Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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25 Swimming Coming through with a bang-up squad regardless of the fact that there was but one man returning who had placed in the state the previous year, Coach Harry Board- man fully deserved his niche in the wailing wall of coaches. The loss of star breaststroker Marshall Brown to the navy and the ineligibility of Robert Mittan dropped the bottom out of any title hopes the team might have cherished. The season opened against Chisholm with the Bluedevil mer- men managing to squeeze through a 34 to 32 win. Eveleth and Ely were dropped in order, 39 to 27 and 36 to 30, and a meet at the Duluth YMCA with Duluth Central was turned into a rout to the tune of 53 to 13. The first meet after the Christmas holidays was with the perennially strong Hibbing squad which lived up to expectations by dumping the Virginia team 44 to 22. Duluth Central came in for the slaughter again, 44 to 12, followed by Eveleth who got it in the neck 42 to 24. Coleraine took it on the chin from the Blue clad mermen 49 to 16, and the im- provement in the Bluedevil squad was brought out even more forcibly when Ely was dumped 40 to 26. Chisholm succumbed 43 to 23 in an uninteresting meet, but the surprise of the year came when a mediocre Gilbert team tied Boardman's Junior High wonders 33 to 33. The last meet of the season was against the Big Villagers and again the Virginia squad went down, this time 39 to 27. In the state meet held at Minneapolis, the Bluedevil squad tied for fourth place with Rochester, with a total of fifteen points. Top RIGHT: Up, around, over. Borfou RIGHT: Pool lineup. Tnv Row-Andnyon Voyer, Copf, Srholtuf, Hanii, R.. Ewnu, Ruthnfard, Lzighton. BOTTOM Row-Young, Prltinrlli, Nrwman, Saari, Mtlfmzxe, Ralilon, W. wznx, ar Jon, 15 c 1 g Ruulmlamni. pn

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vs4 5-we-.-.Q . is-if ' i 11,-'Q bb. TJ A - J t s...-X 2 I ' Tor Row-R. !Dll7U0fl, C. Haknla, llifallammn, Rukauina, Agrinli, Vukzlifls, Fragnito, ' ,S Mdkynfh. Koflmg, Land. SFECOND Row'-Mr. lllirhzlx, Llllldgflll, Lavinz, Hanten, Har- rington, Carlson, Enrkxon, Simon, Thumax, Kloburhar, Mf, Hunt. BOTTOM Row-Wm' ' -3 blah, Olyon, Poupard, Randall, farabxan. Boylr, Cannon, Eliai, Willianu, Millirh, Gallop. is A ,Ml Track l937 Coming up with a well-balanced team of veterans, Coach Michels followed the example set by the other Bluedevil teams and brought the tracksters through to a district championship and second place laurels in the re- gional meet. With practice called in the gym several weeks before the outdoor track was available, the large squad was in the pink of condition by the time the first big event rolled around. The Blue and White made a good showing at the Eveleth Relays and then proceeded to cop the first triangular meet with Gilbert and Eveleth by a final score of 93 points. The meet was the first ever to be staged under the lights at Virginia. The following week, the Bluedevil tracksters had little difficulty in disposing of Eveleth in a dual meet. The twenty-seventh district meet, which was taken by Virginia, was held under the lights in a miserable drizzle that threatened to turn into snow at any time. The final score showed Virginia 88, Gilbert 7015, and Eveleth 26. In the seventh regional meet held the following week at Coleraine, the Bluedevils entered fifteen men, although several were not up to par as a result of lame muscles developed in practice. Even with this handicap, the Virginia squad came off with no worse than second place, scoring 36 points to the 37 of the Coleraine squad which placed first. Six out of the region- al squad qualified for the state high school meet held at Minneapolis but failed to place in competition. Top AT LEFT: Up and over on the wextern roll as vaultcrr loolz on. SECOND: High hurdle: call for coordination and balance. BOTTOM: Na jumping the gun lure. 24

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v . I . i ' 1 1NTRA1su:RAL BASKETBALL CHAMPS-LEFT T0 Rxom-C. Haleala, Wefef P010 ,fvufnemenf same between lbe Lallznn, R. fohnion, Lilowiki, Kalki. Water Spaniels, captamed by Robert Maki, and tb: Zeekers, caplained by Tom Martin. lntromurol Sports Taking its place as the common pepul's part of the athletic program, the intra- mural leagues offer a proving ground for up-and-coming talent not yet ready for the interscholastic squads and also one branch of sports where anyone, good or worse, can get his two-bits' worth of exercise. In the intramural basketball tournament held after the regular season had drawn to a close, the Finntown Owls won by the score of 27 to 17. Ln intramural water polo, a large number of teams formed and played through an interesting schedule to the April finals. Kittenball furnished the nucleus for several teams in the municipal junior league. The fact that any particu- lar team won the championship is relatively unimportant as far as the real purpose of the program goes. The aim of the league is to give every group of control room athletes who care to sign up a chance to participate in competitive sports. The ros- ters include back alley gangs, fraternal organizations, geographic groups, and fugi- tives from the nine semester ruling. The final result is achieved in a more active stu- dent body and better interscholastic teams. KlTTlfNBAl.l.--Tor Row-ALind, R. lohnion, Haknla, Miihrli, Bohn, Nelson, Pmut, P. Virzlrirkf, Prprlujnb, Pladsfn. Olron, Zizglrr. Sncuivn Row-Gallop, I. johnmn, Larknrr, Hour, Thnmar, ill. Mtxirh. Bnllanlini, Wu1r1lc, Cnrlmn, Rukmrmn. Till!!! Rnwff--Coombe, Du. lan, Rrulrr, llantm, Lzwinr, frabuni, Fragnitu, Trw, Pluft, Gmnki. W. Iulinion, limksun. Fllllklill Run-I, .llm'lh. fllurlauuirh, W. firzbzikr, Von, Puupanf, Klobufhaf. Pfarmll, Knlbitrki, Smilh, I. Luoziu, Holm, Ewrny. B0r'roM Ron flllukl, Lulurrlli, Wroblrxki, Kniki, Kvrtrx, Ongrlo, illrlirnzir, C. Luodo, Rodoligo, llfcllwnna, Sluknry. l E. sa l FU