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

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,-f'g igskin In the photographs to the left, top to bottom, Assistant Coach Robert Traster gives play instructions to Bob Conway and George Dutter. ln the second picture, the varsity eleven lines up to run a few plays from scrimmage. In the line, left to right, are Hyrle Ivy, Jr., Dick Whoiisetler, Dick Lahmeyer, George Hulfeld, and Dick Pierce. Backiield: Bob Conway, Dick Smith, Larry Heller, and Don Walpole. Third row: George Bowers gets a ball from Center Chuck Ellenwood and prepares to hand it off to Russ Adams to carry through the line, At the bottom of the page, left to right in the first picture, Jim Boyer, Bud Struver, and Dick Pierce get their equip' ment ready for the big game. Their conf tident smiles assure us of victory, These boys' skillful playing and husky frames helped the pigskin eleven through a sue' K, .Lg if Xf of N xx' cessful gridiron season. In the second photo, a second string center shows his fine form in tackling an unknown victim. Continual practice and hard work such as this are what makes future Redskin teams and tepee gridiron stars. IOS

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S mtg. y . . Q b 1 5 , Ng i tt b KL A,-l ' 4' . ff- h 2 K kgll ,, -W in P V' V Q W M f 'A ' L .sac i f '.NY' Ma' I sg. Shown in the first row are: Lamh, Heller, Preston, Gutman, Kurt:, Bartley, Adams. Second row: Bodie, Boyer, Grant, Mougin, Dutter, Ivy, Bowers, Third row: Hulfeld, Vvfouds, Heath, Conway, Struver, Ellenwood, Whtiiisetler. Fourth row: D. Smith, Bauermeister, McComh, Gutermuth, V. Smith, Bowser, Derrow. Conway and their shifty running as they added the scoring punch. Lawrence Heller, however, aided the pair whenever they were in distress. The fullback, Dick Smith, found many holes in the line also, doing his share of the scoring. ' The Kodbamen started the season at Elkhart, which ended in a 1343 tie. Then they went on the warpath. Downing Goshen, Mishawaka, and Central Catholic in order, they showed their power. This gave them a bid for Northern Indiana Conference hon' ors. Playing Central and South Side next, in that order, we became plagued with more ties. In the dying minutes of hoth games, the opponents came from behind to tie up the ball game and drove oil chances for the city crown. The Redskins linished by losing two gallant battles to Washington and Central of South Bend, and whipping LaPorte. 19-18 FOOTBALL SCI-I E DULE Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. lil l7 24 l S li 241 'T IZ QTJ Elkhart QTQ .............. .. QTJ Goshen CWD ...,.....,. CTJ Mishawaka QWJ ,... QHJ Central Cath. QWJ QTJ Central QTJ ..........,.. QHQ South Side QTJ ...... .. fry s. B. xvisii. QLQ CHQ L:il'orte ............ CHD S. B, Central QLD 13 'lil l3 w ,wil 'TU I3 7 lv 20 7

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Parade ln the photos at the bottom, left to right, joe Kodba shows linemen ,lere Preston and Ellsworth Bodie the proper stance necessary to break the foes' running plays, George Bowers. Assistant Coach Bob Traster, George Hulfeld, and Dick Lahf meyer watch intently, picking up a few pointers. Larry Heller shows a nifty straight arm and side step effective in eluding the arms of tackler Chuck Ellenwood. Larryls running form picked up many yards on the gridiron last fall. At the extreme right, Bob Edwards, freshman coach, talks to his novice protcges, Froncie Gutman, Jack Gutermuth, and Tom Jackson. From the appearance of the boys, scrimmage was pretty rough In the column at the right are the individual pictures of the members of the varsity who saw considerable action during the 1948 campaign. First row, left to right: Vern Smith, left halfg Larry Heller, left halfg George Bowers, defensive quarterback, Second row: Hyrle Ivy, Jr., right end: -lim Boyer, guard: Harold Struver, star at left tackle and captain of the squad, Third row: Bob Heath, right halfbackg George Hulfeld, pivot bosition: Jim Grant, left end, Fourth row: Bob Conway, right halfbackg Dick Pierce, second team allfstate guard and most valuable playerz Don Vxfalpole, offensive quarterback. Fifth row: ,lere Preston, tackle: Dick Smith, fullback: Dick Lahmeyer, guard. 1139