Palatine High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Palatine, IL)

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THE SPOTLIGHT il 1934 llo You Remember- N-W. Conference Lightweight Cage How Irwin Hahnfeldt sank a long shot with 30 seconds to play that gave Palatine lights a 25 to 24 win over Antioch to cli- max a rally that destroyed the visitors' lead of 24 to 13? ...or how Iler's bas- ket and deliberate stalling helped stave off a similar rally by Antioch in return .game and allow Palatine to win 23 to 22 and with it the title 'Z Howard Viiittenburg- Age 15 . . . height 6 ft 3 in .... weight 165 . . . sophomore . . . rangy een- ter. . . valuable for ability to secure tip off and score under basket. . .at best in Leyden .game when lights clinched title . . .just get- ting started with two big years ahead, Howard Kruse- Age 17 . . . height 6 ft weight 165 . . .junior . .. forward . . . player of great ability . . . best work in closing games of season at Leyden and Antioch where his scoring led of- fense ol' team . . .with Iler and l. Hahnfeldt proved valuable reserve for Pi- rate heavyweight team and with them won first team letter. . .expect big things of Howard next year. Leighton Mangels- Age16...5 ft. 6 in.... weight 140 . . . junior. .. fast and shifty forward . . . showed ability to score in pinch.. . valuable cog in lightweight machine despite small size. 1 , .,. .. -Iii 13 1 , gs, , .fog 1 N, xi, t I.lGH'l'WEIGH'l' RECORD Champions 193 3-34 Ass't Coach Vervloet- Six years as member of coaching staff of Palatine IHYIAY High School . . . helped bring three cage titles to Pirates in that time... kept team statistics. . . helped coach football . . . assisted with both light and heavyweight teams . . a man ol' ability in many different lilies of work. Robert Iler- L Age 18 ...height 6 ft ...weight 175 . . . senior . . . forward . . . leading' scorer of team by big mar- gin . . .one of best defens- ive players . . . excellent dribbler . . .cool ball hand- ler . . .always at best in pinch and never failed to deliver.. .team player... steadying induence and big reason lights won title. EDBIRI' MIB Irwin Hahnfeldt- Age 18 ...height G ft. .. . weight 180 . . . guard .. . consistent long shot and deadly in the pinch . . . long baskets decided issue in several close en- counters , . . outstanding defensive player and team leader . . . with Iler form- ed outstanding combina- tion. Ray Engelking- Age IG . . . height 5 ft. 11 in .,.. weight 150 . .. sophomore . . . guard . . . became regular after one year experience on win- ning motor league team . . . most improved player Mf4'V5'f7'7 3A7MON0 !Ar'6fUr1Ns A . on team . . . going strong- Non-Conference Palatine l,,,,. l..r,,., 1 2 Evanston ,,... 29 Palatine ....., ...,.... 1 7 Niles Center .,.,,. ......., 1 4 Palatine ,,,,.. .,..,,,. 1 5 Evanston 29 Conference Palatine ,,,,.. ..,..,, 2 2 Wauconda, ,...... .....,.. 1 7 Palatine l.l,,,, 19 Libertyville 18 Palatine ,or.,, ...,.,,. 2 0 Leyden .,......., ,,,,,... 2 3 Palatine ,ll.l, ,,,,,,, 2 0 Arlington ....., .l,..... 1 7 Palatine ...,., ,.,,... 2 6 Ela ......,........ ..... 6 Palatine ...,.. .....l.. 2 5 Antioch l,,.... .,.,.... 2 4 Palatine .....,c, 35 Wauconda ...... ....,. . .11 Palatine ,,.,,. ..,,,,, 1 8 Libertyville ,,..,. ..,.,... 1 '7 Palatine ....,, .,,,... 1 4 Arlington ....... ....,... 1 7 Palatine ...... ....... 2 6 Leyden ..... 24 Palatine ....,.. 40 Ela ....,.... ........ 1 3 Palatine ...... ..,.,.. 2 3 Antioch .... ..,..... 2 2 er every game . . .great future prospects . . . hard- worker and aggressive player. A Tough Race To show how hard a cage schedule the Pala- tine lightweights played this year we need only to consider that Palatine won six out ol' eight games with Libertyville. Antioch, Arlington and Leyden yet had a net point advantage over these four op- ponents of but th1'ee points. The little Pirates Won a quartet of tilts with Antioch and Liberty- Ville by a single point in each case and split even with the other two opponents. lt was Palatine's cool deliberate playing, nearing perfection in the critical closing minutes of play, which made them champs. It is more honor to beat a good team by one point than a weak one by 40, so more power to the champions. lf you want to recall one sided games just remember those with Ela and Wau- conda. P.'r.H.s YEAR Book

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THE SPOTLIGHT 1934 N-W. Conference Heavyweight Cage Champions 1933-34 Palatine- Topped Conference in offense with a fast break and good ball handling which netted average of 3115 points a game, a full point ahead of Barring'- ton and Libertyville . . . scored total of 378 points with 58 against Antioch high score recorded in conference . . . opponents' average was 20.9. Lee Blankenship- Age 18 ...height 6 ft. 21,9 in .... weight 150 . . . junior . . . forward a n d high scorer of team with 10 point average . . . dead- ly shot at both short and long range . . . developed accurate one hand :push shot . . . improved 10070 in all round team play over previous season . . . scored 23 points in district tour- ney game with Huntley. Howard Krambier- Age 19 . . . height 5 ft. 11 in...weight 155... junior . . . alternate guard and forward though gen- erally at guard . . . crack shot on free throws . . . football injury delayed joining team but 'all round play was big factor in Winning title . . . played first seven games without missing a free throw . . . could hit loop from the field as well as guard. Edward Hahnfseldt- Age 16.L.heilgl1t 6 ft. . . . weight 185 . . .junior . . . center and dropped back to guard on defense ...pivot man at free throw line on offense . . . great ability on pivot plays, but specialty was tilp up shots on rebounds in which he toprped con- ference . . .like Reuse just finding himself this year and big season predicted for 1934-35. Coach C. J. Megell- A man respected and admired by athletes and fans of Palatine and Northwest Conference . . . believes in clean athletics . . . has sense of humor . . . knows game from A to Z ...knows how to teach boys to play . . . outstand- ing as public speaker . . . the man who made two cage titles possible this year. Francis Reuse- Age 16 . . . height 6 ft. 2 in . . . weight 155 . . .junior . . . southpaw forward . . . an uncanny shot from side of court . . . scored most on fast break . . . .good feeder on set plays . . . used height to advantage in front line of defense . . . had good season but bet- ter one ahead. Norman Beckman- Age 19 . ..height 5 ft. 11 in .... weight 145 . . . senior . . . floor guard on offense and center man on shifting zone defense , . . key to both offense and de- fense . . . did little shoot- ing but an excellent pass- er. . . fed ball to Reuse and Blankenship on fast break . . . fast, s-hifty, good ball handler and team leader. Ray Hinrichs- Age 18 . . . height 6 ft. Be in...weight 180... senior . . . alternate guard and center, but spent most time at defensive position . . . size and reach under basket important feature of Pirate defense . . . good jumper and his 100 Z: im- provement in b a s k e t shooting made every mem- ber of team a dangerous shot. HEAVYWEIGHT RECORD Heights Jinx Broken N,,,,.C,,,,fe,e,,ce The Pirates proved that the Arlington jinx 'AA' ii' 3 ' 3 3 is H0 more by defeating the Cardinals 'CWD out Of Palatine ff ffflfss Niles centelff .... .XICI4 three this season with both victories in confer- Palatine ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, 2 0 Evanston .,..., ,A.,.,,, 4 0 ence games. Those two victories 23 to 20 and 37 Cfmference to 36 were the big reason that Palatine and not Palatine ------ '-----'---- 3 5 Waucomla ------ -------- 1 1 Heights finished in first place. Beth were great 112212222 -'--'- -4-'- --- Q 5 IIi':,fQ'gV1 e ---- -'----- battles With every men at his best- Reuse led Palatine fflff fffffiza Arllagteaqfff 12:20 the scoring in the first one while Eddie Hahnfeldt Palatine ...... ..,....... 3 5 Ela ...,,.,..,,.,., ,.,,,,, 1 8 was unstoppable in the second, scoring five field Palatine ------ ---------- 3 2 Antioch ------- .------- 4 goals. The only loss was 24 to 22 in the confer- gfiatfne 'A i 2 Yfiuconqfl '--- ---- '-- '- 1 3 ence tourney when Palatine- had an Off night of 1-312522 13111 -giiiiiia ALJZLZZI. iiijiiii shooting. You won't soon forget how the girls Palatine -UUVAA -,.,.A,.,- 3 3 Leyden -.-,,.. .--,-. i26 wept after that tourney defeat, but celebrated Palatine ...... .......... 2 8 Ela ............... ........ 1 9 Palatine ...... .......... 5 8 Antioch ...... ........ 2 7 after the overtime victory two- weeks later. P. T. H. S YEAR BOOK

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THE SPOTLIGHT Rank Third ln Big Meets Palatine had a good track season which was climaxed by the Northwest Conference meet on the home field in which the Pirates took third place with 21 points behind Arlington and Liber- tyville. The outstanding work of Eddie Hahnfeldt gave Pal- atine state wide recognition. Coach Megel's Pirates were strong in the field events but failed to win many points on the track in the major meets. Dual meets with Barrington and Bensenville were won and second place was taken in a triangular meet with Barring- ton and Arlington. Most of l'alatine's 16 track letters were won in these five meets. In the big Palatine Invita- tional Relays nine schools competed, Palatine rating third with 19 points. Liber- tyville was winner with Crys- tal Lake runnerup. Eddie Hahnfeldt was winner in the discus 132 feet 8 inches and took fourth in javelin and fifth in the shot put. Irwin Hahnfeldt won the shot put with a mark of 43 feet llfg inches. Hinrichs was second in the discus and Waggoner third in the broad jump. Palatine's work in the tenth annual confer- ence meet was featured by the individual per- formance of Eddie Hahnfeldt who smashed the j avelin record with a throw of 172 feet GMQ inches. Ben Grandy of Palatine had set the record of 172 feet 451 inches in 1928. Eddie also won 1934 Eclclie Wins State Honors Eddie Hahnfeldt won eleven medals for out- standing work in five big meets including the state meet at Champaign. In the state meet held May 18-19 Eddie hurled the discus 128 feet 8 inches for third place and the javelin 177 feet 2 inches for fourth place. Both marks made by the Pirate star were better than those winning state championships .in 1933. In the state district meet at Evanston a week earlier he captured first in both discus and javelin, with marks which broke the district records. His mark of 131 feet 7 inches bet- tered the old discus mark of 124 feet, while ajavelin throw of 166 feet 5 inches beat the old mark by 20 feet. Coach Megel took five boys to the Springfield Invitation- al meet early in V the season and as a team finished sev- enth among seventy-seven schools. Eddie Hahnfeldt beat the 1933 state discus cham- pion to win first in his pet event in the major division. Blankenship won the high, jump, I. Hahn- feldt took fourth in the ,shot and Hinrichs fourth in the novice class. Waggoner ran a good race but failed by a small margin in the 440. Coach Megel awarded 16 track letters this season. Six of those who placed in major meets involving five or more schools were E. Hahnfeldt, discus, javelin and shot putg Lee Blankenship, high jump, I. Hahnfeldt, shot put, Eugene th? discus throw with 133 fegt We rate Coach Megel first among track and field Wasgoner, broad-i and 2?0 3 1nCheS and took second 111 coaches of this district on basis of material and Yard dash! Ray Hlnrlchsr dis' the shot with 43 feet 10 inch- results obtained. We rate Palatine's track and field CUSJ and NOI'maI1 Beckman, es. These marks are the best the best in the northwest section of the Chicago 220 yard low hurdles. ever made by a Palatine ath- lete in the events and the area. We rate Eddie Hahnfeldt as the best junior in the track sport in the state of Illinois. We ex- pect him to win top honors in the state meet next The letter requirement is a first place or 11 points. The first two establish marks for year. Palatine Students are proud of their top ten boys who won letters due the home field. Eddie was notchers. to work in minor meets were second high scorer of the meet Howard Kruse, high j umpg with 13 points. . Robert Iler, pole vaultg Jack Lee Blankenship tied for first in high jump with 5 feet 6 inches, Ray Hin- richs threw the discus for third place and Beck- man and Waggener won fourth places in the hur- dles and 220 yard dash, respectively. P.T. H. S Bretsnyder, m il eg Howard Schwolow, half mileg Frank Frohne, hurdles and pole vault, Leighton Mangels, pole vaultg Ray Schmidt, discus: Ray Engelking, javelin and dash- esg Godfrey Schinkosky, javeling John Tudyman, relay. YEAR BOOK