Washington Park High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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Rasmussen, Stemmer. Junior Reserves HBH Squad WF? ME Q 3 ' 99 5 as R Q, 1 i ' , 1 ' lest Hansen, G Cavallo, Mgr. Highman. Sf'I'U71d J. Becker F. Harris, Ralph Smith, Rose, R. First limi-: Bulgrin, Newman, Kotis, Stauss, Jansen. Nut I'ichm'd: W. Du'Bois, Francis, Oliver, Persinske, Bob irucha, J. Hegeman, rove, B. Buhler, A. After each of the two touchdowns by Park's scoring ace, Dick Miller, he sent a perfect kick from placement over the bars, giving Park its margin of victory as West managed to push over two touchdowns but failed on tries for extra points. Against Janesville here, the ball was well in enemy territory most of the afternoon. The varsity crossed the goal on three occasions, the Park second string scored a touchdown when Dick Aiello plunged over the line, and Joe Bobeck kicked the extra points. At Beloit, Park handed the Purple its first defeat on its home field in many years. When things looked bad for Park in the first period, Dick Miller intercepted a pass and ran 100 yards to a touchdown. Park scored two more touch- downs with the honors going to Aiello and Zupek. Bobeck's extra point kicks were blocked. A pass to Koehler provided the only point after touchdown. Before the largest crowd ever to watch a foot- ball game in Racine, Park played Horlick to an exciting scoreless tie in their annual intra-city game. Statistics gave the edge to Horlick, but Park came closest to scoring when a pass drib- bled off the fingertips of the intended receiver inside the 10 yard stripe. Another pass deep into Horlick territory missed two waiting receiv- ers by inches. Q ' f .rf i A Bark Rm:-: gr. Grno, Jack Nielsen, Stauss, Ray Johnson, Henkes, Rondon, Radwill, Lampark, Peterson, Earl Andersen. Third Rau-: Belland, Grabher, Bruce Larson, Rost, Tenzy, Aiken, Csipkes, B. Miller, Dugas, Seaholm, J. Sabatino. Second Hou-: Kempel, Maynard Andersen, L. Sittig, B. Jones, H. Moody, R. Cape, C. Olson, R. Bayer, Vaillancourt, H. Leslie, Haluska, C. Johnson. Firsf ROIPI N. Larsen, Alfano, A. Dillonaire, Curcio, Lloyd Andersen, A Komistra, D. Shelstad, S. Jurkowski. Mascari, Wacht, J. Salerno. The 1939 B football squad, under the lead- ership of Coach George Walter, completed a successful season by winning five and losing three games. The primary purpose of the B team was to teach the fundamentals of the game and to develop future varsity candidates to defend the title brought to Park this year. The team played in a league that is known as the Lake Shore Conference, a new member of which was Kenosha. Larger schools used only freshmen and sophomores. The junior reserves also will be relied upon to help defend the title. Coach Leigh Steinman directed this group through a very successful four game season. B SQUAD GAMES Park ........ 20 Milwaukee West ..... 19 Park .... . . . 0 Kenosha .......... .14 Park ........ 20 Horlick ............ 7 Park .... . . . 7 Cudahy ........... .13 Park ........ 7 South ' Milwaukee .... 6 Park ........ 19 South Milwaukee .... 0 Park .... . . 0 Kenosha ........... 7 Park .... . . 6 Horlick .... ....... 0 20

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in...-. - .-..-i K . ,la ...N ..:, v . F 'Vs- Varsity Football 'HIFI 'fl A sensation this year at converting extra points was Joe Bobeck with the magic toe. Manager Furrenes holds the ball and Manager Highman looks on as Joe warms up his toe in practice. The following week in its first home confer- ence game, Park trounced Madison East 13 to 2. Dick Miller led the scoring for Park and Joe Bobeck kicked the extra point. Undisputed first place was at stake when Madison Central moved into Racine. Madison's high hopes were centered around Ted Scalissi, a small, fast, hard-hitting, shifty back whom Park managed to hold to little gain on his re- peated tries. Venturing into Madison West territory, Park came through one of its closest games of the season. Joe Bobeck was the hero in this game. On an inside tackle play, Dick Miller is gaining ground. On the next play Park scores a touchdown against East. The regulars line up against the second team. Visible in the foreground are Neider and Brusko. Bahnson awaits the charge of the forward line of the opposition as do the rest of varsity squad. ' ima When Park's offense worked, many long gains were made on runs. At the end of one of these runs Dick Miller 4513 is coming in to block and Jack Finch is on his back, a Janesville man diving over him. 1939 BIG EIGHT STANDINGS W. L. T. Pct Washington Park . . . . . . 5 0 2 1.000 William Horlick . . . , . . 4 2 1 .667 Madison Central .... . . . 4 3 0 .571 Madison East ..... . . . 4 3 0 .571 Beloit ......... . . . 3 3 1 .500 Kenosha ........, . . . 3 3 1 .500 Madison West .... . . . 2 4 1 .333 Janesville ...... . . . 0 7 0 ,000 A worm's eye view of the huddle of a championship team. Starting at the top in the striped sweater is Roger Nelson and clockwise around the circle are Arnie Christiano, Toby Olson, Chuck Koehler, Frank Kurhajec, Dick Miller, Walter Neider, Jack Finch, Ken Bahnson, Bob Belden and Al Zupek.

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An undefeated wrestling squad under the leadership of Coach Guy Weaver brought the southwestern championship to Park this year. After defeating all opponents in this section of the country the team placed third in the state wrestling tournament. The tournament, held at Lawrence College, brought success to four mem- bers of the squad. Sam Muir, in the finals, defeated an opponent in the 165 pound class from Green Bay West to win first place in that division. A man from West Milwaukee was de- Wrestlers only a six man team, so did not compete in four weights. Erwin Nelson, a veteran, was lost to Park due to graduation in February. George Scholzen, Bob Hall, Bob Dederich, Sam Muir and Arnold Volz, all veterans of long experience, will be graduated in June. This leaves a very slim squad with which to work next year, but Coach Weaver has hopes of retaining Park's share of the wrestling honors. Joe Sinsky, who will be graduated in mid-year, is the only letter man feated in the finals by Arnold Volz who won first place in his weight. Bob Hall defeated his men to win first place in the 135 pound class. George Scholzen took third place in the 115 pound class. Milwaukee Washington took first place team honors with 27 points, second was claimed by Green Bay West having 22 points, and 2 points behind was Park in third place. Park entered returning. Park won all team matches by decisive margins: Waukegan ............ 3 Park. .41 Here Milwaukee West .,.... 11 Park. .20 There Milwaukee Washington . . 5 Milwaukee Washington . .11 Milwaukee West ....... 10 Park. .34 There Park. .27 Here Park . . 24 Here A. Allen Dillonaire gets set to toss his opponent, from Waukegan, over on his back. B. Arnold Volz and Sam Muir have a friendly little tussle in practice. C. Cowboy Bob Hall rides his man down. Bob's opponent is a Waukegan wrestler. -'aff' , M., .gif ,.,i-FQ: .. N ' -'Qu-f., w S m f .nu 1 Baci.: Razr: Coach Weaver, Art Radwill, Sam Muir, Bob Shelstad, Arnold Volz, Bob Dederich, Mgr. Batikis. Second Row: Bob Hall, Joe Csipkes, Ray Jansen, John Butkus, Herb Sorenson. l 1'r.st How: Joe Sinsky, James Collins, George Scholzen. . K 4 4. . fr 1 E , , 3 21