Waterloo West High School - Wahawk Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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12 TH E SPECTAT OR Track fContinued from page 115 being captured by outwof state teams. On May 7th at the Interscho- lastic Meet West High competed with 17 of the strongest teams in Iowa at Grinnell. With but 8 men competing, the Wahawks scored 28 points to win the meet. The 100 and 220 yard dashes were won by Slifsgard, West High sprinter. Clark and Schuck took second places in the 120 yard high hur- dles and 440 yard dash. Scott placed third in his heat of the 440 and Clark placed third in the 220 yard low hurdles. Second place in the javelin Went to Kloster. The one-half mile relay team, compos- ed of Scott, Moore, Clark, and Slifsgard, cinched the meet by nosing out Dubuque and shattering the 25-year-old meet record in this event. Those members of the squad not competing met East High on the Old Rose track, the Wahawks win- ning this affair. On May 13th VVest High track- sters placed second in the District meet at Cedar Falls. Dubuque Quality Service W. H. LOOMIS Phone 489 Flowers for Graduation 187 West Third Street nosed the Wahawks out in this meet by atwo and one-half point margin. Slifsgard, won the 100 and 220 yard dashes, and anchored on the one-half mile relay, compos- ed of Scott, Clark, Moore, which defeated Dubuque by a few yards. Scott and Schuck placed first in their heats of the 440 yard dash. Allen, West miler took second in that event. The mile relay team composed of Sampson, Gordon, Ritchie, and Schuck placed first. Kloster placed first in the javelin. West High's team has had one of the most successful seasons of any team in recent years, and is expected to place high in the Con- ference Meet at Davenport on Memorial Day. Football fContinued from page 111 individual honors were bestowed upon a few talented members of the team. Schuck, fullbackg Af- feldt, tackleg De Berg, guard, and Sorenson, tackle, were picked for the All-Northeastern Iowa team, while Sorenson was chosen second team All-State guard, Schuck and Camp receiving All-State honor- SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOUNTAIN SERVICE By ACKERMANN'S DRUG STORE 1421 West Third Avenue Girls' Tournament Tournaments have been the vogue since early timesg even we modern people cannot get away from them. The round robin tournament of basketball was captured by the Sophomore girls under the able leadership of their captain, Evelyn McCook, while the Juniors and Seniors were a very close second under the captaincy of Helen Gross and Dorothy Schenk. A track meet has been run off in all girls' gym classes, each per- son competing against others in her class, other classes, and her- self. All records shall be kept from year to year and each will know how little or how much she has improved her previous record. able mentions. Together with the regular games, a combined East-West team held the Coe freshmen to a scoreless tie on Thanksgiving Day. The con- test was held to raise money for the poor and needy of the commu- nity, and provided a splendid fin- ishing touch for the excellent rec- ords of each school's team. DR. C. N. SHANE DENTIST PHONE 64 620-621 James Black Building OUR PHOTOGRAPHS LIVE FOREVER FLINT STUDIO West 4th and Washington Sts. O'Keefe and Towne Funeral Home PHONE 83 A Healthful Dessert Hutchinson Ice Cream Co., Makers HUTCHINSON ICE CREAM WATERLOO, IOWA

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TH E SPECTAT OR 11 ports Front Row: fleft to rightj-Peterson, Affeldt, Nipper, Kloster, Captain Sorenson, Camp, Schuck, Makinster. Second row-Clark, DeBerg, Fort, Fridley, Sampson, Kortemeyer, Wimber, Confare. Third row-Grange, Athletic Manager, Jacobsen, Coach Meeter, Huston, Rice, Coach Strobridge, Heath, Turnipseed, Athletic Manager, Christianson, Gibson, Trainer Track The Wahawks have been out- standing in track this season, Coach Gordon Meeter having de- veloped one of the strongest teams in the state of Iowa. West High opened the season with a Mississippi Valley confer- ence meet at Iowa City, and fail- ed to look impressive, placing in but a few events. On April 2, at the state indoor meet at Iowa City, West placed second, Fairfield, last year's state champions, nosing the Wahawks out by one and one-half points. The two-thirds mile relay team composed of Scott, Clark, Moore, and Schuck took first place, and the medley mile relay team placed third. Schuck, quarter miler, won first in his heat, Clark finishing third in the 60 yard low hurdles. West High next defeated Dubu- que in a dual meet on April 9th by a score of '75 to 56. Slifsgard, crack West High sprinter, won both the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Scott, Schuck, and Moore placed one, two, and three in the 440 yard dash. Allen and Duschen, milers placed first and second in the mile, and Kloster starred in the weight events. Both mile and half mile relay teams took firsts in this meet. On April 20 West High, East High, and Cedar Falls engaged in a triangular meet, the Wahawks winning by a large margin. Slifs- gard won both dashes, Allen and DeBerg winning in the mile and half mile run. Kloster placed first in all the weight events. Scott and Schuck placed one and two in the 440. In the broad jump and pole vault Gordon and Douthett each took a first. OnVApril 23rd competing in the Teachers' College Relays at Cedar Falls, West's mile relay team, con- sisting of Scott, Moore, Clark, and Schuck won the mile relay, and the two mile relay team placed second. At the Drake Relays on April 30th, West High's one-half mile relay team competing with teams from surrounding states placed third, first, and second places CContinued on page 121 Football During the 1931 football season at West High, Coach Gordon Meeter, assisted by Coach Glen Strobridge, produced a better than average football team, which won all but two of the games on the season's schedule and displayed a brilliant brand of football. West also gained a coveted place in the Mississippi Valley Conference, a circuit of schools which includes Grant and Washington of Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City, Dave- enport and Clinton. Following is the record of the 1931 Wahawk eleven: Nashua .............. Og West ...... 25 Washington ...... 05 Fort Dodge ...... 195 West ....,. 7 Charles City .... 03 West ...... 32 Mason City ........ 63 West ...... O West ...... 14 West ...... 33 Grant ............,... 13, East .................. Og West ...... 7 Besides the regularly scheduled games, one game was played with the Teachers College freshmen, which the Wahawks dropped, 6-0. In addition to these team honors, 1Continued on page 125

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TH E SPECTAT OR 13 Basketball The past basektball season was one of the best, if not the best basketball season, that West High has ever had. The records show that the team won 21 games and lost only two. Albert Lea, Minn., administered to them the first de- feat, Dec. 29, 1931, at Albert Lea, by a score of 31 to 13. The team then went undefeated until the finals of the district tournament, only to be beaten then by Washing- ton High of Cedar Rapids by a score of 29 to 24. The team started slowly, it man- aged to eke out two pretty slim victories over Orange Township and Cedar Falls by means of some very good basket shooting by vPaul Grange, the young freshman star. Then, starting with Vinton, West began to hit its stride, and Vinton, La Porte City and Washington High were polished off in a period of five days' time. The defeat of Washington High of Cedar Rapids by a score of 29 to 21 was out- standing. Coach Strobridge used his substitutes most of the last quarter of this game. The next victory of importance was over Estherville, Principal W. W. Gibson's old school, where West defeated them 27 to 23 in a highly exciting finish with Illian starring. He accounted for 14 points that game. Double victories over the old rivals, Mason City, Charles City and East Waterloo, were all particularly pleasing. West's de- feat of Mason City twice seemed to prove the fact that the local team had a better ball team than they did. Mason City, however, went to the state tournament, while we did not. In the sectional tournament held at West High, West won three games, defeating Clarksville, Teachers College High and Jesup in three consecutive nights to win the tournament. On the all-sec- tional team West placed three men -Rugg at forward, Illian at cen- ter and Kloster at guard. 'In the district tournament, held at Waverly the week following the sectional, West won the first two games from opponents of the high- est calibre. Next the West team defeated Waverly, one of the best teams in Northeastern Iowa, by a score of 31 to 19, and then went on to administer to Dubuque, one of the strongest teams in the state and undefeated until then, a 20 to Front Row: Captain Rugg, Fridley, Camp, Schuck, Illian. Back Row: Turnipseed, Athletic Manager, Wagoner P. Grange, Wahl, Jackson, Coach Strobridge, A. Grange, Asst. Athletic Manager. 18 defeat in an exciting overtime period. Then, pretty well worn out by these two hard games, the team dropped the final play-off to a scrappy, fighting Washington High of Cedar Rapids team by a score of 29 to 24. - Delancey Schuck, by means of his wonderful fighting spirit and ability, earned for himself a place on the all-district team. Bob Klos- ter also earned a place and was given the honorary title of captain of this team, his work being out- standing in every phase of the game. Later on in the year, Jack North, sports editor of-the Des Moines Register, honored Wayne Illian and Gordon Camp by giving them places on the third and fourth all-state teams. Dick Rugg was also given honorable mention by North. Letters were given at the end of the season to the following play- ers: Capt. Dick Rugg, Wayne Illian, Bob Kloster, Wm. Delancey Schuck, Gordon Camp, Vaylord Fridley and, last but not least, the freshman star, Paul fTarzanJ Grange. To earn a letter one had to play in one-fourth of all the games. Of the prospects for next year, Lyle Wagoner, Elmer Bratton, Vir- gil Jackson, Virgil Swem, Willard Wahl, Don Peterson, Jerry and Red Nipper, Ronald Wachtler, Dave Misner, Miloh Murrah and George Dutcher seem to have the best chance at present. Bob Kloster and Paul fTarzanJ Grange are let- ter men returning. West High has entered the Mis- sissippi Valley Conference next year, and has one of the most diffi- cult schedules, which is as follows: Nov. 23-Orange Township, here. Nov. 25-Tentative. Dec. 2--Teachers College High, here. Dec. 9-Clinton, there. Dec. 16-Washington High, Ce- dar Rapids, here. Dec. 23-East Waterloo, there. Dec 30-Iowa City, there. Jan. 6-Dubuque, there. Jan. 13-Grant High of Cedar Rapids, here. Jan. 20--East Waterloo, here. Jan. 27-Davenport, here. Feb. 3-Iowa City, here. Feb. 10-Grant High of Cedar Rapids, there. Feb. 17-Washington High of Cedar Rapids, there. Feb. 24-Dubuque here. Much of the basketball success of the past year has been due to Coach E. G. Strobridge's fine hand- ling and watching of the team. His work here has stamped him as one of Iowa's outstanding high school basketball coaches.