Luther Institute - Voyageur Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Kittens KNEELING LEFT TO RIGHT Streger Haedike Knaak tCaptaml Kiekow Koscek STANDING Grubbe Raymondi Moos Rmne Klemm Tarnoski tCoa,chl Means Woyack Zlebarth Garcia This year s edition of the Klttens was not a perfect team lust another glrls and provided a lot of thr11ls for their fa1thful fans After winning from a powerful Alumnae team the Kittens were forced to accept defeat at the hands of St Stephens and their high scorer Lorralne Koseck who played with the enemy The Klaws then exchanged v1ctor1es with Con cord1a during the openlng months of the new year Ruth Knaak captamed the Kit Kats through a successful season and was helped along by Marlon Hmne the team s tall center and the aforementioned Koseck basketball team with a .500 average. But the gals were always in there kickin'

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Ponies The Luther Ponies proved the old adage, Experience provides winning ball teams. by coming out on top nine times in a fifteen game schedule and losing three games by not more than three points during the past season. Although the starting line-up was usually composed of sophomores, every freshman played in at least five games, in that way gaining valuable experience for next year. Bill Gray and Capt Bob Greislng provided the offensive thrills with the unusually hxgh scoring records of 121 and 107 points respectrvely These two boys fmrshed the season by gaming expen nce on the Wildcat squad playing in the last two heavyweight games KNEELING LEFT TO RIGHT Schech Kruse Zahrte Lindo berg STANDING Knoll Hellstrand Mundmqer Gre1smglCapta1nl Gray Waller Rhode playing mostly defensive ball Sophomore Bill Schroeder started out with the Fresh Sophs but under doctors orders was forced to temporarily discontinue hrs basketball career because of an operation Mundlnger Kruse Rhode and Zahrte rounding out the squad were 1n and out of ball games all season in an effort to get experience Probably the Ponies best game of the season was the one against Concordra on Feature Night when after accepting an earlrer defeat by the same team they proved their mettle by endmg up in front Heartbrealnng losses to Harvard U High and an overrated Todd quintet which had won forty four games m a row were hard to take but the Lights did take them :ke true sportsmen and vowed theyd get even when they meet again as heavyweight teams Schech, Hellstrand. Willer, Knoll. and Lindenberg alternated at the remaining positions

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Wildcat Ballplayers Luther's baseball Wildcats of 1944 might be termed the hard luck team of the Private School League. For the Cats began the season with a brilliance that foretold of championships in the olfing. An entirely unexpected loss to North Shore. however, started the team on the downgrade. and two games with two tough teams, Latin and Concordia. on two succeeding days continued the decline. Although holding a good non-league record, those three losses, all league affairs. were enough to wind Luther up in fifth place one game behind the four teams tied for first. With a heavy bombardment of extra-base hits. the Cats opened the new season by romping over University High after thoroughly annihilating Harvard. And things looked well for the Wood St. Warriors until the very last inning of their game with undefeated North Shore. But good things were no longer to be for after leading at one time by five runs the Heavies were forced to accept a 7 6 defeat at the hands of the big boys from Winnetka Last place Francis Parker then bowed to our men but because of a misunderstanding of he infield fly rule Luther was forced to duplicate the feat to Chicago Latin in the last inning of a close game The field day crowd viewed a disappointing dull and uninteresting contest from which Con cord a emerged victor by a four run margin Finishing the league season with a victory the Cats whacked Wheaton in revenge and rt seemed as though they had regained their hitting form In the following game at Culver Indiana against famed Culver Military Academy however the Heavies although gathering eight runs could collect only four hits STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT Hoffmann Greismg Knoll Hellstrand Paradies lCaptainl Rhode lrsch Voight Schech KNEELING Hecht Stortz Palu' Hoppensteadt Menlnng lCoachl To finish the season the Cats took a one run loss from Pullman Tech on a last inning squeeze Play P this seasons Wildcats When the boys were at their best it is doubtful that any other team in the P S L could have taken them A close batting race between Captain Louis Paradies and Pitcher Fred Stortz resulted in he latters winning out with a 424 average while the Cap n hit at a 387 clip Runs batted in champ was Howie Vorght driving ten across Pitcher Stortz won five games while losing three Hoppe Hoppensteadt filled in on the mound losing one game and alternating that positron w1th center field Ioe Pahr proved himself up to the task of catching by alternating with Howie Voight The regular infield consisted of A1 Hellstrand Ronnie Schech El Rhode Captain Paradies with Stortz and Pahr filling in when no other chore was left them Glenn Hoffmann and Hoppensteadt were regular outfielders while Ray Irsch Rhode and Voight shared the duties of the right field post Bob Greisrng and lose Knoll were around to plug holes where needed and should do well in later years i ' - ' . I I I - I : . ' ' . . , ' ' . . . ' , . : . , , , ' . I . . . I Occasional la ses in fielding and inconsistent hitting might be termed the weaknesses of X N X