Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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ihleiicgaaacfafeawhal The Alhleric Board of Conlrol is composed of lacully members, ad- minislrarion heads, school board members, and also a few sludenr repre- senlalives elecled by The various classes. This board carries on work, and malces imporlanl decisions perlaining lo 'rhe varied alhlelic program al Moline l-ligh School. If any greal changes are lo be made concerning anylhing in lhe sporlrs field, rhe Alhlelic Board hears rhe proposed ideas and sellles whelher or nor The recommended measure shall be adopled. Row I Mr. Melin, Miss Spencer, Mrs. Carlson. Row2 Mr. Beling, Mr. Parker, Mr. Lain. Row3 D. McAdams, F. Samuelson, Mr. Holmgren, W. Ford. - fillfuii '-MTX ll' '

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Row I: G, Dullfv., L. Trzevczrrow, IJ. Larson, B. Ford CapT., D. Larson, E. Larson, F. Samuelson, W. McAdams, D. Eyre. Rf,-NY: M, N.-wa-suns, F. Nvlhr-vlrfn, B. Berman, D. McAdams, L. Roberson, A. STevens, I-I. PeTerson, K. Becker, P. Lincoln, S. Tr-mplw. Row3: Assl. Coach Foley. Assl. Coarh I-Iullrgre-n, Coach Hyinlc, F. Baas, M. Akers, R. Reeves, R. STronq, K. Carlson, R. I-Iondluy, C. Trevor, Tvalnfel Paul. VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM IT was a game bunch OT lads who appeared Tor The opening pracTice oT The I945 TooTbaII season, as was proven by The baTTIes They puT up againsT several Tough Toes. YouThTuI and handsome Jaclc Foley had compIeTe charge OT The sophomore candi- daTes This year, and aIThough The LiTTIe Maroonsn did noT come Through wiTh a vicTory They Tied in Tour baTTIes and losT Three. 3 gs: I They have The earmarlqs oT an exceIIenT TuTure varsiTy Team-a Team which we are conTidenT will prove valuable To M. I-I. S. in The TooTbaII seasons yeT To come. SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL TEAM Row I: R. Mr,KinzIe, T. OIT, R. Fwllon, J. Williams, R. Knock, D. MiIIeT, R. Young, J. Hayden, C. Cedarblad. Row 2: D. Frazlm, J. Zulcevman, R. Rlssle, H. Blilsch, R. Belden, R. Sfablein, G. McKin7Sc, R. STrong, C. Parker, G. PeTer- scrn, G. I-Iill, L. Schulll, ICJ. SrnarI. Row 3: Coach Foley, W. Carrey, G. CrampTon, A. Ulner, L. Frels, W. Chapman, .I. Allen, D. Swenson, J. Rouderbush, R. I-Ioldvd, C. Banks, C.Sf1IfansIcI, Mgr. D. Wallace, AssT. Coach Clair. I F O O T B A L L

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EDWARD JAWOISZ GALE HARTER EUGENE LARSON E Savanna The Moline Maroons, I945-46 ediTion of The baskeTball Team sTarTed ouT Their season wiTh an easy 47 To 2I win over The Savanna cagers on The Whar- Ton Fieldhouse Tloor, before an opening game crowd oT 3500 Tans. The Moliners lacked skill only in The Tree Throw deparTmenT as They missed I6 ouT of Their 27 aTTempTs. IT was Coach Sam Drake's debuT as The menTor of The Team. Kewanee UpseTTing The Pre-Season NorThwesT Conference Champions The Moliners rolled To Their second win wiTh a 37 To 3I upseT over The Kewanee Boilermakers on The Moline hardwood, before 4000 exciTed onlookers. The Moliners were noT To be sTopped in The TirsT half of Their game as They clicked off 502, of Their shoTs during ThaT period. AssisTanT Coach Jack Foley Took hold of The reins in Dreke's absence due To Uncle Sam's procedure. Rock Island Filling The Rock Island gymnasium To The raTTers, The Moline Tens received a real TreaT as They saw Their home Team win over The Islander Crimson 30 To 28 in an overTime baTTle. IT was 27 apiece aT The end oT The regulaTion baTTle and Ed Jawoisz and Don Greer did The Tidy liTTle biT QT scoring Tor The Moliners during The exTra Three minuTes of play To puT Them on Top oT boTh The NorTh- wesT Conference and Quad-CiTy sTandings. Again Foley was calling The signals. Waukegan InauguraTing a Tour game losing sTreak alThough They weren'T aware of iT aT The Time, The Moliners Tell before The solid blows oT The Waukegan Bulldogs by a 4I To 25 counT. This was in The Tinal game of a doubleheader special held in The WharTon Fieldhouse wiTh EasT Moline and MorTon of Cicero providing The Tans wiTh The TirsT baTTle: EasT Moline was The vicTor. IT wasn'T unTil The second half ThaT The Maroons Tell behind The Bulldogs. MorTon of Cicero Trading opponenfs The EasT Moliners and Maroons held The second double- header in The Tieldhouse The nexT nighT, wiTh boTh of The local Teams losing. Moline dropped a 38 To 3l decision To The Cicero lads Tor Their second sTraighT loss aTTer sTarTing The season wiTh Three wins. Coach Drake had reTurned and was now officially discharged from The Army. CanTon WiTh a revamped lineup sTarTing The game. The Moliners sTilI could noT hiT The road To vicTory as They were downed 45 To 44 by The CanTon quinTeT. Ed Jawoisz was The only one oT The regular sTarTing Tive To play in The game wiTh Tour new Taces appearing in The oTher posTs. The Maroons were behind Through- ouT The whole game and came only as close as They were in The TirsT Tew minu'l'es. DavenporT The second Quad-CiTy baTTle puT The Maroons ouT of Their Top berTh spoT in The sfandings as The Iowan rivals from Davenporf pushed Them back wiTh a 33 To 37 Tray. which held The inTeresT of over 2700 fans packed inTo The Blue Devils' gym. No Team held more Than an eighT poinT lead in The game and Moline was leading ThroughouT The TirsT half. Gale HarTer, back in The lineup again, was high poinT man wiTh I0 poinTs.