Northwestern University Dental School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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.S. C. WELSH 1 fl z GEO. E. KKUEGAPX A ,N old veteranrace-rider, he has ridden a wheel since a boy of sixteen years, but now will retire .from the track' and turn his atten- tion to suffering humanity, and instead of breaking records will break some plates. I i In 1895 he rode .twenty-four races 5 out of these he won eleven firsts, five seconds and eight thirds. Mr. Kruegar won six championship events in ,97. In '96 he won a ten-mile road race and es- tablished a new record on the Lake View course. The time was 25 min. I3 sec. , He also has ridden in pace teams, proving him- self a valuable man in the Carter team. We are proud of Oom Paul, as we call him, and envy him his big string of diamonds, medals and records that he has won. He is in the class of 1901. His home is in Chicago. 218 N E of the most promising athletes, now in the class of IQO3. He is twenty years of age, height 6 ft., in., and weighs 195 pounds, Played left tackle in our football team and won a great record this year in that position. Welsh has a national reputation as an oarsman, having rowed No. 4 seat in the Wisconsin Varsity crew of 19oo, at the an- nual regatta of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association, between crews from the uni- versities of Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown and Pennsylvania. This regatta took place june 3o, 19oo, at Poughkeepsie-Highland Hudson River course. A He has not only been prominent in aquat- ic sport, but holds some good records on the track and field 5 and asiihe has two more years in school, we are sure he will do much to elevate the Purple and Gold in athletics. Mr. VVelsh's home is in Madison, VVis. X I 15 EFS: iifffiy ..,. to ms-ts-ss PGAQN

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A. CLARENCE SCHOCH The Peaceful Valley of Oregon. -Clrfnzga Record. Nov. 16. The California wonder. -Chicago f1Il1L'7'I.t'llll. Nov. 10, HE star center and' half of the 'varsity team is a product of the Dental Depart- ment. All previous experience in foot- ball was on the Pacific coast, where they play football in mud six inches deep, and every- one turns out, rain or shine, to see the game and do the necessary rooting. A They never say they lost the game be- cause the ball was slippery. He started his athletic work as soon as he was big enough to throw a stone through the sec- and story window in an vacant machine shop. A He soon recognized he was cut out for a baseball player, and he spent his early life in this the then popular American sport. He then took up aerial work, and decided to take up the slide trombone, so he could dou- ble in the circus. This developed his right arm, which never failed him when he wanted to use his straight arm while advancing the pigskin. His first experience in football was with the Never Sweats of Portland, Ore., where he held down' the position of guard, and thus found that this was the only game where be could combine aerial work, tumbling, boxing and also gave great- opportunity for ring work. He was signed by the Portland Amateur Athletic Club, where his ability as a foot- ball player was soon demonstrated to the general public. He played the next season with Pacific University, and helped to win for them the North Pacihc intercollegiate championship. His next season was played in the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He entered the Tacoma College of Dental Surgery in ISQS, where he was captain and coach of the football team, and succeeded in coaching up about eleven farmers who had never seen a football so that they made an excellent showing in the west and stood second place in the WVashington championship. The next season was played with the North Pacific Dental College and the Nlultan- homo Athletic Club, where he played half with McMillan, the famous half of Butte, and Harry Meyer, formerly of this college. He entered the Dental department of the Northwestern l'niyersity in October. and at once went in training for the 'varsity team, where he played guard and center up to the meeting of the Iowa team, which had never been defeated. Here he played half on defense' and center on offense: and it is said by those who know that he played the bt-st game of football ever put up by any middle-west player. He also played several games with the Dents, and made Bennett look like a plugged quarter. I-Ie says that dentistry is the only thing that beats football, and he has therefore decided to give up athletics to a certain extent and devote his time and energies to his profession. 117

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l I 0 xx,-Ly Sv! 'iw l 'i l 4 I l ri A . 1 l . O. F. BOHMAN The Class of '01 can well boast of having one of the fastest wheelmen and a top- ,E notcher in the wheeling world. li His career as a racing man began in South Bend, Ind., july 4, 1894, where he entered and rode in the mile novice, winning easily in the remarkably fast time of 2:25. june 19, 1895, he won the two-mile handicap, being scratch man at State L. A. XV. Circuit meet at Galeshurg, Ill. The following are some of the races Mr. Bohman rode in and won 1 ,Time prize, five miles, time, 131051 rode at Lake View, Chicago, August 25, 1895. Time prizeg nve miles, time, 12:06. Time prize, hve miles, time, 11:57, july 27, ISQ5. Time prize, five miles, time, 12:42, Sept. 2, 1895. Championship prize, Lake View Cycling Clubp Sept. 1.1, 181515: live'mile course: time, 11:21. August 8, 1896, in the big hve-mile handicap, he covered the distance and won in Ilifll, 3-5, Most of the preceding races were road races on a seven-cornered course. 1 Sept. 3, 1896, Mr. Bohman went professional. and defeated play liaton, lowering liaton's f record for the half mile, time, jj mile, 1:03. Before this race liatou had never hm-n clvfvated indoors. The race took place in the old Coliseum, Cliicago. At the dedication of Garfield track, Chicago, Mr. liohmau won both the half mile and the , mile open, the mile being a handicap race. ,I July 2, 1897, at the National Circuit meet of the L. .-X. XY.. Racine, XX'is., he won the mile l open, time, 2:15. In this race he was against the fastest crowd of riders in the country. A To Mr. Bohman also belongs the honor of steering the motor pare machine at Havens- wood track, Chicago, ancl establishing the world's record for three milt-sg time. 51113 3 gi-arof machine, 116. In 1893 and 1894 he was prominent among century riders. He now holds a medal pre- sented by the Century Rgad Club of America, with forty-four century bars. He has several , times earned two century bars in a day. I-Ie rode with the Morgan S Wright team one season. i and was prominent in pace teams. 219 l l X- l 1