Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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A “MIXER” BY THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Sweaters Presented to Football Heroes; and the Band Played. Quite the biggest meeting this year was that of the Athletic Association Tuesday night, Jan. 27. They had a good crowd and they had a good time. President Joseph Havlick presided. He threw pep into the assembly and showed himself a live fellow heading a live organization. Students Athletic Manager A. D. Horne was strongly in evidence and threw off the air of mystery and diplomacy that usually envelopes him and Mac. (Quite neces- sary in up-to-date athletic circles, ye know.) Treasurer Lee. Athletic Manager Horne and various others made ripping addresses and then came the presentation of sweaters to the heroes of 1919. Elegant sweaters they were too—thick and downy, pure white, with a big red “E” on the breast. Each recipient had to make a speech or sing a song. And each had to wear his sweater. Coach MacC'ormick was nearly bowled off his pins when he was added to the list of those who were given sweaters. The list of recipients is: Wright, Captain; Grosso. Cento. Norcott, Fulton. Rerucha. Vaughn. Eggers, Hall, Schroeder, Poling, Breitkrutz, Smalley, Belson and Rankin. Manager Horne received a manager’s letter. Page Three Hundred Sixty-two

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 w =£%! -THE i920 EMF i::y ' r C. B. Wright J. S. Marshall J. P. McCarthy S. F. Kochanek A. C. Norcott 0. A. Normann E. R. Rerucha W. Rankin P. E. Reynolds B. E. Poling A. D. Smalley E. J. Schroeder A. O. Vaughn W. J. Stransky E. C. Eggers A. D. Horne L. Genrich E. C. Fulton P. P. Grosso G. A. Gray E. E. Curtis D. R. Hall C. Cento P. G. Krippner L. E. Brackett V. H. Breitkreuz 4 A § C. J. Belson 4SBZZ3lW}1R Page Three Hundred Sixty-one

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m :ZZ' T r,i k fi kf THE 1920 E THE ATHLETIC YEAR. The athletic teams of the School of Engineering have set a record that any school may be proud of. This, being the initial year of athletics at S. O. E. It has set a mark that future teams will try to attain. At the beginning of the year of 1919, the school authorities obtained the services of E. J. McCormick, well liked by the students who know him, and highly qualified for the position he now holds. He was greatly hindered by the lack of equipment and proper facilities to practice. President O. W. YVerwath and the school faculty saw the ob- stacles and need of athletics among the students, and were kind enough to help along, by obtaining some equipment for the students’ use. It was only a short time before the baseball team was on its way. They put up with difficulties, but encouraged by the backing of the students and officers, bucked away and came out of the season with only one loss, that being the first game of the season. The track team had not been developed, but men with the right spirit were daily training for coming events. The only meet participated in during the season, was the three mile Journal marathon. Many runners of fame were entered but the spirit of S. O. E. again brought our men in victorious. In the late fall a few football men again responded to the call of the coach. They toiled and worked to build a team of the material they had. Their heart was in the work and the spirit of S. O. E. was again behind them. Look what they accomplished. They obtained wonderful results for the first football team that S. O. E. ever had. And now the basketball team which S. O. E. is boosting is out to set other records as our other teams have done. They have broken into the lime- light and will push S. O. E. into the light of the sport world before the season is over. The school has always spoken about the number of different states and countries its students are from. The athletic teams also have a reason to boast of their squads. In baseball, seventeen men that were out at one time were from thirteen different states. This illustrates how the student body is brought from a wide territory. In athletics this year we had a man from the most eastern state in the states. Maine, the most western. Oregon, the most northern. Minnesota, the most southern, Texas; from the hills of Tennessee; from the plains of North Dakota. From the city of San Fran- cisco; from the town of New Holstein and from the farms of Nebraska: all were in the melting pot of Milwaukee, the School of Engineering. The 1919 football season could justly be called a successful season, in- asmuch as the team won the majority of games played, but being the first year’s participation in this branch of athletics, the handicaps were too great to be overcome in two months playing. A lack of enough men to form two squads for real scrimmaging, combined with a lack of knowledge of Coach Mc- Cormick’s methods and plays, drawbacks last fall, will not be the handicaps for this coming season, because practically every man on last year’s squad, together with a lot of promising football material, enrolled this term, will be out in uniforms the first of October. Looked at from any angle, the 1920 football team is going to be a win- ning team and one that every engineer will be ready and proud to support. Page Three Hundred Sixty-three