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

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Basketball Central's baslietball team was one of the finest in the Big liight. .Xlthough missing a tie for first in the Big Eight. it was the pep of the team that stood out. After loosing San- ders. Oakey. and lusto, the Orange and Blacli knew it had a job ahead. No one's mad because they didn't get first. Tt's not how many games you can win, but the spirit and atti- tude that counts. Central's team kept its chin up in the sec- ond semester and earned second place. The crowning of lfrin Karp as the Big lfight scoring champ brought great honor to Central this year in basketball. Frin has been one of Ct-ntral's best basketball players in many years, and will he sorely missed next year. To really bring out Karp's spirit. we want to tell you a little story. A few days before the VVest-Central game Karp. colliding with Pot- ter. injured his leg. The next day he had a very painful muscle which athletes eall a ucliarliefliorsef' Undaunted, Karp went into the gatne with a special pad on his leg. liveryone reiuembers that gaiue. lt was a new Karp in there putting all his worth into that winning game for Central. In fact. the whole team was. bttt it was the standout playing of Karp that cinched the game. His follow-in shots were the best ever seen here. llis rebound work was his best output. Karp broke up many of West's plays. Snaring passes here and there. going alter rebound shots, getting in there with the old fight in him . . . thatis what tnade him the Big Eight scoring champ. And so to Karp we hid a reluctant farewell. Ct:N'riixi. .3-l. Riaiciisistiim 26--Central won its first basketball -tame from a small Reedsburf team that nearl turned de- v . , 5 . Y . feat into victory. Sanders and Karp both netted ll points. Blanlienlieim vla ed a treat fame at ruard, and netted five l l Y P- iw l -.51 - A points. Iaek llerr then showed distinct possibilities of bef coming a regular. CliN'l'RlI, W, ll.xr:iNE l'.xiaK 294Central won its first Big liight conference game from a highly touted Racine Park team. Central completely outplayed its opponents in every respect. Sanders dominated the play. The whole Central team was on in this game. CiaN'i'it,u. ZX. I.xNiasvii.i.iz Zgftxllllilllgll heavy favorites, Cen- tral had to fight all the way to defeat a lowly lanesville team. This game proved to be a tough struggle, but Central came from behind with a spirited fourth-quarter rally. ln its dismal showing Central made only six out of 28 free throws. lfxsi' Zi. Ciaxriui. 22-Central suflered its first defeat at the hands of liast. This game did not count in the Big Eight hilt did count for the city series, which West was then lead- ing. The game was typical of a city series gatne. A low score ensued because of good defensive work on the part of the two teams. The score continually seesawed hack and forth. Ciais't'ia.xi, ZW. Ki5Nosii.x Zfl-Continuing its climb upward in the Big lfight race, Central dropped Kenosha, thus earning undisputed leadership in the Big Fight for the first time since WTI. This game was considered to be one of the best played in years. Sanders and Karp led Central in playing and scoring honors. fc'0nl1'nuc'd1m page 385 page If I1

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Three cheers for the Qt1een's Ilushantlu . . . lor Miss Ruth Dieckhoilf, speech antl tlra- matics teacher of Central Senior High. The actors anal actresses, all of whom have hail little or no experience, pulletl through with a presentation closely rivaling the hest in Cen- tral productions. The work of producing a play is far more than you see at the actual performance. May our three cheers he equal- ly directed to the property anal stage crew for their excellent cooperation in making the play what it Was. I.

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. TRACK HE Orange and Black track squad has this year fin- ished one of its best year since track started at Cen- tral. One of the highlights of this season was when Central won the city championship for the fourth consecu- tive year. A state championship was also crowned in Cen- tral's rank-- Feet' Fiscus won the half mile in his divi- sion to become a ctychamp of the state meet. In the Hrst meet Central received a second place behind West. This meet was sponsored by West and consisted mostly of relays. The second meet of the year was at East. Central came out of this with a 58-55 victory. lack O'Neill surprised all by beating Boyle of East. Sticka gave Meek a hard battle in the mile. Diehlls tracksters had for their next victim Baraboo, by a score of 602-522. Beasley was Central's star. Sticka won the mile in a handy fashion. The winning of the hurdle races by O'Neil was another climax. Continuing their climb upwards in track success, Central defeated a highly touted West aggregation, 642-432. Cen- tral scored a dead heat in the 220 low hurdles when Potter, Karp, and O'Neil joined hands. The mile was easily won by Sticka. Colletti, a fellow man, finished in second. Potter clinched the broad jump on his last leap and nosed out Williams by 42 inches. Fourth place was won by Central at the annual Big Eight meet. Potter lost by half an inch in the broad jump. Wil- liams, who won this, broke the record. Sticka also placed in the mile. The state meet was next on the list. Central had three men that won places. Feet Fiscus was crowned champ for his section in the half mile. Potter received second place in the broad jump after being nosed out by half an inch. Livermore did his share by winning third place in the quar- ter mile. These qualifiers placed Central in fifth place, there- by beating out West and East. The annual city meet finally came and again Central won it for the fourth consecutive year. Central received 572 points, West 402, East 29, and Wisconsin High 5. Potter was the individual star, winning the pole vault, tying for first in the high jump with McCann of Central, and receiv- ing second place in the broad jump. Livermore defeated Vergeront of West in the quarter mile. Sticka and Colletti took second and fourth respectively in the mile. Accardo received second in the shot. The half mile event was won by Fiscus, Beld finished second. F UOTB LL HE football season this year was better than that of last year. The Orange and Black won two, tied one, and lost five. At times Central's gridders appeared as champions, such as in the Kenosha game. Although lacking that necessary punch to become victors, the team proved that it was trying. Spirit and determination was evident in the West tilt, and only an injury to King Oakey stopped Central. CENTRAL 0, SHEBOYCAN 0-Playing a brilliant scrimmage game, Central forced Sheboygan to the extremes, but She- boygan made up for it in its passing game. Both had very good defenses when each team was within scoring distance. Sheboygan had two scoring opportunities to one for Central. CENTRAL 13, KENosHA 6-Central won its first game in two years at Breese Stevens. Potter and Oakey paved the way to victory. Kenosha led in the first quarter 6-0 after a long march down the field. The second half showed a new Central team in there, completely outplaying Kenosha. Dickie Potter received a punt on his own 35-yard line, where he was hit by three Kenosha meng squirming and twisting, he eluded several more tacklers. He raced the re- maining 65 yards for Central's first touchdown behind a four-man interference. This play was the highlight of the game. In the fourth quarter, a short pass, McCann to Potter, netted another touchdown. A fake place kick, which was a pass, netted the extra point. Potter, Oakey, Sander, and Schneider were outstanding for Central. IANESVILLE 12, CENTRAL 0-With the sensational play of Bob Cone, Ianesville defeated the Orange and Black grid- ders 12-0 at Breese Stevens field. Cone, one of the best backs in the Big Eight, was the leader of the Blue-lays' victory. His running and passing was very effective. King Oakey and Dick Potter stood out for the Central squad, with Fis- cus and Schneider playing a line game at ends. Most of the game was played in a light mist, which didn't seem to bother the backs or the center. This was Ianesville's first conference victory in as many starts. BELOIT 13, CENTRAL 6-Playing at Beloit, the Central gridders dropped their second conference game in three starts by a score of 13-6. Eddie May, of Beloit, was the sparkplug of the Line City squad. May broke away for many long runs, only to be brought down from behind by Central's backs. One of the highlights of the game was Oakey's punt that went out of bounds on the 10-yard line. CENTRAL 13, Hoaucx 0-Madison Central's gridders climbed upwards in the Big Eight race by defeating Racine Horlick 13-0 at Breese Stevens field. This was Central's second victory in four games and Horlick's fourth consecu- tive defeat. On its two scoring drives Central looked tops. Dickie Potter, speedy little quarterback, paced a 90-yard march leading to Central's second touchdown. Central scored two touchdowns, each in the third and fourth quar- ters. These were the only exciting points of the game. Cen- tral gained fairly steadily during the first half, but were un- able to penetrate beyond Horlick's 15-yard line. Penalties stopped two scoring threats of Central. WEsT 13, CENTRAL 7-After a hard fought battle, West High's football team finally came out on the long end of a 13-7 score over Central. Playing inspired ball, the Central football team went into a 7-0 lead at the beginning of the third quarter when Oakey broke loose and out-ran the West secondary for the score and converted the extra point from a placement. On a few plays later, Oakey was forced from the game with an injured leg. Two plays after Oakey had left the game, Merritt got away and sidestepped McCann and ran for 47 yards to score. Pfahler's plunge for the extra point was short of the goal and Central still led 7-6. West's second touchdown drive started when Central's forward wall completely collapsed and Pfahler crossed the Central goal for the winning counter. West's speedy halfback, Brown, went around right end for the extra point. Sanders and Lee stood out in the play of the two rival lines, while Potter and Grady did their share in Qcontinued on page 401 page eleven