North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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NEXT YEAR THEY'LL FOLLOW THROUGH North Side Gymnasium, No- vember 24.-An outfit of North Side cagers spurted in the sec- ond half of their initial 1938-39 hardwood fracas to fashion a 29- 19 triumph over a favored band of Masonic Home netters. The Masons, making their annual ap- pearance as the Redskins, first foe, led the Nulfmen early in the ball game but fell behind 14-13 at halftime. North Side Gymnasium, De- cember 2.-North Side,s Crim- son clad basketeers went hammer and tongs against Central to best the Bengals 32-26 and make their initial defense of the city title, which they share with South Side, a successful one. Nappanee Basketball Stadium, F' Werling' December 3.-The tenacity of a tough Nappanee Bulldog aggre- gation wasn't lasting and a visit- ing North Side five handed the locals a 35-32 upset. Decatur Fieldhouse, December 9.-Bob Young. sophomore star, tossed in ten counters to lead North Side to a one-sided 37-15 victory over De- catur's Yellow Jackets. North Side Gymnasium, December 10.-North Side was unimpressive in tripping Peru 43-28. Elkhart Basketball Stadium, December 16.-- North Side cagers nearly lost their reserved pew on the band wagon of Old Lady Luck here to- night as Junior Wayne Heiber came through for the Red outfit with a long field goal in the waning moments to give the invaders a thrilling 25-23 win. Garrett Gymnasium, December 17.-Down at 17-13 in the second period of a ball game with Garrett, North Side netters drove in four straight lielders to lead 21-17 at halftime and then moved on to a 39-28 conquest of the Railroaders for their seventh consecutive victory and second tri- umph in the Northeastern Indiana Conference. North Side Gymnasium, December 23.-Seven- teen tallies sufiiced to keep North Side,s hardwood five in the unbeaten class as the Redskins tripped a tough Decatur, Illinois, team 17-12. 16 By PHILLIP OLOFSON First Row: E. Errington, R. Leakey, E. Huth, P. Baumgartner, Second Row: C. Ervin, B. Cowan. N, Oetting, W. Hieber, B. Young. Third Row: Keller, Mr. Northrop, Assistant Coach Bob Sinks, Coach Bob Nulf, B. Popp. North Side Gymnasium, January 6.-Young Ralph 1-Iamilton supplied the spark that burned the house that Bob Nulf built, as Hamilton spurred South Side's powerful Archers to a 34-21 triumph over the hitherto undefeated North Siders. North Side Gymnasium, January 13.-Central Catho1ic's up-and-coming Irish cagers stunned basketball circles with a scintillating 29-18 victory over North Side basketeers. Wabash Gymnasium, january 18. -North Side,s hardwood combination was still in the dol- drums of a losing streak as the Red string dropped its third straight battle to Wabash, 31-25. North Side Gymnasium, January 21.-North Side spurred briefly in the final minutes of a tilt with Hartford City to snap a three-game losing streak by registering a 31-29 victory. North Side Gymnasium, January 27.-A revita- lized unit of North Side hardwood experts blew hot in the waning moments of their battle with Centralis Fighting Tigers to nose the Blue five 38-35. North Side Gymnasium, February 3.-A trio of underclassmen, Keller, Heiber, and Cowan.

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THE LEGEND 1939 dominated North Sides 28-14 victory over Aub- urn in an N.E.I.C. clash. South Side Gymnasium. February 4.-South Sic1e's basketball powerhouse threw a little cur- rent in North Side's direction and the Redskins' final bow in the city series race was a losing one as the Archers floored them. 43-34. South piled up a 29-18 half-time margin and then coasted in. North Side Gymnasium. February 1O.-Golum- bia City dropped a hard fought conference clash to North Side 39-29. The host team was forced to drive hard in the Final period to clinch its win. Kendallville Gymnasium. February 11.-Third quarter fielders from Young and Cowan were the 1 lceynotes in North l Side's 41-31 tri- l umoh over Ken- 1 ' 'N dallville. North f trailed at 17-16 1 .. 1 ,, -- 1 during the half- 4, f:::,..,, ,V t. . . . 5593, , 1 X57 ime intermission. , 1 but Young and .Q Cowan hit early 4 - in the third frame H' W and North was YN-. Q' - never headed. X , 9- N o r t h S i d e i J i Gymnasium. Feb- ruary 17.-Trail ing 25-24 with five minutes of play- ing time remain- ing. Bluffton hit a trio of quick field- ers to upset North Side, 30-26. Y.1Vl.C.A. Gym- nasium, S 0 u t h B e n d, February 18.-North Side's cagers had little trouble subduing an average Wash- ington of South Bend outfit. 34-23. Cowan led the Red-clads with 15 rallies. H u n t i ri g ton Gymnasium. Feb- ruary 24.-North Sicle's final bow in - I the 1938-39 hardwood campaign was an unim- pressive one as the Crimson squad dropped a 33- 26 ball game to Huntington. North Side Gymnasium. March 4.-A chill wind. fostered by the returning breath of a de- termined band of South Side Archers. cooled off a red-hot pack of North Side Redskins and the stout-hearted Crimson outfit faded before the be- lated drive of the Green aggregation. bowing out of the Sectional Tournament title picture. 33-28. North had advanced to the tourney linale by belting lV1onroeville, 35-18. New Haven 42-32, and Hoagland 35-32. 1 f 4 3 .4 ag' 1 1 , , . Q X p 1 0:3 lllt .9 l 3 L -'M -W .. Q I, 12 , ,,:r-:gf :gif A A . . A. ,. na. 17