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

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CINDER ELLOWS MAKE TRACKS By PHILLIP OLOFSON First Row: G, Williamson, R. Winner, W. Chandler, D. Kemp, E. Schlegel, D. Bruick, Weatherholt, R. Flickinger, Beams, W. Hieber, E. Royer, R. Neidhart, R. Dotson, R. York, Coach R. Chambers. Second Row: R. Waggener, E. Love, S. Wagner, Mills, L. Longardner, R. Cowan, C. Ervin, T. Lauterberg, E. Huth, H, Collins, G. Archer, P. Regedanz. G. Carpenter, R. Mong, W. Fulkerson, H. Ochstein, D. Saylor, W. Klaehn. Third Row: E. Neuman, R. Gerhard. R. Herber, R. Shannon, S. Osborn, N,Sc1-iaefer, Draggoo, H. Chzran, R, Lagerstrom. P. Baumgartner, T. Brown, R. Wfehrley, Williamson. Shook, R. Biggs, W. Tone, Roberts, Hesley. Coached by Rolla P. Chambers, the crimson tracksters had shown plenty of talent in their first seven meets and as time for the sectional meet drew nearer the Red aggregation gradually gained in polish and experience. Before covering the 1939 regular track season, let us turn back the pages of time to the fall of 1938 and review briefly the cross country team, a near-state championship outht. The cross countriers opened their card against Horace Mann of Gary and surprised even their most enthusiastic backers by turning back the Horseinen, 15-45. That 15-45 count in cross country language spells shutout, for the Red har- riers copped the first six places in their dual en- gagement with the Gary team. The Redskins made it two in two by tripping Bryan. Ohio, by the same score for their second shutout. Muncie fCentrall halted the North Siders shutout streak but couldn,t stop the Redskins from winning the dual fracas 19-40. Came their fourth meet of the season, with Elkhart supplying the opposition and falling before the Indians 21-34. Northis best cross country man, Ross Leakey, was on the side- lines with an injured leg. The Chambersmen fol- lowed this with a brilliant triumph over Ham- 18 mond, 24-34, with Leakey still out of action. Mishawaka dropped a dual meet to North, 23-34, and the Red runners were still undefeated with a record of six consecutive victories. The Crim- son squad retained this brilliant mark by whip- ping a sextet of other outfits in the annual Muncie Open. This triumph was regarded as the classiest win registered by Chambers' boys. North Side's brilliant season record made the Redskins the outstanding favorites to capture the state harrier crown which they had won in 1937. However, with Leakey running a poor race due to his leg injury, the Red contingent faded in the state meet and wound up third, as Froebel copped the title and Technical of Indianapolis ran second. Eugene Love, Ross Leakey, Don Kemp, Dick Hetrick, Jim Pavey, Bob Winner, and Bill Chand- ler were the Reclskin regulars who carried North Side to the undefeated season. North Side's cinder path experts opened their 1939 schedule in a dual fracas with Hammond. The Wildcat outfit, 1938 state champions, gained revenge for the beating the cross country har- riers handed them by squelching the Red outfit 61-34. North Side could get only two first places,

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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

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THE LEGEND 1939 with Dotson coming through in the pole vault and Kemp winning his specialty, the half-mile. Culver tracksters dropped the North Siders 62- 52 in another dual meet a week later. The Gary relays found North Side still in the doldrums as they wound up fifth with their old nemesis, Hammond, running off with top honors. The Red point total was 28 while the winning Wildcats boasted 4913 tallies, Finally the Redskins broke into the win column at the expense of Central High of Lima, Qhio, as they whipped the Lima team 84-35. North Side garnered six firsts and broke the tape in both relay races. Injury laden, North Side stock dropped con- siderably at the Muncie relays as the Chambers- men placed sixth, scoring only 10 points. Mishawaka stole top honors in a triangular meet which had North Side and Horace Mann of Gary as the other competitors and North Side was sec- ond. The Cavemen piled up 5213 points while North was just edging out the Gary squad for sec- ond place 4133 to 41. Despite their second place, the Redskins grabbed hve Firsts. Kemp's time for his first in the 880-yard run was a new record. Although they failed to garner a first place, the Redskin tracksters compiled a 22-point total in the tough Kokomo Relays, good for a third place in the meet. Four days later, the Redskins played hosts to the Kokomo Wildcats in a dual meet at the North Side stamping grounds, with the Chambersmen looking impressive indeed by romping off with a 5813 to 505 victory. Best performance of the afternoon was turned in by Don Kemp in the half- mile run as he set a new mark of l:59.7. The Red cinder path experts were equal to their pre-meet notices in the Northeastern Indiana Con- ference competition, and swept to an easy victory. North Sideas total was 83I3 while South Side in second place got only 54 tallies. Kemp again turned in a record breaking half-mile, cracking his old conference mark, set in 1938, and establishing a new record of l:59.1. Third place in the meet went to Garrett with Central, Kendallville, Auburn, and Columbia City finishing in that order. Don't ask what Ray Dotson is up in the air over. Timber toppers all and tough, too: James Weather- holt, Ray Flickinger, and John Beams. Shoot at 'em, Rolla, and they'll run faster! Willy called it a dead heat and died of it-Murderers are Casey Love, Don Kemp, and Bob Winner.