Neenah High School - Rocket Yearbook (Neenah, WI)

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1 V 'Q '--'vb THE BASKETBALL SQUAD Caphm Tyrlver Willis Haase ohn Schneller Mitchell ohnson Elmer Racltke George Prwtt Clarence Mlelke ame Ehrgott Forward Guard Center Guard Center uarc. Forward lqorward George Blrmmgham Asst Mgr lvxrl Cnertnel Forward kenneth Olson Forwird S verteen . - 1 l l l J Q ........... J ......... .I s .......... ' Abe Stone ............. Manager I I 1 n n ' Q' E, . C C nuoulnnnuu f 0 . Ax , '.uA 'xi

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-AIU' av Y F '0 FQ 'A 'I 'V K D 1 . srntix THE. FOOTBALL SEASON The football season of 1926 was falrly successful for Neenah Hugh result mg in three wms and four defeats On September 7 the Hl'St call was sounded by Coach Ole orgensen xt was answered by several veterans from last season namely G Smlth G Malouf Hauser H Neubauer A lhde and E Tyrlver Many other mem bers of the squad last year were workmg hard for posxtlons left vacant by graduates Neenah hugh opened lts season on September 25 by playing the alumni team at the Green The game was hard fought wlth the old grads finally wmnmg by the score of 6 to 0 Coach used many subs and the game brought out the weak polnts which had to be corrected On October 2 the team met ltS flrst hlgh school rlval Ripon high school The backfleld was faster the lme was more effectxve ln both OHCIISIVC and defensive work The two teams battled to a scoreless t1e during most of the game but Neenah fmally blocked a punt and a llttle later scored the wmnmg touchdown Neenah had a score of 7 and Ripon 0 Neenah met Kaukauna here on the followmg Saturdav The reds played a plucky game but the fa t Electrxc Clty outfit was too fast for theem Nee nah lost the game 21 to 0 but dxd not lose nts fight smnlle or courage On Octooer I6 the Neenah team traveled to Two RIVCYS and met its thlrd and this wlth many co tly breaks gave Two Rlvers the vlctory On the followmg Saturday St Peter s hugh school of Oshkosh journeyed here for a game The game started wlth a mayorlty of second team men ln Neenah s lmeup Coach drd not know the strength of the St Peter s team and was surprlsed when thcy made a touchdown and a goal ofter the touch down Just after the game had started Neenah could not overcome the lead and lost 7 to 6 The muddy condxtlon of the field clearly showed the need of a new Held On October 30 the Reds journeyed to Neew London and won a hard fought game I2 to 6 Neenah lo t and won the game m the last few mmutes It was the kmd of game m whlch both teams really thmk they won New Lon don tied the score with about two mmutes to play Neenah kicked oft and succeeded ln making another touchdown to wm the game before the final whlstle blew For the fifteenth consecutlve time Neenah conov ered their old rlval M n asha on Saturday November I6 Menasha outplayed the locals ln the flrst period and almo f scored a touchdown ln the econd h lf Neenah com pletely outolayed Nlenasha Shortly after the thlrd perlod began Neenah advanced the ball to the 30 yard llne and Schneller made a dropklck l the la t quarter Neenah scored a safety after Menasha s center had made a wild pass Neenah was ln possession of the ball and were ln the shadow of the goal as the game the greatest of all Neenah Menasha gridiron battles ended and the cu Lam was pulled down on our grldlron battles untxl next season Sxxteen QL 4 ' ,ki , , , W, W --- - ' I . ' Y' ' -7' ' ' 'M f., 'L 3 N. U Y E . . y . . A . . ' Q - , - Y S - . . . - , defeat of the year by a score of I0 to 0. The old fighting spirt was lacking, V, Q . . . . . . s ' ' . ' . s. . . s a . - ' , .J ' . n S . 1 'V . 4, Y, rf ' ' W A -

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THE BASKETBALL SEASON ln the latter part of November the twenty second to be exact Coach Ole orgenson wlth a rather doubtful perplexed yet determined look was vlew mg some twenty five basketball candldates who were eagerly practlclng for the basketball season was soon to begm and only two lettermen Captaln Tyrlver and ohn Schneller were there to form a nucleus about whlch team could be bullt From these men a team was burlt which could hght wm games and lose them as well but only by small mar ms After several weeks of strenuous practice and a number of scnmmages wlth the second and alumni teams the 1927 basketball season was oth cxally opened on anuary 7 ln a home game against Two RIVCTS The locals lost by only one polnt I4 to I5 and as the score ll'ldlC8tCS lt was a real hard battle Neenah traveled to Rlpon anuary I2 and lost another close game I7 to 21 but the experlence Gained m these two Games displayed lt self m the two vlctorles followmg The Appleton hugh cagers untxl then undefeated were easrly prcked to wm thelr first game wlth Neenah but the Reds were an entirely drfferent team when they faced the Orangemen on the S A Cook Armory floor on Saturday anuary I5 lt was one of the marvels of the season that the locals after two reverses staged a comeback and emerged uctorlous from the best game of the season I3 to II Stlll playmg the brand of ball dns played ln the Appleton game the Neenah team took the slster school into camp and won I4 to 8 On anuary 28 Neenah lost an out of town Game to Shawano 20 to I2 and the meek followmg bowed to Fond du Lac Valley champions 8 to l l on the home court ln the remalnlnv games of the season Ne nah won from West Depere I7 to I0 lost to Menasha I6 to 20 and dropped the final en counter to Appleton 23 to I7 ln the tournament Neenah showed up well After wmnm from Berlun I4 to Z3 and Brandon I8 to II the locals lost tlse champion hrp game to Waupun I3 to 9 Thls gave our chool second place whlch speaks well of our team Two Neenah players Plnky ohn on and ohn Schneller were placed on the all sectlonal team Be :des the players that won the N s and N A A 1n basketball the sec ond team was presented wlth numerals The e ond team coached by Lyle Fehrman gave the varsrty team good practlces and they also deserve recog nltlon The followmg were awarded numeral Captam Paul Grogan Thomas Russell Robert Marty Herbert Thurmansen Paul Gerhardt Herbert Ehlers Gordon Brown Adelbert Jensen Howard Stacker and Leonard Neubauer Now when we look back up that season of hard work defeats dlscoura e nfents vlctorles clowned wlth joy whlch were borne by the coach as well as the squad we must conclude that through the efforts of the coach and the work of the quad Neenah hxvh chool had a succe sful basketball on m l977 mea ured not only ln arres won but m exnerrence and beneh s dcrxvcd for the players llc l - I ' J , , - ' s Q J r H . - . U- , , , D . My - J . - 7 7 A 3 . J , , y 9 a ' 3 , - , , ,I . . v u 7 l .I , D . , , Y . . - Q , . . 9 . D e f y - CJ' ' o , S' , , . .e - . S .. . . .. . .. .., ., . - - J Q J 1 . - .. . H . S . . ' c . S C , . Q .J - , . , c , I - , , I I7 - - -- , u an ' - , I 1 - g S . g s ,s 1 f 1 sea- ? .. S ' fr , ' ' ' l. Eijm cn I a