Hobart Senior High School - Memories Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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1952 V vutity Squad JIM CRUM FRANK GRESSER DON HOWELL CLIFF JANDA RICHARD JORDAN CARROL KELLEY Center, offense Guard, defense Tackle End, defense Guard, offense Fullback VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD First Row: Mike Brown, Don Shinneman, John Uhles, Woody Stafford, Phil Yates, Dale Schavey, Ed Ross, Jim Mackey, Curt Nelson, Jerry Ranus, Bill Gravel, Bob Manwaring, Bob Ferguson, Jack Walker. Second Row: Joel Hermann, Ralph Sanders, Rich Jordan, Jim Crum, Don Andenson, Don Howell, Carol Kelley, Cliff Janda, Gene Clemens, Tom Kurth, Mick Matsey, Dave Epperson. Third Row: Coach Russell Deal, Jack Mathias, Jim Kellen, John O’Hara, Frank Gresser, Ted Milenkoff, Joe Matan, Dick Frame, Jack Wulitich, Jim Johnston, Jim Freeland, Dave Clemens, Coach Alvin Schmidt. FOOTBALL— 1952 Copping a tie for the Calumet Conference football title with Gary Edison was the highlight of the Brickie grid season. The Brick-men brought home the bacon all hut once to mark up one of the most colorful terms of Ho-Hi history. For their first face-off the Brickies defeated the slip- pery Oilers of Whiting, there, in a well-fought game. Brickie Bowl was the scene of the East Gary tussle in which the rolling Deal-men squashed the East Gary club 43-0 to rack up the highest total of the season. The Brick machine gathered volume as they steamed over a surprising Lowell squad 13-0 at the Lowell field. The valiant Vikings of Valparaiso, at Valpo, were the next encounter for the flag waving stalwarts of Hobart. The Vikings displayed a good defense until the last six minutes when the Brickies opened fire to make a final talley of 33-0. The following week at Crown Point the golden clad Brickie gladiators went out on the turf the holders of a 13 game winning streak. A determined Bulldog eleven took advantage of this unlucky number and ran all over Hobart 27-14. Back home in Brickie Bowl the gridderj. met a growling Panther team from Griffith. Bouncing back from defeat, Hobart came out on the top of a 18-12 score.

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Hobart High School manages to provide a full sports program despite limited facilities. It is the aim of the athletic department that every student shall have satisfying experiences in the sports suited to his particular skills and interest. Athletics train a boy not only for physical fitness, but also for mental alertness. An athlete soon learns that in order to gain any worthwhile success he must give out every thing he has. Athletics are no place for shirkers. Sports also teach fairness and a respect for another’s rights and privileges. A student who may not be at the top of his class scholastically may, through accomplishments in sports, become aware of potentialities of which he had before been unaware. He discovers that after all there is a place for him in life if he is willing to make it. SPORTS

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?952 0 ?O4tfaUl RESERVE FOOTBALL SQUAD First Row: Jack Jablonski, Bill Aitken, John Kuckuck, Albert Storey, Whitey Malmquist, Ray Marconi, Bob Julian, Louie Ross, Wayne Pavel, Jack Green, Ralph Messina. Second Row: Coach Howard Schneider, Dick Alten- hoff, Joe Koval, Fritz Ruchti, Bob Davis, Bill Hess, Martin Dujmovich, Bill Bracken, David Wilson, Bill Mynatt, Jack Graham, Richard Berg, Charles Trinkler. Third Row : Leonard Tucker, Jack Schavey, John Walters, Ray Nor- man, Russell Garriott, Bob Martin, Bill Horst, Jim Moody, Joe Legus, Dale Hatten, Dick Netzhammer. Homecoming Queen Sandra Scharbach was presented with a smashing 19-7 victory over a cutthroat Pirate crew from Merrillville. The next tilt saw the rejuvenated Hobart machine overcome a Gary Edison team 25-12. This over- whelming win enabled the Deal-men to tie for the C-C grid crown. Playing their last contest of the ’52 season the Brickie crew outfought the Horsemen of Horace Mann 13-7. This victory was the first time a Hobart football squad had taken top honors in the Hobart-Mann series. In the post season All-Conference team, Hobart placed three men, all seniors: Jim Crum, at the center spot; Phil Yates back; Don Howell, tackle. The Purple and Gold was represented in the second team by Spike Kelley, back, and Joe Matan, tackle, both seniors. To top all the post season honors, Jim Crum was named to the All-State Honorable Mention team which rounded out a very memorable fall of Hobart style football. Those Brickies earning positions on the conference honorable mention group were Tom Kurth, Mick Matsey, John Uhles and Gene Clemens, all ends. Jerry Ranus and Curt Nelson were named to the guard spots, and John O’Hara was the lone Brickie at tackle. In the backfield were Dale Schavey at quarterback; Joel Hermann, Don Anderson and Woody Stafford at backs. Many other Purple and Gold gridders, although not receiving mention, per- formed creditably throughout the season. JOE MATAN Tackle JOHN O’HARA JERRY RANUS WOODY STAFFORD JOHN UHLES Punter Guard, offense Right Halfback End, defense PHIL YATES Right Halfback