St James High School - Saintonian Yearbook (St James, MN)

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IN BASKETBALL 1ST TEAM. . .Gerry Kintzi, Eugene Payne, Maurice Burckhardt, Eldie Peterson, David Anderson, John Jackson, JimMoltsau, Bill Yock, Mark Anderson, Norman Anderson, Skip North, and Coach Judge Veg- lahn, kneeling. Winter comes with the falling of snow, and again Arnold (Judge) Veglahn's Saints” took to the basketball courts...The season started out with the cagers winning their first two ball games...A mid-season slump halted this, in which they dropped four thrills out of their next six games, by a total of ten points...The Saints came back fighting to win eight straight ball games, before dropping their last two of the season...This gave them a season record of twelve wins against six setbacks...The St. James 40 Windom 49 St. James 86 Truman 50 St. James 51 New Ulm 53 St. James 46 Fairmont 48 St. James 60 Madelia 38 St. James 37 Blue Earth 39 St. James 62 Waseca 42 St. James 54 Windom 36 St. James 63 New Ulm 57 St. James 71 St. Peter 46 St. James 73 Fairmont 50 St. James 66 Madelia 49 St. James 65 Mountain Lake St. James 50 Jackson 58 St. James 46 Blue Earth 52 Saints combined with Mankato, Jackson, and Norwalk in the annual Mankato Holiday Tournament...In winning over Mankato in the first round of the tournament, the cagers dropped an over-time thriller in the finals to Jackson...In another extra season game, the basketeers edged out a two point decision over Minnehaha Academy in a preliminary game of the Minnesota-Michigan game at Williams Arena...The 1953-54 basketeers include nine seniors, one junior, and a sophomore...Sparkplug Jerry Kintzi was this years captain and teams playmaker...John Jackson (Mr. Inside) with a swishing hook shot, was the teams high scorer...Eldie Peterson (Mr. Outside) was al- ways consecutive with his cord ripping long shots...Norm Anderson came through with some nice tip-ins...Dave Anderson, a contender for a starting part, came through with some outstanding performances especially at Moun- tain Lake...Maurie Burckhardt proved to be an able con- tender for the open forward position with his all around play...Gene Payne, a liable reserve guard, could always be depended upon in relief...Bill Yock, in relief, could always be relied on as an able performer...Jim Moltsau, lanky reserve, proved to be valuable on the boards as a reserve...Skip North, only junior on the team and able contender for the open forward part was a fine ball hand- ler and freeman ...Mark Anderson, only sophomore on the team, played some very outstanding ball. (Watch him in the future!) 22

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RANK THE HIGHEST . . .

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Tip it the right way, Maurie! Make a basket, Normie! Ken Swanson's Bee Squad finished the sea- son with a 13-2 record. The two losses were to Windom in the first games of the season and the other to Madelia . . .The Jimbees had a string of ten straight before Madelia gave them their second loss . . .In conference play the Bee squad had a 8 -0 record which will help them in next year's play . . .There were four juniors and five sophomores who made up the team but at the last game of the season two freshmen suited up . . .Skip North started out the season with the Bee squad but was sent up to the A squad on count of his fine play . . .Mark Anderson led the B team with 152 points which makes a 10 point average for the season . . .The starting five at the beginning of the season was North, Anderson, Fryden- lund, Jensen, and Behrends . . . Towards the middle of the season Blumenshein was starting for Behrends and Hoffman replaced North . . .Then when the season finished, Behrends replaced Blu- menshein and Jim Kading was substitutive a lot . . .This year's B squad will be the team which will make up the A team of next year. B” TEAM. . .Sitting; Bob Johnson, Jene Frydenlund, Dean Hoffman, John Behrends. Standing; Mark Anderson, Karl Johnson, Lowell Jensen, and J.im Kading. 23