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

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h E ery, Joe Pieclriel, Floyd Sfrelr, Roger Bronlrema, Norman McDonald, Bernard Mondry, Gerald no er, err: u ue, ares uuen, a+er Gamble, John Weeber, Bernard Piper, uruce uc s, ei e , ssus an oac a ccnan. u ie, re eric airc i , enne oe , ouis u edge, Donald Nixon, Ray Wildorowslxi, o er e am, ona annen a, ac a er. Bkh F +Kp e +aq+chl Dykh wi Ed dHkM HkK+hKuyA++c hvls L Ed dDblFd kF hIdK fhmgl. RH sg knbioic D IdJ gJkSI+ The I94I baseball squad lived up +o lheir name, ci1'y champions, by winning lheir 'lirsl' +hree non-league games wi+h only four runs scored againsl fhem. These games included Sparla, who scored l'he four runs, Cedar Springs, and Sand Lake. The 'ream had only +hree refurning leHermen, Nixon, Piper, and Wildorowslci, who form +he nucleus of fhe Wildcal nine. The cafching is handled well by Gamble and Ploeg, wi'rh Nixon, Piper, Hailc, and Saganski holding down l'irs+ base, second base, shor'r sfop, and fhird base, respecfively. The ouffield is composed of Fairchild, Hicks, and Rulledge, wifh mound dufies being ably handled by Buquef and Wilcforowski. The games wi+h Soufh and Cresfon were losl', buf all ofher games played before +his wrifing, fhose wifh Cenfral, Cafholic, and Chrisfian have been won by +he Wildca+s. Tech had bu+ +o win in +he final playoffs which will include +he four firs+ division +eams and Coach Emery's nine can 'fuck anofher championship under 'rheir bel'rs.

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Upper: Bernard Piper, Don Nixon, Harold Derleen. Lower: Roberl' Mersman, Ed Nelson. haslcethall The regular posilions of guard were capably handled by Nelson and Mersman, who are excepfionally good ball-handlers. Of all +hese regulars only Nixon and Mersman will re'rurn nexf year. Ofher lirsl' leam players were Hoebeke, Rufledge, Orange, Fair- child, Dubiel, Wilcforowslci, and Ploeg, of whom only Wildorowslci will graduafe l'his year. The highlighl' game of l'he year was played againsf Holland Chrisfian in which Tech won a very decisive viclory al' +he Holland gym. The Wildcal' quinfel' appeared a new l'eam in fhis viclory over fhe slrong Holland leamg spiril' was gained, l'he eflecfive combinafion was found, which resul+ed in +he +eam's final winning slrealc. All lhe players seemed +o have played +heir bes'r game of fhe season wi'rh +he resull +ha+ Tech beal' Holland Chrislian for l'he firsl' lime in i'rs hislory. The final game of l'he season, a fournamenl' game againsf Muskegon Heighls, proved fo be anofher sfep in making +he season a lhriller, when Tech was nosed oul' in a very hard-foughl' baHle by a score 38-35. And so l'he season ended malcing beHer al'hle'l'es oul' of fhose who parlicipaled and giving Tech a feam she mighl' well be proud of fo sei' an example +o fhose who follow.

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l Froni Row: Marlin Vonk, Mafhew Vander Kaay, Anfon Bierens, Ofio Worpel, Philip E. Elve, Alb f Vanderwerf. Second Row: Jack Vander Baan, Leon Moizuk, Versil Vallier, Fred Frieswyk, James Timmer, Gerard Boscher, Anfhony Po+yrai. Third Row: Henry Roefers, John Walker, Edmund Faranski, Jack Allen, Edward Malone, Harvey Dominick, Frank Nawara, Coach Byrum. All fhe boys on +he Davis Tech irack +eam give ihe credii' for iheir successful season fo 'rhe coach, Mr. Byrum. He made pracfice seem like play insfead of hard, monoionous work. Some of fhe boys ihal' placed very high are 'l'he fwo milers, Block and Dominick, who were oui' for +he firsl' 'l'ime. The dash men who did excepfionally well are Johnson and Zimmerman, while in ihe hurdles Vonk and Bosscher showed up bes'I'. The +wo shoi' pu++ers Masiewicz and Oailey placed in every meei. In fhe 880, Soboia and Budzynski, l'he only fwo in ihe squad gave compelifion a new name as far as 'I'he oiher schools are concerned. Righf along side of ihe 880 men are Vander Kaay, Vander Werf, and Dubiel, who did amazingly well in fhe 440. As a Final fribuie fo +he boys, who made an excellen'r record, if musi' be said fhaf +he Tech siudenis should be proud of +hem and of' +he line example of sporfsmanship exhibifed by boih ihe feam and Their , , , . ,., . 1 . 1 vi . .,., 1,. -V W. 4 - . I - Q --I trac