Davis Vocational and Technical High School - Beacon Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Fronf Row: Gerald Telman, Andrew Holwerda, Norman Saur, Bill Nelson, Ray Wiki R G N d k M Second ow: eorge iewia oms i, Ray asiewicz. Third Row: Pefer Kladder, Joe Rudnik, Edward Nelson, Arfhur Mahlebashian, Eugen F lb In fhe game wiih Cresion neifher feam was able +o score. The sfar in +his game was George Niedwiadomski, who 'rurned in a beaufiful iob ai' fackle. Alihough The game wi+h Ceniral furned ouf +o be a 7-7 fie, Ed Nelson displayed excelleni blocking and Norm Saur showed clever running abilify. The highlighis of +his game came in +he second half when 'rhe Tech eleven confinually fhreaiened The Hillioppers' goal, buf save for once, Dame For'rune +urned her head away from ihe Tech boys. Alfhough 'rhe Wildcais were defeafed by Cafholic, I3-7, ihe firsi half was all Tech's. The Green and Whife s+ar+ed when Eugene Falba made a vicious fackle, causing 1'he Cougar back fo fumble fhe ball. The Tech gang recovered and marched +o a iouchdown. ln +he 'Final game of 1'he season Holwerda became fhe spark of +he Tech backiield, confinually breaking 'rhrough ihe Union defense. Many of +he boys were playing +heir lasi' game, and alfhough +hey didn'+ win, +hey showed invincible spirii' and deferminaiion. Since +he Hawks had The heaviesi' 'ream in fhe ciiy, and we by far +he ligh+es+, if can be said +ha+ ihe Davis Tech Wildcafs of I940 ended +he season in a blaze of glory.

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fe- 3911-' . IF 'eb F f R A fhony Pofyrai, Arfhur Mahlebashian, Eugene Falba, Gerald Telman, Edward Nelson, Donald Ed d H k Ed d L in + B lr ai , war iszews i, Che aranows i. w C ach Emery, Frank Nawara, Tony Sokolowski, George Niewiadomslci, Roberf Mersman, Edward D b l J ph Rudnik, Norman Saur. Th d R A d ew Holwerda, Pefer Kladder, Wallace Fairchild, Freder'clc Fairchild, ay Wildorowslxi, Louis dg BII N lson, Raymond h Ka A! football 5 015.15 f ff The Davis Tech foofball ieam of I940 s+ar'red pracfice wi'rh only fwo experienced men, buf 'rhe boys had a remarkable fighiing spirii' feared by every Team in +he ci1'y. The firsi' game was wi+h Kalamazoo. Despife defeaf, +he con+es+ showed 'rheir drive and never say die spirii, which are rafed higher 'rhan viciories a+ Tech. Having been defeaied U5-Ol in +heir firsi' game, +he boys 'from Tech bounced up and played +heir mos+ heroic game of 'I'he season wi1'h Soufh lb-Ol, boasiing a 0-0 fie wifh +he highly-fouled ciiy champions un+il only 1'wo more minufes of play remained. Co-capfains Pefe Kladder and Ray Masiewicz con'rinually crashed fhrough 'rhe power- ful Sou'rh offense. Afier fhe Soufh game The papers called our feam 'rhe ligh1'inges+ leam in 'the ci'ry and 1'he mighfy a+oms. ln +he game wiih OH'awa lb-bl 'rhe Wildcals displayed mosi' spec- facular play. Their pass play, Telman +o Wildorowslci, resulied in a fouchdown which fied ihe game. Ari' Mahlebashian sfarled 1'he drive by infercepfing an OH'awa pass.

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F f R : Harold Derfeen, Donald Nixon, Bernard Piper, Ed Nelson, Roberf Mersman. S d Row: Coach Byrum, Frederick Fairchild, Lewis Rufledge, Kennefh Ploeg, Edward Dubiel. baslcetball The baskefball season of '40-'4I sfarfed ouf rafher slow for Tech, buf ended in a winning sfreak in which fhe Green and Whife quinfef won five ouf of fhe lasf eighf games fhey played. The final winning sfreak was fhe resulf of fhe finding of a combina- fion consisfing of Piper, Derfeen, Nixon, Nelson, and Mersman fhaf clicked in fhe Holland Chrisfian game. The forward posifions were held down by Piper, Herald all-cify forward who ranked among fhe highesf scorers in fhe cify: and Derfeen, anofher high-scorer, and Herald honorable menfion man. Bofh of fhese fwo regulars will be losf by Mr. Byrum, our coach, due fo graduafion. The wonder of fhem all, a sophomore who was ouf for Tech's feam for fhe firsf fime, was Nixon, anofher Herald honorable menfion man, who played fhe cenfer posifion for fhe feam. Alfhough slow in geffing sfarfed he soon was oufsfanding bofh as an offensive and as a defensive player.