Lane Tech College Prep High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Today, sports at Lane is playing an increasingly important role in the building of physically fit young men for military duties and for the later responsibilities in develop¬ ing world peace. Lane Tech, the school of champions, has mxaintained its standing in athletic compe¬ tition this year by annexing six city champ¬ ionships in senior swimming, baseball, cross country, junior swimming, soccer, and junior ice skating. We also won the North Section title in football and junior basketball to top off a very successful year.

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Cross Country—City Champions The Lane Cross Country team, which has be¬ come more powerful each year, has captured its fifth consecutive city championship. The Harriers who ran in the city meet at Washington Park broke the sixteen year old record of 24 by racking up a 21 point win. The low mark wins in cross country competition. The previous week they won the mythical sub¬ urban crown by beating 13 schools in the Pro¬ viso Township Invitational in which over 100 boys ran. Lane scored the lowest with 66, while Proviso ran second with 83, Schurz third with 93, and Morton fourth with 109. The Quad¬ rangle meet between Lane, Schurz, Du Sable and Thornton was a rout with Lane scoring 26 to Schurz’ second place of 41. The only perfect day for the harriers came when they engaged Emer¬ son and rang up a perfect 15 to 112 triumph, the first five men being from Lane. The “Hill and Dale” boys had such a powerful squad this year that they could have sacrificed their first five placers and still have won the city championship. The teams’ winning spree started back in 1938 when they recovered from a pre¬ year slump to take a second place in the city contest. In 1939 they repeated the second place performance and gathered strength for the fol¬ lowing year when they won the crown, hands down. And so it has been for five successive years and according to Coach Siebert the re¬ turning squad for next season will be better. Captain A1 Kaenel, a 4B, led his team to the city title by taking a third place in the city meet. Carl Wichmann was low man and fastest Lane runner by virtue of his second place berth. Placing fourth was Hal Cook another top run¬ ner and a June graduate. Next in line was Den¬ nis Manning, who is only a 3B. Manning, who placed fifth will be captain of the 1945 squad. Douglas Bowers was Lane’s fifth man to place. He held the Tech’s score down by capturing a seventh place berth. Coming in a fast thirteenth was Jack Heida another June graduate. James Koehler, a 4A graduate, is the Chicago Cross Country Novice Champion. The Championship Cross Country Team is filled out by such able runers as: Earl Rutzen, John Klages, Paul Spiewak, Mathew Ciechen, William Rajkowski, Bill McDermott, Eugene Lesser, Jerry Proesel, Robert Olafs, Leo Wiens, Ralph Lepcin, James Stewart, Robert Levy, Richard Miller, Donald Russell, Robert Christ¬ ensen, Alfred Lenczewski, Jerry Florence, Skib- bens, Moreno, Hemple, Wienierski and Michalak. Harold Feldman ably handles the publicity and managing departments. Page 7imety-four