Racine High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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7 HI HQ Behiem uf jfuuthall Season Although the season's results look more favorable to our opponents than to the R. H. S. eleven, there is nothing but credit due to the football team of 1920. This is the first season that our team bucked up against the strongest teams of the section. Even then, the results of the fall's work show that the local team at no time suffered a decisive defeat. NORTH DIVISION, 6-R. H. S., 7 The Racine High School team started the season right by winning the first game from the strong North Division eleven of Milwaukee by a score of 7 to 6. WEST ALLIS, 144R. H. S., 16 The comeback of the Black and Gold eleven in the last quarter saved this game. It was in this game that our doughty captain, Lund, was injured, with the result that he was obliged to stay out of a majority of the remaining games. A difficult drop-kick by Boyak resulted in the winning score. WASHINGTON HIGH, 18JR. H. S., 7 With Lund and Hansen out of the line- up, the local team could not make sufficient gains to win this game. MADISON, 6-R. H. S., 0 Playing in a drizzling rain storm, on a slippery field, and outweighed twenty- five pounds to the man, the Racine High School eleven was defeated, after a hard fight, by Nladison High at Madi- son by a score of 6 to 0. BELOIT, 74R. H. S., 5 This game was the only one which Racine lost but could have won. NEW TIIIER, l7HR. H. S., 0 The Black and Gold suffered its worst defeat of the season when it lost to the crack New Trier team at Kenilworth, Illinois by a Score of 17 to 0. KICNOSHA, 0-R. H. S., 15 Upsetting all the dope and surpassing the hopes of its most optimistic followers, the R. 11. S. football team defeated its ancient rival, Kenosha, 15 to 0, in the best game of the season. The determin- ation of the local players to end the season the way it was started was possibly the reason why the score was so one-sided. It is no exaggeration to say that every one of the Racine players put up a fine game. Captain Lund, who had completely recovered from his injuries, played a wonderful game at full-back. Harris put up the best game he had played all season. He was carried off the field in the last quarter because of in- juries to his ankle. Hanson and Widmer deserve special mention for the remarka- ble way in which they carried the ball for Racine. Muhlich, Kenosha's star full- back, was unable to make gains because the eleven R. H. S. players had their eyes on him at all times. Boyak was unusually successful with his forward passes. Neither ofthe touchdowns was made by flukesp therefore Racine can easily claim superiority this season over Kenosha in all branches ofathletics. For the first time within the present student generation, R. H. S. made a clean sweep in both football and basketball. Basketball REVIEW OF THE SEASON Our first team has a record this year that has never been attained before by any R. H. S. team. The team did not lose a single game thruout the season, and has not lost a scheduled game in the past three years. In the first two seasons, however, the team lost a total of three games-one at the sectional tournament two years ago, and two last year at the state tournament. The only thing that kept Racine from becoming State Champions this year was the dis- qualification of the team thru a technical fault. One of the rules of the Wisconsin lnterscholastic Athletic Association was broken by Grover, the local center. and the result was the forfeiture ofthe games in which he participated. WEST ALLIS The local quintet started towards the championship in the usual manner by defeating West Allis, 48 to 10. This first game showed the spirit with which the students were supporting their team and made it necessary for the team to play on the Y. M. C. A. floor in order to accommodate the crowds.

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HI I ii I BELOIT The 1oca1s cleared their first contender for the State Championship out of the way when they defeated Beloit on the Beloit College f1oor by a score of19 to 14. Racine, after being at the bottom of the score in the first half, staged a great comeback and snatched away Be1oit's fond hopes. MILWAUKPIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Racine cagers hung another scalp on their belts when they swamped the Uni- versity 11igh by a 41 to 14 score. MADISON After traveling all day the 1oca1 quintet played one of the hardest games of the season at 1V1adison, and came out at the top, 22 to 16. This was one ofthe greatest accomplishments of the team because it was the first time in nine years the Nladison had lost on her own f1oor. It was also the first time during the season that Walsh, the 1V1adison star, missed a free throw. KENOSHA Repeating the good work of last year and of the football team, R. H. S. defeated Kenosha High by the over- whelming score1uf41 to 7 at the Racine Y. M. C. A. WAUWAUTOSA Another easy victory for Racine took place the following evening when the local boys defeated Wauwautosa in her box-car gym by the score of 56 to 10. MADISON Duplicating the playing of a univer- sity team, the Black and Gold next de- feated 1V1adison by the score of 20 to 15. Playing before a crowd of nearly one thousand fans, the High School team played one of the best and roughest games of the entire season. The score at the end of the first half was 11 to 8. Racine had an edge over Madison in its defense which permitted Madison only two field goals, and those were long shots. KENOSIIA Racine took another easy game from Kenosha a week later, and also stored up energy for a game on the following day. The final score was 22 to 10. WEST ALLIS The High School five played one of the roughest games of the season when they ran up against the West Allis crowd in a gym about the size, though not as high, as Room 9. The final score in this game was 58 to 16. The jllililtnaukee iliuurnament MANITOWOC Racine won her way into the semi- finals by taking an uninteresting game from Manitowcmc. This game was not very hard for Racine, and the team, taking advantage of this, rested up for the remainder ofthe tournament, letting the Northerners down with a 22 to 6 score. WHITEWATER COMMERCIAL Another proposed rival for the state honors was crushed in defeat to the tune of 19 to 5, when Whitewater met the strong Racine Hve. It was impossible for the Whitewater team to break thru the strong defense of Harris and Hansen. WAUKESHA The R. H. S. team won the right to play in the State Tournament by defeat- ing Waukesha, 17 to 15, in the final game. This game showed Racine's superiority in every way over all the teams in this section. Racine won the tournament but was excluded from the honors because of Grover's ineligibility at the time of the Waukesha game. Glibe Ripon Tournament Racine was easily the strongest team at this tourney, with New London run- ning second. Neither of these teams carried home a place, however, because of disqualifications. MARION In the first game Racine took an easy victory from Marion, the team which was given the tournament, by defeating her 19 to 5. This was the easiest game that Racine played at this tournament, and all of the substitutes took some part in the good work. NEW LONDON Perhaps the best team that Racine O