McBride High School - Colonnade Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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626 GOLOIZIZQ 6 BASKETBALL Led by Captain Danny Miller, All-District Guard, the 1941 McBride quintet won the Dis- trict Championship for the second year in a row. Finishing in a tie for third place with C.B.C. in the Prep League with a record of three victories and five defeats, the Orange and Green showed their customary fighting spirit. The Micks, highly touted at the time, were upset by Ben Blewett in the first round of the Normandy Christmas Tournament, 21-20, but came back to trounce Kirkwood, South Side, and C.B.C. in that order to gain the Consola- tion trophy. In the State Tournament, the Micks were eliminated in the first round by Benton High of St. Joseph, the ultimate win- ner of the title, in a hard fought game, 26-23 The team ended the season with a record of 16 wins and 9 losses. Starting the season in non-league competi- tion, the Colonnaders won four of their first five games, gaining victories over Soldan, 35- 16, Southwest, 22-18, Beaumont, 26-16, and Central, 20-18, losing to Roosevelt, 35-33. The three victories in League play were gained over St. Louis, 22-21, Central Catholic, 30-26, and South Side, 36-33, while the Micks were subdued by C.B.C. twice, 28-19, and 21- 19, Central Catholic, 28-26, St. Louis, 21-20, and South Side, 28-23. Victories over St. Charles, C.B.C., and Web- ster Groves, gave the Micks their District title. Dan Miller gained a position on the All-Dis- trict team and both he and Klevorn merited All-Prep distinction, while the three other regulars gained honorable mention on the All- District squad, Bob Sullivan, Wally Cady, and Virgil Naumann. Major letters were earned by Capt. Dan Miller, Virg Naumann, Bob Sullivan, Wally Cady, Bob Klevorn, Ray Marty, John Gray, Jim Schindler, Tom O'Su11ivan, John Higgins, and Norbert Kayser. MINOR TEAMS The B basketball team of this year did not approach the heights attained by the B teams of the last two years. At times the team showed flashes of winning form. The squad was under the direction of Brother George Scherrer. Steed, Schroeder and Hanig were the mainstays of the outfit. Piekarski and Thro were the other regulars. The record of the C team, composed en- tirely of freshmen is of little import. The ex- perience that the players gained cannot be gauged. Fundamentals of the game were taught to the players by Brother Otto Weis- bruch. Page Twenty-two mnetean FOOTBALL 2 An old, proverb states: It's always darkest before the dawn. We hope that this is true, for if it is, McBride will soon be launched on a string of successful seasons in football, un- der its new coach, Edward Malone, successor to Toddy Kamp. The 1941 varsity eleven takes care of the darkest part. In cold facts, they won but one game: a 20-0 rout of Centrol Catholic, tied two, a 7-7 tilt with Cape Girardeau and a scoreless knot with South Side. Setbacks were administered in order by Cleveland, 0-14, Roosevelt, 0-14, Normandy, 0-19, C. B. C., 0-20, and St. Louis U. High, 0-48. In the Prep League race, the Colonnad- ers finished in a tie for third place with South Side, each having a Prep record of one tie and two losses. But, 'nuff said about the dismal side of the picture, let's look at the brighter side. This year's squad was led on the gridiron by one Monk Meyer, who gained as a reward for his field-generalship and aggressiveness, even in defeat, a place on the Globe-Democrat's All Prep first team. Others who performed admir- ably on the 1941 squad were: Lee Tate, cen- ter, Tom Andert, tackle, Tom Lewis, tackle, and Tom Shea on the line, while backfield standouts, besides Meyer, were: Burt Biby, Ralph Belli, and Norman Babor. TENNIS McBride seems to be acquiring a habit of producing championship tennis squads, for the 1941 netmen became the fifth straight tennis team to capture the Prep championship. The squad, coached by Rev. William Morris, and captained by Bill Muenz included: Robert Barringer, James Knoll, Kenneth Nuelle, and Ted Shasserre. The season was opened on September 20, with a 4-1 victory over South Side at the Sherman Park Courts. Mick victories were rung up by Captain Muenz and Jim Knoll in the singles and by Knoll and Muenz and Nuel- le and Shasserre in the doubles. Bob Barrin- ger received the only Irish loss. The St. Louis U. High encounter on Septem- ber 24, also at Sherman Park, was decided by a doubles victory scored by Barringer and Nuelle, which made the count read 3-2. Muenz and Barringer emerged victorious in singles competition while the setbacks were suffered by Knoll in a singles encounter and Muenz and Knoll, a forfeit, in the doubles. By virtue of their prep title, the Colon- naders were selected to represent the Prep League in the annual state tournament held at Columbia, Mo.

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Qaltty.-one Senior track team members: Rear: Stark, Baerveldt, O'Nei11, Saxton, Fitzgerald, Mossinghoif, Zemblidge, Mr. Ed Malone. Second row: Giordano, Downey, Blake, Bender, Cortopassi, Steed, Bloss. First row: Belli, Mc- Grath, Miller Ritchie, Willett, Altepeter, Shea. TRACK For the first time since the season of 1937 when the Colonnaders were track champs of the Prep League, the McBride field, and cin- der squads, both senior and junior, have pro- duced season records that are free from un- pleasant memories of too many and too crush- ing defeats. ' b During the course of the season, seven sen- ior and junior meets were held, all dual meets with the exception of a triangular encounter with U. City and St. Louis. The speed and spring of the Irish enabled them to win three, lose two, tie one, and to finish second in the triangular engagement. The Micks opened their season with a smash- ing rout of Clayton 141W-63Mg their next vic- tory was an easy 123-76 walk away against Central, to climax a successful season, the Irish defeated St. Louis 1131A-z-103172. In a dual meet, the Micks scored a 108172-108V2 draw with Kirkwood. Defeats were registered at the hands of the State Champions, University Cityg at the hands of Normandy, champions of the Chillicothe Relays, and at the hands of C.B.C. The brunt of the work was borne by a group of determined and speedy distance men, who compiled a record of having won 31 distance races out of a possible 35 in both divisions. Outstanding individuals were Don Ritchie, de- feated in but one race out of 14, Larry Willett, who ran 10 dead heats with Doc and who took a third place in the indoor State half- mileg and Ed Dierker, defeated but twice in fourteen races in the junior division and only once in his field specialty, the broad-jump. Others who contributed their share to the suc- cess of this group were John Blake, Bert Mos- singhoff, Charles Zeman, Justin Knapp, Vasco Cortopassi, and Jim Bloss. Gflflzlezfics BASEBALL To date, the varsity baseball squad has gar- nered six victories and has suffered four de- feats. In Prep League competition the Irish own two victories, a 4-3 win over C.B.C. and a 8-6 victory over Central Catholic, and have lost but one, a 4-3 loss to South Side Catholic. In non-league competition, the Colonnaders have maintained a better 50006 average, win- ning four and losing three. Wins were scored over Roosevelt, Coyle, Western Military, and Blewett. The Colonnaders opened their non-league season on April 2 with a rain-shortened game against Blewett. Following this they lost two successive encounters to Soldang a 6-4 tilt on April 7 and a 8-3 encounter on April 14. Then the Micks journeyed to Roosevelt on April 21 to nose out the Rough Riders in a close contest by the score of 2-1. Since then, the team has crushed Eugene Coyle 18-7, Western Military 25-6 and Blewett 4-3. The only other setback was a 10-3 loss at the hands of the Normandy Vikings. The Irish squad is made up mainly of mem- bers of last year's championship Aubuchon- Denison American Legion team. Members of the Aubuchon squad now playing with the Colonnaders include: Norbert Kayser, Eugene McCabe, and Ted Dubowski, infieldersg Virgil N3-UITIHUII, Outfieldefi Tom Cohen, catcher, and William Conley, pitcher. The remaining regulars of this year's nine are: Monk Meyer, Bill Nonnenkamp, Paul Ritchie, and Bob Kle- vorn. The offensive department of the Colonnad- ers is led at the time by Monk Meyer, and Tom Cohen, each maintaining an average ap- proaching the 400'Zn mark. Junior track team members: Rear: Brother George Scherrer, Andrews, Muldoon, Nugent, Gorke, Zell- man, Boeger, Vilbert. Second row: Seagrass, Dolan, Tenge, Burk, Vilbert, Burghoff, Rauschenbach, Knapp, Granicke. First row: Martin, Morrison, Zeman, Ga- nahl, Gibbons, Moehlman, Dierker. Page Twenty-one

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,V l , rrr Qcytty.-one ACTIVITY AWARDS Presentation of activity awards on Class Day is the most featured event of the school year. The pins are monogram pins and are awarded for extra-curricular activities exclud- ing athletics. Activities are divided into Major and Minor activities. Major activities are: Glee Club, or- chestra, debating, spelling, annual play, Col- onnade, oratory, and freshman and sopho- more elocution. Three kinds of monogram pins are awarded. Twenty-five to 60 points merit a plain ping 60 to 100 a one-star pin, 100 to 150 a two-star ping 150 or more a three-star pin. Senior Awards Three-star pins were awarded to: P. Gen- sert, J. Meyer, H. Gebhart, A. Giordano, J. Gray, H. Mattingly, and D. Byrne. Two-star pins were merited by: R. Buelt, E. Mee, R. Klocker, E. Speckart, V. Otten, J. Knoll, J. Brady, B. Rankin, V. Gazzola, and F. Flood. Winners of one-star pins were: C. Potter, and G. Naeger. Plain pins went to: F. Nau- mann, T. Vogenthaler, J. Springrose, J. Lit- teken, M. Chick, J. Castulik, P. Feise, W. Hol- den, J. Kellett, L. Kwiatkowski, J. Blake, J. Morley, W. McCarthy, R. Forbes, J. Schmuck, W. Zemblidge, J. McNicholas, and L. Willett. Junior Awards A three-star pin was awarded F. Geislinger with 175 points. 'Iwo-star pins were won by: R. Balsano 145, J. David 135, T. Finan 129, G. Dorlac 121, E. Raftery 113, E. Polito 100. One-star pin winners were: K. Nuelle 95, L. Dieck- man 94, C. Shelton 67, N. Koenig 63. Plain pins were claimed by: R. Juerens 50, J. Shortal 33, D. Hacker 26, C. Faust 25. Sophomore Awards C. Lang with 103 points was the only sophomore to claim a two-star pin. One-star awards were given: D. Schulte 85, D. Bonfa 82, R. Nelke 78, J. Muldoon 74, J. Hartigan 66, R. Schaller 65, F. Stroot 65, N. Koetting 63, E. Lanier 63, R. Crider 61, R. Kaufmann 61, R. DeRousse 60, J. Donohue 60, J. Killmade 60, F. Salerno 60. Plain pins were awarded to: E. Behrns 56, W. Noonan 50, R. Palazola 50, Scheiperpeter 50, P. Sievers 38, M. Delany 36, Eg Dierker 35, R. Hayden 30, J. Marks 25. Freshman Awards Anthony Dunn was the only freshman to win a one-star pin. He garnered 67 points. Plain pins went to: H. Harrison 55, J. Seidel 55, T. Conlon 53, R. Goes- sling 53, J. Ponsot 48, W. Boumeuf 45, E. Poelker 45, J. Doyle 42, G. Siemer 42, J. Babor 35, R. Feldmeier 35, J. Humrnert 35, J. Kirk 35, L. Nolan 35, B. Ross 35, L. Hasenjaeger 32, W. Lerch 32, W. Needham 32, L. Doyle 30, W. Endejan 30, L. Fulhorst 30, R. Harris 30, G. Plew 30, H. Ehrhardt 28, C. Betzler 27, H. Muckensturm 27, R. Towers 27, J. Goessling 25, J. Klaffenbach 25, R. Kolb 25, J. Roller 25, U. Suiter 25, J. Walsh 25, E. Warner 25. - Gfcftvuftes Members of the Spelling Team: Sitting: Potter, David, Mee, Byrne, Rankin. Standing: Geislinger, Gebhart, , SPELLING I The 1941 McBride spelling team, coached by Brother Louis Schuster and captained by Herbert Gebhart climaxed a year of success- ful spelling by capturing the city champion- ship on May 17, when they nosed out the 1940 champion, Southwest, 24-23. By virtue of their victory, they became the first McBride spell- ing team to win a city title. Members of the team besides Gebhart include, Clark Potter, Donald Byrne, Edward J. Mee, Bernard Ran- kin, John David, Kenneth Nuelle, and Frank Geislinger. Of these Potter, Mee, Byrne, and Rankin are seniors, while the remaining three are juniors. The Tournament, sponsored by Radio Sta- tion KSD began early in April with eighteen public and private schools competing. Cleveland was the first victim of the Col- onnaders, and they were followed in order by Central, Rosati-Kain, and finally Southwest. In the Central encounter a record number of words were spelled, eighty-four in all. Inci- dentally the Central match was also won by but one word, the final score being 41-40. Mc- Bride defeated Cleveland by five words and Rosati-Kain by three. Throughout the season the Irish missed but 13 words. Captain Gebhart and Clark Potter deserve special mention for they went through all four matches without missing a single word. Edward J. Mee and Donald Byrne also de- serve 'a round of .applause', for this duet missed but one word each during the sea- son. John David and Ber- nard Rankin muffed but twice, while Kenneth Nuel- le was tripped but three times. Frank Geislinger missed four words. Nuelle. Bro. Louis Schuster Page Twenty-three