South Division High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

Page 29 text:

Schardt Udovc Tornow Heding Gnoza Casper De Motto Gunderso Belter Barfknecht CROSS COUNTRY LTHOUGH the 1935 cross country squad of South lost every dual meet and failed to place in the major runs, the boys did their best against more experienced and larger teams. Since some of the returning veterans were ineligible, Coach Schardt had to rely on a handful of inexperienced seniors. Because of this, the Cardinals lost their first meet to East, Sep- tember ZO, by the lop-sided score of 55-19. The following Friday, VVashington,s championship team overwhelmed South 64 to 17. The closest that our harriers came to a dual triumph was when Lincoln claimed its hrst victory over the Cardinal colors by a score of 39-20. In their last dual meet, South bowed to Bay View by' a decisive tally. South's outstanding harrier was VV'ayland Heding, '36 track manager, who placed second in several dual meets and did fairly well in the major meets. At the football banquet, numerals were awarded to Ralph Barfknecht, Charles Belter, Ralph Casper, james DelVlotto, Her- bert Gunderson, Wayland Heding, Eugene Tornow, john Udovc, and Edmund Gnoza, manager. 25

Page 28 text:

THE TAKE f GFP S THE school year progresses, events important and less im- portant follow each other in swift succession. Soon after the opening of school, we celebrated Constitution Day. Over the speaker came the voice of Mr. Coblentz, introduc- ing Superintendent Potter as Hking among us all in the school businessw. Mr. Potter, whose presence at South on Constitution Day has become a tradition, appealed to the students to uphold the Constitution of the United States. After his address a brief pro- gram was presented at the base of the flagpole. To teach newcomers traffic rules, a new safety project was launched. Four lessons each semester were given to the freshies, teaching them laws for safety in the home and on the road. Following an announcement over the speaker system, clubs be- gan the year. A new club, Klub Polski, was welcomed to the ranks. Then came THE CARDINAL VVEEKLY drive. Twenty free subscriptions were given to the students who wrote the best state- ments in twenty words or less about why they liked the paper. That the march of time was heeded at South is shown by the fact that 1935 brought such changes as the new candy store, a new credit card system, and the National Youth Administration, a fed- eral plan for aiding education. The candy store was moved to a room of its own, and a new sign, smartly daubed with red and white letters, proclaimed to all that it was The Nooku. More than one sweet tooth ached from munching the creamy chocolate bars and crunchy potato chips sold there. On the new credit cards students are rated on appearance and manners, initiative, leadership, self-control, and personality. Before going to do battle on the gridiron, we had to have some sprightly cheerleaders to extract the yells from our throats. Try- outs were held in Assembly A with the men of the faculty serving as judges. james Hippert, a freshman, and George Gurda, a sen- ior, finally joined Tom Phillips, a veteran, to form the cheerlead- ing trio. So each day did its bit for school life. Soon, however, all other activities fell into the background to make way for cross country and football. 24

Page 30 text:

FOOTBALL HILE many students were sadly watching the last days of vacation pass swiftly into oblivion, the football boys started to eat, sleep, and think football. Finally the great day arrived, and fifty fellows started practice which was to extend through September, October, and part of November. Each dayis practice for the first three weeks consisted of kicking and passing. After half an hour of this, Coach Krueger directed the boys in stiff exer- cises. The squad was then divided into two groups, the backfield under Bergland, and the line under Krueger. Drills in tackling, running, blocking, and the rest of the fundamentals were reviewed. These sessions played an important part in determining the most capable men for the eleven positions on the squad. Through scrim- mages the plays were fixed in the minds of the squad. As the days passed co-ordination was attained, and eventually the team was ready for the official opening of the 1935 grid campaign. On Saturday, September 21, the Cardinal eleven met the Eagles of St. Iohn,s Cathedral and opened their season with a decisive 19-O victory. A fast-charging, hard-tackling, and fine-blocking type of game enabled them to defeat the heavier and more highly touted representative of the Catholic conference. A week after upsetting St. Iohnis, South triumphed over Boys' Tech by an 18-7 score. After these two victories, however, the team sailed into a storm of Blue and Gray. The fast-charging Lincoln team got the jump, and became the aggressor. The result of this clash was Lincoln 13-South O. One week later, the team came back to life and gave its traditional rival, East Division, a real battle. Despite a 20-18 defeat, the Cardinals outplayed the bigger and heavier Orange and Black outfit. At one time South trailed by 14 points, but with a valiant, up-hill hght they closed the gap to two points before the timerls gun brought the coniiict to an end. ANCHORED FAST AND FURIOUS