Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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E HS Intramural Sports A Program Is Mainspring! Gym Classes Build Athletes lOppositel A gym class, stationed here in symmetrical design, takes its turn in daily calisthenics. EHS boys also participate in many other forms of body-building sports, of which intramural activities rate high. Last year l,3O0 students competed after school hours on an individual and class basis, The intramural lad Lone who doesnt engage in varsity sportsl has the same games at his disposal as the varsity squads. -I nj R.: Nd Intramural Basketball Champions iAbovel The senior championship and intramural basket ball title was won by Norman Scibetta's home room team Left to right: Dennis Giertz, Coach, Peter Gilles, Dan Blick, Charles Carlson, Dick Bryant and Norman Begalka More than 300 boys played on home room teams durin the season. Intramural Volleyball Champions iOppositeJ School volleyball champions in the EHS, intra mural program were, left to right, standing: Charles Le Vault, Bill Lovejoy and Bruce Hansen, kneeling: Wilbur Schmidgall, Ray Mainard and Al Scheitlin. They defeated the frosh-soph l5 to 9 for the championship. 4.1:-

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TEAM STATISTICS Tournament team: Don Westphal, Bob Daly, Captain Willard Schuldt, Richard Kovacs, Bob Zito, Dale Mc- Callum, Jack Kammrad, Don John- son, Roger Ziegler and Henry Pear- sall. Elgin Opponents 51 Morton 56 58 Maine 48 59 Leyden 48 49 De Kalb 60 51 West Aurora' 58 34 Freeportf 41 HINSDALE HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT 61 Wheaton 28 47 Evanston 44 50 Hinsdale , 30 53 Riverside-Brookfield 44 66 East Aurorak 35 84 Bloomington 38 56 LaSalle-Peru 40 57 Decatur 53 61 Jolietf 41 Willard Schuldt T310 of Elgin, Hins- dale tourney's leading scorer, collects a rebound while Schmidt C345 and Welland T113 of Evanston attempt to block the play. The Maroons won 47 to 44. 69 West Aurora' 50 45 Moline 60 47 West Rockfordk 37 70 Proviso 45 49 East Aurora' 36 44 Oak Park 63 53 East Rockford' 55 59 Jolietf 35 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT 84 . Ingleside 56 28 Crystal Lake 20 54 Hebron 51 SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT 50 Oak Park 52 Wins 19 Losses 8 'Big Eight Conference Games. BIG EIGHT STANDINGS Freeport lState Championsl .875 Elgin .750 West Rockford .750 East Rockford .500 West Aurora .375 Joliet .375 LaSalle-Peru .250 East Aurora .125 EHS Coaching and Physical Education Staff The coaching and physical education staff of EHS, representing Edward Long, Mike Farroh, Max Von lsser and Frederick Spiegel. every phase of athletics, left to right,first row:William Chesbrough, All the men have regular teaching duties in addition to their Ronald Cook, Chester Alexander, Albert Scharf, Gus Stuart and coaching responsibilities, Norman Scibetta. Second row: Arthur Roggen, Emery Ebbert,

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Intramural Table Tennis Champs lOppositeJ Seventy boys participated in intramural table tennis this season. Thirty-four competed in doubles play. Left to right, first row: Paul Plath, freshman champion, Henry Pearsall, sophomore doubles charn- pion and Jack Stallbaum, iunior doubles champion. Back row: Willard Norton, iunior singles champion and Jim Lenz, sophomore champion. I N, Ps. 'sf 5 xv gf! n-an JUN '54- un Intramural Baseball Champions lAbovel Ninety boys participated in eight intramural base- ball teams. The winning team with four wins and no losses was, left to right, first row: Arnold Bochum, Wayne Bohlin, Jim Eclxols and Mike Seyller. Second row: Bill Rinnie, Gor- don Rager, Richard Landwehr and Herbert Smith. Intramural Bowling League Leaders lOppositeJ The leading bowling team in EHS intramural league with 19 wins and 5 losses was, left to right, front row: John Ulrich, who led with a T60 average, Richard Landwehr and Norman Zierke, captain, who is exhibiting the form that kept his team on top. Standing: Seymour Narofsky, Vernon Wisbar and LeRoy Vogt.