Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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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

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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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Spinach Tolk The old order changeth. Where once physical education was a glorified system of setting-up exercises, the program offered in the Virginia High School of- fers everything from squad foot- ball competition to Indian wres- tling and track and field events. The main idea is to keep the boys interested in their own develop- ment rather than holding the bull whip over their heads. Starting in the fall with squad competition in touch football on the mill forty, the boys develop teamwork rather than individual stars. Squad competition follows in volleyball, wrestling, basket- ball, jiu-jitsu, and allied events. With no method of selecting teams other than chance, each fellow participating must play up to the standard of the squad or else take a terrific kidding. Instituting a system of individ- ual prowess rather than squad competition in the spring, the physical education department puts the boys' gym classes on a Tarzan versus jellyfish basis. The success of the program can be noted in the attitude of the boys themselves. Where in squad competition the toughest fellow is on the spot, in individual com- petition each one must step up and show the man from Mis- souri. TOP AT LEFT: Boys' spring sports are chiefly recreatxonal, with Mentor Bebx directing. SECOND: Individual event: such as wrestling J lr provi e 4 x owdown. THIRD: Squad event: call for cooperation-which in bdxkelball should not come from the referee. 27