McKinley High School - Tiger Yearbook (Marshfield, WI)

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www, A 5 to 3 victory over Wiscon- sin Bapids opened the confer- ence season of the Marshfield Se-Xtet. Cliff Billings and Leo Winterburn were high scorers. A week later the squad trav- eled to Wausau and was de- feated by the Hockey Cham- pions. However, it was one of Vi7ausau's toughest games end- ing with a score of 4 to 3. Win- terburn scored two of Marsh- field's three goals. Diem played an outstanding game in the cage. Five days later the team chalked up its second victory Couch Burnlcrant at Nelcoosa with a 6 to 5 score. Dohm tallied three goals and one assist and Winterburn challced up two goals and two assists. The fourth game totaled a victory over Medford with a score of 6 to l. l' KRAEMER Marshfield was completely outplayed by Wisconsin Bapids by a score of 4 to O in its fifth game which A I was played here. A defeat at Stevens Point followed. The game played in a snowstorm seemed to depend on luck and it was with the Point. Diem ' played or good game in the cage. . I - Manager Q I The Cardinals of Wausau handed the Orange and Black a loss in an exciting game. Marshfield lost by a score of 2 to l. 'Al Leitner and Bob Billings played outstanding defense. Only two of thirty-three shots got pastt goalie Diem. Burnlcrant's Tigers scored their fifth victory at Medford in a 3 to l ' decision. Dohm, C. Billings, and Winterburn tallied the goals for Marshfield. Marshfield handed the Point a beating when the squad scored four times while Point scored nothing. W'interburn, C. Billings, and Dohm played well on Marshfield's offensive. A, Marshfield ended the season by trouncing Nekoosa in a 7 to 2 victory. Seniors playing their last game with the team were Orp Dohm, Bonnie Kipp, Bob Billings, and Gene Diem. Coach Burnlcrant brought his squad through a ten game schedule in f ' second place. At the beginning of the season, he had one regular returning, Captain Al Leitner. With a group of comparatively inexperienced men, Coach Burnlcrant developed a fine team. Top Row: D. Bauer, B. Stau- ber, B, Kipp, H, Metz, C. Ploen. Second Row: l. Kraerner, B. Butler, R. Wilcott, I. Blaett- ler, D. Van Epps, V. Lube-r, E. Harsch, Mr. Burnkrant. Front Row: E. Diem, B. Bill- ings, L. Winterburn, O. Dohm, C. Billings, A. Leit- ner, R. Schunk.

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l. CONNAUGHTY Was one of the clev' erest ball handlers on the squad. lack, tall and a rather slow rnoving player, was right in there all the time. He was a junior and played his first season of high school basketball. P.. FRANKWICK, a senior and a three year man, was probably one of the best set-shot players on the squad. Ray played a guard position offen- sively and defensively. s C. CROCKER a senior and third year man, was the tallest guard on the squad. He was a good rebound man and hard to get around on defense, Charlie was a long shot and collected nany points that Way. f 1 4 Vx A f tw - J, 1 f ,l . wr A lfl! . 1 A,f . ! , U g . ll W tfdv - jf' I 11 I l K . , xflf' ,lvl . f wg' rf!! f 1 IJ ,I , NJ it R. REETHS, W. CHAPEL Managers l63l G. BAUER, guard and one of the smal- lest players on the squad, possessed enough iight and pep to win a letter three years. Gerry was a long shot and played a good game as defensive forward. W. CARNAHAN, a senior and three year rnan, played a defensive forward position. Bill liked to play a fast and sometimes erratic game. He was awarded a guard position on the all- tournament team.

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L. WINTERBURN in his first season of hockey was the high scorer of the squad. He played a wing position and scored 12 goals and assisted on 5. The sextette will have Leo's sup- port again next year when he will be a senior. A. LElTNER, a junior and second year hockey man, did his share to put Marshfield in second place. Al has six goals to his credit and is considered one of the hardest body checkers in the conference. O. DOHM, a three year man and one of the best working center icemen in the conference, was second high scorer of the squad with 7 goals and assisting on 9. C. BILLINGS, a junior and first year hockey man, played a good game at a wing position and had a big hand in the scoring of the Tiger sguad. Cliff will be returning next year and will be of much value to the team. 4 tu . L E TT E. DIEM, goalie, was one of the best in the conference, although it was his first year in the cage. Gene always had a higher percentage of stops than the opposing goalie. U03 F. BTLLINGS, a senior, played his first year as a regular and played steady Games in a defensive position. Bob played his best game against the Car- dinals at Wausau.