Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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wi 1 , y N t' fx 7' vl Y J 3 r N' Y Ti -X Q.. ' 54:4 pta nnnmvm nnnouw NARIJ: fri HAR DNS E LE Z Q, gig l .1 'af ,t,. 5 ol 1 RON I in D, . .1 -.M ' ,R Q c be ,Mtg Cross country runners of EHS, first raw: Dick Ehlert, Stan Crane, Worm, Dick Johns, Lane Osterman, Roger Johnson and Coach Merrill Kallenbach, Jim Burger, Dave Martin and Manager Harold Arthur Roggen. Zapolsky, standing: Ray Frisbie, Roland Hopp, Mark Murray, Don gg ck 'ft LG 4 s Ni W, te? District Baseball Champions Advancing to fourth place in the state, the 1950 EHS baseball team included,seated: Bob Zito, Pete Kovacs, Ron Weisner, Bob Wilson, Captain Ron Ultes, Neil Olson, Gerry Allen, Dick Miller, Dick Sandberg, Neil Morton and Coach Al Scharfp standing: Coach Art Roggen, Managers Bob Thompson and Jack Kennedy, Denny Giertz, Allan Ferriss, Dale McCallum, DeWoyne Block, Dick Rad- loff, Dan Darling, Leon Hayes and Manager Bill Pierce. Captain Ron Ultes captured the individual batting championship for the third consecutive year: batting .358 in '48, .3l2 in '49, and .403 in '50. Varsity Golf Team Competing against a field of autstandingly good golf teams, EHS linksmen failed to make a very brilliant showing during the season. The team, standing: Jim Lenz, Coach Gus Stuart and Bad Westlund, kneeling: Jock Westby and Dave Nelson. Jim Lenz was the most successful player, tying with a Joliet team member for third place in the Rockford conference. wg, W I Q v ri iikliv flli Cross Country .425 nm. 'ii Team ln the first year of its exis- tence the Cross Country Team galloped into winning all five dual ments of the sea- son: Wheaton, Woodstock, Wheaton, McHenry and West Rockforcll ln tho district meet at Maine, Elgin placr-cl fifth. Lane Osterman qualified far the state hnal and finished thirty-fourth out ofa field of OVET one l'TUflCJVPfl VUTTIWPYS.

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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.

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3 si ' Elgin varsity track team, first row: Bob Malohn, Merrill Kallenback, Afnbld, Dick Alilnif DON We5iPl'0l and Manage' Jim Ecliols' Thlfd Nom, Begglkq, Bob Beggg, Bill Morton, Harrison Race, Don row: Coach Chet Alexander, Erhard Mooseman, Tad Morgan, Austin, Dave Coulson, Roland Smart and Ted Dusek. Second row: Bruce Siurseth, Tom Stolt, Walter Minehart, Dick Simonsen, Wil- Manager Bob Weigel, Mark Murray, John Teets, Bruce Struckman, lard Schuldt, Leonard Behling, Ken Travis, Lane Osterman, Warren Gordon Honert, George Elliot, Bob Daly, Roger Rydell, George Ahrens and Coach Emery Ebbert. Stop Watches Clock Varsl As spring rolled around, there was a glint in the eyes of Track Coach Chet Alexander. Optimism prevailed among the cindermen regarding the coming events. Re- turning maior and minor lettermen to the 1950 track season were Dave Mumme, a threat in the high lump and pole vault, George Arnold, a top notch hurdler, Walter Minehart, Dick Simonsen and Erhardt Moose- man, weight men. Traveling to Hinsdale for a dual event, Elgin's cindermen won the maior meet, 67W to 45W. Coach Alexander's band were third best in the triangular track meet at West Aurora. Elgin's var- sity placed second in the first annual quadrangular re- lays. Taking a clean sweep in the weight events and firsts in the high hurdles, 220 yard dash, high jump and pole vault and coupled with a flock of seconds and thirds the E.H.S., varsity trackmen defeated Joliet in a dual meet. Dick Simonsen flung the shot over 5'l feet, his best eftort so far. . N.. ....,. . .14 ., . ,W 'ty Breaking the Tape 4 a-v-pvanu:-s---..-s.- QAboveJ Just a split second before Don Austin, EHS runner, broke the tape to win the 220 yard dash in competition against Joliet High School, Roger Rydell is EHS runner at left. lOppositeJ All phases of action are depicted in the 200 yard low hurdle race at Maroon Field as EHS defeated Joliet 60-53 in a dual meet. Elgin hurdlers ileft to rightl Bill Morton, George Arnold and John Teets.