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

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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.

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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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Grove shoots the ball to an unseen team-mate as Orwig attempts to break up the play and Aiello, in the back- ground, waits to cover the next move. This year, for the first time in several years, the Big Eight participated in the W.I.A.A. state basketball tour- nament. The regional contests in which Park played were held in the new gymnasium of the Wauwatosa High School. Park, although favored in its first tournament game, bowed to Cudahy as a result of a final-minute basket. A peculiar type of defense used by the victors proved to be the undoing of Park's squad. In the first consolation game Park ran away with Menominee Falls to the tune of 31-12. This, however, proved to be Park's only successful battle in the touniament since they were defeated by Walworth High 25-26 the final night. Dick Miller led both his team and the Big Eight con- ference in scoring by totaling 121 points in a 12-game The start of the Park-Horlick game saw Dykstra jump- ing center with Svitavsky of Horlick. Kuzia gets set for the tip while Ontko 4205 and Bahnson in the back guard their intra-city rivals. Francis and Fisher close in while Brusko guards Kuzia as he dribbles in front of Coach Van Galder. Miller and Henkes, in the rear, look on. season. Kuzia followed him on the team with a total of 68 points. In the toumament, Dick Miller also lead his team with 36 points and Russ Jensen came close behind with 30. Highlight of the Park basketball season undoubtedly was the Central basketball game here. Central, undefeated to that point, was the only team ahead of Park in the stand- ings. Park, playing perfect ball and shooting effectively, tied up Central's offense while piling up a huge lead. Then, with at least a share of the title in their grasp, the boys bowed before two teams whom they had previously defgated. A Kenosha victory over Central was of no aid to ark. Coaches Van Galder and Krause map out their basket- ball campaign for the 1939-40 season. 5