St John High School - Chuting Star Yearbook (Little Chute, WI)

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FOOTBALL More determmed than ever before we Flymg Dutchmen Went out to win Undefeated team was the t1tle we so earn estly coveted but some of the scores unfortunately turned agalnst us and the season closed wtth three v1ctor1es three losses and one t1e Much pra1se 1S due to Ernest M1ron the head coach who has slnce rettred To htm and to the asststant coaches Greg Hartles and Nlck Iansen We offer our congratulahons But to Father Geyer above all we extend our compltments for guldlng the All Amerlcans a second t1rne through an undefeated season Indeed we were Flymg Dutchmenl Flerce f1ght1ng good sportsmansh1p and a real school Splfll were employed 1n every encounter Revenge was sweeter than sweet how sweet IS that? when St Iohn downed Klmberly and St Norbert by a large score Hayseeds proved to be a rmsnorner on the part brng upon the Samts St Iohn t1ed and was once defeated at the hands of the1r 1mrnortal rlvals St Mary Menasha We were far outclassed by St Iohn M1lWaukee and Edgewood but the latter Journeyed south knowlng they had bucked a group of gr1tty dauntless and h1gh spmted Dutchmen CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Won Lost St Mary Menasha St ohn St Norbert De Pere .L H31 of Racine students: our modern hectors inflicted a severe drub- . , ------ 2 O . l ------- - - 1 l . , ---- - - 0 2 D

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Top Row S Heli E Van Handel A Van Dyke R Slehers P Van Lankvelt N Krlsdonk Mqr C Van Handel C Schumacher G Boots I Helf Second Row I Versteqen K Cornelrus U Van Boxtel E Hammen S Lenz A Srmons I-Iarhes Thrrd Row G Lamers P Dercks G Baunnqard F Hermsen M De Brum B Herrnsen E Iansen C Hurst Fourth How R P De Brum Mgr Rrchard De Bruln F Weyenberq R Koehn Frith Row H Van Lankvelt A Hrnsman M Versieq n H Dercks I Blersteker W McCabe S Versteqen Bottom Row K Hurst I Lenz K Ev rs I Koehn I Iansen Ernest Muon Coach ohn ohn ohn ohn ohn ohn All Amerlcans All Amerrcans All Arnerrcans All Arnerlcans All Amerlcans All Arnerlcans FOOTBALL VARSITY RECORD St Catherme St Mary Menasha St Iohn Mrlwaukee Klmberly St Norbert Edgewood Madrson ALL AMERICANS KIUILDSTIY Green Bay Cath St Mary Menasha Green Bay Cath Kaukauna Freshmen St Mary 542 ff Greq Harhes .Assrstant Coa 71

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When speed was needed rn the back TEAM'S HISTORY RICHARD DICK DE BRUIN Captam Rrght lackle Drck was lrght but used hrs head as well as hrs strength to make up for hrs werght He was always awake and played head up ball Thrs lad played rn the lrne three years and knew all the trrcks of the tackle posrtron On defense he played the halfbacks posrtron and was exceptronally fast at coverrng passes Hrs hard blockrng and tacklrng w1ll be hard to frnd next year 'Q PETER PETE VAN LANKVELT Center Pete was one of the hardest frghtrng men on the team and one who could be depended upon to send back an accurate pass from center Thrs fellow played three years rn hrs posrtron and wrth hrs hundred and seventy pounds of muscle helped boost the cent r of the St Iohn lrne De Brurn Captarn Srnce ne was a quret lad dont thrnk for one mrnute he wasnt rn the game wrth hrs whole ROGER ROG KOEHN Quarterback Van Lankvelt freld for the quarterback sneak rt was Rogers Job to show hrmself Playrng the safety pos1t1on he was a hero at returnrng punts for many yards lt Wrll be a real conundrum to secure Rogers equal for the eam rn September EDWARD ED VAN HANDEL Ed though one of the heavrest men on the squad was nevertheless exceptronally heart and soul Ed was rn every play SYLVESTER BECKER LENZ Left Tackle Becker was the most amrable person on the team Wrth hrs opportune wrt and humor he kept the team rn good sprrrts both durrng practrce and rn the game He would turn rnto a frghtrng wrldcat when the op po ng team trred drrty work Becker a frne blocker was no slouch at offense erther H s hard tacklrng caused the opponents many Koehn Var Hand r Lenz l. Helf Q X ,fr else' , . , . V . 'H' . e rr H - r r f - . ff H . ' D , , r . . , . r . , sr . , , , . r I I I I fast at leading interference on offense. a headache. E, . el . . A A f f f-df 5 A R , . T f I , 'Q V Q A, A' X f .D 'I A , K Q U'