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

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THE TOTEM 1940 l .4 y g R ,A'L .1 . a n El .2:,,: ,:z.v V ,A aa V I 434W y f 5 .. f.,. l 5 in j , .,:' 5 2 B 41 First Row: Roy Demetre, Carl Braden, Bill Schultz, Bill Steup, LeRoy Cook, Dave Roth, Dick Birkenhuel, Bob Adams, Byron NlcCammon. Second Row: Assistant Coach George Collyer, Jim Worman, Harold Hoon, Jim Fatheree, Ralph Vetter, Byron Gingher, joe Loos, Chick Shimer, Dick Shinn, Coach William Nloss. Third Row: Bud Porter, Bob Englehart, Jim Straley, Russell Dickson, Carl Goodwin. Clarence Dager, Charles Underwood, George Winkler, Arden Altman. Below Across: Dick Birkenbuel stops a rapidly moving Dick Shinn with a hard tackle A thrilling play snapped during the South Side Central clash Bud Porter puts a block on Blackie Dager in the approved style Blackie again, this time holding the ball for than place kicking expert im Straley l08 i

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THESE MOSSMEN . William Steup 'QGovernor . Senior Small, but mighty at the guard position , , Two letters Played every game as one of the best on the team.. Honorable men- tion for All Cityv. Robert Birkenbeul , Birk,'., Played tackle. Played every game as a sopho- more Big, fast, and rugged One letter. Dave Roth ,Senior guard . Second String All City Team Participated in all of the varsity games for the last two years judged by Coach Moss as the most dependable man on the squad. Bill Schultz.. Dutch Cannonball Known for his good blocking One of team's steadiest ball players First letter .. Played tackle Senior, , Honorable mention All Cityn. Jim Straley Brains Almost all of South Side's points-after-touchdowns were due to his accurate place-kicking Played quarterback and won his first letter .. 'rl-lonorable mention All City ,, Junior. Roy Demetre , . Pedro , ,Senior Played halfback, and a dead-eye at tack- ling Two letters ,,Honorable mention for All Cityv. Ralph Shimer Chick,, All-City fullback . Played in all of the games 449 this year as a halfback Junior, Second in the scoring column among the city grid- ders. Robert Englehart, , Bob . Junior halfback Played last year and this One of our best passers . He sports one letter on his diminutive frame. James Fatheree . Jim Junior half- back Played often as substitute . Noted for his speed On team for two years. Robert Porter, Bud,' Senior half- back Small, but fast . Made his letter this year, , Played in every game Made honorable mention for All Cityi' team. Byron McCammon Mac,' Played in all of the eight games Scored three touchdowns during the season Coach Moss said that Mac was one of the reasons South Side won five games Senior. Clarence Dager , , Blackie . . Senior fullback Back after shoul- der injury of last year Made five touchdowns A fighting line plunger Made first letter in football Honorable mention All- City . James Worman Just Jim Junior end Came along fast at the end of season . Known for his pass-catching ability . One letter Honorable mention for All Cityv. Bob Adams Honorable mention 'All City' One of the hard- est working members of the team Played varsity end during the last half of the season . First letter Senior. The 1940 Archer football squad battled its way through the cur- rent football season backed whol- ly by drive. Being exceptionally small. the Archers were forced to resort to some other department other than size in order to come out on the winning side of the grid contests. The outstanding example of this was in the North Side gameg time after time, the Archers out- charged the North Siders only to be overcome by superior size in the shadow of the goal post. However, this was not the case in all the contests and the Arch- ers, spirit carried them to victory in five out of eight contests. .iii ...l

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5 xr I m e tts. K Phil Pressler, ace miler, making the rounds of our cinder path Nabbing a high pass over the Green and XVhite's playing fieldfaRalph Shimer Ralph Hamilton and Bob Robinson ready to dig a few divots for their Alma Mater Ten excited players Fifteen thousand hysterical fans during a hectic moment in the state basketball hnals at Butler Fieldhouse The eight men and one leg in ques- tion happen to be part of South Side's rejuvenated track team warming up for another meet Six intramural vol- leyball champs-Art Perry, Warren Brown, and Ron Duiser in the baclc rowg Don Duiser, Red Bradley. and George Schaefer in front Ardent Arden Altman going heels over head in love--with pole vaulting Bob Hines on the way down after a high jump Ralph Seibolcl lim' bering up on the hurdles with a few stretching exercises. . Phil Pressler again. this time having his leg taped by Bruce Klotz and Art Howard, student track managers. 109