Sandwich High School - Reflector Yearbook (Sandwich, IL)

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BASKETBALL RE'Fll'liEliV R S'l'!XNDlNG: Fritz l.indner Qmanagerl, Wendell Fender, Harold King, Richard Martin, William Burkhart, Carl Cunz, Mr. Grim Qcoachl. SICATICD: Parker Sedgwick, Harold Kuehleni, Max Bagg, Reed Larson, Hugh Hough, Donald Schultz lcaptainl, Alvin Olson, Rohert Francis Qtrainerl. lllf haslcethall season started out strong at old S. T. H. S., with ahout hfty players reporting to coach Grim. 'lihis number was Hnally limited to twenty players. 'lihe returning lettermen were: Bagg, Hough, and Schultz and memhers from last year's second team. High point men for the year were Schultz with 135 points and Hough with l I9 points. 'llhe letter winners for the year were Hugh Hough, Harold King, Harold Kueh- lem, Parker Sedgwick, Reed Larson, and Donald Schultz. Schultz was elected honorary captain for the year. Many of this year's games were lost by a very small margin. This year the l.it- tle len 'liournament was held here at S. 'lf H. S. Sandwich was defeated in the first game hy the Serena quintet hy a score of 30 to 46. VVaterman won hrst place and Hinckley won the trophy for second place, with Plano third place winners. SCH ICDULIQ OF SEASON UF 1939-40 Nov. ZS-Shahhona here. jan. 9-Yorkville, here. Dee 5-Newark, there. jan. 12-Paw Paw, here. Dec S-Rollo, there. jan. 16-Plano, here. Dec 9-lfast Aurora, there. slan. 19-Somonaulc, there. Dec. 12-Hinckley, here. lan. 26-Little Ten Tourney. Dec I5-lfarlville, here. Feb 2-Vlfaterman, here. Dec I9-lfarlville, there. Feh 6-Yorkville, there. Dec 22-Plano, there. lfeh 9-Newark, here. 'liournament at DeKalb. Feb. I6-Newark, here. an. 5-Hinckley, there. Felu 23-District 'l'ourney. llavqi' lfzwify

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FOOTBALL THIRD ROW: Robert Francis Qtrainerl, Ilo Marsh, Robert Sebby, Keith Tattersall, Orrin Johnson, Edward Easter, Carl Cunz, La Verne Grady, Fritz Lindner Cmanagerl. SECOND ROW: Mr. Anderson icoachl, Howard Wissel, Richard Martin, James Wallis, Richard Martin, James Wallis, Alvin Olson, Philip Brady, Harvey' Heusinger, Robert Bristline. FIRST ROW: Herbert Olson, Reed Larson, Hugh' Hough, Harold King Ccaptainb, Stanley Werner, Oliver Troeger, Norman Swenson. SANDWICH HIGI-l'S 1939 football season opened with about forty candidates reporting to Coach Anderson. The returning lettermen were: Olson, Hough, Burkhart, Troeger, Easter, Wissel, and King. The first game of the season was played with Plainfield with a victory for Sandwich. The score was 13-0. Burkhart acted as captain for this opening game. In the second game of the season the Indians journeyed to Yorkville for a night game. Here they were defeated by a single touchdown of 6-U. On October 13 a game was played on the Sandwich gridiron where the Sandwich boys took the second beating of the season from East Aurora's B squad. Some outstanding tackling was done by Troeger in this game. The next game of the season was again played on the home field. Here the local boys gave the Lemont team a good beating. The score was 36-6. Larson did some fine passing in this game and Olson and Swenson did some good work catching passes. The last quarter opened up with a 90 yard run for a touchdown by King. The local boys traveled to Morris for the fifth game of the season which was played under lights. It was a hard faught game but the boys failed to make the necessary points and were defeated by 3 touchdowns. Olson acted as captain for this game. For the next game of the season the Indians journeyed to Dwight. Hough acted as captain in this game. Here another loss was suffered. The last game of the season was played under lights at the Mendota field. The boys played a good game but were not able to beat the opponents. The score was 22-6. The Indians will lose six seniors by graduation. They are as follows: Bill Burkhart, Norman Swensen, Phillip Brady, Robert Bistline, Oliver Troeger, Alvin Olson, and Captain Harold King all of whom will be greatly missed next year. Harold King was elected honorary captain of the team. Letters were awarded to the following boys: Harold King, Bill Burkhart, Reed Larson, Hugh Hough, Herbert Olson, Edward Easter, James Wallis, Oliver Troeger, Stanley Werner, Howard Wissel, Norman Swenson, Alvin Olson, and Robert Bistline. SCHEDULE September 29-Plainfield October 27-Morris November Ill-Mendota October 6-Yorkville October 13-E. Aurora B October 19-Lemont November 2-Dwight Page nmeteen

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REFLSQSIOR N995 . 4, W,,,,, 2? , y s 5 TRACK L -,ti-ug-5, ' age TRACK QKHIGH fa 1 m l A TRACK STANDING: Howard Davis, Walter Sutherland, Oliver Troeger, Howard Wissel, james Wallis SITTING: Norman Swenson, Herbert Olson, Ilo Marsh, Donald Schultz. URING the spring of this year track was started. The first track meet was held here with Somonauk on April 15. Sandwich was victorious, winning 48 points to Somonauk's 32. The track team was made up of Davis, Olson, Troeger, Wallace, Wissel, Sutherland, Swenson, Marsh, and Schultz. Davis was second and Olson third in the 100 yard dash. Troeger, Wissel, and Wallis won hrst, second and third respectively in the shot pllt. Sutherland won second in the 440 yard dash. In discus throwing Wissel was first and Wallis second. Olson won first in the 220 yard dash and Davis tied in the high jump. In the mile run Sutherland won first, and Davis won first and Swenson second in the broad jump. Sandwich also won the one-half mile relay. On April 26 an intramural meet was held with the seniors as winners. Mr. An- derson coached the boys. Page Iwcnzy nm