Ogallala High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Ogallala, NE)

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Don Thompson Quarter Back Joe Thalken Bill Lynes Full Back Right End Russell Jackson Left End Kenneth Fleshman Right Halfback Melvin Ssnzig Right End Bob Stephenson Right Half Bob Sheldon Left Guard Glenn Petersen Center was 19 to 2. Ogallala holding the short end of the score. With one win and one loss, the boys began to dig down and get to work for one of the hardest duals of the season,—the Sidney game. They came home with another victory that night; 13 to 12. Two touchdowns by Bob Stephenson and an end run for the extra point by joe Thalken accounted for our triumph. The next battle scheduled was with Imperial. Despite the tried efforts of the boys, the score ended at 6 to 0; Imperial being the victor. The Friday night a week later brought thrills to football fans of this community when Brady played the boys on the home field. Each team went their various ways after the game, some- what gratified having shared laurels in a 6 to 6 tie score. Kimball shut out the Indians with a 13 to 0 tally, but suffered heavily when they scored with such unusual difficulty. The following Friday the team was forced to succumb to the superior forces of Wauneta’s team in a tilt ending with a score of 7 to 0. The Indians showed superiority on the gridiron, but were uable to convert repeated yardage gains into touchdowns. The next dual was with an o'd rival. Grant. Both teams showed exceptional qualities on the field but neither gained any advantage over the other. When the stop watch ticked the final play, the score stood tied at 6 to 6. This was the first time the laurels were ever shared by these two teams. In the season’s final tilt, the Indians were again forced to bow to superior forces, this game being the annual Turkey Day classic. When the referee closed the last scrimmage of the season for the boys, the score board showed a 21 to 13 victory for Oshkosh. The Indian’s fine blocker and tackier. Jim Dunwoody. was chosen honorary captain of the 1940 Football Eleven.

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Ray Martin Left Tackle Kenneth Ditto Right Tackle Ray Harter Left End jack Manion Right Guard Emanuel Klein Left Guard Milford Krajewski Right Tackle Jim Dunwoody Right Guard Bob Pounds Full Back Wayne Cline Left Half Jim Bush Left Half To Be or Not To Be-All Americans The 1940 football season led by Coach “Fritz Wilcox and assisted by Coach Amman brought forty-five of the school's finest physical speci- mens out for the gridiron workout. Of this entire number, eighteen boys were lettermen They were Glenn Peterson, jim Dunwoody. Eman - uel Klein, jack Manion. Kenneth Ditto. Ray Martin. Milford Krajewski. Ray Harter. Melvin Senzig, Bill Lynes, Russell jackson. Wayne Cline. Kenneth Fleshman, Don Thompson, joe Thalken. Bob Pounds. Bob Stephenson, and jimmy Bush. With two weeks practice and training in suir. the Ogallala Indians went to julesburg for their first tussle for gridiron laurels. Finding the oppo- sition a bit weak, the boys trounced them to the tune of 27 to 0. The following week the squad met Chappell on the home field but found them 'too tough’. When the fray ended, the score Left to right, back row: Don Thompson, Jim Bush, R«y Mar- tin. Wayne Cline. Dale Canton- wine, Melvin Senxig, Buzz Thal- ken. Glenn Petersen, Jack Man- ion, Riley Burnt, and Duane Irvin. Left to right, middle row: Coach Francis E. Wilcox, Boh Stephenson, Joe Thalken, Eman- uel Klein. Jim Dunwoody. Bill Lynes. Bob She'don, Milford Krajewski. Kenneth Ditto, and Assistant Coach Ernest Amman. Loft to right, front row: Student trainer Dale Chingrcn. Ralph Collin . Dwight Harvey. Dick Mnhoud, Danny Saunders, Melvin Knlkowski. Harold Sibnl, Maynard Senzig, LeRoy Van Clove, Paul Case, Clarence Hunke. and Student trainer. La Verne VandoVoorde.

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The Quintet Whirlwind The boys who won the Ramex Rack row: Conch Wilcox. Bob Pound». Joe Thnlken. Bill Lynnes, and Byron Osmern. Front row: Wayne Cline. Don Thompson. Riley Burnt. Frank Thorpe. Gordon Shafer, and Raymond Martin. The 0 H, S. Indian quintet” and their aids experienced their most triumphant season in years during 1941. Of the fourteen games played, only two were lost, these being lost by only four points in each case. The Indians, in their fully triumphant season, sank the ball for a total of 571 points against 353 points made by their opponents. Holyoke met Ogallala on the court for the first game of the season; they were defeated by the narrow margin of 40 to 39. Shafer and Pounds were the leading hoopsters of the evening with a combined total of 30 points, julesburg was the second team to bow before the Indian whirlwind; this game being an easy 44 to 25 victory. Paxton was next in the wake of this quintet whirlwind, and when the final basket was sunk, the scoreboard told of another victory with pointers reading at 32 and 25. The Indians met Lodgepole next, and soon decided about the laurels of the evening by reigning with an easy tally of 41 to 15. Oshkosh was met and downed with an air of complete confidence and the boys carried home another victory which read 36 to 22. On the following Friday evening, the Big Springs five submitted themselves to a terrific bombardment when the Indians ran 43 scores through the hoop while the opponents chalked up 15. Crant was the next to succumb to defeat; the final tally being an easy and un- disputed victory to the tune of 35 to 19. The elements of good luck changed when the Indians went to Chappell. They bowed to a well earned victory by Chappell to the tune of 28 to 32. In the next game no change of luck seemed to be in store as the boys were again defeated by a four-point mar- gin in a hard-fought tussle with North Platte, that ended in a score of 30 to 34. Paxton was met the second time of the season on January 31st, and the quintet again proved themselves Hot Stuff by rounding out an easy score of 45 while Paxton laboriously toiled for 18 points. The next victory was one of the outstand- ing of the season. It took place the night the quintet drove to Sutherland and when the fray had ended, the score board registered a tally of 57 to 35 for the visitors. Keeping in stride with their past record, the Indians met Kimball on the home court and soon annexed them to their list of victories in a reading of 53 to 31. The fastest game of the season was with Imperial, when Bob Pounds sunk the ball for an individual score of 21 points of the final which read 61 to 26. Cozad was the last official game before the tournament and they too were downed in an unprecedented score of 26 to 17. In the S. P. V. A. tournament, which was held in Ogallala, the Indians defeated Grant 32 to 19; Paxton 41 to 29; and Chappell 19 to 14 to win the Tournament, an honor not held by Ogallala since the year of 1931. In the District Tournament, which was held at Holdrege, the boys lost to North Platte in a skirmish that ended in a 23 to 33 score. During the season. Bob Pounds scored a personal score of 165 points. Runner-up man was Wayne Cline and in a close third was Gordon Shafer with 1 18 points. Such a record is seldom witnessed as was that acquired by the Ogallala Indians of this season.