Sault Ste Marie High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Sault Ste Marie, MI)

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SPORTS LAND Gridiron Highlights Line, left to right: Bob Reilly, Max Klein, Ernest Robinson, Harvard McDowell, Joe Hill, Albert Aube, Earl Bye. Backfield: Willie Westling, John Tremont, Tony Andary, Jimmy Alford. ln l938-'39 the Sault Blue Devil football squad achieved the most outstanding record of any Sault High team in several years. Although they did not have a per- fect number of victories, the Devils showed that the Sault was on the victory trail again. The squad was well on the better side of the .500 mark, winning four games out of seven. Most of the Devils' wins were on their own soil, but on foreign fields they were unable to cross the oppon- ents' goal line. Coach Herman Cranes eleven had one of the hardest driving walls in many a year. The good work of Tony Andary, Max Klein, and John Toland-tackles: Joe Hill, Al Aube, Earl Bye-guards: and Ernie Robinson, Ray Cremer, and Bob Reilly-ends-made it possible to out- charge, outfight, and overpower all opponents with the exception of the powerful Escanaba eleven. The Crane machine was molded into a team featuring hard driving, running plays, off centered, with one of the best passing attacks in the Upper Peninsula. Although outweighed by most of the opposing teams, the Blue Devils' determination to win overshadowed this handicap. Those from the '38 squad who will be missing next fall will be Tony Andary, Max Klein, Earl Bye, Ray Cremer, Bob Reilly, James Alford, John Tremont, Law- rence Brownlee. Filling the shoes of the graduating letter- men will be John Toland, Dave and Harvard McDowell. Ludlow Bailey, Patrick Raffaele, Joe Hill, Ernie Robinson, Melvin Cryderman. During the season the Blue Devils scored 70 points to their opponents' 54. Next season for the first time in a number of years the Blue Devils will encounter St. Joseph of Escanaba. A night game with Alpena will also be a novelty of the l939 grid year. Page twenty-five Varsity Games MARQUETTE-First game of the season resulting in a 6-0 defeat for the Blue Devils. Even so, the Devils showed determination to go places. ISHPEMING-Pans saw their team in action for the first time and were rewarded, for the result was: Sault, 145 Ishpeming, 2. 'The Devils kept their opponents on the run by mixing running plays with passes. NEWBERRY-Determined to keep the Little Brown Jug in their possession, the Sault defeated Newberry 12-6. MUNISING-Although it was a hard-fought battle, the Sault had the small end of a 6-O score, The result was hard to explain because the Sault made 14 first downs to Munising's two. Passes filled the air as Reilly, aided by Alford's passing, won a berth on the U.P. football squad. ESCANABA-A crushing defeat at the hands of the Eskymo giants. The score 34-0. The Sault's only hope died as they lost the ball on downs after taking it from their own 15-yard line to Escanaba's 10-yeard one. MANISTIQUE-A snowstorm greeted the team who took an early lead when Andary recovered a fumble and set the stage for a first down. The Blue Devils took keen delight in piling up a 19-O score. ALPENA-The Blue Devils wound up the season by smothering Alpena 25--0. Good blocking on the part of the Sault forward wall made the use of off-tackle plays successful, lt is a Crane distinction to win the final game of the season.

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ef Sofia Shain , , KK Violins: Cochrane, E. McEvers, Hayward, Stonehouse, Quinn, Pelletier, L. McEvers, Welsh, Luns- den, Hewitt, Tampas, Skouroukos, Zervas-Cellos: Socia, Hudson-Violas: Rye, Gessell-Cornets. MacNama1'a, R. McCormick, Behling, Snowdon-Baritones: LaPointe, Bohenna-Trombones: Levin, PaivinenWBasses: H. McCormick, Swart-Clarinets: Hunt, Smith, Rose, Dean-Flutes: Peterman, Florence-Bassoon: Jack McLean-Horns: Brownell, Wallace, SmelserfPiano: Tuxworth-Drums: Molinaro, Werve, KoonsASaxophones: Hunsberger, Varino, LaJoice, Odam, H. McDowell. Cbrchestra From the time of the annual Christmas vesper service to the June commencement exercises, the orchestra has had a busy year. Not only for these two major events but for the P.T.A. state convention, the orchestra furnished music. Included in the program for the convention was Venetian Carnival overture and other excellent numbers. This year Mr. Thomas has worked to better this organ- ization. Bass and woodwind sections were cut down to present a more balanced group. The string sections were built up with elementary instruction starting in the grades and the Junior High. New music was ordered, modern arrangements of familiar classics, music that was not too difficult to play, yet advanced enough to demand technical skill and interpretation. Many new members will move up from the Junior High orchestra next year, while few present members will be lost by graduation. Thus the future looks bright for the organization. Student officers were: LeRoy Kolin, student director, Scott Hunsberger. 'Ralph McCormick, LeRoy Kolin, librar- ians: Jean Tuxworth, accompanist. Sextet To fill the need for a small group to furnish music at banquets and programs for which an orchestra or a band would be inconvenient, Mr. Thomas organized an ensemble. Members of the group are: Doris Peterson, Jack Hunt. Betty Socia, Avice Rye. Jack McLean. Bob Smith, and Mr. Thomas. Probably more than any other group in the music department this one has given service, playing for practically every civic organization in the city. Deutsclilanders Spanish and German tunes mixed with a dialog of jokes from the players make up The Hungry Five , a German band, started in April by Mr. Thomas. Composed of two clarinets, a bass horn, cornet, and trombone, 'iThe Hungry Five , under the leadership of Jack Hunt, has played for the Methodist Music Pageant. at the Newberry Hi-Y conference. and at a song assembly. Bob Smith, John Paivinen, LeRoy Kolin, and Ralph Mc- Cormick are the other members of the band. They also helped to advertise the all-school party 'by staging a parade in the halls, The Hungry Five play both German and Spanish music to give variety. If in Spain, they have a Spanish dialog: in Germany they add German jokes. Practice for the band is every Saturday afternoon in the music roorm. The boys have developed the art of working together and have developed leadership and practice in public per- formance. Band fContinued from Page Z3j program. Among other performances the musicians played at a reserve-Collegiate game in Canada, the Winter Carni- val parade, football pep demonstrations, the annual 4-H Club parade, the installation of Bicycle Club officers. A new band feature this year was the drum majoring class in which girls were taught to march and twirl a baton. Three girls, Elizabeth Mathison, Inez Klein, and Wilda Bowerman, advanced rapidly enough to exhibit their skill in a special number on the concert program. Student officers were: Jack Hunt, student directorg li- brarians, LeRoy Kolin, Scott Hunsberger. and Ralph Mc- Cormick. Page twenty-four

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Jinx Breakers I I ,el Lloyd Webb, James Alford, Carl Levin, William McKillican, Robert McPherson, Raymond Cremer, Neil Muntter, Clayton Va.nDyke, Forrest Lever tstudent managerl. Eugene Murphy is absent. Through a Mike This is your sports reporter, Ward M. Off, to tell you the highlights in the whirl of sport in old Sault high this year . . . They're off! . . . to a flying start defeating Munising 23-9 . . . the crowd's gone wild . . . no wonder with those new folding bleachers to sit on . . . Muntter and Bailey, a newcomer this year, win top honors for basket tossing .... Flash! on the Night of January 16 , the Negaunee Miners set a merry pace and murdered the Devils to the tune of I9-23 . . . whoops. I meant December I6 . . . l l of those I9 points were a credit to Alford's left hook . . . rooters appeared wearing those new blue and white feathers . . . the next night the quintet determined not to lose again stopped Marquette I6-I2 . . . that Irish lad, Murphy. led with three field goals . . . pretty girls were seen on the floor at the half selling icy-bites . . . The Blue Devils kept up the good work on January 6 and whipped St. Ignace 32f20 . . . excellent teamwork at that game . . . Friday the 13 boded no ill for the Sault basketeers when they made the Newberry Indians bite the dust 22-14 . . . Tony Andary surely predicted the score for that game at the speech class assembly . . . Another one of those exciting games between the two rivals . . . I0 points for Alford . . . Muntter and Murphy good on the defense . . . The first game away on January 20 saw the Sault down Manistique Z5f2l . . . fine work from Alford, Webb. and Murphy . . . though defeated 23-24 by Ese canaba. the Altenhofmen proved their worth with only four men left in the last quarter . . . outstanding were Cremer, Levin. and NVebb . . . but the next night was a different story . . . asleep on their feet from the night before, they were downed 12-Z3 by Marquette . . . Here February 3, the Manistique Emeralds were handed a 34-20 defeat . . . 'member the new girl twirlers and the band playing Dark Town Strutters' Ball ? . . . Alford and lMurphy rang up I7 and 6 points respectively . . . at the hands of Coach Watson's Ishpeming boys the follow- ing night, the team suffered a letdown . . . fightin'est member, Neil Muntter . . . For the second time this season the Sault defeated New- berry on February I7 . . . boy, was that the exciting game . . . score almost tied until the gun exploded . . . school spirit came out strong when half the band and 200 root- ers journeyed there in a snowstorm . . . Harold Molinaro was there twirling too . . . trounced again the next night by the I-Iematites . . . dullest game of the season . . . neither team scoring until the third quarter . . . Munising's Mather high team upset the Sault March 3 with a 30-32 score . . . Murphy and Alford tied for high point man with ten points each . . . the following night the Devils played the Negaunee Miners . . . the score was 28-37 . . . Alford again took the honors with I8 points . . . Sault high sent the team off to the tournament with a pep assembly . . . some rooters went along . . . and to their delight, the team defeated Ishpeming in the semi- finals . . . at last the eight year jinx was broken and did v the Olympia go wild that night .... In the finals on March ll. hopes of a first district championship were dashed . . . the powerful Marquette Redmen defeated the Devils Zlflff . . . the team ended with a batting average of .500 per cent . . . having lost five and won the same number . . . so the cowbells were put away for another year . . . Page twenty-six