Lyons Township High School - Tabulae Yearbook (La Grange, IL)

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Against Glenbard the tactics were strictly offensive. The Bards were rushed off their collective feet from the start to finish and, to drag out an old, old bromide, never knew what struck them. ln the second half the second string went in to hold the fort and give the regulars a rest. When they came back they put the game on ice and the final score was 37-l9. Racine, with thirteen points, was high point man, and was pressed for scoring honors by Coman, with twelve. The Glenbard game finished up the first half of the season which found the Cubs with a .666 percentage. They had four victories under their belts and two defeats -one of which certainly was an upset. This meant that the lights had a good chance to end the season with at least nine wins. Thus at the half way point the prospects were bright. But alack, the fates willed otherwise. Although they had bowed before, the Downers boys ambushed the locals in a 33 to 23 drubbing. Turner and Potter hit consistently in the third period, and Downers forged ahead to a six-point lead, which it increased in the final period. The Cubs put up a stiff battle in the first half but fell before the superior height and aim of the undefeated, championship-bound Riverside lights. The boys in blue were victorious by a 26-lil score at the end of the fourth quarter. Nichols played an outstanding defensive game: Racine was high scorer for the evening with nine points. A defeat by York ran the Cubs' losing streak to three games. lnspired by the home floor and a home crowd Togmarelli paced the Dukes to a 36-19 win with nineteen points to his credit. The hosts led from the outset and not until the last five minutes, when they scored nine points, did the Cubs come to life. Revenge was sweet and rough as the lights whipped Maine in a return match, 28-20. Thirty-eight fouls were called during the game and seven players banished to the showers ahead of schedule. Rushed off their feet from the start, with the score l2-l against them at the end of the first quarter, Maine never got back in the ball game. Nichols took scoring laurels for the locals with eight points. The annual pushovers-I-linsdale's mighty worriors-ran true to form in their second encounter of the year with the Cubs. l-lere is a typical comment on the game taken from the Lion: The opening period was marked with bad pass- ing and poor play by both sides. The board revealed a 3-2 count at the end of this seven minute farce. Final score was l9-lO in favor of the Cubs. The Cubs rang down the curtain on the season with the loss of a heart- breaker to Glenbard in an overtime sudden death period. Glenbard tied the score in the final minutes and then went on to victory in the overtime-27-25. Enke, Seymour Page 110 ft tl 1, t 4 i 1 ,l

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,- ' V .I A 'I - ' game and did not return. Bob Moss, who had the unique distinction of being captain in his first game, was the other lirst string guard. Herb Nichols, Herb Burruss, Sonny Maier, Ind Bob Enke, all underclassmen, saw considerable action It different times. The Cubs started off the season with a bang, against Downers, with an impressive 27-l2 win. Leading from the opening they piled up a l3-4 lead at the half and then staved iff a Downers rally to win. Coman led both teams in scoring vith l2 points, while Breuss and Racine chalked up seven apiece. They didn't know it at the time but no doubt before the evening was over, the lights had an inkling of the potential- ties of the Riverside bunch. The latter looked plenty impres- ive as the score will bear out. When the final gun had marked the Riblets were way out ahead 46-28. Racine made iiine points in an effort to stop the rout but with sixteen points in the first period Riverside was out of danger. l York proved to be less formidable and fell before the twasket shooting of Coman and Racine who accounted for wenty-two points. At the half the Edmen had an eight-point ead and kept it until the final minutes when the Yorksters gallied but fell short by four points. By far the most distasteful defeat of the season was suf- ered at the hands of Maine. The Cubs just couldn't click and flaine, a decidedly inferior five, took the game 29-25. lt vas l7-8 in the latter's favor at the half, and the Cubs came tack to outscore them in the third and fourth quarters but ue effort proved unsuccessful, falling short by four markers. ln beating Hinsdale, the lights dealt the Red Devils their 'fth straight loss and brought their own record up to three 'Tins and two defeats. Coman and Racine sparked the of- fense which built up a l5-ll lead at the half and turned in 1 solid 32 to l9 victory. 109

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7 s sl Standing: Ford, Hurllciut, Fisher, Llewellyn, Stills, Schutte, Lyon, Coach XlVGflCCXV. Seated: Leavitt, Hoppe, llostl, Wallner, Anderson, Gwen, Foster, inf-tlthcp, mar. SlCH1'1llI7Qf Coach 't't.'arL:itw, Fiedler, Hassrrlussen, H:usel, S nlzrg, l9'etQrs:n, ll tltlzip, nlqz. Seated: Seyrnotn, Bagg, lwfonson, Vcslpurqh, l-fedln. YOUNGSTERS SHCW PROMISE Blessed with a good corp of tall, fast boys, Coach 'Warkow was able to mold his freshmen Qelsaguers into a quintet capable of whipping their opponents seven out of Len tirnes. The frosh ended their successful season in second place, Kastle, Anderson, Hoppe, Play, and Wallner were the five most dependable lads on the team and bore the brunt of the attack. The sophs also finished in second place tied howevere- thus giving the school its best record in the last five years. Although a great number of veterans graduated to the varsity ranks, Coach Warliow juggled his players so expertly that they, too, finished with a seven won and three lost record. Veterans who led the team were f-luffniaster, Bagg, Vosburgh, Monson, Hedin, and Wilkerson. Page lll