Ogallala High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Ogallala, NE)

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Spikes and Cinders BACK ROW: DUANE ERVIN JAMES KILDARE JIMMIE HUSH DON THOMPSON COACH AMMAN FIRST ROW: RAY HARTER JOHN KILDARE JOE THALKEN GLEN GEISERT The Ogallala High School track team got under way this season with eleven reporting for training. Among the eleven reporting, two were letter-men of last season. They were Joe Thalken and Russell jackson. Other new men were: Don Thompson, jimmy Bush. John Kildare. Ray Harter. Duane Ervin. Emanuel Klein. Glen Geisert. Johnnie Walker and Jimmy Kildare. In the first meet of the season, the Oshkosh In- vitational, Joe Thalken placed second in the 440 and first in the javelin. John Kildare added to the number of points acquired when he placed third in the mile. Duane Ervin ran the half-mile for a fourth place, and Russell Jackson came in second in the high hurdles. In the pole vault. Emanuel Klein took third honors and Jimmy Bush placed third in the 880 relay. The second meet in which the boys participated was the Sidney Triangular Meet which included Sidney. Chappell and Ogallala. In this meet, ihe boys placed second as a group; individual placmgs were Joe Thalken first in the javelin and first in the 440. Joe also placed third in the discus throw. John Kildare added points for the home team by placing first in the mile and Russell Jackson came in second place in both the high and the low hurdles. Also earning a second was Jimmie Bush in the 220 and Ray Harter placed third in the javelin and a second in the shot. Other placings for the day were Duane Ervin, second in the 880, Glen Geisert, fourth in the 440. Don Thompson, fourth in the high hurdles. Russell Jackson, third in broad jump and Jimmy Bush, fourth in the broad jump. At the Sidney Invitational. Joe Thalken was the only one to place with a third in the quarter mile. The last track event of the year was the S. P V. A. In this meet, Joe Thalken placed second in the 880. Russell Jackson a fourth in the low hurdles. Jimmie Bush a fourth in the 440. Ray Harter fourth in the discus and Ray Harter again placing in the 880 relay with a third. Despite the splendid training and workout given the team by their coach, Mr. Ernest Amman, they experienced only a mediocre season as to victories. It seemed that each meet brought new and stiffer competition with which to cope and therefore the boys are quite proud of the record attained with their team.

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Reserve Hoopsters The Ogallala Indian Reserve hoopsters made an all time record for the 1940-41 basketball season. Playing fourteen games, they outpointed their opponents in ten of them, thus losing only four games during the season. In the total number of points made during the season they outpointed their opponents by a margin of 390 to 296. thus giving them an aver- age of 28 points per game. Danny Saun- ders led the pace in making points with 83 to his credit. Closely following was Melvin Senzig with 76 points. Their first game was with Holyoke where they lost a 39 to 20 victory to the opponent, julesburg was next and they bowed in a fray that ended in a 36 to 16 triumph for the B’s. Paxton lost her first game with the boys to the tune of 37 to 26. and Lodgepole fell in a 39 to 13 trouncing handed out by the locals. Osh- kosh was next to be scalped in a 32 to 1 1 score; then Big Springs in a defeat to the tune of 28 to 19. Grant came to Ogallala and defeated the boys 43 to 31 ; this game being the second defeat of the season for the B’s. The next game found the B’s at Chappell where they took the laurels from that school in a skirmish ending in a 21 to 18 score. The next game for the boys was played at North Platte where they met stronger forces and were forced to succumb to the tune of 34 to 20. Again the boys met Paxton and again Paxton submitted to a defeat, the score being 26 to 16. Imperial and Sutherland were annexed in rapid suc- cession; 36 to 16 and 24 to 13 respect- ively. The Wallace first team was the last to face defeat by the hoopsters of the 1940-41 season in a 28 to 13 fray, as the last game, which was with Cozad. was lost in a final tally of 20 to 17. B” SQUAD BASKETBALL Left to right: Coach Ernest Amman. Melvin Kalkowski, Jack Man- ion, Russell Jackson, John Kildare. Melvin Senzig, Glen Geisert. Kenneth F I e s h m a n, Harold MaGee, Ken- neth Canum, Danny Saunders, and student trainer Dale Chingren. JUNIOR HICH BASKETBALL Left to right: Richard Gardiner, Merle Burn- side. Glen Brown, Coach Fredrick Neu- mann. Lewis Lauder- baugh, Gordon Altig, Henry Schultz, Wilber McVay, Martell Wil- son, Calvin Gaston. Cerald Weis. Donald Bundy, and Buddy Betz.

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Sporting Girl Athletes THE WEAKER SEX? Performing their daily calisthenics and being led by Daisy Dunwoody are: 1st row: L. Hilderbrandt. A. Frost. T. Kenfield. A. Harris. P. Spoeneman, B. J. Dunwoody. 2nd row: B. Roberts. L. Novak, E. De Ford. K. Kildare. J. Barnica. Miss Huff- stutter. 3rd row: R. Berry. V. Fell. Dona Stansbsrry. L. L. Baker. B. Miller, R. Welsh. 4th row: N. Fedde, M. Fedde, C. Ehlcrs. T. Frerichs. D. Stuthiet. M. Davidson. 5th row: I. Brill. W. L. Bassett. J. Griffith, D. Railsback, I. Croft. J. Isely. The G. A. A. girls of Ogallala High are typical outdoor girls. Daily exercises. Ne- braska ball, volley ball, hikes, softball, and field events constitute the yearly ac- tivities of this group. Individual sports and social activities go not unheeded. The annual play day is the outstanding occurrence each year for this group. This was held in the fall and several of the surrounding towns at- tended. The Ogallala girls attended the play days at Chappell and Sidney, and were invited to North Platte. Play Day is a means by which girls from neighboring towns have a general get to- gether and meet new personalities and make new friends. It has served as a means of developing good sportsmanship, and fostering an interest in sports. Whole hearted participation in the or- ganization's activities leads to an appre- ciation of nature and the great outdoors.