New Trier Township High School - Echoes Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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GRIDMEN Finish Second in League COACHES — FOOTBALL Mr. Walter Aschenbach, Mr. ske, Mr. Paul Delaporte. Harold Caton, Mr. Richard Gad- • Though the records do not show it, this year ' s var- sity football team was one of the best that has repre- sented New Trier in many years, 1935 included. The total of five wins, three losses, and one tie does not look particularly impressive, but those who attended the games saw a lot of good football. A great deal of the success of the team must be accredited to the line, which was considered the best in the Suburban League. Their fine blocking made possible the threats of the backs and their defensive merit was without question. In the Evanston and Oak Park games particularly, they displayed their ability by turning back both of these strong teams at the goal line. It is hard to pick one outstanding lineman, but it may be said that Howie Hinrichs was the sparkplug and pace-setter. His excellent passing from center position and unusual skill at backing up the line were a great part of the team ' s strength. At times he was replaced by Jack Bonner, and Logan Higgin- bottom, and later by co-captain Dick Reynolds, all being very effective. Due to a shortage of guards, Ted Harris and George Terzakes got very little rest during the nine game schedule. Both of these boys played a good part of each game in their opponent ' s backfield. Bud Still- man, Leo McShane, and Bob McNitt showed ability and spirit as replacements.

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Touch Football • The opening gun of a highly successful Intra- mural athletic program was the fall touch-football tournament. This year every advisor room in school entered a team in the tournament. A double elimina- tion system was used so that when a team lost the first time, they would have a chance to vindicate themselves before being eliminated. The class champs and runner-ups entered into a tournament to decide the school champion. A new championship team was crowned this year, when Edwards, the senior champs, defeated Wehr, the de- fending school champs, 27-0. Other class champs were juniors — Sandvig, sophomores — Bridges, and freshman — Gadske. All-star teams were chosen in each class, and there was talk of a contest between these all-star teams. However this never materialized as old man winter had alreadv closed another successful football season. Water Rugby • One of the outstanding events of this year ' s Intra- mural season was the successful introduction of a new sport, water rugby. This game was devised by the mentors of the swimming pool, Messrs. Jackson and Happ. The principle is similar to that of rugby, and from this you may gather that it is far from being a sissy game. The games were refereed by members of the Guard and a single elimination tournament was held. Fresh- men class champs were Gadske, and the sophomore champs were Troelstrup. The finals for the school championship were held in connection with the Steinmetz vs. New Trier swimming meet, and were between Nay, the junior class champs and Wehr, the senior champs. The result was an 11-8 victory for Nay, who thereby became the first school champions in a game destined to prove very popular at New Trier. SPORTS CLUB First Row — French, Robertson, Sittig, Shefte, McCandlish, Weisberg, Hill, Burnside, Bill, Korra. Second Row — Kelly, Dodds, Hall, Freundlich, Seddon, Merrill, Mona- han. Eves, Will, Latimer, Englehardt, Dodds, Sachse, Bailey, Hoefer, Showley — sponsor. TOUCH FOOTBALL CHAMPS First Row — McCall, Hoffmeyer, Kufeldt, Hutchings, Hochuli, Wain- wright. Second Row — Link, Pick, Neiweem, Bloom, Hirsch. Small. INDIVIDUAL I. M. SCHOOL CHAMPS First Row — Cloud, Wilson, Mayer. Sachse. Second Row — Cram, Brittain, Stransky. ADVISER ROOM ATHLETIC MANAGERS First Row — Anderson, Vance, Sachse, Sittig, VonEbers, Hall, Jones. Chase. Second Row — Matthews, Coons, Neiweem, Wiese, Sibley, Hoefer. Mizener, Casterline, David. Third Row — French, Ball, Storner, Hutchins, Tunnicliff. Horak. Hillner. Hoetger, Shefte.

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•■ The tackles fought all year for starting positions, the race being very even between Bob Landon, Bob Gockel, Bob Howell and John Miskel. The job of pass catching and breaking up inter- ference was handled well by a fine group of ends. Dick Durr and Rob Scheibel played the majority of the time and were ably replaced, when necessary, by Art Boynton, Dick Andrews, King Dowse, and Bill Brown. The backfield this year was one of the finest all around groups ever to play at New Trier. Co-captain Jim McFadzean was the standout back for both his offensive and defensive work. In this third year of varsity football, Mickey ' s performance in every game made him one of the best backs in the league. Be- cause of an arm injury received in the Evanston game he was unable to play in the White Plains con- test. The team felt his absence keenly. However, he was replaced by Tom Carney, an excellent passer and ball carrier. While McFadzean and Carney covered the left halfback spot, Jack Davis and John Clark shared the right half position. Davis was an effective kicker, passer, and runner while Clark ' s speed, power, and shiftiness made him a hard man to stop. Demonstrat- ing courage, ability, and versatility, John Powell played at either right or left half as the occasion de- manded. He ran and passed excellently in spite of being the team ' s lightest back. The only junior on the first string was Gordon Laughead, quarterback. He performed his duties as safety man and signal caller very well. Bud Young- love distinguished himself as alternate field general VARSITY FOOTBALL First Row — McNitt, Laughead, Miller, Durr, Howell, Harris, Hinrichs, Reynolds, McFadzean, Terzakes, Gockel, Scheibel, Davis, Boynton, Simons. Second Row — Risk, Kahn, May, Landon, Mc Shane, Brown, PoweIl t Miskell, Vounglove, Carney, Stillman, Dewey, Andrews, Clark, Liv- ingston, Moss. Third Row — Walker-Manager, Evans, Johnson, Meiers, Jemison, Seeley, Higginbottom, Brown, Sullivan, Dowse, Blum, Schenk, Ester, Clark, Rothermel, Anderson, Bayard, Lang, Wilson-Manager. Co-captains Jim McFadzean and Dick Reynolds in action by some fine signal calling, and a beautiful run back of a punt for a touchdown against Morton. Co-captain Dick Reynolds also played this position before being shifted to center. The fullback position changed hands several times during the season, starting with Buzz Sullivan, a sophomore sensation, and then going to Jim Dewey and Lawrence Bubby Miller. All three contributed much to the squad ' s success, and Miller, particularly, turned in a fine game against Evanston. Bubby ' s plunging in this game was a sight that would have thrilled any football fan and the result was a six to nothing victory over the Wild Kits. The season ' s opener against Riverside was an ideal start for the Green team. Although a bit unseasoned the boys romped to a 20 to victory. The following week a 6 to 6 tie with the strong Emerson team from Gary, Indiana, gave indications of a very successful campaign. Gary later became Northern Indiana champions. Morton ' s eleven was neatly removed in the highest scoring game of the season, being taken 28 to 13. wz fv ±; 4