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

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Basketball by ''Murphy” inning only lour games and losing ten was the record of the Isaskcthall team for t he year. Yet one cannot say that the season was disastrous because of this record. More than one game was decided on scores which had the differences of less than three points. ’Hie name we played with East in our gym is a good example of the above lines. We hist that kittle, but not until the game went into three overtime periods. The game ended there when Hilly Schmitz of East sank a set shot from the side. Madison East won the city crown in the cage sport by defeating Central and West twice each. The Orange and lllack split with Blue and Gold to tic for second with the Westsiders. Hie Big Eight title race was tl c c’oscst it has been for years, and not until the last game had hern played was the championship decided. The champs were Racine Morlick, who for the first time in its history gained that (losition, and Beloit, who is quite consistent hi getting that honor. Kenosha finished third, W'ith the three Madison schools. East, West, and Central, taking fourth, fifth, and sixth places respectively. The Orange and Black gained its four wins hy defeating Racine Bark twice, Janesville once, and West once. It hist two games to Beloit, Kenosha, East, and Bark, and one game to Janesville and West for their ten loses. In the Beloit District Tournament, Central reached the semi-finals after defeating the Blucjays of Janesville. Iii the semis, the Orange and Black met its Waterloo in the form of Kenosha, who in the end won the tournament championship hy defeating West in the finals. The high scorer and probably the most outstanding player on the team was Boh Arnold, who scores! 21 goals and 48 free throws for a total of 80 (mints. Following Arnold came Charlie Johnson, with 74 and Vi Owen, who had 60. The personnel of this year’s team included six juniors, three seniors, ami one sophomore. The seniors who played their last game are Charlie Johnson, center, and Vi Owen, forward. Boh Arnold is a mid-semester graduate and will not l»c lost for another semester. The six juniors are George Cuccia, Earl Icier, Nick Golf and I ennis hi’itta hapioly increasing popularity of golf and tennis has I shown itself in the last lew years hy the number of boys that have been coming out for the respective teams. This year the number for tennis climbed to twenty and for golf approximately fifteen. Previous years have found these comparatively old sports played only by professionals. This year the thirty-some ten nis courts have been crowded practically every day of the season hy high school students, who have in the last three or four years taken to the sport whole-heartedly. Girls, as well as boys, arc now playing these sports, golf and tennis, and this year a tennis tournament was held among the girls of Miss Marguerite Shepard's gym classes, and. according to Miss Shc|xird, the tournament won much praise and |iopularily. Both the tennis and golf teams were under the supervision of coaches this season. The able assistance of Coach Neil Stoddard, historian and economist, was used in con junction with the golf team, and musician larroy Klosc gave |X)inters to the racket men. The tennis and golf teams did not fare so well in their schedules. Both teams lost all of their games to other Madison high schools and did not place in the Big Eight Conference Meet. The most experienced players on the net team were Joe Barnett, Sam Knopow, and Les Sander. Walter Atwood is by far the l»cst man on the fairway squad. I Ic won the most of his matches and is the only person to urore lor the Orange and Black against other teams. Justo, Norman Levin, King Oakey, and Ixs Sanders. Three of these have a year ami a half of competition left. Hie other three have only two semesters. The only sophomore on the team is Erin Karp who, after playing in the first four games, contracted scarlet fever and was out lor the rest of the season because of ineligibility rules of the conference. Front Row, left to right: Sam Knopow, Nick Margeti . Ed Front Row, left to right: Bud Thompson, Don Seiler, Harold Rohde, Lyle Coates, Joe Barnett, Vernon Bailey, and Bob Vetter. Rohr, Bob Barker, and Ken Burmristrr. Back Row: Dick Johnson, Roland Koellen, Chal Hatleberg, I-e Sanders. Bob Me William , George Hoevler, and Bob Bowen. Second Row: Neil Stoddard (coachI, Bill Tilker, Bob Herreid, Harry Brostrom, John Tilker, and Lloyd Finn. 26

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Olympic By Margaret Bewick A croup of four to eight boys Mood in the ofTice of Principal Thomas IJoyd-Joncs, approximately thirty years ago, and listened to their superior tell them of expulsion. It seems that if they did not stay the activities of their o r g a n i z a • tion, the Olympic Cluh, there w o u I d l c no alternative but to leave the school. The voice of Mr. | o n c s m u s t have held a dread intonation to those boys. Their club was purely a social and athletic institution governed u nder strict rules. Al-though the close of that meeting is in the shadows of the past, we find t It a t despite the expulsion threat, the club lived and thrive d. be c o m i n g, perhaps, one of the most brilliantly managed affairs in southern Wisconsin, if not in the entire Justin Sam Barmy year I‘ 11; it was planned as a young men's club, which met at the old lackson Clinic on Hamilton street. Later, new members were added ami before long the organization consisted of over 100 men. The institution look permanent headquarters above the old Palace of Sweets, on State Street where the Davis and O’C-onncll Clothing store now stands. The rooms were numerous; there were two cloak rooms, a grill, and a general assembly hall where the young women were entertained. iKsidcs several smokers. The rooms were furnished in mission style, while old Knglish hunting scenes adorned the walls. For color, the club claimed a negro janitor, Ace Washington, and the fast orchestras oi Al Thompson, who reigned supreme at the various dances given by the club. In athletics the institution ranked supreme. Favorite sport was basclxill, and in those days this team was one to Ik feared. The club bail, t«x», its own football team ami one of the fastest indc|icndcn! basketball teams in the state. All in all. the Olympic Club of Madison was an admirable social and athletic organization, and Central may claim a share of the praise due the club, since the atTair was started by the Madison I ligh school ancestors. With the club as a mutual background, the writer wishes to introduce to Central three of the charter members, Sam Barry, “Babe Jackson, and Johnny Mlied. Sam (his real name is lustiii) Barry won Utters in football, basketball, tiascball, and track and captained for one year the loot hall team and led the basketball team to victory lor two seasons. It lias been found that his aim while attending Madison High was to graduate (he was here for five years and six weeks); he was noted for his girl friends; his hobby was dancing. In the 191(1 Tycobcrahn, Coach Jones of Ontral, now track coach of the University of Wisconsin, said of Sam, He can pull in the hall if thrown within twenty feet of him. Men who bumped up against our innocent looking ‘Sammy' usually came down. In connection with the Olympic Club, lie was considered quite a prankster. Our of his most original and exasperating jokes was to fill one hand with water, enter a room where a group were indulging in 50Q, stand over them and produce a tremendous “kachoo, showering them gen crously. Meekly, he would beg their purdon and escape to another room. He assisted Tom Jones here for one year, after which he obtained the position of athletic director and football coach at Knox College at Calcs (continued on page id) state of Wisconsin itself. The Olympic Club was formed by four Madison High school athletes, Arnold “Babe Jackson, Justin Sam Barry. “Johnny Blied. and Joe Fitch. in the ’M’ Clul, Front Row. left to right: Rube Fault, King Oakry, Joe Trasdalr, Mr. Frances Sullivan, advisor, Claude Hopkins, Pete Arcardio, and Ralph Kamrath. Second Row: Edgar Tullis, Don Mueller, John Badenna, Frank Stump, Neil Jimieson, Bob Arnold. I.orrian Ethan, and Mel Fox. Third Row: John Schara, Earl (trier, Charles Spec hi. Charlie Johnson, Vilas Owen, and Roland Koellrn. They may he football heroes—but they're weaklings when the curtain falls 25

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F a re we ■ii On I lie Cinder Paths by Martin Wolman Alhiht one score of athletes are now in walking distance of ll»c ' Central Hall of Fame. There are football, basketball, and track men all seeking admittance into this mythical structure. They will l»c admitted one by one after taking the oath of everlasting loyalty to the old Orange and Black. They approach the magical Hall and sec Centralites of scores of years hack. They have returned from every state in the union, from over the seas, and from foreign lands to welcome the 'M winners of the class of '36. to their shrine. The most outstanding athlete of the year i admitted into the sacred ball first. He is Charlie Goon Johnson, the only three-sport letter man of this year's class. Johnson won letters in football, basketball, and track. He was chosen as .ill-city tackle on the local papers' football team, and center on the second all-city basketball team of the same papers. Next in line are Mel Fox and Vilas Owen. They arc the two-sport letter men. Fox is a football and track man, and because of bis ability to score consistently. he was the most valuable man on this year's cinder squad. Vi Owen is a football and basketball star, In-sides bolding the highest position that can Ik held in the senior year, the presidency of his class. Owen was named as a back held man on the all-city football team of the city newspapers. Oilier athletes come forward tor admittance. They arc 12 men who won their letter in toothall or track. They include Harry Btostrom. Bliss F r a r. i c r, Neil Jimieson, Ralph Kamrath, Roland, Kodlcn, I Jon Mueller, Harold Rohr, John Schara, Charles Spechl, Frank Stum p, F.dgar Tullis, and John Weinmann. ITtus f asses another sport year and, as usual, anotlter group of boys have played their last games for the glory of the Orange and Black, 'nicy arc leaving the shadow of the old red school behind and arc entering a new world. To these hoys we say for Central, Farewell, M’ winners of the class of 1936. Make the best of all your endeavors. Be a good sport and remember when things look darkest that the Spirit or Central Cm.ps Yor On! Good luck, hoys. c by Bill Scott Hockey, the newest addition to the athletic department, came through with flying colors to take the city championship of a four team league, which consisted of West. East, Wisconsin I ligh, and Ontral. The local sextet played 10 games and were victorious in eight of them, defeating East and Wisconsin High three times each by overwhelming scores. Ontral played two games with West and split even by losing the first and winning the second. The team met Wausau, Wisconsin River Valley champs, as a part of the Wisconsin Hoofers’ Winter carnival and were defeated by a score of 6 to 0, the only shutout of the season. Roy Fournier, former Chicago Black-hawks star, was coach of the sextet and he turned out a team that not only won the city championship, hut won the team individual scoring crowns as well. Scoring a total of 75 goals in eight games, the sextet was far ahead of its nearest rival. West. Second place was the best Central could do on defense, allowing its opponents 15 goals, or one more than West. (apt. Art Sullivan and Bobby Bowen shared the individ ual crown, scoring 15 goals apiece. Ioacii Milt Diehl's cinder team had the most successful season of any major sport team this year in (Central. Tlu- track squad had approximately 30 members competing against each other for the key positions on the team. Its strength was divided so as to give the team balanced power. It was particularly strong in 22(1 and 440 yard dashes, mile run, shot put. high jump, and discus. The track team's schedule included six meets. They were the indoor meet with Janesville and West, dual meet with West and another with Hast, the Big Eight meet, and the City meet. In the first meet of the year. Central did not do well liecausc of lack of practice. It finished third in the indoor triangular meet with Janesville ami West with 29VJ points. Janesville won the meet with 48 {mints, followed by the Blue and Gold who collected 38' j. The Orange and Black managed to take three first (corn'd on page i5) The revived interest in hockey is shown by the following boys who turned out for the team: Arthur Sullivan, William Scott, George Mooney, !X»n Mueller, Harvey Waterwortn, Merle Bartholomew, Boh McWilliams, Kenneth Davis, William St rawer, Lyle (mats, John Bates. Boh Mitchell, and lames Bowen. Front Row, left to right: Jack O'Neil. Sander Guiinow, Dick Potter, Claude Hopkins, lid Pohlman, and Don Toieff. Second Row: Don Moeller, Mel Fox, King Oakey, George Mooney, Anthony Hopkins, George Beld, and Eugene Storm. Third Row: Toni Starry. Bernard Mann, Sonny Zanoya, Ray Mitchell, Harold Marty. Back Row: Phil Harris (manager), Don Fiscus, Harold Kreuger, Charlie Johnson. Wayne Berkley, Chuck Whiting, Bill Buckmaster, and Mill Diehl (coach). 27