Northwestern High School - Norwester Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Football Northwestern has become a synonym for success. Success means an untiring tight against odds. With only live veterans on her football team Northwestern came through the 1923 football season with a percentage of .500. From Clark, VVeigelt, Lester, Risdon, and Captain lleisel, Coach Conrad formed the nucleus for his 1923 team. There was a hearty response to his call for material and soon the boys were cavorting about the gridiron, iight- ing for the honor of representing their school. In the iirst test of the so-called green team, the Northwestern pigskin toters draped the Red and Gray colors over the bodies of the Southeastern team to the tune of 20-0. ln the next game XN'estern fell, Z8-7. ln a stiff contest with Saginaw Eastern lligh the Colts beat the Zebras to thc finish, 7-6. Our men showed a wonderful brand of light in defeating the heavier and more experienced team. .Xt Codd Field the toes of the Eastern men seemed too much for the Red and Crray. Eastern won 18-6 by the route of four held goals and one touchdown. Hard luck seemed to settle down on the team and they dropped another to Northeastern 20-l-l, ln the waning moments of the fray Captain Hob Heisel intercepted a pass, only to have it torn from his hands by a Northeastern man, who raced over the goal line. turning the tide from a 1-l-15 victory to a 20-1-l defeat, The next week Central, outplaying themselves, and simultaneously the Colts, romped away at the heavy end of a 20-7 score. To yank his boys out of their Slough of Despondf' Coach Conrad took them on a trip to Cleveland. There North- western maintained the school tradition by giving the Cleveland East High its annual defeat. Being the better at swimming, the Colts splashed through a watery held with the fat score of 34-0. The 'trip and the victory seemed to instill new courage in our warriors. VVith all tlhe strategy known to Coach Conrad, our boys attacked the Northern jinx and laid it low 14-0. The fea- ture of this game was an 80-yard run for a touchdown on the initial kickoff. G'Snitz Ross, brother of the famous lietch. and our one-hundred and twenty pound phenomenal quarterback, dodged, twisted, and straight-armed his way down the gridiron in one of the best bits of open held running ever seen at Codd Field. Late in the game Schlegelmilch intercepted a pass and ran 30 yards for another set of counters. This victory over Northern was the most desired of all our games and the jinx was broken. The closing of the season saw Captain Heisel placed on the All-City team. Other men receiving honorable mention were Clark ru ! don, and Ross. Heisel was the main cog in the attack and work in the city by scoring 43 points. The following men Barstow, Carlson, Carter, Clark, Creedon, Glass, Captain McCoy, Ross, Schlegelmilch, Simmons, Sowersby, Stecker VVeigelt, Cree- led in offensive received L'N,s : Heisel, Lester, VVeigelt, VVid- man, and Captain-elect Dick Risdon. Cf the seventeen letter men of 1923, six veterans will return for the 1924 season, Carlson, McCoy, Ross, Sowersby, Widmari, and Captain Risdon will form the foundation for another of Northwestern's championship teams. Northwestern has every reason to be proud of her green team, her new coach, Martin Conrad, and her 1923 football record. DAVE P13Rsnxs. 113

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Basketball Northwestern may well be proud of her 192-l basketball aggregation. Fighting with skill and determination, the Colt basketeers achieved first' that coveted honor, the City Championship, and then won distinction in the State Series. lfVhen Coach jackson issued the first call for court men, the vet- erans, Les Fairbairn, Chuck Guinnip, Bob Heisel, and Captain Ernie McCoy reported, while new men were fighting hard to win places on the team. The men finally chosen combined into one of the finest teams that ever took the floor for Northwestern. ' After preliminary tilts with the Alumni, Battle Creek, and Mt. Clemens, the Red and Gray passers opened the season with a bang by defeating East- ern 35-23. After trampling Commerce 12-7. the Colts met Central in a hard- fought court duel, Our quintet led 12-9 near the end of the game, but the Blue and VVhite, snatched victory from defeat by caging two baskets in quick succession, giving them 13 to the Colts' 12. Bob Heisel, playing his last game for Northwestern, took a prominent part in putting Cass away, 41-10. The next week our boys came off victors in a close battle with Southwestern, winning by the narrow margin of 24-23. The Colt-Southeastern fray was also a thriller, the jungaleers leading 10-8 at the half. However, the Red and Grays came back with a spirit and de- termination that won the game for them, 17 to 15. Nlfestern, helpless before the Colt attack, was set down 21-9. Northern. the next victim on the schedule, was trimmed 27-10, Guinnip's and Macliay's good work being a feature of the game. The Falcons were last on the card and gave the Red and Grays a real battle. The Green and Gold huskies ran up an early lead, but the end of the game saw them humiliated 23-12. Northwestern, Northeastern, Central, and Southeastern had won places in the final championship tournament, which the Colts opened by defeating Central 23-12. Our boys were avenged for their former defeat, for the Cass Avenue lads could not withstand the Red and Grays' greater ability and aggressiveness. The next week the quintet fought the jungaleers, who had defeated Northeastern, for the city title, The first quarter ended with a 1-1 tie, and the second was close: but in the last half the Colts flicked in one marker after another. At the final gun the Red and Grays had won 32-5. North- western again was City Champion! The team now traveled to Ann Arbor to take part in the State Series. The Colts defeated Battle Creek 19-17, but in the succeeding game with Jackson the final score, 18-15, favored the Prison City lads. This game closed the team's season. A better court combination than Ernie McCoy, Fox f'Chuckj Guinnip. Les Fairbairn, Ed Moore, and Rock MacKay could only be found with diffi- culty. Fairbairn made the all-State team: McCoy, Moore, and Guinnip also receiving recognition. MacKay's work at guard was not spectacular, but it certainly was efficient and deserving of credit. The remainder of the first squad was composed of Tierney, Barnard, Lester, Flanigan, and Clark. Archie Schlunt acted as student manager. Someone has said that the reputation of a school lies in the hands of its athletes. If this be true, let us hope that future teams will leave Norh- western'5 fame as bright and untarnished as did Coach jackson's group of basketeers. GEORGE W,xsHiNc'roN. 115