Southwestern High School - Prospector Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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junior Cagers in Semi-,lfinals The Nordstrum basketball team won the XYest Side championship, but lost out in the city championship series. They won nine games out of thirteen. The first game in the eity semi-finals they lost to Highland Park by the score of Zl to 13. Their next game was at Harbour. This time Harbour claimed the advantage. Z1 to lg. Nordstrum's best game of the season was a one-point decision against jefferson. The game was won inthe last thirty seconds of play, when Nordstrum scored a field goal. Coach Van lleventer had one member of his team on the all-city team. This was NUX'ClStI'lll1l,S captain, james Hagen, who was unanimous choice for center. Games of the season: I january 3--Nordstrum defeated Neinas at Neinas by the score of 45 to O. january To-eNUl'ClSil'lllll defeated jeffer- ie point. This was scored ill the son by oi last thirty seconds of play. January 22, Hunter was defeated by the top-heavy score of 54 to 5. Captain Hagen made 24 points. january 30-L'ondon was defeated at Condon by the score of 14 to 8. February 8-Nordstrum met its first defeat on its Good Players Discovered During the past baseball season, Nordstrum uncov- ered a few stars who are expected to aid Nordstrum in her hght for the championship next year. 'They are I.eSage and Mott, pitchersg jurczy, infielderg and McColgin, outfielder. The baseball team this year was made up of new players entirely. April 18, the Prospector Juniors opened the season against Munger, to be defeated by a score of 11 to 7. The second game, played against McKenzie, on April 25, proved very disastrous for Nordstrum. Mc- Kenzie won this game with a score of 6 to 5. The first victory for Nordstrum came on May 6. when they defeated Condon, 5 to l. Pitching this tkkifbllfllllllttl on page SSQ Junior Boys' Basketball Team own fioor against Manger. The final score was 1-l to 8. lfebruary 22-Nordstrum won league champion- ship by defeating Iefferson, 39 to 16. Veterans Help Girls, Basketball The veterans who returned this year to the Nord- strum girls' basketball squad are Julia Csekei, Eliza- beth Casanyi, Eva Yiuck, Olga Frint, and Mary Jane Hubosky. Nordstrum girls met their first defeat in the home gym on January 4, with the neighboring six from Neinas Intermediate. Neinas started out in a fast way, and at the end of the half the score was 14 to 2 in their favor. The score at the end of the game was 18 to 8. The second game of the season was played on january 93 Nordstrum was victorious in this game with Kilson. After a closely contested game in which the excellent team work of both teams was noticeable. the hnal score was 10 to 4 in favor of the lflue and tiold. tfontiuued on page 331 .lunior Baseball Team Page Twenty-eight Nnrdslnun Girls' Basketball Team

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Track Team Bows to Old Rivals The Southwestern outdoor track team participated in three meets during this season, besides taking part in the city meet, with which the track schedule came to a close. ln a triangular meet with Central and llamtramck, the Prospectors were forced to take third place. ln their second triangular meet of the season, with Highland Park and U. of D. lligh, the Southwestern boys placed second. lYestern and Southwestern engaged in an exciting' track meet, from which the Cowboys emerged the victor by the score of 73 to 40. This was the final meet before the city and state meets. The boys who composed the outdoor track squad for the season are ll. lllessenger, E. Manners, C. Prout, I.. Ninna, M. Sullivan, O. Tauck, T., Tyrna, M. llorrington, l.. llorvath, Z. Galarwicz, l.. :Xtkinson. A. Ranonis, F. Holog, Fd Bator, T. Cleveland, AX. Far- Ouldoor Track Squad ber, ti. llughes, TX. llogan, l'. llowel, li. llimes, C. Jones, li. liellean, XY. Lawrenz, -I. Nlahin, E. Kleck- ner, and C. Nlamiik. Netmen Have Veteran Team Prospector Netmen ln the current schedule, Southwestern netmen won from the championship Highland Parkers and lost to Central and Northwestern. The team has four vet- erans of former campaigns in Captain :Xnthony Sargenti, Thomas XYood, Er- nest Klein, and Albert Topor, they were assisted by Sam Bagley, Willard Shu- mate, and Alex Klein. Summaries: CliN'l'R,f'XI. ln the first match of the season the l'rospectors looked rather slow and in need of much practice, although they car- ried Central to the limit in all the matches. In the singles Moses and VVin- to11 defeated Sargenti and XYood, respec- tively, and Klein defeated McCutcheon. ln the doubles. Moss and Xlfinton de- feated Sargenti and Shumate, and Mc- Cutcheon and Steinberg' defeated Alex Klein and Topor. Score, 4 to l. tContinued on page 305 Talcott Coaches lneoor Track Squad The Southwestern indoor track team was com- posed largely of green n1ate1'ial this semester. The members of the team were: Taswell Cleveland, Al- fred lfarber, Edward lileckner, Orin Tauch, Cadman l'rout, Louis Atkinson, lllichael Sullivan, Alger Ba- nonis, Frank lialog, Vernon Hopkins, Charles Klein. llarold lllessenger, XVilliam l.awrenz, Roy Sewell, and George Oldham. The boys who received letters for the indoor season are Stanley XYright, Charles .Xlanuik, Taswell Cleveland, :Xlfred Farber, Edward Kleckner, Oren Tauck, Cadman l rout, Michael Sulli- van. and XYilliam Lawrenz. Stan lYright, in the meet against Cass Tech, lacked a fifth of a second of breaking' the record in the half-mile. The high scorers of the season were Stanley lYright, 28 points. and Taswell Cleveland, 23 points. The results of the track meets are as follows: january 18-Southeastern, 65, Southwestern, 30. The Indoor Track Team February 1-Northeastern, 77: Southwestern, 18. February 8-Central, 673 Southwestern, 28. February 15-Eastern, 763 Southwestern, 19. February 22-Cass Tech, 73: Southwestern, 22. March l-Redford, 801 Southwestern, 15. Page Twenty-seven

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P Track The girls' track season has been iw very successful, as were their previ- ous seasons. Previous to the sched- uled meets, there were inter-gym and invitational meets. From these con- tests, the material for the team was selected. The eight veterans U11 the squad were Louise Schmidt, Alice Goodenow, Irene Szabo, Margaret Demchak, Anna Maskelis, Marie XVickert, Thel- ma Peterson, and Yolanda Bargi. At the first meet, 011 May 6, South- western defeated Northeastern by a margin of 35 to 24. Eagling, Myers, and Demchak took first places, while XVclsh, Goode- now, and Maskelis captured second. The second contest was not so successful. The Squad Has Eight Veterans Prospector Girls' Track Team Colts won with a score of 34 to 25. On May 9, Dem- ehak and Cogger tied for first. Second and third places were divided in proportion between the teams. Nordstrum Girls 1Yin League Honors In baseball, Nordstrum girls won three straight games. 1Vith the addition of two practice games, the lassies have won five games. The earliest game of the season was a practice one with Miller. on April 10. The score was 4 to 3, a Nordstrum victory. Again on April 27 Miller came for another practice game with Nordstrum, and again the Blue and Gold Juniors were victorious, this time leading with live runs. The first league game was played with Munger. April 18, on Munger's diamond. The Nordstrum las- sies won this game, with the score 6 to 2. The game was a hard contest, but the Juniors conquered.. The next league game was played with Mclienzie in our back yard, April 24. This game was a well played one. The score was 14 to 4 in favor of the Blue and Gold lassies. XVhen Nordstrum and Con- don met, on May 1, the Blue and Gold Juniors walked away with the score 10 to 1. Condon's team did not score a point until the last inning. Hunter also met defeat from the .lunior lassies on May 8. This game achieved Nordstrum's greatest lead, 22 to 1. The fifth and last game of the series showed the Nordstrum girls an undefeated team. and gave them 1Vestern League championship when they won their final game from the Neinas nine on the home held, Junior Girls' Baseball Team May 15. This score was 5 to 3. Ella Letenyi, Mar- garet liarsodi, Elizabeth and Maggie Henderson, and Louise Lockeman made runs in this game. Maggie Henderson was the most valuable player of the Nordstrum nine. Margaret liarsodi, catcher, Elizabeth Henderson, and Ella l.etenyi also proved to be good players throughout the season. CONSPICUOUS FOR TEAM WORK tfontinued from page 261 Rinno. Next year's team will be built around the nucleus made up of Archie Hogan. Vincent Kadi, George llaruczi, Richard Reno, and Sam liaglcy. HIGHLAND PARK Southwestern's first opponent was 1-lighland Park, national championship team. The Prospectors were literally swamped under a 66 to 6 score. NORTH XVESTERN Although the Prospectors lost the Northwestern meet, they had the honor of taking the one first place of the year when Vincent lsfadi took first in the diving event. Southwestern was again defeated, 54 to 10. REDEORD At Redford, the Prospectors were able to gather but six third placesg and the Huskies won, 58 to 6. XVESTERN Against their arch-enemies. XYestern, the Blue and Gold put up their best form of the season, zithough beaten, 39 to 25. SOUTH li.-XS'l'E RN Southwestern was conceded an even chance over Southeastern. but the llrospectors were defeated, 40 to 15. CENTRAL The Central meet was the only one held in the Prospector pool. Southwestern was swamped, 48 to 15. CASS AND EASTERN Cass and Eastern closed a disastrous season for the Blue and Gold, when they both defeated the Pros- pectors by large scores. Page Twenty-nine