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

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Ring Ramblers Girls Sport: year's foxing team was purely an intramural allair. The team did not invade any foreign rings or have any invaders to battle. ‘11k climax of the season came when the boxing finals were held on Friday night. May I. Seven members make up the team. These boys survived the elimination in which approximately “50 boy had competed. The champions in each weight divisions arc: Tony Clcmcnti, lightweight class; lames Gallagher, 115; fohn Capadona, 125; Mick Justo, 135; John Badenna, 145; George Cuccia. light heavyweight; Steve Chiovero. heavyweight. 'Hie most contested class on the team was the 135 pound class. In the eliminations Joe dementi defeated Ixonard Ginsberg and |immy Malas defeated Bob Goodrich. In the semi finals dementi scored a T.K.O. over Malas in the second round to meet Mick |usto, the defending champ, in the finals. Justo, fighting a scientific match against dementi's rushing, was awarded the decision alter three rounds of intensive foxing. The only defending champion to Ik dethroned was John Bcyler, 125 pound champ of 1935. He was beaten by John Capa dona who, in the eliminations and semi-finals, won his matches handily. Steve Chiovero, heavyweight champ, defended his throne easily by scoring a T.K.O. over Howard Quale in the third round. Chiovero outweighed Quale and used this to the fost advantages. The light heavyweight throne went to George Cuccia, who rallied after a bad start to win handily over John Scliara. In the lightweight class, Tony dementi was a decisive winner over I larry Zeaman. The fight was close throughout, hut Clcmcnti put on a punching finish to take the match. John Badenna annexed the 145 pound crown by winning the decision over Frank Schiro. Badenna cinched the tight in the closing seconds by flooring Schiro for the count of eight. Boxing at Central has progressed yearly. ’Hie number coming out is almost as great as the number coming out for major sports. Central has limited facilities for this activity, hut this sport continues to grow in |x pularity in spite of all these obstacles. Boxing champions will receive medals, because the sport is not recognized by the Big Eight as a major sport. It is the fo|K of the participants that some day foxing will Ik given the recognition of a major sport, instead of the rank it now holds. A former Central foxing champ has made good in a big way at the University of Wisconsin. He is Vito Schiro. referee of the foxing finals this year. Vito fought in weights ranging from the 145 pound class to tile 165 pound division. When Vito fought for the Orange and Black he fought in the 145 pound class. In his freshman year at the university he was awarded a numeral sweater. This year Vito will receive a W” sweater, because foxing was made a major sport From Row |eft ro right. at Wisconsin. Back Row: M.soison Central High school girls’ s|»ort program will have its climax when Central joins with four other Madison High schools for a gigantic field day oil Tuesday, June 30, at the Henry Vilas Park in comnicmora lion of the Wisconsin Centennial. All girls who will he in town arc asked to join in this celebration by signing up with Miss Marguerite Shepard, director of girls' physical cduca tion at Central, as soon as possible. 'Hie day's program will consist of relays, circle rates, xpec-lacular stunts, human croquet, and human hurdles. The girls, who are expected to number 2,000, will be divided into teams of 15 each for these games, ami the winners will be awarded Centennial Badges. The teams will Ik pitted against each other by grade levels to give each girl an equal chance. Each group will compete for divisional prizes. The divisions arc tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. Mrs. James Jackson is the general chairman of this day and will Ik assisted by the physical education directors of the Madison high schools. The regular girls’ sport program of the year was completed with the finish of the tennis tournament and the awarding of right M’s to the girls who scored a total of 1,200 points in different recreations and sports. The girls who received MV arc Marguerite Butzen. Mary Connors. Fern Griffin, Lucille Hartwig, Dorothy Harjes. Agnes I-awry, IXiris Morrison, and Mary Meyers. This year's M's are of the same make as the boys' |x rt letter hut arc six inches instead of eight. 'Hiis is the first year that this kind of letter has been given to the girls. 'Fhe different sports which attracted scores of girls are baseball, basketball, tennis, and volleyball. There were six teams in the baseball league and five in the volleyball and Isaskctball leagues. The tenth grade girls won the basketball championship, and the eleventh graders snared the championship in volleyball. Miss Shepard said that this year’s activities were very successful. She wishcil that more juniors and seniors would compete in these after school sports, because many students arc missing many enjoyments offered by the school. John Capadona, Nick Justo. Jim Gallagher, Tony dementi. John Badenna. Steve Chiovero, George Cuccia. 2

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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

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Isabel Carleton I By Betty Ludwig NOT long ago I came to realize an ambition I had harbored for three years — that of meeting Margaret Ashmun. the writer. It ail started one day while reading a book of hers during home room period. I had only gone a few pages when ! discovered that the story was laid in Madison and that the characters attended Central. My curiosity about the author was aroused and I determined to meet Margaret Ashmun. but how. I knew not. TTien one fine morning I found myself on the west side of town ringing Margaret Ashmun’s doorbell. I had come to interview her for the Orange and Black. Miss Ashmun. a greyhaired, middle-aged person of medium build, answered the door. She looked like any other nicely dressed lady one meets on the street, in her silk printed dress with a cluster of artificial flowers at the neck. For the first time it came to me that she was just like any other human being. We talked together of the Isabel Carleton series in which Madison, its stores, its amusements, the lakes, and university played such an important part. Miss Ashmun fumbled at her finger and then held out to me a beautiful ring made of two separate green Tlie Ghost I ells All... front'd from page 12) most an exact replica of Henry. Mr. Trachtc sent the book, and asked for a snapshot of Henry’s likeness. The snapshot that was sent did resemble Mr. Anderson's brain child. Master of dead-pan, except in color and amount of hair. Recently a doctor from Florida wrote Mr. Anderson saying Henry gave him the shivers running around in the snow with his scanty attire. I lc said if they didn’t have clothes enough for the little brat, to send him down to Florida where he could bask in the sunshine and swim. Mr. Anderson thanked the man for his kind invitation and assured the worried M. I), that I’enfant terrible appreciated it and would take a rain check on the invitation. By return mail, Carl Anderson received road maps of the state of Florida and full data as to how to get there. Youngsters seven or eight years old ived In Madison stones wrought in a silver openwork design. It was this ring which started what was later to become the Isabel Carleton series. Miss Ashmun was in England at the time. The days being long she had taken to writing to help pass the time. One day she thought of writing about her green ring which she had recently purchased of an American lady who made them and sold them there. TTic story was published in the Youth's Companion and proved to be so popular that the publishers asked for more stories about the same girl. Later they were combined into the first Isabel Carleton book and due to their great success. Miss Ashmun was prompted to write more such books. Miss Ashmun said that her purpose in writing the Isabel Carleton books was to describe family life and to make girls realize that family life is an important part of their living.” Through these books she attempted to show that one docs not have to go away to school to have fun, but that just as much can be had right at home. She lived supposedly on a “nice shady street, somewhere on the west side of town where most professors homes arc. Isabel Carleton was not any particular person although Miss Ashmun was thinking somewhat of a niece of hers who was attending the (not the censors) seem to be the champion worriers over Henry’s lack of clothing. They express fears of Henry getting new-monia.” Mr. Anderson usually calms their fears by saying Henry is so husky he would go out without any clothes on if they didn’t watch him closely. Sometime ago Mr. Anderson ran a cartoon showing the precious imp dressed up like a barber cutting another little boy’s hair. A youngster wrote in and advised Henry to use his knowledge of barbering on himself and apply some hair tonic to the seemingly barren vastness of his upper extremity. Henry wishes it known that he is a platinum blond. People all over the United States write and ask Mr. Anderson to help put across their various campaigns. But Henry is a shrewd diplomat and declines all propaganda offers. His main mission in life is to draw a few chuckles, not to promote. A dentist out West wanted Carl Anderson to run university here and whose name was Isabel. Carleton was Miss Ashmun's own choice as a fitting last name for the character. Rodney Fox and Caroline Harper, two of the main characters of the book, were not the Rodney Fox and Caroline Harper who were well known Madi-sonians not long ago. Miss Ashmun did not realize that there really were people with those names, until after the books had been published and people inquired about the similarity of the names. The only account that Miss Ashmun can give for having used these names is that at one time or another she had heard the names and they had unconsciously stayed in her mind. Miss Ashmun is a distant relative of Mr. Benjamin Ashmun, mathematics teacher at Central. Contrary to popular belief. Miss Ashmun did not attend Central, or teach here. She lived in Waupaca, which she often uses as a setting for her stories. Topless Towers, a novel for adults; Steven’s Last Chance, a book for boys; “David and the Bear Man. Brenda Stays at Home, Susie Sugar-beet, Including Mother, No School Today, Mother's Away,” and School Keeps Today. arc among the books which she has written for younger children. She has written 23 books and several magazine stories. a cartoon showing Henry brushing his teeth, but so far not one chuckle-drawing idea has been dug up concerning dental hygiene. Don rather fancies being called Carl Anderson's ghost, or Henry’s Nursemaid.” But, besides being a dignified artist’s assistant, Mr. Trachtc is also personal secretary, traveling companion, errand runner, and chauffeur. Notes On Music... front'd from page 6) halls, Dee. 19; Christmas Program in assembly, Dec. 20; Mid-Winter Concert, Dec. 26; Mid-Year Commencement, Jan. 31; Southwestern Wisconsin Teachers Convention, Feb. 14; Good Friday Services at Orpheum Theater, April 10; Funeral of Richard Botts: District Music Tournament, May 2; Spring Concert, May 15; State Music Festival and Tournament, May 29; Commencement, June 12. 29