Northwestern High School - Norwester Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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A: 1 X X - - .L - .. V N in - f-.-:Liv xgxcgg NX: :kt T 'Q--vs.. f R Y .5 A ., - -Ge, . 7- ,-,,. Q ' -: . , 5'-er 'V 15- ' 1 fx I I. , ' Ti.: Top llow: Van liyne. Strufant, Robinson, Sehzlntz, A, Stuart. Bottom How: Swan, F, Voss. llosshaek, Seig, X'e1'sl1u1'e, G, Voss. Lincoln House Football XYhen the inter-house footlmall season opened, Lincoln House was with- out a coach Fortunately, Mr. XYyman and Mr. XYright took charge of the heavy and lig'htweig'ht teams. .The team started with the characteristic old-time house spirit and determination and finished with a record no other house team has been able to equal. They ended the season unbeaten. with a perfect record. Next year it will he Hnally decided who is to keep the cup. Lincoln or Roosevelt, both having' won it two years. ' Mr. Reniington honored Lincoln House by naming many of the players on his ,Xll-llouse learn. The heavyweights so honored are Fred Schantz. yi. Tierney, and Lf Robinson. The lightweights are: P. Thielinan tselected for his speed and uncanny ability to receive irassesi: N. Yersure tfor his defensive work at hacking up the line and breaking up passeslg R. Tate and 'lirufaunt las guards because of their good work ahout centerb. Wvilsher, a hacktield man, was shifted to tackle: Swan and Rosshach won the Hank positions on the eleven, Hr. Remington did not like to admit that all the stars were on l.ineoln's team, The line-up mmf hoth teams is as follotvsi lleavyweight Lightweights lleavyweights Lightweights XX'alsh ............ ...,.... F ........ Rosslvach XX'ard qtfi .,,...,....,,, l-Elf ,,,,,...t.,,,.e, Swan Tierney ',..,. .... Xlhittington Rohiiison... ..... lllf. Yerslnire tC.'s Siee '.... .... Vi .... ........ l Q. 'liate l'iuuig'ei '...... ,..... l ll' ...,,,..., Thielman Schantii .... ...,. L '.... ..,,., S x vitzer Sanders o,,,.,, ,.,, I SF... ,,,A S1161-1-in Xxiilglltd' .,.,, KEN. ., Trufauut Fosnowski ,.,..,. llll, U I, ii-iflli Riche. ...,, 'l '.,,. XX'ilsher Retan ...,,t, ,.,.., I IF i,,,,,, ,t.., , f Xvulf Sears ,,,, li ..,,, Yoelker GLIQNN XY. Sxxiwras. 110

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Reserve Athletics The Northwestern reserve football team of 1925 finished their season in a blaze or glory. lhey not only remained undefeated in the city but they also traveled to Pontiac and trimmed the Asylum City Reserves o-U. During the season only one team was able to cross the Scrubs' goal line, and this was their old rival Central. This hard-fought battle was featured by the aerial attack of the Reserves. Although Northwestern outplayed Central through- out the whole game. the score ended in a deadlock 6-0. Southeastern, North- eastern, and ll estern fell before the onslaught of the Colts, the scores being 52-O, 26-O, and 25-O respectively. The Cass game ended in a scoreless tie. One of the reasons for Northwestern's success is the excellent coaching by Mr. Mcliav twho is now at Northernp. The second team backlield is one of the best in the city. Barnard at quarter, l-layes, Stecker. and lleston at half, and :Xdams at full were a hard combination to beat, Nearly a.ll 4,11 the reserve men will return next year and will do much toward forming a winning first team. Under the able coaching of Mr. Conrad. the reserve basketeers of 192-l met with good success in that they lost one game and that was to South- eastern. Our reserve team has been running away with the other second teams of the city. Southwestern. Eastern. Commerce. Central. Cass. an4l Northern have all felt the weight of a conqueror's wrath. Boden. Loeffler, Barnard, Clarke, Planigan, XYarner, -lerfries, and Young were lively members of this team. These men should be good material for next year's team. Barnard has been chosen to lead the 1925 team. l.X7ith such material the basketball outlook of 1925 should be encouraging, i3LlfN N W. SANDERS. Tennis The tennis team has been handicapped this season in having no coach, but this has not prevented the members from working with the reputable spirit of all Colt teams. Early in April the racquet-wielders came out for practice. VVith three members from last year's team, and several new play- ers out, there was every prospect for a good season. Pete Wfalters, Melvin Schwab, and Harvey Dolard furnished the vet- eran material, while Vizard, Collins, and Tallis were the new men. Pete acted in the triple role of captain, coach, and manager. The first match was with Eastern, an old rival on the court as well as in all other branches of athletics. The Colts were all eager to avenge defeats in the past two years. Their desire was satisfied when they beat the Indians by a good score. Next came Commerce, who forfeited their game. giving the Colts a rest which was not needed. Rain then proceeded to set in, necessitating the postponement of the Central game. The team has had a lot of-fight this year, and the playing has been all that could be hoped for. All of the former players have done much better than last year, and the new ones are working hard to keep their positions. Their good work has shown up in the starts they have won, Although only a few have been played so far, still a good beginning means a lot in every sport. They have not had the support which might be expected from the student body at large, and would probably do much better with a little cheering, but still they are used to small crowds, and get along very well in comparative silence. There yet remains over half the schedule to be played, and many pit- falls may lurk in the distance, but the team and the school hope for the bCS'C-the Cll3.ITlpiOY1Sl'1lp. LIARSDEN THQMIJSONG 119

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Coach Howard James YVillard Gitzen, Russell Downs. Louis DuPaw, Herman Casenliiser, Orlando Davis, XVillard Burrows, George Alger, Lynn Engle, Joseph Doran, Fred Imran. Pershing Basketball Pershing House spirit has been shown in various and numerous ways, but their hghting basketball teams of 1924 were an excellent proof that the boys of this house stand for the best there is in house spirit. The teams. under the able coaching of Mr, james, have finished a successful season. having won the inter-house championship of the school. The season opened in january: over tifteen boys turned out for practice the first day, and many more, a few days later. They came out with the determination to win the championship for their house, and to beat the Roosevelt team, which had won the cup for two successive years. The lirst games were played on Thursday and Friday, February 7 and 8, and an unusual event occurred. Each house won and lost one game, making the percentage of each house 500. The Pershing heavies won a hard-fought game with the Lincoln team, 9-S. while the lightweights lost 6-17. A few days later the Pershing heavies lost to the, Marshall quintet with a close score of 7-5. This game was all that was required to set the Pershing spirit boiling' again, for the heavies came back and won three successive games from the Roosevelt. Lincoln, and Marshall teams, with scores re- spectively, 17-l-1, 10-8, and 9-4. The hnal games were staged on March lS in the McMichael gym. The Pershing' lightweights ran away from the Teddies in an easy game 15-7. while the heavies also tool: their game. S--l. lYhen the Lincoln heavics lost to Marshall House, it rested on their lightweight team to decide the cham- pionship. Had the Marshall team won, the Generals would have had to defeat it again for the title, but the ninth-graders lost to the lighting Lincoln hve, and Pershing' llc-use gained the court championship, BLXRTIN I-EERMAN. 121