East Leyden High School - Eagle Yearbook (Franklin Park, IL)

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Basketball 1930-1931 Page Twenty-five (Left to Kljrhti Bottom How: Nell Atlu»i ton. Arnold Brodkorl). ltlohiird Feeney. John Bn mis. Kdwnrd Baker. Top How: Stanley Boyle. Itoderlrk Aineiison, t'hester Sleloff. Leroy Anderson. Janies Walpole. 1930-31 LIGHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL December 5 Leyden 8 Glenbard 21 December 9 Leyden 8 Maine 17 December 12 Leyden 17 Palatine 12 December 19 Leyden 11 Warren 17 January 6 Leyden 15 Barrington 17 January 9 Leyden 21 Ela 8 January 16 Leyden 12 Bensenville 10 January 17 Leyden 18 Arlington 19 January 23 Leyden 12 Barrington 17 Feoruary 6 Leyden 35 Ela 14 February 13 Leyden 8 Warren 17 February 14 Leyden 17 Palatine 18 February 20 Leyden 11 Arlington 12 February 27 Leyden 11 Bensenville 18 The lightweights won four of their games but had several unlucky breaks for they lost three games by only one point. Lack of ability in sinking charity tosses caused many of the defeats.

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Basketball 1930-1931 Page Twenty-Four (L'-ft to Right) Bottom How : Roger Hurrill. Atlierlon. Gilbert t»uradn. Hay Kohn. Uettuy Woitkewlcz. Top How: Couch Watson, Joe Cnstle, Wilbur Slebohl, Loyd Reiss. Leyden’s hardwood performers had a good season of basketball, coming out of their slump following the championship year in good style by winning six and losing six conference games. Possibly more games could have been won if the team had not been handicapped by illness. During the latter part of the season, when Leyden had a record of three loot and six won, there was hope that Leyden would land near the top of the list but the next three defeats drowned these hopes. Leyden scored 271 points against their opponents 288. Benny Woitkewicz tied with Gilbert Ourada for high score honors with 61 points. Ray Kohn came next with 48 and Atherton with 44. There were only three letter men who reported for the first practice, but there was some good material from the 1929-30 lightweight team. The regular lineup for the season was as follows: Right forward, Dan Atherton; left forwaid, Ray Kohn; center, Ourada; right guard, Roger Burrill; left guard, Benny Woitkewicz. The first game played was with Glenbard and the Maroons gave the home team a good fight. Another game was lost to the fast quintet from Maine, 22-11. Then followed two hard conference games with Palatine and Warren, both of which were lost by very small margins. The three following that were safely won were with Barrington, Ela, and Bensenville. Then the strong Arlington Cardinals upset Leyden, w’ho arose from the defeat and beat Barrington, Ela, and Warren, the last mentioned being one of the strongest teams. The future looked bright but the next game with Palatine was a hard blow and ended with Leyden’s second team on the floor and the score 34 to 9 in Palatines favor. Arlington Heights beat the Maroons once more, and the last game, with Bensenville, w as characteristic of all the games with the Orange, a fight—an honest-to-good-ness battle. In the last minutes of play the Maroons nearly caught up with their opponents w'ho barely pulled the game out of the fire. 1930-31 HEAVYWEIGHT BASKETBALL December 5 Leyden 16 Glenbard 18 December 9 Leyden 11 Maine 22 December 12 Leyden 9 Palatine 12 December 19 Leyden 11 Warren 13 January 6 Leyden 17 Barrington 15 January' 9 Leyden 31 Ela 21 January 16 Leyden 23 Bensenville 17 January 17 Leyden 23 Arlington 34 January 23 Leyden 27 Barrington 18 January 26 Leyden 25 Ela 13 February 13 Leyden 26 Warren 18 February 14 Leyden 9 Palatine 34 February 20 Leyden 24 Arlington 30 February 27 Leyden 20 Bensenville 23

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1931 Baseball Payc Twenty-Six il.i-ll to Uiglit t I tut tom llnvr: Toclil Muslow, Arnold Ilrodkorh, Wilbur Ktuovc. Wilbur Slcbold. Karl 1‘iiukolliu. Stanley Hoyle. Arnold Kvenson. .... Top Itnw: Mr. linker (principal!. Roger l’.urrlil. l.eroy Anderson, (hosier Meloff, beveru Kirk- patrick. Kieliard Keeney, l'erdlnand Klzzrtilli. t'oach Watson. Biseball, as a spring- sport, was developed pur -ly wiln the idea of the fun to be gained fro n the game, and without the making of an; organized effort to win a championship. Practices were held regularly and a full schedule was played. Track was entirely omitted from the sports pi ogram because of the lack of facilities. 1931 BASEBALL April 10—Leyden, Ela. April 17—Leyden, Wauconda. April 29—Leyden, Wheaton. May 4—Leyden, (Antioch. May 15—Leyden, Wauconda. May 18—Leyden, Proviso. May 19—Leyden, Antioch. May 20—Leyden, Ela. « May 26—Leyden, Waukegan. May 29—Leyden, Warren. June 1—Leyden, Waukegan. June 2—Leyden, Wheaton.