John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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U6 Q ,f coached by Mr. Kenneth Koch, the '43 1 if Q ' J ,, . 4 ffl Qty City Conference. Gordy Verness and ,- TRACK-Row 1: D. Hult, E. Fisher, Mr. Koch, Coach, W. Iohnson, E. Berry. How 2: G. Larson, D. Iohnson, P. Bilulk, W. Larson, C. Wilhelmson, H. Woon, Manager. How 3: I. Friberg, G. Ewald, W. Palmquist, C. Iohnson, D. Plankuch. pi 'QJV -. omeflzing Wew cw een .xdclclecl . YQ, H attraction at the football games in the ., fall, cross-country running was inau- , track team finished the season with a f ,- , f T gurated. Boys from the sophomore y -4' ,cfsoo rating to take fourth place in the ' 'J gym classes and physical fitness classes, under Mr. Iames Peller's direc- A .j George Larson represented Iohnson in lv Q. , , v' 1 tion, composed the team. Ioe Venne- Ia' 1 'the city meet by placing third in the AJ 1' U I witz paced the Iohnson boys to vic- i f 'fr 880 and second in the 440 respectively. ,VL ' S I k d f h 4 b tories against all conference teams and t igns oo goo or t e ' 4 team e- V I to the city championship. Iohnson Y It cause of an early start and a large b f d d A dd d placed second in the state meet held it - ,num er o can i ates. s an a e Y r fe' -f at Northrup field in Minneapolis. t K J I njfrv . ' ' As l , J-Gi .C 5,4 CROSS COUNTRY-How 1: P. Copeland, R. Schroeder, D. Wallin, I. VanOrden, I. Venne' witz. Row 2: I. Whorton, B. Sorlie, L. Peterson, R. O'Nei1l, B. Carbone, W. Greifzu. Page twentysi wo

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Row l: C. Picha, I. Flis. D. Skaar, G. Olson, B. Metzger, G. Engle, Trainer: R. Beckstrom. Row 2: B. Klatt. I. Aliperto, Captain: H. Kron, M. Olson, I. Amquist, Mgr.: W, Larson. ' ,s K, ggadegaf . . . ougln gounce, 1 ogfv With numb fingers and frost-bitten ears, bundled until they looked more like a hockey team than anything else, the forty-three baseball team, coached by A1 Sundberg, lost only three games during the regular season tto Wash- ington, Central, and Humboldtl and fin- ished in third place. The boys missed a chance at the championship when they lost to Humboldt 'hy a score of four to three in the citygplayofi. Late in May, the team drove to Northfield for the State Meet, which was post- poned until the next Saturday onlac- count of rain. By the next Saturday, the boys had used all their A cou- pons, driving to Phalen for practice . . . and who are they to argue with the O. P. A.? I 2 3 4- 5 B 7 B 9 i I v.l0l'1naon Y rpg .EE l f S S Q l Q 'F at 6935 S - - ff- 'os Gone with the wind, af., .YT-'l f X .jgrnrffl 141

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