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

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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

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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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The 1940 B squad basketball team devel- HBH Basketball Leaping at the basket are Leslie and Saucke. Tenzy, Johnson, Bobeck and Carlson move in for a possible re- bound play. B SQUAD GAMES Park Milwaukee West Park South Milwaukee- - - . . Park South Milwaukee- . - - - Park Kenosha Voc. - . - Park Kenosha Voc.. . . Park Union Grove . . . Park Kenosha HBV - - - Park Horlick B - - - Park Beloit ------ Park Union Grove - 4 - Park Kenosha B - A Park Beloit ------ Park Union Grove - - - Park Horlick B - - - lim-If Ifmr: Belland, Csipkes, Roselle, P. Tishuk, J. Yoghourtjian, R. Simonsen, Forkner, Pease, Tulloch, G. Thompson, E. Carlson, Mgr. Sayles. Close scrimmage results as Carlson dribbles in front of Johnson, Fuller moves by to cover Pease, who runs around the left side. oped several varsity prospects. The quintet met plenty of stiff competition, the toughest probab- ly being Union Grove High School. The team from the Grove defeated Park in two of the three games played. Coach Krause found sev- eral combinations which seemed to work well. One of the most effective of these groups in- cluded Bobeck and Fuller as forwards, Saucke at center, and Leslie and Johnson in the guard positions. Playing in preliminary contests to the regular league games, the B team attracted large early attendances. lfronl lfou-1 H. Leslie, Clarence Johnson, Haluska, Saucke, E. Greene, Fuller, Schoening, Tenzy, Bobeck. as .1' I X f