Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Basketball The 1931-32 basketball team of Evanston High School had a fairly successful year. They ended the season tied for third place in the Suburban League with Morton, the state champions. Evanston had a season's record of ten games won and five lost. There were four seniors on the squad who played regularly. They were: Gil Cook, whose clever dribbling and shooting made him .1 real star, Stretch Stewart, who was always dangerous around the basket, Verne Rogers and Hank Brinker who alternated at the right guard post. The team was handicapped after the midyear by the loss of two valuable players, Stan Everhart and jim Rapp. Other seniors on the squad were: Sievers, Hayes, Wallace, France, and Minto. The season was marked by many very close games. In the Stagg Tournament the Evanston-Morton game was very closely contested, with Evanston leading almost to the final whistle only to lose in the last few seconds by two points. The Morton game at Evanston was another thriller. The regular playing time ended with the score tied twenty-four to twenty-four. Evanston handed New Trier their Hrst defeat in a good game on the latter's floor. Evanston, the underdogs, went out and snatched an early lead and held it by the narrowest of margins until the end of the game. The prospects for next year's team are good. Captain Frank, Greenslade, and Wood will form the leadership of the team. Other juniors from this year's squad who will probably see lots of playing are: Peters, Crawford, Deck, and McCarthy. The lightweights had a very successful season until they lost some star players at the midyear, Captain Chuck Franklin, Wally Rardin, Phil Barry, Bill Roesing, and Male White graduating at that time. The seniors who played the full season on the first team were: Johnny Swaim, Clack Barker, Johnny Kassel, and Smoky Evans. Other seniors on the squad were: Anderson, Halman, and Hanover. The lights won ten games and lost four. BASKETBALL SQUAD Second Row-Sampson, France, Rapp, Wallace, McCarthy, Sievers, Hayes, Crawford, Everhart Front Row--Wood, Peters, Stewart, Greenslade, Frank, Brinker, Rogers, Cook 413 It.

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Swimming W'ith this year's Senior Class Evanston is losing several outstanding swimmers and point-collectors. jimmy Holland, a fancy diver, who not only took first place in every Suburban Meet this year, but also was Hrst in the Cook County and State Meets, will be greatly missed next year. George Borrowman has been outstainding in diving, too, for he won third in the State Meet. Ben Gage also did Fine work as a breast-stroker during his four years on the team. Albert deVarennes, a crawl-stroke man specializing in the hundred, turned in a very good record, and during his three years on the team Woods Hinrichs, another crawl-stroke man, worked hard. As usual the Swimming Team came out on top in almost all its meets, but had to share the Suburban League Championship with New Trier, since they had won as many meets as Evanston had. However, we won the Inter-Suburban Meet held at New Trier by the margin of 31 to 27 against our nearest rival, New Trier. There will be well-developed material for next year's team with Bill Iber, Bob and Sid Ferguson, Dick Sampson, Norman Carberry, and David Dale handling the crawl- stroke, Paul Smithson and Bob Eadie the breast-stroke, and George Spry and Jim Thumley the back-stroke. A strong team is assured, and the prospects of again winning the Suburban League Championship are good. if ,IV I I A ' 46' 4 '. psf' T'f.' Sefoml Row-Dale, Sampson, Hinrichs, Carberry, Ho and, Wilson, Swan CManagery Front Rou'-Ferguson, S. Ferguson, hazy, deVarennes, Iber, Eadie, Borrowman, Gage, Smithson fdfwhjf ,,1,r.1,1 fl' s

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The Football Dance The Football Dance is a tradition which has held sway since way back when Evanston started to win championships, to cheer her teams to victory, and to honor the men who so proudly wore her colors. The Dance of 1931 was a htting tribute to the members of the team. The music was furnished by Carlson Donnelly, the albino bandmaster, and his orchestra. They played against a background of soft lights and a huge goal post entwined with Evansto'n's victorious colors. Orange and blue streamers, joining the chandeliers, led to uprights of the goals. Large footballs hung at each end of the hall. These were set off by E's made of brilliant orange. One by one the couples arrived until at nine-thirty the floor was comfortably crowded. The chaperones chatted and looked about the floor. Who is that pretty girl? Mm, I don't know her, but isn't that Janice Hall and Ben Handwork?,' Oh, there's Jack NValworth with Jane Rogers. Isn't he handsome-so clean and fresh? An old custom which has been discarded for a year was the-n revived, the football which was used in the New Trier game was raflled off to the senior members of the squad. It had been autographed by all the players. At eleven o'clock everyone gathered around the stage where Mr. Vance, Evanston's popular and respected coach, conducted the raffle. jean Sanders, the former vice-president of the class, was called upon the platform to draw the lucky number which Arno Hoffman held. Arno proudly received the coveted ball and promptly removed it from the envious eyes of Keet Minto. Dancing was then resumed until twelve o'clock, when, in accorda-nce with the school ruling, one of the best school dances of the year came to a close.