Madison Central High School - Tychoberahn Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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1933 ..THE ORANGE AND BLACK... June INGSKH4 PROPAGANDA ITH THE CLOSING of another school year our mind runs ba-ck to the Central football team of the 1933 season. It was what could be called entirely success- ful, and the team, so ably led by Captain R.omie Hilgers, won a great deal more than half its games. Central com- pleted the season with a total of four vic- tories against two defeats and one tie, that with East, traditional rival in all kinds of sports, 'especially football. In opening their season against Edgerton, the Central 1933 gridiron warriors showed more fighting spirit than the Orange and Black team had displayed in years. The credit for this should go to Coach Mike Koskey and Coach Edward Swiderski, both alumni of the University of ,Wisconsin The latter served during the football season only. Central took the Tobacco City gridders by the score of 44-0. The line played especially well in this fracas, Captain Hilgers, Stanley, and Nee turning in well-played games. Central's o p p o n e n t in the conference opener was Racine Washington Park, led by Johnny Petrakis, a brilliant halfback. This contest tested Central's ability to the utmost, but they rose to the occasion' in the second half and scored a touchdown in that period. Cuccia kicked the point-after-touchdown and his kick turned out to be the margin of vic- tory, as Johnny Dunn broke through and blocked Radewan's attempted place - kick after a 'touchdown by Petrakis in the fourth quarter. Although victorious in two games, the Orange and Black team was destined to almost certain defeat, as the Redmen were stronger last year than they had been in years--and ordinarily they make up the toughest team in the Big Eight Conference. However, the great Central team spirit rose to its highest point during this contest, and the Central gridders trod down the powerful Redmen to the score' of 13-7. Playing a steady defensive game, Quarterback Smith took advantage of two breaks and opened his bag of tricks just long enough to score two touchdowns, which was enough to bring the victory. The ends, Karas and Cuccia, played a sterling game. In perhaps the most listlessly fought game of the entire season, Central lost to West High school. The Koskey-coached men were simply over-powered and their lack of aggressiveness lessened the Central line to such an extent that West scored twice. In the closing moments of the game Central backs tried many passes, but these were either intercepted or grounded. When the gun rent the air, Central had not crossed its opponents goal-line. The line played its worst game of the season. Perhaps rejuvenated a bit, but still feeling the sting of defeat at the hands of West, the Orange and Black squad, forty-nine strong, journeyed to Janesville. The line cameiback to its former fine type of play and l-ed the Central squad to a 13-0 victory, John Dunn and Hank Stanley turning in stellar per- formances. The Bower City lads just couldn't stop the shifty and driving Madison backs, and Bid Smith and Phil Caruso tore gaping holes in the Bluebird line. Returning home, the Central gridders engaged the conference leading Beloit team for first place. The strong Line City back- Iield romped through the Central forward wall to get into scoring position. Three times they took to the air, and three times they went through a weak pass de-fense to score their three -touchdowns. Central scored her only touchdown in the third quarter. i Central barely coasted 'through to a '2-0 victory over Racine Horlick. The high spot .of this game was Smith's 80-yardpunt which ultimately resulted in the game's only score. Racine ou-tplayed Central' offensively, scoring eleven first downs to-the visitors'-four. Next came Wisconsin High, runner-up in. the Southern Six, who entered the game with the odds on them, because of the Orange and Black's erratic playing- in its last threesgames. Central swept the Badger Preps off -their feet with two touchdowns early in the game. Smith punted well, and Ray Hanke picked holes in the opponents line with swiftness and ease. ' 1 ' The final game of the yea1', the annual Armistice Day game ,with East, was played in a driving blizzard before 2,500 shivering fans. The first half was scoreless, although East came close on Mueller's long jaunt, bu.t he was upset on a beautiful tackle by Smith. In the third quarter Kernan, East center, broke fContinued on Page Thirty-onel ' cc 79 TRACK Central track team recently concluded a good season. The Orange and Black lost to West 65W to 42m in a dull meet, but defeated East66M1 to 41W in the second and last meet of the year. In the city meet, Cen- tral finished second to West. The scoring was as follows: West, 463 Central, 295 and East, 11. Bid Smith, Eddie Quinlan, and Ray I-Ianke were the outstanding point winners. Smith scored 48 points, Quinlan 24, and Hanke 24. In the city meet, Smith won the 100-yard dash and the broad jump and placed second in the discus throw. In both victories he set new city records-10.2 sec- onds in the dash, and 22 feet, 3M1, inches- in the broad jump. The latter mark betters the state record, but of course is not official. Quinlan was first in the 220 and second in the 100. Hanke was second in the pole vault and. tied .for second in the high jump. Cen- tra-l's other points came when Trachte, Bond, and Jefferson picked up third places in the mile run, the half-mile run, and the low hurdles. d ' .Letters will be awarded Smith, Quinlan, Hanke, Dunn, and Trachte. l' .-- -fi. l' I ,s . i r It has been suggested that William Six-letter Bid Smith might make a Japanese kimona of his letters or, when sewed to ether the k b tif I T rk' h t l. H ' ' u g y ma e eau u u is owes owever, Bid' has discarded these suggestions and states that he will sail for Turkey immediately upon graduating, where he will start a harem and present each wife with a beautifully carved, hand-laced, polka-dotted M, , --: 19 :-

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hme .UTHE ORANGE AND BLACKU 1933 CC SPORT 37 J 1 1 i w Reading from left to right-Back row: Ray Hanke Bid Smith John Dunn George Lawrence Albert Morehouse John Novick Front row: Coach Mike Koskey James Flynn Jay Burch John Reider Norbert Morehouse Dick Power Bud Jamieson manager CENTRAL BASKETBALL TEAM an 1932 - 1933 .. BASKETBALL SEASON ,, FEMININE FRQLICS ETNTRAL has just concluded a moderately successful basketball season, the high point of which was the upset of West High in the finals of the district tour- nament. The Grange and Black, de.spite the loss of three lettermen at mid- semester, was fourth in the Big Eight, third in the City league, champions of the Madi- son district, and a semi-finalist in the con- solation bracket at the State Championship tournament. Those receiving letters were John Reider, rcaptainl, William Smith, John Novick, Dick Power, Robert Harris, Kenneth Hartwick, Edwin Slightam, Ray Hanke, Robert Pieh, John Dunn, Norbert Morehouse, Jay Burch, James Flynn, and George Lawrence. Harris, Hartwick, and Slightam graduated in Feb- ruary. Oentral opened its basketball season against Wisconsin High and lost, 14-13. The Wisconsin Preps later defeated the Orange and Black court artists 12-7. Going on the road for the first time, Central was defeated by Beloit, state champions, 27-13. Central was again defeated by the State Line team, 28-19, in our own gymnasium. Coming home, Central won its first game of the season from Racine Horlick, 21-14, and lost to Kenosha, 25-8. In a non-conference game, the Grange and Black quintet defeated Wis- consin Rapids, 14-13. N THE FIRST GAME after the Christmas vacation, Central lost the first of three very tightly played games to West, 20-18. Later West defeated the Koskey - coached 1Continued on Page Twenty-twoi G 59 44 FACE LIFTING fi The past year saw the inauguration of a new sport at Central. This was boxing. The tournament was held in April under the supervision of Coach Mike Koskey. A large crowd witnessed the finals which provided fourteen rounds of real mixing. The referee of the bouts was Fausto Rubini, U.W. champg the judges, Dr. Al Tormey, Mr. Francis Sul- livan of the faculty, and Mr. O'Nei1 of the First National bank. By surviving the elimi- nation bouts and by winning the finals, the following boys were crowned champions and W-ere awarded medals: James Dean, John Nee, Gerald Randall, Tony Cuccia, Julius Ruskin, Maurice Connors, Vito Schiro, Tom De Salvo, James Flynn, Nick Justo, Ernest Jones, and Joe La Bella. -Q-: 18 :- area FOLLOWING the activities of girls' sports, this reporter has at last extricated some of the events of a three-ring circus, under the management of Miss Shepherd. As spring turned to summer and summer to fall the girls got the yen to play volley ball. In September, 1932, a volley ball tour- nament was begun and girls of all the gym classes entered. As fate would have it, the tourney was successful and only ended after a hot battle between the twelfth grade1's and the eleventh graders. Lois Neill with her team of volley cagers' was victorious over Merel Christensen, who led the valiant elev- enth graders. The victors were overjoyed and the losers were not discouraged. Never- theless, the volley ball tournament had ended and was making place for a new act in the girls' sports. Volley ball was over but basketball was begun. Ah! There is Miss Shepherd coming on the floor. She is going to start the final game for the championship. Girls are dash- ing to and fro with their gay colors stream- ing. The game is about to start. Ah! There's the whistle! They're off and this time it is Betty Utter and her following who are the winners. They have just defeated Miarion LContinued on Page Twenty-fivei

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June ...THE ORANGE AND BLA CK... 1933 DID YOUB IISIIQOOW THAT , That in 1908 the attendance of Central reached 2,000? 1.9.-. Scientists are able to ascertain the weight of stars? iWhat, no penny scales?J. -o- There are really three entrances to Cen- tral? cAnd don'-t criticize thatb. -o- It is claim.ed, and I don't doubt it, that there are 6,700 named tongue and written languages? -o- In 1930 Central had a designated clean-up week in which everything was turned topsy- turvy to see that it was cleaned perfectly? -o- That the capitol and the capitol park cover and area. of 14 and two-fifths acres? . In 1930 Central had 55 teachers, of which 17 were English teachers? ...Q.-. . The Mirror of 1930 had a society column? -0- ' In 1929, the good old days, The Mirror also ran a sport column called From the Bleachers ? The purpose was to explain. to the girls what the sports were all about. -o- The sum of 31,300 was spent by the board of education for new suits for the band of Central in 1929, when money was just a mat- ter of course? A -o- It is estimated that only one-half of the Eskimos of the world have ever seen a snow house? That's a. cold thought' -o- It is said that Benjamin Franklin often formed correct opinions on important matters in his dreams? Ho hum, and so to bed. -o- Face paint was not used by the Indian to make him look horrid, but to protect him from the sun? - A - -o- The earth shrinks? This is one cause of earthquakes. iWlhat wouldn't shrink after all this rain?J. -o- There are enough cars for 'everyone to go riding at the same time? Unnn so that's why there's so many cars on the roads Sun- days. 101. George Washington was buried at least twice? ' - .-0.-. It is expected that the attendance at Central next year will be an increase, over this year's attendance? A I - -o- Central got a place in their class in almost everything they entered in the state band tournament? Congratulations. -o- You are probably as tired of reading those questionmarks' above as I am punching them on the typewriter, soooo, we'll forget about the questions and go in for some facts: -10.- There is many a broken heart at Central since the band tournament picked up its instruments and crept away as quietly and as quickly as it came. ...Q-. Madison, as did Central, rose to the occa- sion and played the part of host to over 5,000 high school students who met at Madi- son to compete in the annual state band tournament. Parades, drills, and concerts, as well as dances and sight-seeing tours of the capitol and the city were among the high- lights of the program for the visitors. -o- ' Then, too, I mustn't forget that apology to Vera Lee, which I owe her. You remember the time that I said she called our place and tried to disguise her voice? Well, it wasn't Vera: it was someone by the name of Mar-tha H. CSorry, Vera.J ...0- We see that Betty Cass was attracted by the feature in The Mirror telling of the nobility and other interesting family relations of Central students. Speaking of readers of this rag, we just learned the other day that we have at least one parent reader, Mrs. Du Bois. 101. Maybe it's because Olive Nelson and Flor- ence Blake asked me to put it in, or maybe it's just because it's a pretty good joke, and it may be the combination of the two, but anyway, here is the joke. It all took place in Miss Yaeger's class when MES Yaeger said: Bob, what did you throw out of that win- dow? , Bob Trachte: A marble: I wanted to give it a break. ' , -o- To return to the questions: of course you knew that- The chemistry room has a telep-hone in it? -o- The radio station was taken out of Central because it was in the way of the tire escape? -o- Central was originally a girls' academy? -o- There will be more vacation days Cdazel in the year 1933-34 than school days? -o- If I asked you where room 302 was, you probably couldn't tell me? -.gi That in order to read the room number on the door of room 217 you have to be on the inside, as the glass was put in wrong side out? 1Look at those prepositionsj -o- There are still some of those gas jets about the walls of Central, either from the time -: -20 :- when they used gas lights or they are there in case of emergency? ...O-. Thereason our rag is called The Madison Mirror is because this beloved school was once known as the Madison High school? That still may be its name, but it is better known as Central. -.01 And the reason you should be sooo glad today is the fact that this is the last column that you will have to read that will be writ- ten by this columnist. -0-. In 1929 the enrollment of Central reached 1,552? I -o- The following piece was taken from a Mir- ror of the same year as mentioned in a line or so above, Mr, Benjamin Ashman spent the greater part of his vacation in Madison pulling weeds and hoeing corn, the remain- ing part of his summer he spent acting as substitute teacher of mathematics in the University of Wisconsin Extension division ? -o- The June issue of the supplement for the annual was an enlarged issue of The Mirror, having 16 pages? iAnd you kick at 32l. do- . In 1927, a Centralite, Ruth Rowe, had the privilege of interviewing the late Dr. Bab- cock? A choice bit that even Betty Cass didn't know of is the answer Dr. Babcock gave to the question, Why didn't you com- mercialize your inventions? He answered smilingly in his own way, I was teaching at the university and using university time so that I thought that my inventions should be given to the state. And then, too, I do not need the money. I have enough. -Ol The Racine Park Beacon is the most looked forward to exchange, with the exception of the West High-Times, by The Mirror staff? 1 ici. . That speaking of West High-Times, we are looking forward to the appearance of their magazine? -o- Although we ran in a story telling who they were in one of our editions of The Mir- ror, a certain group who appear over the radio wouldn't let us use their names in this magazine? CPicture elsewhere in this ragl. -o- It is rumored that a course in journalism may be oifered the second semester of next year? Remember, I said it was rumoredl. .-.0.. There are supposed to be about 1,600 words on this page? iAll right, then go ahead and count them yourselfl. -o- There are almost eight thousand books in our school library? dt goes on and on, but thems just wordsl. ...0-. A blacklist to a columnist is a list on which he has the names of those he wou1dn't write about, even if he had to leave a blank space in his column? k