Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Tech’s opponent in the night game was the Logansport Berries. Logansport was a small, collectively fast, ball club. Scoring in this game was much the same as in the afternoon game. The play in the first half was close with Tech leading at the intermission. A third quarter rally by Logansport put them ahead by five points. As the third quarter closed, the Tigers were again ahead, but this time by only one point. The play in the last quarter was close with Tech still ahead. In the closing minute, Logansport was forced to come out after the ball and Tech responded by increasing their victory margin to six points. FINALS The finals at the Butler Fieldhouse featured the four remaining teams in the tournament. That Saturday night, one of those four teams would be crowned champion. The four hope- fuls were Lapel, Mitchell, South Side of Ft. Wayne, and Hammond Tech. Lapel and Hammond Tech were paired to meet in the first game of the afternoon, and South Side was to tangle with Mitchell in the second. Lapel was a fast breaking team that took shots from everywhere on the floor. This made them a difficult team to guard. Lapel jumped into the lead at the start of the ball game and led 9-6 at the quarter. In the second quarter they increased their lead to six points. Two minutes remained. It was then that the Tigers unleashed a powerful attack to take the lead from Lapel. The score then read 21-19. The Tigers continued their barrage in the third quarter and increased their lead to 12 points. The score at this time was 35-23. The final quarter was as thrill- packed and nerve-jangling a quarter as anyone would care to watch. The Lapel team started on a rampage and the 12-point .ead began to melt away. There were many jittery people in that last minute, for it was a tense mo- ment. Tech was fighting to save a lead and Lapel was desperately trying to overcome that lead. But when it was all over and everything had quieted down, Tech was still on top. Page Twenty-two Mitchell then gave the fans another case of jitters by vanquishing the highly touted South Side of Ft. Wayne team in a hammer and tongs battle. Thus Mitchell and Hammond Tech met that night to decide who was to be champion. This was a match between two powerful teams. Both had size, speed and aggressive- ness. The Tigers and the Bluejackets both played the same style of ball, that is, they both relied on their rebound department to gain control of the ball. The Tigers proved to be more effective, for they held an 8-7 advantage at the quarter and never relinquished the lead through the re- mainder of the ball game. Through consist- ent ball playing, Tech increased the lead in the second quarter and the score at the half read Tech 15, Mitchell 8. In the third quarter, Tech pulled away from Mitchell and held a ten-point lead. The great defensive play of the Tigers can be shown in the fact that Mitchell only scored eleven points in the first three quarters. Tech en- tered the last quarter leading 21-11. The Tigers continued the steady pace and led by 12 points with only a few minutes remain- ing in the ball game. Eager reserves then re- placed the regular Tigers and finished the ball game in fine style. When that final gun sounded, Tech was the new State Champion by virtue of a 33-21 victory. The crowd remained in the field house to watch the closing ceremonies of the 1940 basketball season. The Cimbel award for sportsmanship was presented to Duane Con- key of Mitchell. Hammond Tech received a large impressive trophy and each happy Tech Tiger was presented with a smaller replica of the school trophy. And so the curtain was brought down on the 1940 basketball season. We, the Class of “40” salute you, Tech Tigers. May the years to come unfold greater achievements and greater glory for you; and may that shin- ing banner of courage, loyalty, and sportsman ship wave unfurled throughout the game of life.

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STATE CHAMPION BASKETBALL TEAM BACK ROW, Left to Right — Mr. Benson, Principal; John Kielbowicz, Richard Smith, Robert Haack, Joe Abatie, Mr. Zimmerman, Financial Manager. FIRST ROW — John Thomas, Richard Haack, Stanley Shimala, Coach L. Birkett, Robert Kramer, Mike Bicanic, John Caul. The first ball game was played by Froebel and La Porte; Froebel won by a wide margin. The Tech-Brook ball game featured small, but very fast Brook against slower but much taller Tech. Both teams employed their strength to good advantage, hat is. Tech, their strength under the basket and Brook, their fast break. At the half, Tech led by four points. In the third quarter, the Tigers pulled away to a twelve-point lead, but Brook came back fast in the last quarter and was only three points behind when the game ended. The night game was played by two teams using the same style of play. Both Tech and Froebel played a ball-handling control game. Tech was behind four points at the half and still trailed by three points as the third quar- ter ended. The Tigers then put on the steam and tied up the ball game. With about a min- ute left to play, Tech went ahead and stayed there till the gun sounded SLMI-FINALS Due to the fighting spirit and team work displayed in the previous tournaments, the Tigers were made favorites in the semi-finals. The Tigers were scheduled to play the first game of the afternoon against the strong Riley team of South Bend. This game was very close during the greater part of the first half; but just before the half ended, Tech put on a burst of speed to gain a four-point ad- vantage. In the third quarter, Riley came back to tie up +he ball game. As the third quarter ended, Tech was leading again but only by two points. The Tigers then asserted themselves by pulling away from Riley to a ten-point victory. Page Twenty-one

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PeMxuwel NAME . SHIMALA KRAMER THOMAS GAUL BICANIC R. HAACK HEIGHT 6 ft. 3 in. 6 ft. 1 Vi in. 5 ft. 1 1 in. 5 ft. 10 in. 6 ft. 2 Vi in. 6 ft. 2 in. WEIGHT 180 lbs. 190 lbs. 158 lbs. 1 50 lbs. 180 lbs. 175 lbs. EYES Blue Gray Brown Blue Brown Brown HAIR Blonde Blonde Black Brown Brown Brown CLASSIFICATION . lunior Junior Senior Sophomore Senior Junior FAVORITE Gone With “Treasure Fighting Tom “Gone With Inside BOOK the Wind” Island Five” Sawyer” the Wind” Asia” FAVORITE Chop Banana Apple Ice FOOD . Suey Steak Split Pie Cream Milk FAVORITE Lilacs in “Oh “If 1 Knew Beer Barrel “It ' s a Hun- SONG Angry the Rain” Johnny Then” Polka” dred to One” FAVORITE Ann Robert Hedy Alice Errol Clark MOVIE STAR Sheridan Taylor LaMarr Faye Flynn Gable FAVORITE COLORS Green and White Black and Blue Blue and Green Black and Blue Green Red NICKNAME .... Bebe” Dutch Jay” Guddo” Chip” “Two Ton” FAVORITE EXPRESSION O.K. Jake” Hey! Hey! Nuts Yeah, Man ! You Know How It Is Chicken Fish NAME B. HAACK SMITH KIELBOWICZ ABATIE COACH BIRKETT HEIGHT 6 ft. 1 Vi in. 6 ft. 0 in. 5 ft. 1 1 in. 5 ft. 1 1 in. 5 ft. 10 Vi in. WEIGHT 155 lbs. 160 lbs. 160 lbs. 1 60 lbs. EYES Blue Blue Blue Brown Blue HAIR Blonde Blonde Brown Brown Blonde CLASSIFICATION .. Senior Senior Senior Junior Coach FAVORITE “Drums Along Call of “Les Hunchback of News- BOOK the Mohawk” the Wild” Miserables” Notre Dame papers FAVORITE Banana Lemon Ice Ice FOOD Split Pie Cream Steak Cream FAVORITE “Doodle “St. Louis “La “Tech SONG Doo” Blues Paloma Cecelia Loyalty FAVORITE James Richard Cary Mickey « Wallace MOVIE STAR Cagney Green Grant Rooney Beery FAVORITE COLORS Blue Blue Blue Red Blue NICKNAME . Speed Smitty Kelb Joe. T. FAVORITE EXPRESSION Bite Me Son of a Gun Me Too You Ain’t Lying Move That Ball TECH OPPONENT 32 — Roosevelt 18 36 — “ ' Fractional 25 36 — Hammond High 33 16 — Whiting .,..24 25 — Washington 30 32 — Lew Wallace 37 38 — Emerson 45 CONFERENCE STANDING— Tied for Third Place Non-Conference games. CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TECH OPPONENTS 36— Hammond High 33 31— Clark 21 29 — Hammond High 25 STATISTICS TECH OPPONENT 30 — Valparaiso 29 32 — Horace Mann 29 47 — Roosevelt 34 31 — Clark 21 26 — Froebel 21 35 — Washington 32 41 — Valparaiso 31 TOURNAMENT (Sectional) TECH OPPONENTS 37 — Dyer 21 36 — Washington 28 31 — Clark 29 40 — Whiting 35 ( Regional I 44 — Brook 41 26— Froebel 25 TECH OPPONENT 35 — Froebel 49 45 — So. Bend Wa ' hington 39 29 — Hammond High 25 27 — Horace Mann 28 TOTAL 593; AVERAGE 32.9 (T.l TOTAL 539; AVERAGE 29.9 (O.l (Semi-Finals) TECH OPPONENTS 33— Riley 23 39 — Logansport 33 (Finals) 38 — Lapel 36 33 — Mitchell 21 TOTAL 357; AVERAGE 35.7 (T.) TOTAL 292; AVERAGE 29.2 (O.) Page Twenty-three