16. Next came the return engagement at Hiles and after a close contest, the Cardinals found themselves on top at the end by a 19 to 14 count. Whats this?—seven wins in a row?—but beating Argonne on their own floor was their next tough assignment. The Cards found themselves behind 10 to 7 at the half but with Chartraw and Faulkner leading a stirring second half rally they pulled away to an easy 25 to 12 decision. Next came their biggest test of the year—White Lake. Wbuld their winning streak be stopped by a great White Lake team? Chartraw said “no” as he put on a sensational shooting spree to score as many points alone as Coach Laabs Lakesters while his mates picked up the other seven to win 25 to 18.

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Crandon pass and raced 75 yards to a touchdown. This broke the Crandon team's spirit. From then on everything was Wabeno. The score ended Wa-beno 18, Crandon 0. The third conference game saw Crandon at Minocqua. This game proved to be one of the best games played during the conference season. Although the day was cloudy, and a drizzling rain kept falling throughout the game, most of the scoring on both sides was done by passes. The Minocqua boys jumped to a fast stepping stall. Before the first six minutes had gone by Minocqua had slipped two touchdowns over the Cards on passes. They failed to make either of the extra points. That ended their scoring. Everyone thought the Cards would give up, but such was not the case. From then on the Card’s running, passing, and blocking picked up. Crandon’s first score came in the second quarter as a result of position by passes. The try for extra -point was good. The second touchdown came just in time to win the game. With only 1U seconds left to go a long pass by Crandon’s “Arnie IIcv-ber”, Jim Faulkner, was clamped on to by Chartraw who raced the five remaining yards for a touchdown. The extra point was missed, but it wasn’t needed. The score at the end of the game was Crandon 13, Minocqua 12. It was one of those games that only happen in movies. The Cards were well inspired the next Saturday when they went to Laona for an invasion. The field was wet and the running game was slowed up on both sides. The Cards once more took to the air and their passing attack worked like a charm that day. All of their points came as a result of passes cr positions gained by passes. The score at the end of the game was Crandon 16, Laona 0. The last and final game of the season brought the Crandon Cards into the championship game. They were facing Eagle River, the only undefeated team of the conference. The Crandon gang had lost but one conference game and were in second place. If they could beat the Eagles they would tie for championship. The game was played on the Crandon field, and the crowd out to witness the game was one of the largest ever to gather in the northern conference for such a purpose. The game was even throughout the first quarter, at the end of which Crandon led 7 to 6. From that time till the end of the game the Eagles powerful eleven put on the pressure. The Cards battled gamely the rest of the game, but couldnn’t withstand the tremendous off-tackle power plays of the invaders. The score at the end of the game was Eagle River 31, Crandon 7. Thus ended one of the most successful seasons the Crandon Gridiron Cards have ever had, but we sincerely hope other teams better it by far. SEASON’S RECORD 1937 Score Date Opponent Where Played Crandon Opponent Sept. 25 Niagara Here 12 n 1 Oct. 1 Elcho There 53 0 Oct. 9 Wabeno Here 0 IS Oct. 16 M inoequa There 13 12 Oct. 23 Laona There 26 0 Oct. 29 Eagle River Here 17 31 68 111

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The boys found themselves in a relapse against Laona but had enough class left to pull through with a 15 to 10 triumph. The Cardinals still couldn't shake off their slump against Three Lakes but they still escaped unscathed by turning in a 20 to 1G win. Wabeno was next to try their luck in stopping Krumm’s now rampaging Cardinals at the community hall. They went the way of all others as the Redmcn bounced back, after two rather dull showings, to score an overwhelming 27 to 3 victory. The Cards were the first to open the Goodman classy gymnasium to conference play and they did it very handily by coming back in the second half to score a 24 to 15 win. Argonne came here next, determined to stop this fellow Chartraw. They did it very nicely 'but forgot all about watching Totten, Faulkner and the rest of the Redbirds and as a result were whipped 35 to 20. The game at White Lake will always remain in the memory of the many Crandon fans who saw it. Behind 22 to 11 at the start of the final Quarter, the boys refused to call it quits and with a regular story book finish outpointed the Lakesters by a nose, 23 to 22. Wath fifteen straight under their 'belts, the Cardinals wanted one more, and got it by turning back the invading Laona Kellys 21 to 12 in the final game of the season. So ended the greatest basketball season in the history of the local school. You might call them a miracle team and their coach “a miracle man” but that isn’t quite fair for there wasn’t anything miraculous about their victorys. They won most of them the hard way by refusing to be whipped, and Crandon fans hand out orchids to a great team and a fine coach. SEASON’S RECORD 1937-1938 Score Date Opponent Where Played Crandon Opponent Nov. 16 Eagle River Here 25 19 Nov. 19 Thr.te Lakes There 8 7 Nov. 23 Riles Hero 36 17 Dec. 1 • Eagle River There 21 19 Dec. 10 Goodman Here 34 6 Dec. 16 Wabeno There 25 16 Jan. 3 'Riles There 19 14 Jan. 7 Argonne There 25 12 Jan. 14 W.hite Lake Here 25 18 Jan. 21 Laona There 15 10 Jan. 27 Three Lakes Here 20 16 Jan. 31 Wabeno Here 27 3 Feb. 4 Goodman There 24 15 Feb. 11 Argonne Here 35 26 Feb. 18 White Lake There 23 22 Frb. 23 Laona Here 21 12 383 232