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

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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 ,

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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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Across top row: ,lim Grant, .lerry Gibson, I'Iyrle Ivy, Chuck Hoemig, Bob Conway. Across bottom row: Chuck Ellenwood, ,lim Schlatter, Doug Cunningham, George Bowers, Ccorge Duttcr, ninghani, lim Schlatter, George Bowers, and lim Grant. These boys, however, could not be sure of their starting posts because they were pushed all season by jerry Gibson, Chuck Ellen' Wood, Hyrle Ivy, jr., Chuck Hoemig, and George Dutter. In both conference and city competition, North racked up 873 points to their opponf ents' 740. This gave the Redskins an average of 44 per cent to their opponents' average of 37 per cent. With this average, North Side won the city championship and placed high in N. I. C standings. Being beaten only once by South Side during the season, the local basketeers won over all other city opponents giving a 6fl record and the championship. In the Northf ern Indiana Conference, South Bend Central and Mishawaka tied for first place, while North and LaPorte tied for the next place with a 7f2 record. Turning to the Sectional Basketball Tournament, North Side trounced Arcola by the 1 I l