Roosevelt High School - Roundup Yearbook (East Chicago, IN)

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Rapid Playing' Quick Shifting' Kncklrg' Plunglng' Passmg' I A curious crowd at the openung game ye leaders wave hands footballs full the anr excnted officials blow whistles the Forelgn Legton kicks off' fnnal score R H S 26 C C H S O Riders open conference season with Golden Tornado a powerhouse attack ult R H S S scene shtfts to Hammond Wlldcats present stubborn de fense Outcome 7 7 the season advances Horsemen and Blue Devuls snowed under 3l O and Zl O respectnvely Ruders meet Onlers fourth quarter fufteen seconds left a long forward pass nt good' flnal score R H S 6 W H S 6 Ruders meet Senators Cnty Champlonshup at stake Senators present powerful offense well we cant wnn them all fnnal score Roosevelt O Wash lngton l2 Drubbllng' Makmg Baskets' I A thundenng nouse us heard nn the corrrdors the very walls vtbrate and tremble dust rlses questnontng anr what us thus strange phenomena? no not an earthquake but our own Rough Ruder basketball team takung nts flrst workout on the old gym floor An unusually heavy season wuth nrne vuctorles and nnne defeats we are winners of the consolatlon dnvusuon of the Holuday Tourney defeat Wash ungton an flrst game of Annual Sectional Tournament however defeated by Hammond Tech un semi funals Roosevelt s total score 382 Oppo nents total 360 schedule concluded wuth tre mendous success support of students and fans extraordlnary a hard worklng hard fxghtnng basketball team Runmng' Racmg' Cheermg' I The nonse of the announcer rs heard callnng the next event the excvted partncnpants dug their toes Into the earth they crouch as the tlmer ranses has pustol the crowd yells wnth exclte ment as the gun us fared the thunly clads try hard to get out In front at last the wunnel breaks the tape another event ns closed Yea' Purple' Yea' Whute' I Rah' Rah' Rah' T E A M frenzled yell leaders appeal to crowds for an nncrease In volume parched throats struve to please mega phones are thrown around as flrst one and then the other announces a new yell each passlng unc: dent callnng a varled assortment of cheers hundreds of fans and students yellung together nstullung pep and courage unto those Rlders Page Twenty COIHPIIIIIQHU of ll uconym luntber and Coal C0 ' ' , . . II res . . , l2 A. I. V. E.H. . O . . . I S l . -. . ' 's . . . . ' . . 5 excited students glance at each other with a i h V y V Y! . . .

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Reviewing tl1e Atlmletic Season by Harry Buslw I The Roosevelt Wrestling Team of l933 34 enjoyed the most unusual and outstanding season in the his tory of wrestling In our institution lts record for the season is indeed one of which we are proud Our team defeated the best mat teams in the entire region I The grapplers opened the season with the Washington Senators and emerged with a smashing 43 3 vnctorv this triumph automatically gave the Riders full title to the City Championship The team then traveled to Chicago where it en gaged the powerful Trlden Tech squad Here the Riders displayed the best form of the season and succeeded whrtewashing t 40 O however in the return match the Techmen displayed some hid den strength and succeeded tying the score This match was followed by a brilliant -ll 5 victory over South Bend I Our team then played hosts to angular meet which we won with ease the grapplers compiling a total of 82 points I The ambition of the team was fulfilled when it traveled to the An nual State Tournament held Bloomington Indiana and finished in a tie for first place Joe rxa James Sefton John Caunay and Wal ter Czerwinskr swept bv all the op position In their division and be came State Champions I This spectacular wrestling team consisted of James Sefton Joe Brxa Walter Czerwlnski John Ginay Page Nineteen Matt Kaszw barney Mnich Walter Dortlak Joe Lokanc Jack Hupke Peter Vuchrnas Anthony Zelenclk and John Kartz I The organization of Roosevelt Olympic Association dates back to the tall of i928 This association serves as a central Organization for girls athletics in the school I The sportheads elected by the members of the R OA regulate a point system through which awards are achieved I In September Coach Overpeck s girls started the athletic season with baseball tennis and hockey On November first basketball the queen of girls sports in Roosevelt brought ou for y girls w o were eager to make the varsitv and class teams I The varsity basketball team opened its season with a one point victory over the Alumni the final score was Zi Z0 This victory was followed with a two point victory over the Washington Senator ettes This vrctory qave the Roosevelt girls the City Champion ship I The Junior girls team was out standing in rnterclass competition Whenever the Riderettes met the Senatorettes the competition was exceedingly keen I Girls who won outstanding recog nation in basketball were Mary Mater Carrie Stasko Fern Kerr Margaret Brennock Katherine Gergely Carolyn Korak and Frances Rospond 'Continued on Dane 59' f If xi! jll ll l fi 1 lllllf pn lrI7e . J - . V Ll I A -- V - I V 1 - 1 , f - . , . . ' ' ll ll l . l I I ' - I , . . . I 4 I . , I . l lr'1 ' ' l . ' . T l' ll - I I h - A E in ' . 1 l-lammond and Washington in a tri- - ff - I ' I 11 - - C , . . ' . - in 11 4 11 ' ' ' ' ' 11 11 - 4 . . I . A 3 , ' . 1 1 - ' ' f , T - A . . ' V1 ' 1 I 1 I I 1 A 1 - 1 1 J 'ov lmri K rv V. . . fwv 1 0 l.Vf'-- 'JY 3k

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by H Bush and N Morrus Sound Grappllng' Strong Holds' I Sturdy forms well developed muscles meet grapplung rollung over and over on a whute flannel covered mat each gladuator seekung an advantageous hold tryung vaunly to get that fall or decusuon the crowd cheers as furst one and then the other gauns the lead A hard rudung Roosevelt mat team completes the most successful season un hustory of Roosevelt grap plung decusuve vuctorues over Hammond Wash ungton South Bend and Tulden furst place un the truangular meet un school tue for furst State wunners of the conference meet only a few of many vuctorues compuled by these wrestlers secret of success never guve up Cuty Champuons Conference Charnpuons State Champuons Swlmmung' Hlkung' Skating' I A sport for every gurl and a gurl for every sport motto of Roosevelts energetuc Olympuc Assocuatuon better known as the ROA thus club promotes hockey track tennus baseball basket ball speedball swummung skatung dancung bowlung bucyclung hukung horseshoeung and golf durung the by a sporthead elected by the club members truly an athletuc program that proved very unterestung to many gurls un the school A gurls of the club followed a group of well planned traunung rules a pount system was also unaugurated to aud the gurls un earnung theur awards many gurls took advantage of thus fune athletuc program by comung out to support the varuous teams Excutement' Crosscounfry Runs' I One more round breath comes un huge gasps second mulestone almost at end one more to go slowly oh' so slowly the fun ushung mark comes to vuew At last ends successful cross country run two and one half mule dustance splendud season enuoyed by harruers gave all they had at all tumes Speedy Serves' Flashung Flannels' I Fuve love Thurty love Forty love a desperate tennus player on a sunny court trues to procure hus furst pount he smashes and druves the ball unto the opposute court Ruder Team ends season wuth thurd place un con ference competutuon the Cuty Champuonshup defeats powerful team from Whutung Horace Mann Hammond Washungton and Emerson Page Twenty one C,omplmucuut5 0 Axdffdll and Thompson . l I ' ' . 4 , a ' in ,, . U, I I I I A course of the school year . . . each sport was guided ll ' , ' ' ' . . . . . .so ll - ll ' ' ' ' , ,