McKinley High School - Tiger Yearbook (Marshfield, WI)

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,61,w'l erizjff 938 'Zia J .6 PRED PINK, a three year man, started his football career as a lineman but later was converted into a hard tackl- ing, smashing, blocking fullback. Fred received honorable mention in the con- ference in his junior and senior years. NEIL LUPIENT, a sophomore, played a steady game in the line and as a blocking back. He always succeeded in picking up the yardage needed when given the ball. Neil was a hard tackler and jarred many an opposing ball carrier. IIM SEIDL was a Tiger halfback for the past two years. He was one of the fastest ball carriers on the squad as well as an expert tackler. Iim made his touchdown on a pass in the Merrill QGIT19. CLIFFORD BILLINGS, a junior, broke into a regular halfback position this year and did a good job of it. junior scored Marshfields first touchdown at Merrill on one of his many off tackle smashes. DUANE VAN EPPS, a junior and a first year man in football, helped with center and guard duties. He was one of the largest linemen and used his weight to an advantage. IIM HANSON, coming from the Purdy squad won his letter after the first year of play. He was the smallest halfback on the squad. jim is a good punter and a clever runner and has promise of being a star backfield man during the next two years. BILL CAHNAHAN played halfback and called signals. Seven of his passes were completed for touchdowns during his three years of playing. Bill did most of the punting and his share of ground gaining. He received honor able mention in the conference in his junior and senior years.

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IOHN CHRlSTY played the right end position for three seasons. Although rather short for an end and catching passes, he made up for it in his block- ing ability and outstanding defense. lohn wore number 80 during his sen- ior year. WALTER GARVUE left end and back- field, broke into his ball-carrying duties in the Nekoosa game of his junior year. Wally was one of the biggest men on the squad. He scored our only touch- down against Nekoosa this year. ALLEN LElTNER, a junior who has played right tackle for the past two years, has much promise of being an outstanding player. Allen is a large fel- low and a hard tackler and blocker. DONALD REESE, a three year man was probably one of the best pass receivers Marshfield has had in a long time. Bud scored three touchdowns in his senior year. He played a tackle posi- tion this year. C-ERRY BAUER played the left guard position throughout his three years on the field. Gerry is credited with having done some very fine down field block- ing. He kept the chatter going on in the game. RUSSELL REED, left guard, was prob- ably the smallest member of the squad. He was a three year man and a good defensive and offensive player. ln his Iunior year he was All Conference and as a senior Second Team All Conference. HM BAUER, a freshman, played center and did well for his size. However, lim made up for this with his drive and fight. He has much promise and will be valuable to the team of the next few years. LEO WINTERBURN, a lunior, was on the high school football field for the first time this year. He alternated as guard and center.

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8 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE We They 21 Wausau there 32 l9 Nekoosa there 25 Tomahawk here 28 Merrill here 2U Nekoosa here 19 Stevens Point there Covertimel 13 Rhinelander here 21 Wisconsin Rapids there 22 Stevens Point here 24 Rhinelander there 2l Wausau here 33 Tomahawk there 21 Wisconsin Rapids here Coach Murphy Marshfield moved up a few notches in the win and lose column this year. However, only one game was won away from home throughout the conference season. At the close of the season Marshfield totaled five victories and eight defeats. With the will to win, the team traveled to Merrill for the District tourna- ment and returned victorious. The first tournament game was played with Nekoosa. Marshfield started slowly, and at the end of the first half was behind by a 20 to 15 count. Charlie Crocker injured his ankle in the first half and was unable to play the rest of the tournament. The boys came out for the second half looking like a new ball club. Walter Garvue played his best game of the year with his defensive and offensive rebounds. Garvue, Bauer, and Carnahan held the team of- fensively. The final score was 33 to 25. The second tournament game was no snap for Marshfield in its tangle with Tomahawk. However, Marshfield held the lead throughout the game and had a 17 to 12 advantage when the whistle sounded at the half. Seidl played a good defensive game by holding Lefty Nelson down to six points. With a minute left to play, a new Marshfield team was sent into the game with the result that Tomahawk cut the lead to three points but lost by a score of 27 to 24. With this win, Marshfield moved into the finals. The game with Manawa ended with Marshfield's victory at 33 to 16. Marinette was Marshfield's contender in the regional tournament at Stevens Point. ln spite of a decided pick-up in the second half of the game, the Orangemen lost to Marinette by a score of 33 to 29. Top Row: l. Hansen, N, Lupient, M. Rudy I. Le Mahieu, I. Bauer, Ct. Koller. Second Row: D. Reese, C. Crocker, W Garvue, 1. Connaughty, K. Brown. First Row: Cv. Bauer, E. Scherr, B. Carna han, L Seidl, R. Frankwick.