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

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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

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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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Varsity Basketball 1939-40 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 'Park . . 15 Milwaukee West .... Here Nov 24 'Park , 21 South Milwaukee Here Dec 1 Park. . 29 Madison West ,.... Here Dec. 8 'l'ark, , 25 South Milwaukee There Dec 9 Park . . 22 Madison Central There Dec 15 llzirk . . 28 Kenosha ....., Here Jan 5 Park. . 84 Madison East , . There Jan. 12 Park. . Ill Horlick ....... Here Jan 19 Park. 35 Beloit ...,,,.. Here Jan 27 Park. . 32 Madison West . There Feb. 2 Park , . 46 Madison Central Here Feb 9 Park. . 28 Kenosha ..,.,. There Feb 16 Park, . 26 Beloit ,...,... There Feb. 17 Park. . 81 Madison East . . Here Feb. 23 Park. . '36 Horlick ,,......... There Mar. 1 Park, . .30 Cudahy ...,,..... Mar. 6 Park, . .31 Menominee Falls Mar. 7 Park . . 25 Walworth ..,.. Mar 9 'Non Conference 'Regional Tournament at Wauwatosa Although six let.termen returned to form a nucleus for the 1939-40 basketball team, four of them completed their careers as high school cagers in mid-year. Because of this fact Coach Clark Van Galder had to experiment in early season to find a quintet of high scoring ability. This squad of newly developed regulars was called upon. for intensive duty during the second round of play. Clarence Dykstra was shifted from forward to center for the earlier games and was relieved there by Chuck Koehler. Upon the completion of their eligibility, the cena ter spot was handled by Russ Jensen, John Brusko and LeRoy Jerstad. Dick Miller and Ken Bahnson occupied forward and guard positions, respectively, throughout the season. The other forward's territory was covered by Ralph Petersen, Stan Kuzia, Emil Haluska and Bob Fisher. Other guards were Art Ontko, Don Placko, Ralph Smith and Ray Schoening. The first game with Madison Central proved to be the deciding one in the final standings. If this game had been a victory for the Orange and Blue, a championship might have been claimed by the local cagers. FINAITBTCYEIGVHT 'BASKETBALL STANDINGS This was the second time in as many years that Park placed second in the final standings. A year ago Park lost Team W, L, Pct, its share in the Big Eight title by one point in the cruclatl I 3. game with Janesville. Because of an additional .yearo i ' ' ' A A lg work under Coach Van Galder, and greater familiarity with Belim i ' 4 A i 8 4 667 his system of play, the team was generally considered one Kenosha i i iiii ' ' ' 6 5 500 of the strongest in the league and somewhat stronger than Madison 7' n 4 I 5 7 417 the team of the preceding season. William Horlick . . . . . . 4 8 333 Madison East .... . . . 4 8 333 Janesville ..... . . . 2 10 .167 Im:-A' Ihnr: Mgr. Diem, D. Aiello, J, Hegeman, Placko, ICIVFNI lim:-: Kuzia, Francis, B. Fisher, Bmsko, C. Dykstra, Russ Jensen, I.. Jerstad, T. Olson, Ralph Petersen, S. D. Miller, C. Koehler, Bahnson, A. Ontko. Komistra, Ralph Smith, Mgr. Christensen.