Kramer High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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1 f Www, - F COACH WELCH Four ycaxs ago when Coach Welch flrst came to Kramer Hlgh School vxe semors wele then freshmen, ever smce then we can xemembex h1m as always tulnlng out wlnnmg teams Dux mg h1s four years 1n h1gh school he earned 7 letters 1n the three spo1ts He also gamed natlonal honor when he won the Na tlonal Interscholastlc Mxle Whrle 1n college he lettered 10 tlmes and also set many fme records ln track Thrs year he recexved recogmtlon by the State Papers as bemg one of the outstandmg coaches 1n Nebraska 11 I lxnufm 1 X 1 1 I ex :ln 11.1. un a XII I Al no 26 ,,. , 1 ' ' I I I In IQ IU LU -It I-I Iwlt-It-', li. I'zul nn, I-T Luvllsi per. .I Gr: ntl lt, I'1'uxur-c, un-I .I, 'z an. 1 I 1 xx XI In Isvullilr mzmuzv-1 I. I' II':lllv-Vs, I' B11'.': rl I4. lmy. J liywwk, ll. IY:rlH-1. J. 1'z1n, ll. Zn 'I-' . H Illrw XI I -tier :md Iv GI'-.won ustullv-m nmnzuzv-VI rl I I 14 IX I I l, 'iluxg ll. I-Ilslfm. .l, livh. .l. lin-I-1, ll, lilnlvrs. NI, Glullw-r. l,, H1 lvl: 1' Uppllgv-r, IL I-IIS I , I , 1 , tt 4 I I lg, V L,I5,I, I, l:r.I,I.,g., 12 lsr-unItl...rsl, li lin-I..I.-nfl, XI I'-..lv:4zn XI. I-lx .-xr, H Svlllllll. I.. S.-II: -hrr U

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Ociober 15 Lackmg the usual vull to w1n the Maroons fell before the Norfolk Panthers 35 0 wlth Stan Mather leadmg the attack The Panthers scored twlce 1n the flrst quarter and once m the second The rest of the scormg came 1n the second half October 22 In .1 heavy down pour the Columbus play els handed the Davld Clty Scouts then fust de feat of the season 6 0 The DISCOVCYQFS dom mated the play durlng the entlre game October 29 Keep that Trophy was the battle cry of the D1scoverers and the1r fans Thats Just what they d1d bv taklng a 37 7 v1ctory over Fremont Fremont recelved the openlng k1Ck off and marched to a touchdown Then the fans saw the play reversed as Columbus 1n the next f1ve plays scored three touchdowns They ID the fourth Johnny Brock was outstandmg for Columbus November 5 In the1r f1nal home game the Dlscoverers xx exe able to Wm 12 8 from Seward The team fa1led to show the offenslve power d1splayed so br1l11antly agamst Fremont the precedmg week The Columbus scoxmg came 1n the sec ond quaxtex Wlth Bob Day maklng both tall1es November 11 The DISCOYGTSFS ended the1r 1943 football season Vtflth a 40 6 w1n over Schuyler Start mg out strong Wlth two tall1es 1n the fxrst they cont1nued by scorlng tWlC9 1n each the second and fourth quarters Bob Day led the scormg w1th four touchdowns and four extra DOIHIS Reserve Football Coach Baruth was very pleased by the Way h1s reserve squad xesponded th1s year The reserves won every game of the1r four games scheduled Many of these boys are gomg to make good fnst team materlal . y. . y KL 77 - . . , . added two more in the second quarter and one 1 ny ' ' ' I .I . . . i Y 5.-

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?751 ful' of '.-ff fflfifa Dale Webe1 Jack Cain Don Cochian Max Glauser John Rood Coach Welch Russell Elston Jim Rich Bob Day Kenneth Kuklish John Brock Dick Gleason student manager fNotp1ctured Dick Th1mganJ Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus Columbus BASKETBALL Centi al City Y01 k Genoa Kearney Albion C1 eighton Prep Hastings Northeast F1 emont Schuyler Norfolk The DISCOXLILIS opened the 1943 1944 bas ketball season with sex en returning lettermen .John Rood Jim Rich Russell Llston John B11 ek Jick C11n Dale Webei and Max Glaus These boys ploxed to be hard to beat and timshed the regula1 schedule with a 1eeo1d of eight XlCtOllLS against fOUl defeats Columbus opened the se ison vt 1th a 30 24 XILIUIQ OXLI 1 xeteran Central City squad T1axel1ng to Yerk the MHIOOUS oxeicame a fue ye 1 Jinx and handed the Dukes their first set b ek in six years by Columbus during seasonal pl x Le admg all the vs ay the Welchmen eased by Genoa a nexteomei to the schedule Fighting off a determined last half Idlly the Diseowei e1s took the count of Keainey thus axenging last year s defeat Albion fell the fifth straight v1ct1m of the MdIO0D and White Cieighton PICPS defense ploved to be too much as the Discow erels suf fe1ed their first defeat of the season The game was played bcfoie the laigest c1owd in recent yea1s Hastings and Lincoln Noitheast tight mg off SpllltLd last half IdlllCS ovcrpoweied the Maroons in succession How ever Columbus bounced into the vxin column by Xirtue of a spite of the fact the game vtas played at David City the loyal D1seox OIQI fans outnumbeied the home team followers W1th the F and C Club tlophy at stake the Welchmen dropped the F1emont TlgClS 47 37 Thus the highly pxized trophy iemains for at le st one ITOIL yea1 in the halls of Kramei High Schuyler was next in line to bovt to the Maxoon and Wh1te 43 19 In the final game of 'he schedule Nortolk edged out a close WILIOIY our a xeix cold Columbus outfit With giaduatlon taking a heaxy toll there xxill be only th1ee ietuining lette1men John Broek Jaek Cain and Don Cochian to open the season next yea1 Howexei this gap will be iilled by moving up a group ol xe1y dependable laoys from the second string GOOD IUCK FEI LOWS ' . -.,1..,.,............ 46 - ............................ 40 ' 1 A ' , Q f Columbus .,.........,...,,.., 40 David City ,..,............ 14 40-14 victory over the David City Scouts. In V - A ' ' ' ' ' ' -' ' , ' , . , . . ,. , . x , - ' J J L I 1 1 .-27-