Hibbing High School - Hematite Yearbook (Hibbing, MN)

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Mermen of the Nation - By I ranlr lamriv For the second consecutive year, Coach Paul Lukens' swimming team won the cham- pionship of Minnesota, but this year's team accomplished even more by winning the na- tional title. In the first meet of Stake, I-Iibbing's state stroke, set a new pool backstroke event. In the year with Virginia, champion in the back- record in the 100-yard the medley relay race, I-Iibbing's team was edged out by Virginia. In the meet with Ely the medley relay team, composed of Stake, Captain Bloom, and Har- ry ilohnson, broke the last year's record by a full three seconds. In a telegraphic meet with Tulsa, Okla- homa, the score was 44 to 31. Later in the week, I-Iibbing beat Chisholm. At the state meet in Minneapolis, Hibbing placed at least one man in every preliminary event. Bert Kreis showed his right to a place among the nation's best divers by defeating Klun of Ely. In the finals on Saturday afternoon, Hibbing won both the free-style and medley relay, breaking state records in both. The local swimmers had a total of 41 points while the closest rival had only 27 points. After the state state meet a novel telegraphic meet was held with two teams in New York City, score Hib- bing-Chisholm 42, Evander-Childs and De- Witt-Cliimton 19. Third row: Iukens, coach, Burke. Oberg, King, Kallio, Ciriesc, I I.lmm.lri, Turk, Nelson, laiurie, l11gI'. 1 1 Second row: Corby, Mel,e1n, Ryan, .1arvey, Gillis, Marsland, Coder, Olds, Robiieiu, XV. XY'iren, A, Kenippaineii, I-ii-si row: A. XViren, 'I'uomel.x, I.ev.1nder, Stake, Bloom, johnson, Edwards, Kreis, NY. Kemppainen, Hiort. SXVIMMING MEETS Hibbing 46 Virginia 29 Hibbing 57 Eveleth 18 Hibbing 51 Chisholm 24 Hibbing S3 Duluth Z2 Hibbing S4 Ely 21 Hibbing S9 Eveleth 16 Hibbing S7 Virginia 18 I-libbing 42 Chisholm 29 I-Iibbing 48 Ely 27 I CUQXCII IUKFNS N- CAPTAIN BLOOM

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GI'idiI'0ll BZlttl6I'S 0 Byf Thomas Edwards Hvmufifr' Slmrfs Edifor COACH OEN FCOTBALL SEASON Hibbing . 20 Superior Central 19 Hibbing , 19 Duluth Central 13 Hibbing 25 Bemidji 12 Hibbing . , 12 Ironwood 14 Hibbing 24 Chisholm . 6 Hibbing . 12 Virginia 0 Hibbing . ,. 0 Eveleth 12 lhird row: Ocn, concli, Milmovieli, Marotti, Paulich, St. Vincent, Allison, johnson, Carey, lxrickson, lack, lucenti. Mcflraw, .nfl roach. 1 lk l lip ll B It S Tl l k St l 5, Second row: llritvko, A .1 uvic 1, 'e os, re o, fwanson, 'iouin iris , .i arovici, ni'r. I'-rsl row: Scliniidt, C.oscliign.mo, Napoli, lxdwarils, Mori, Roche, Bukovich. Superior Central, with a Win over Chisholm tucked away, came to I-Iibbing to get the sur- prise of its life. The Blue Jackets finding that they could not stop Superior's powerful line bucks, decided to win the game by outpoint- ing them. They made a touchdown in the closing minutes of play, and kicked the extra point, putting themselves on the top. Hibbing nosed out Duluth Central in their second game by completing a forward pass over the goal line while the timer was preparing to end the game. Showing a whirlwind of air offense, the Bluejackets defeated a determined Bemid- ji team in a hard-fought game from beginning to end. Hibbing suffered its first defeat at the hands of Ironwoodis Red Devilsn, losing to a team that the squad really outplayed. The Blue jackets defeated their arch-rival, Chis- holm, in a homecoming game. The Hibbing squad outplayed their traditional rival throughout the game, even though their highly effective passing game was hindered by a driz- zling rain. The next team in line to bow be- for the ever-fighting Blue Jackets was a strong Virginia eleven. Playing the best game of the year both defensively and offensively, Hibbing was able to trim Virginia. With the Range Championship at stake, Hibbing went over to Eveleth only to get turned back by a fighting hard-hitting Eveleth team.

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Iquek Above: V. Polich lf. Bretto Sampson Allen St. Vincent Pickering Clark Taylor A. Brctto Nevins Milinovich Nehring ml. Polich Prazich Grover Furlong, coach. and Puck Frank SL. Vincent Co-fujifuifr The hockey season was hailed by the return of eight veterans. Under the able coaching of Clarence Furlong, the team made the best record since 1931. The line-up was considerably strengthened by the addition of ,joe Milinovich, who teamed with Angelo Bretto to form the best defense line in the circuit. Forward positions were held down in regular line-up by Taylor, St. Vincent, and center ice by John Polich and Allen. The Blue Jackets opened their season here with Virginia and played a scoreless tie on snow-covered ice. The team next journeyed to Chisholm, and managed to nose them out, 3 to 2. Virginia was the next victim to fall, with Hibbing scoring three times in the last period to win 4 to 2. The team then played the Brooklyn Aces, a contender for city championship, and won by a score of 3 to 2. Hibbing's first defeat was admin- istered by a powerful Eveleth Junior College six, score 3 to 0. The Blue jackets played Fveleth the next Week for the championship at Chisholm, and were beaten by the same score as Hibbing beat them, 4 to 2. The team took its annual trip to Duluth to down Duluth Central High School, S to 0. .john Polich, St. Vincent, Taylor, and Allen were the offensive stars of the season, while little Victor Polich took all honors in the net. At the wing position were Sampson, St. Vincent, Pickering, Clark, Taylor, and Nehring. On duty at the defense were F. Bretto, A. Bretto, and Milinovich. The centers were Polich, Allen, and Nevins, and the one and only goalie was the diminutive V. Polich, The Hibbing team was greatly hampered by the loss of the Memorial Building, which forced them to practice outside when the weather permitted. The final result of the season was six wins, two defeats, and one tie. Mr. Ogden acted as assistant coach and adviser. Ice hockey as it is played today is not a very old sport. The game has taken tremendous strides in popularity in this country in the past ten years. Its popularity is fully justi- hed for it is the fastest game to be seen in North America today. Its speed, vigor, and daring have justly earned for hockey a host of admirers not only on the ice but at the rink side. The game started in Canada, where they have plenty of ice and plenty of skating several months of the year. CXPTAIN ST. VINCENT 8