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

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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

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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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The Redskins Sink A Basket We point with pride to our haskethall squad this season. Spearheaded by lwoth Leftyl' Grant and Boh Conway, the team set a new mark in the win column hy winning 16 games and losing 4. Two of the teams that stopped the netmen in the first game were taken into camp on return engagements. The team was composed mostly of under' graduates this season, which means they will he potent again next year. Head coach, Clair C. Motz, piloted his great team hy starting games usually with Boh Conway, Doug Cunf Below are, sitting: Dick McComh, Dean Yoquelct, Melvin Guil' liame, err f Hoemiif, Boh lk.lI1SDLlI'V. Kneeling: Dean Ewing, Kenn f a 3 P14 5 :W 5 3 Brown, Dick Tonkel, Vxfayne Beer, Tom hlacolwy, Bill Dailey, John Byers, Mei'l Geiger. Standing are ,lim Grant. Doug Cunningham, Hyrle lvy. Chuck Ellenwood, George Dutter. Chuck l-loemig, Boh Conway, jim Schlatter. George Bowers. llil 2 S. , Iv im X X la 4 2 Z'iis?3.e!9!k ,mifahiyv n .M fin- . s 'rf s, ,, .ext ,