South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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The bowling tournament, which was held at Scott's bowling alleys, held more interest than usual. Eleven boys were present to break up the pins, but it was Robert Klotz who succeeded in hitting the cen- ter for strikes and spares the most times. Basketball proved to be the most popular sport of the entire intra- mural program. Sixty-four teams with a total of three hundred twenty- four players took part. The heavy- weights were divided into ten leagues of four teams each. Each team played three games in its league. The highest from each league en- tered the finals, which were in the form of a direct elimination contest. The Archers, a smooth - clicking squad, walked away with the heavy- weight championship. In the middleweight class the same system was used with fifteen teams divided into three leagues. The In- dians tomahawlced their way through this league with comparative ease. The lightweight division consisted of nine teams, which were divided in two leagues. The round-robin sys- tem was employed, and the Name- less carried away the honors. For spring sports Mr. Briner of- fered track, tennis, golf, and base- ball. There were many entrants in these activities as the spring weather made everyone want to get out-of- doors and enjoy himself. Mr. Briner introduced intramural sports when he First came to South Side in the fall of 1929. Wrestling-First Row: H. Ertel, K. Mil- ler, F. Knight, E. Grifiin, B. Miller, Bosserman. Tag Football, heavyweight-First Row: W. Mui-tins, R. Tapping, C. Luben, B. Cachin, H. Reinking, E. McKay, D. Lauer. Second Row: Close. Third Row: E. Rariclc, G. Stalter, B. Budde. Tag Football, lightweight-First Row: W. Gedley, C. Helmsing, J. Cassidy, F. Knight, D. Anoine, D. Rose, A. Garrison. Second Row: B. Jones. Third Row: E. Heckman, C. Nussbaum, J. Spencer. Volleyball-First Row: Spencer, A. Garrison, F. Knight, C. Nussbaum, C. Helmsing. Cross-Country Squad-First Row: R. Fer- guson, D. Bazzinette, W. Staight, E. Fer- guson, R. Blanks, C. Elliott, J. Bennett. Second Row: R. Miller, R. Goshorn, M. Lehman, E. Grifhn, A. Arnold, R. Ab- bott, Bosserman, R. Klotz. 105 JV 'Hr

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THE TOTEM 1936 Soup To Nuts Is The Intramural Menu Did you ever sit in the gymnasium at lunch time. waiting for the next class, and wonder what those fellows out on the floor, clad in suits resembling 'iB.V.D's, were doing chasing around the floor after a round ball and throwing it at hoops. That, in case someone hasn't told you, is the game of basketballg and those boys were probably playing a game in one ofthe many intramural tournaments. Cross country not only introduced the intramural sport sea- son, but also ushered in an entirely new enthusiasm for intra- mural sports. Approximately eight hundred boys have taken part in minor sports this year in spite of the fact that raising the points required for letters from 100 to 125 did not daunt the boys who are interested in these sports. Louis A. Brimer, boys' physical education director, designated the period from September 14 to October 17 for the twenty-five entrants of the cross country team to train themselves for the last run which would determine the winners. The honors were carried off by Robert Klotz and Clarence Elliott in the heavy- weight division, and Robert Ferguson and Don Bazzenett in the lightweight class. At the first meeting of the intramural athletes held in Septem- ber, one hundred twenty-five boys signed for tag football. The boys were divided in two classes, heavyweight and lightweight. Nine teams signed in the heavyweight class, while three entered the lightweight division. In both classes the tournament was hotly contested. In the heavyweight class, the Archers and the Chumps were running neck and neck. The Archers finally won. In the lightweight division, the Spartans won the championship, with the Bad- gers closely trailing them. The sport of tag football, by the increase of thirty parti- 1-landball-A, Kelso, H. Roberts, C. Nuszbaum, F. Knight, D. Rose. Bowling,-K. Allway, R. Tapping, W. Zeit. Foul Throwing-C. Nussbaum, Allen. BY MYRON IONES cipants over last year's entrants, proved its popularity. Volleyball again was a very popular intra- mural sport. During the entire volleyball season 162 boys took part. The number of teams entered totaled 23. The teams were given a chance to practice each day during the fifth period. After the teams had drilled for several weeks, Mr. Briner announced that a tournament would be played. The tourna- ment lived up to the expectations. All of the games were well contested. In the final fray the Cardinals defeated the Archers in the heavyweight division, while the Spartans de- feated the Dukes for the lightweight cham- pionship. Fall tennis proved to be a popular sport, although it was hard to play off the matches due to inclement weather. An interesting and popular feature of the tournament was the indoor court used during wet weather. Altogether thirty-eight boys took part in the tournament, twenty in the heavyweight class and eighteen in the lightweight division. Hubert Klopfenstein won the championship in the heavy class when he took a close match from Ercher. In the lightweight, Al- len Garrison emerged victorious without much trouble. Albert Hinton won the heavyweight golf championship, while Edward Reeves ran off with the lightweight title. There were only ten contestants. Boxing, as usual, was a tremendous suc- cess. Due to the possibilities of injuries, no ofiicial tournament was staged, but those who wished to enter a small contest were permit- ted to do so. Titles were won by Blanks, Durbin, Bosserman, Feichter, Zehr, and Squires. Wrestling also proved to be popular. Sev- enty-six boys competed during the season, which lasted six weeks. Titles were taken by Hargan, Grifhn, Bosserman, Feichter, and Miller. Foul throwing rated high on the popular- ity list this year, by attracting seventy par- ticipants. John Allen won the heavyweight league, tossing in fifty-eight fouls out of a possible eighty. Clyde Nussbaum stood out in the lightweight division, making fifty-six out of a possible eighty. The handball tournament, which was held in the cellar just to the west of the gym- nasium, was split in three divisions, 100 pounds and under, 100 to 120 pounds, and 120 pounds and over. The lightweight divi- sion was won by Don Kolkman. The middle- weight class was taken by Nussbaum, and the heavyweight by Kelso. 104

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