East High School - Birch Log Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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Nwiifx -li- EAST'S BASKETBALL TEAM low I: John Newstrom, Frank St. Clair, Kent Henricksen, Lyle Anderson, Don Snyder, Noble Sellwood, Bernard Rogers. low 2: Kern Lyon, John Hanson, Smith Brookhart, Wayne Peterson, Louis Lo Check, Ray Quelland, John Walllgerqi Jim Broman, - .. ,fr I fl. -' -f s . il 'ig w BASKETBALL Under the keen coaching of Mr. Williams, our '49 basketball team ended their season with 6 wins. and 2 losses. With an even break of lO0 points equaling a l4.3 average per game, the captain, Wayne Peterson, lead the team in scoring and also breaking records set by former East students Buzz Bennett and Bob Evanson. Taking second in scoring honors is Frank St. Clair with 57 points. When East played Morgan Park, they went the limit when they hit 48 points, going over their opponents by 18. In this game alone, Wayne Peterson dropped in 22 points. In the first game that edged them out of the conference, the Greyhounds were forced into an overtime only to be nicked by one bucket, leaving the score at 48-46 in favor of Proctor. To make matters all the worse, they came back again losing by one bucket to Lincoln when the score stood at 26-24. The game in which East reigned supreme as far as the difference in point range was the East-Stowe game where our boys trampled over their game foes by a 27-point margin, the final tally- 37-IO. ln the last three years in which the team was coached by Mr. Williams, we were city Champs twice, we won in that period of time 23 games and lost only 3. Receiving their five-inch letters this year were: John Newstrom, Student Manager, Wayne Peterson, Captain, Frank St. Clair, Kent Henricksen, Smith Brookhart, Kern Lyon, Noble Sellwood, Bernard Rogers, John Hanson, Ray Quelland. Other players who were a great asset to the team but did not play long enough in games are: Louis LaCheck, John Wallberg, Donnie Snyder, Jim Broman, Charles Applequist, James Lake, Burt Schweiger, Lyle Anderson, Keith Henricksen, A mighty swell team and coach, we all agree. . BASKETBALL SCHEDULE East ,...,,... ,..............,.l C athedral ...... Ea st ......... ,.,.,,... T wo Harbors. Ea st .e....,., ,........ S towe ............ Ea st ,.,.,.,.. ....V.... M organ Park Ea st ......... ,...,.... P roctor .,..,..... Ea st ......... ........, L incol n ,......... Ea st ,,,.,,,,. ,,,,,,... Ea st .....,... ,.,,Y,... West .......,...,,, Washington.. Y- .

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l Pl TOUCH FOOTBALL TEAM Row 1: Donald Snyder, Lester Crystal, Kern Lyon, Kent Henrickson, Noble Sellwood. Row 2: Lyle Anderson, Frank St. Clair, Wayne Peterpn -John Hanson, Bernard Rogers. Row 3: John Wallberg, Don Holm, Art Mattson, Smith Brookhart, Dick Bolt, Louis La Check, John flgiwstrom. 'aa ' i TOUCH Although dropping a game to West Jr., the touch football 'team came through with a non-conference victory over the champs, Washington, with a score of 26- 13. The team played a total of three games this season with two wins and one loss to their credit. In both the games with Washington and Cathedral they raked up a score of 26 points. East was held to only one touchdown in their game with West, the score at the gun being I9-6. Playing for their second year, Frank St. Clair, Bernard Rogers, and Kent Henricksen totaled 38 points-Frank St. Clair crossing the last chalk line for I6 points, Bunny Rogers tallying I5 points, and Putty Henricksen bringing in 7. Other high lettermen were Noble Sellwood with l7 points, Wayne Peterson having I4 points, John Newstrom with I2 points, and Art Mattson tallying ll points. Our team totaled 58 points to their opponents' 40. FOOTBALL ln the line-up are: Frank St. Clair, Bernard Rogers, Kent Henricksen, Art Mattson, Don Holm, John Newstrom, Wayne Peterson, Noble Sellwood, Louis LaCheck, Smith Brookhart, Dick Bolt, John Hanson, Lyle Anderson, Billy Overman, Lester Crystal, Keith Henricksen, John Wallberg, Kern Lyon, Donnie Snyder, and Jim Waldo. The squad was ably coached by Mr. Williams. So, totaling it all in all, we didn't do so bad after all, did we? SCHEDULES OF GAMES East ........ ,..... 6 West ,..,......,.. ...... 'I 9 East ........ ....., 2 6 Cathedral ........ ...,., l 3 East ....... .,.,.. 2 6 Washington ....... ...... l 8