Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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DONALD STEGGE: Don, a guard, is a twin brother to Dudley, tackle. A stout, 200-pound gridster, Don played with Morgan's navy team in '43. He lettered four years at Eureka High school and was co-captain of the team in his senior year. Don -made the freshman squad at Kansas State, Manhattan, after his graduation from high school. JOE GRAY: This 180-pound end hails from Pittsburg. He was well known by all football fans for his excellent work while with the Pittsburg High School Dragons. BOB LORENZEN: More often called Gooch by his buddies, Bob lettered for the Gorillas in 1945 and 46. A quarterback, he had the finest passing arm of any college player in the area last year. Bob is a good ball handler and saw a lot of action this year. He is a product of Pittsburg High school. DALE MORROW: Dale's home is Tulsa, where he lettered on the Tulsa Central team while in high school. Dale came to Pitt in the fall semester of '43. He played on John Lance's basketball team in '44 and earned a football letter at K. U. in '45. Morrow turned in many long runs in 1946 and played a lot in the grid wars last fall. He is a halfback. DUTCH NOGEL: Another end who has plenty of football savvy. Also a product of Pitts- burg High school, Dutch made the All-Southeast Kansas team three years in a row. He also made the all-state high school squad. Nogel first went to Tulsa University, where he earned his freshman letter. He then went to the Springfield Teachers College, Springfield, Mo., where he played regular end for two years before the war interrupted his training. Others included in the list to receive letters were E. K. Allmon, Charles Belt, Al Cerne, Wayne Craven, L. C. Crouch, Ray Denny, Frank DeRiso, Ray Evans, L. M. Foster, Jack Grim, Jim Gum- fory, Ernie Hebenstriet, Chet Heidman, Steve Johnson, Harman Lesco, Don Linville, Firman Mall, Scottie Moherman, Frank Page, jack Wal- lace and John Winters. Eclitor's Note: The next issue of the Kanza, to be distributed to students before the end of the spring semester, will carry complete coverage of the Gorilla year in basketball. Sports editor jim Brown has said pictures for this feature are now being taken. The word-picture of the basketball season will be handled by Brown who did the excellent football and track write-ups for this issue. In the backfield are Vossen, Snyder, Foster and Macheers. The line consists of Denny, Belt, Page, Grim, Hottenstein, Craven and Cerne, Page 21

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Wiz? Z Football Coach Charley Morgan submitted thirty-four names to the athletic council of Pitts- burg State College to receive football letters for the 1947 season. Included in the list were the following twelve senior grid stars: DON GERMAN: A bright star in the Pitts- burg squad who impressed a good many coaches and fans long before he came to college. Don played four years for the Pittsburg high school Dragons. He was captain of the team for two years and made the all-league and all-state se- lections as a half back. A two-year letterman for the Gorillas, Don made honorable mention on the all-conference selection in 1942. GLENN TOLLE: Glenn is a fleet footed half- back who attended high school in Yates Center, where he was captain of his football team his senior year. While in high school he played against the Stegge boys, who are members of the Gor- illa squad. A navy veteran, Glenn made honor- able mention on the All-Conference selections in 1942 and was active in many 1946 games. BUD BOMAN: A senior, Bud is spending his second football season at Pittsburg. He lettered three years on the Moran high school team and one year at Fort Scott Junior College before going to war. Bud is a half-back and saw plenty of service for the Gorillas this year. JOHNNY HOGUE: A senior, Johnny hails from Russell. He made all-state while in high school. In the navy during the war, Johnny served aboard a hospital ship. He played fresh- man ball at Notre Dame, as well as having played a year of varsity ball for the Irish.'l Johnny turned in a good 1946 season and will repeat it this year. LEROY SCHUETTE: A brainy quarterback, Leroy claims Pittsburg as his home town now, but he attended high school at Clay Center. Any coach is always happy to have an all-star player returning to his squad, and Charley Morgan was no exception. He was greatly cheered by the re- turn of Schuette, who made All-Central Confer- ence in 1942. DUDLEY STEGGE: Dud, a tackle who has a twin brother on the team, attended high school at Eureka. His home is Pittsburg now. Stegge played with Coach Morgan's outstanding navy team at the College in 1943. Tipping the scales at 215, Stegge is five feet eleven and a half inches tall. He is a rugged individual and was an out- standing asset on the Gorilla line this fall. JOHN HOTTENSTEIN: Hottenstein played guard with the Gorillas. He was always a favorite with the Pittsburg football fans. His home town is Humboldt. In the backfield are Boman, Heidman, Schuette and Lesco. In the line are Gray, Crutcher, Hottenstein, Linville, Page, Craven and Cerne. Page 20

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I I I Wm K af X947 The Alpha's, following their old idea of get- ting the best looking girls on the campus, hit the jack pot when they pledged Ruth Richmond from Fort Scott. Ruthie began her September Atlantic City jaunt by first walking away with the Miss Pitts- burg title early last summer. Miss Kansas Clinching the trip to the East Coast, she broke back into the newspapers taking the Miss Kansas title. Winning the state title she boarded a train in September for Jersey with her mother as a chaperon. But here, with 54 best looking and best curved beauties in the country all parading in a heap, she lost out. Ruthie then returned to the campus to finish out her work on her degree. She will graduate this spring. At Atlantic City Ruth brought back with her many interesting tales of her Atlantic City experiences. While in the big city, she met many of the big-wigs. Mrs. Roxy of the Roxy theatre was director of the girls. fLucky gal, ehlj Ted Malone and Phil Regan were the masters of ceremonies. The young Kansas candidate for national hon- ors still contends her most scared moment of the entire affair was when she appeared before the auditorium full of people to sing My Wonderful One. But we all cried for joy when one of us won an honor, she remarked. I walked over to the center of the stage in the big auditorium and every light in the house was right at me. As far as I could see there were people. The rows seemed to go back until you wondered just where they stopped. One Big Family While in Atlantic City we lived like one big family, Ruthie said. What this country needs is more of such families. Everyone helped everyone else both at the hotel and at the various contests. Ruthie was awarded a scholarship to the Patri- cia Stevens modeling school. She appeared in many newsreels, and had interviews with many newspaper men. And watching her model a bathing suit, sweater or formal evening gown, we can't blame them, editorially speaking. It's not hafrd to understand why Ruth Richmond was chosen Miss Kansas of 1947. Do we hear long, low whistles? Page 22