Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Intramural Badminton Champs IOpposite7 One hundred seventy-three boys took part in badminton doubles and singles tournament compe- tition. Badminton players pictured, left to right: Jim Lenz, junior doubles champion, Henry Pearsall, junior singles champion, Paul Plath, freshman singles cham- pion and Jerry Rakow, freshman doubles champion. w-wwwwsw www New - M-eve ww' Q Intramural Free Throw Champions KAbovel Intramural free-throw champions are awarded emblems by Mike Farrah, director of intramural activities. With 146 boys participating, Chuck Schultz was declared the school's champion by making 43 throws in 50 attempts. Left to right: Mike Farrah, John Stadler, iunior cham- pion, Charles Schultz, Willard Leach, freshman champion and Duane Bloemke, sophomore champion. Intramural Golf and Tennis Champs IOppositel Gott and tennis intramural champions of EHS were lgolfers, kneelingt, left to right: Bob Wilms, senior class champion: Don Spuehler, iunior class titlist and John Garland, freshman-sophomore champion. Standing: Harold Zopolsky, frosh-soph tennis champion and Jim Lenz, lun- ior-senior tennis champion.

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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.

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EHS Wrestling Team, left to right, first row: Manager Stan Bon- cosky, Denny Robinson, Floyd Radde, Jim Reuter, Charles Reuter, Dave Martin, Michael Graft, l.eon Miller, Carl Missele and Rene Le Blanc. Second row: Manager Dave Chamberlain, Mark Murray, William Bergholt, Fred Steffen, Ronald Szoke, Herbert Riedemann, Ronald Hopp, Richard McEwan, Chris Kobel, Tad Morgan and Coach Al Scharf. Third row: Richard Voltz, Frank Mayer, De Wayne Block, Gene Motison, Bill Kampmeyer, Jack Stallbaum, Robert Jensen, Frank Lee, Bill Durrenberger, Gordon Honert, Jim Hagner and Robert Norgard. Varsity Wrestling Team EHS wrestlers ended o good year with eight matches to their credit and four losses. ln the Waukegan sectional mat tournament Elgin placed fifth. Chris Kobel, T65 pound class wrestler, was the only EHS grappler to reach the quarterfinal bout in the state tournament, Co-captains of the team were George Elliott and Floyd Radde. awe N Varsity Swimming Team When the final race was over and the final tallies in, the first swimming team in the history of EHS had competed in five meets and had turned in an excellent record in spite of its lack of seasoned mermen. Team members, left to right, front row: Garth Steltans, Bill Collins, Dean Martin, Gordon Mullins, Phil Lasher, Dick Thelander and Henry Hunter. Second row: Assistant Coach Gaylord Thompson, Morsten Swanberg, George Frisby, Bob Schaff, Tom Stolt, Ray Frisbie, Carl Roesller and Coach Max Von Isser. Varsity Tennis Team Members, left to right, kneeling: Henry Pearsall and Ronnie Jakes, standing: Donn Valentine, Norman Spears and Kenneth Bryer. Charles Kerner and Wendell Schmidtke, not present. The record? Summarized, in a brief observation by a team member, the season was for from being prosperous.