Poth High School - Log Yearbook (Poth, TX)

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Basketball FRONT ROW (Loft to Right): Lawrence Reinhard, Chris Dworaczyk, Albert Grier, Conrad Colde- wey, Capt., Elwood Hill, Norman Kosarek. BACK ROW (Left to Right): Supt. Lane, Francis Mac- Dougal, “Dickie” Havel, George Ehlers, Winston Woellert, Wilbert Meyer and Coach Carlisle. This year's Pirate basketball team was the first Pirate team to have a gymnasium at home. The team was, however, the less experienced of any Pirate team for several years, therefore, they did not do justice to the new Gym furnished by the Hermann Sons Lodge of Poth. Fortunately, the season revealed some very promising frechmen and sophomores and the team of the next few years will be expected to be the best the school has ever had. This year’s team defeated La Vernia to finish third in the County .Meet. The season’s record was 10 losses and 3 wins. TRACK The Pirate track team finished third in the County Meet. The team was composed of Werner Artus, Walter Artus, Conrad Coldewey, Chris Dworaczyk, Emil Wa.lawczyk. Werner Artus was the outstanding star of the team, ami the county for that matter, taking three ‘ firsts, one second and one third for a total of 20 points of the 32 made by the team. The Junior High track team did not place in the County Meet. The team was composed of Norman Kosarek, “Dickie” Havel, Elwood Hill and Roy Raahc. Kosarek made 8 V2 of the 11 points made. VOLLEY BALL The Pirates, who for a long time were the best in volley ball, finished seeand to Kosciusko this year. It took the Kosciusko team three full rounds to out-best the Poth boys who were not in the best form for volley ball so soon after the football season. The team was composed of Conrad Coldewey, Emil Dzuik, Walter Artus, Chris Dworaczyk, “Buddy” Haese and Elmond Zunker. TENNIS Poth was represented in senior singles by Werner Artus, who lost in his first match. In senior doubles, Alfred Eckel, Jr. and Lawrence Reinhard lost their first match. The junior high boys faired a little better. Norman Kosarek and Dickie Havel finished second. Winston Woellert was the junior high singles representative and lost in his first match. 31.

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Football COACH J. I). CARLISLE ELROY ULI.MAN, Co-Captain CART. PAUL ARTUS FRONT ROW (Left to Right): Wilbert Meyer, Chris Dworaczyk, Walter Artus, Paul Artus, captain, Werner Artus, Norman Kosarek, Elmond Zunker. BACK ROW. (Left to Right): Coach J. I). Carlisle, Lawrence Reinhard, Elroy Ullnian, Emil Dzuik, Alfred Eckel, Jr., Emil Waclawczyk, and Francis MacDougal, manager. Not in the picture: Henry Earl Koenig. The Pirate football team of 1940 was the defending champion of District 18, Six-Man Con- ference, having won the title in two successful years of play. Through a forfeit of games played with Sutherland Springs, the Pirates were again declared the District Champions for the third con- secutive year. In the first game played with the Springs team the Pirates lost their first conference game in the history of football in Poth. The Pirates lost this game 44 to 15 and came back a month later to tie the same team 12 to 12. The season ended with 6 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie. With the loss of only two men through graduation, the Pirates should have a stronger and more ex- perienced team when the season gets under way again next September.

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High School Girls' Athletics I MISS SVOBODA Bas!:ctball ALICE ULBRICHT Volley Ball Captain FRONT ROW (loft to right): Isabella Ehlers, Mary Rose Eckel, Lucy Mae Grier, Alice Ulbricht, Lorine Jiral. Falsie Grier, Cecilia Manak, Bernice Reininger, Maxine Orts, and Marilyn Reinhard. BACK ROW (left to right): Leah Mae Zunker, Mary Rose Hacay, Anna Bell Jiral, Verna Mae Orts, Katherine Artus, Delia Guen- ther, Rita Reinhard, and Henrietta S.hwertlich. VOLLEY BALL The senior girls’ team composed of Captain Ulbricht, Ehlers, L. Jiral, Manak, M. Orts, Roininger, and M. Reinhard. were defending a county championship of six consecutive years, but were nosed out in the finals by Kosciusko in the most ex- citing game in many a year. The junior high team composed of Hacay, Artus, Verna Mae Orts. Zunker, Anna Bell Jiral. Gladys Grier, Catherine Reinhard ami Lucille Reinhard. won first place by defeating Sutherland Springs, Stockdale and Floresville in that order. 32.