Monroe High School - M Book Yearbook (Monroe, WI)

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 i ii ii iiii iii i iiiii iiiiiiiaiiiais l iaaiias«ii0«aaliaiiii iaiiiiitaaiiaaiaaiilia(a,,gitaalli laiiiiaaaiaiaaiiaiiiaiiiaiiiiaiaiiaaiaaaiaiaiiaaaiiaiiiaaaiBaiaiiiiiaaiiiiiaiaiaaiiiiaaiiaiiaiaiiaiait Standing—-Stoneman, Hadden, McGuire, Meyers, Stauffer, Spaeni, Aeschli-nianii, Feldt, Garness. Sitting—Burke, Swan, Bruni (Pat), Holcomb, Zil mer, Bruni. The Basketball Season T11K Basketball season this year was not quite as long as that of last year, because of the late football season. Owing; to this fact only om game was played before the Christmas holidays; eleven games composed the regular season for the Monroe Cagers. The past season can be called a good one for M. II. S. Out of the eleven games on the schedule. the Monroe Cardinals won six and lost five making a total of 186 points to their opponents’ 157. The Monroe basketball squad, under the direction of X. J. Stoneman, got a poor start as they lost the first three games, only by narrow margins; but they ended strong by winning the last four games on the regular schedule. In the eyes of some students the win over Mon-ticello on February 26, on their own floor and their first defeat of the season, was sufficient to give Monroe a good season even if she had lost all the other games. New Glarus, Cuba City, Evansville, and Blanchardville were new teams that Monroe played this year that they had never played before in their regular season’s schedule. Of the 15 men composing the squad at the beginning of the season, Iladden, Holcomb, Pat Bruni, Aescldimann, Win. Stauffer, Burke, Swan, McGuire, Feldt, Zilmer, and John Bruni remained on it at the close of the season. The other four, Gnagi, Drake, Kundert, and Chambers dropped the squad, two because of standings, and the other two because they wanted to play with other teams. An exceptional find of the season was Pat Bruni, little in stature, but speedy, quick, and a “Dead-eye-Dick” in his shooting ability. Pat up to this year, had never played on the first five, but had always been a high point man on his class team. Win. Stauffer, opposite Pat in stature, and only a Sophomore, was developed into an unusually good guard. The other men composing the first eight at the close of the season were, Ilolcomb, Hadden, Aescldimann, Burke, McGuire, and Swan. The combinations that Stoneman placed on the floor were as good as any team ever turned out by Monroe, but at times they lacked in one thing, shooting abil-ity. ( Page Twenty-six J

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immmiiiiimmmiiimmiimimmmmiMimMHmimtHimmimimiiimiiiHiiii iiiiiiimiimmimmiiiimiiiHmiitiiiiiitiiimimiimimimimMimmimtHmiiifH Top Row—Field, Wenger, Moe, Drake. Second Row—Schneider, Gnagi, Stoneman, Zurfluh, Stauffaeher, Schindler, Spaeni. Third Row—Bruni, Share, Stair, Stauffer, Wyss, Chambers. Bottom Row—Burke, Trukenbrod, Dillon, Witt, Davis, Zilmer. The Football Season IX looking over the past 1925-26 record in Football, one comes to the conclusion that it was only a fair year, but one that is no disgrace to M. II. S. We have had, in the past, better teams in football, than we did this year, but every one remembers the Delavan game and its significance. Coach X. A. Stoneman, serving his first year in Monroe, began the football season with a relatively green team, and consequently the first two games were lost. It was a remarkable thing how fast the green candidates improved in their form of playing under the direction of the new coach. Thus playing in veteran style the M. II. S. gridmen won their first game away from home, giving Orangeville a 16 to 3 beating. The day before this victory the second team or All-Americans won the first football game in two years for Monroe by downing the Blanchardville eleven, 14 to (i. Stoneman and his warriors ended their season by playing the tough Oconomowoc team on Thanksgiving day, with 3 victories, 2 tie games and 4 defeats. Gnagi, playing at half-back, was high point man of the season with 19 points to his credit, while Burke, quarterback, was a close second with IS points. Chambers and Schneider each succeeding in scoring a touchdown, thus making the M. II. S. total 49 points for the season to our opponents’ 56. The men ending the season for Monroe were: Dillon, end; Moe, tackle; Witt, guard; Zurfluh, center; Schneider, guard; C. Stauf-facher, tackle; Stair, end; Drake, end; Burke, quarterback; Zilmer halfback; Chambers, fullback; (Jnagi, halfback; Field, tackle; Trukenbrod. tackle; W. Share, guard; E. Davis, halfback; R. Wyss, halfback; and A. Bruni, guard. I Page Twenty-five ]

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• mi imi 11111111111111 ............................................ mi i mu ii mil M Hill I III lllllll Ml 111111111111IIIII lllll•lllllll•lllll•HIIIIII■llllllll•lllllllll•lllllllll•llltllll Athletic A wards TIIE desire for the coveted “M”, emblematic of excel'ency in sports, lost its prestige this year through the indisposition of tin school’s athletes. Never before, in the history of the school, has this occurred. Few cared if they won an “M” or not, after the shakedown of tin star athletes. The “M” must be taken seriously. It is a symbol which you can keep long after your school days are over, and have a reminder of the best days in your life. If you win an “M”, be proud; you have a right to be. Let them know the significance of it, the hard work, and the plugging away to receive it. Despite the fact that sports suffered somewhat, some fellows worked hard enough to win letters. Those winning letters in football were: Alfred Stauffer, Capt. Evan Chambers Roy Burke Chester Dillon Cleve Stair Peter Gnagi Lester Witt Delbert Zilmer James Moe Chester Stauffacher Milton Zurtluh Those in basketball were: I)ar.vl Swan William Stauffer Richard McGuire In track, only three men who placed in the one meet held this year, won letters: Delbert Zilmer Henry Dettweiler Milton Feldt SOME FOOTBALL HISTORY FOOTBALL was started ill Monroe in 1899; the school did not have a regular coach but the team was coached by Doctor Randall and “Jones” White. Louis Kohli, of Monroe, played left end and lie says that the rules were almost the same as they are now, only the players did a lot of fighting on the side. The players were told to tackle and hang on ; this caused hard feelings and after each play a wrestling match was staged. Instead of nice new football suits, the players wore padded sweaters, and the better equipped ones wore baseball suits. Some of the teams played by Monroe were Darlington, Brodhead, and Monticello. Brod-liead had a coach from Janesville who played fullback; Monticello had “Steve” Summers as fullback. Summers was the principal at Monticello. The players went to games in a three seated hack pulled by a team of horses. When they played at Monroe they played at the fair grounds. After White and Randall quit coaching the team was coached by Rev. Bethel and Doctor Ma Herman. The pictures in the upper hall of former M. II. S. teams give an excellent idea of the evolution of football and the changes in equipment. PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR A. A. WITH the end of the school year the Monroe Athletic Association closes its season with several hundred dollars in its treasury. On the financial side it had a very prosperous year, the expenses for the year amounting to $2,500 in round figures while our income counted a surplus above this. We cleared at the district tournament about $450. Creditable mention was given the officers of the association for their work during the past year, especially Herbert Spaeni and his staff of managers. The officers of the association for tlie 1925-26 school year were: President, Bradford Drake; Business Manager, Herbert Spaeni; and Secretary, Elizabeth Hermann. The plan for running the association will be somewhat different for next year. No election will be held, but a student business manager has been appointed and also a faculty manager to take charge of the financial end of it. Elmer Stauffer will be the student business manager for next year, while Ivan Coplien will be his football assistant. J. C. Calder will be the faculty manager of the Athletic Association for the coming year, while X. J. Stoneman will be back as football, basketball, and track coach. I Page Twenty-seven ]