Mount Morris High School - Mounder Yearbook (Mount Morris, IL)

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if The Mounder of 1944 A ..-mm Q Top Row-Felker, Allison, Sitler, Stouffer, Cratty, Leonard, Miller, Wagner, Blevins, Wi'iglit. Second Row-Sanderson, Rohleder, Messer, Bartow, Krug, lncontro, Neumann, Billings. Third Row-Coach Ward, Shank, Feary, Palmer, Gartner, Parkinson, Horst, Floto. FOOTBALL Although the football season for the Mounders this year proved quite disappointing as far as scores were concerned, the school spirit and loyalty of the student body was maintained 100 per cent throughout the entire season. The boys made up for their repeated defeats by gaining a victory over Oregon, for many years one of our closest rivals. A forfeit from Amboy made the season's total two victories and four defeats. At the end of the season the boys elected Christie Krug as the most valuable player on the team and Harold Palmer honorary captain for the year. Major letter winners of the 43-44 football season included Harold Palmer, Christie Krug, Vincent Horst, Wayne Floto, Frank Billings, jim Rohleder, Dick Shank, john Bartow, Bob Gartner, Willie Incontro, Dan Neumann, Ted Incontro, Bill Messer, Ronald Feary, Hewitt Parkinson, and Bob Wright, managers letter. f34l

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The Moundef of 1944 'ik BASKETBALL Playing a heavy schedule of games this year, the Mounders were still unable to shake off the streak of bad luck which has dogged their footsteps for several years. Towards the close of the season, however, they begin to spurt forward and won two games, against Polo and Amboy. The team and student body deserves commendation for the splendid way in which they took it on the chin and went back for more. Rousing pep meetings showed the team that it had the complete support and backing of the students, in spite of recurring disappointments. Those boys receiving major letters were Palmer, Krug, Shank, Bartow, and Ted Incontro. George Wagner was awarded a manager's letter. ik WILL YOU EVER FORGET- That terrific shiner that Hal received from Stuff, of Polo, in that eventful game that we actually won- The time that Shike got so flustered he made a basket for Morrison-the spectacular runs of Krug on the football fields- the amazingly touchy fingers of Dick Shank when it comes to shooting baskets--the triumph over our arch-enemy, Oregon, in football-the magic that caused jerry Allison to never miss a basket in the course of a game-the rousing cheer for Ted Incontro at his last pep-meeting and game before joining the Army-that sheepish, half-scared, half-proud look in the faces of the captains when called on to give a speech-the despair of Coach Ward over the losses of his team, which was quickly forgotten in a wreath of smiles when they defeated Polo- That terrific sleeper play that Shank used at Rochelle, to make us one of the few teams to score against them at all- The time that Palmer was hurt and lost his memory for several hours-the cheers the boys gave for Mr. Henricks when they learned he was a grandfather- The yell Contest- the threat of Coach Ward to appoint five girls to play basketball instead of the boys-the wonderful UQ way in which all the boys kept training-the initiation of a certain freshman boy one night after football practice- the M Club picnic-wow!-the hilarious initiation of the new M Club members at their dance- Those famous speeches delivered by Coach Ward at pep meetings-the enthusiasm and loyalty of the entire student body throughout the football and basketball seasons. U31

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