West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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I929 WesT Bend l-ligh ioined The LiTTle Ten Con- Terence wnicn had been in exisTence since I926. ln l93! Qow and Runkel became head coach and Trained severe- Teams. The second Team Took hrs' 'n The conlerence in I932-33. ln Tne eary n7sTory oT our school The TooToal siTuaTion was very similar To ThaT oi baskefball. 'l'naT There was greaT maTer'al is noT doubTed. ln I907, under Coach lvlaTT. Regner, WesT Bend i-lign scored loo poinTs To Their opponenTs' lO ooinTs. ln I927 TooTball was revived aTTer an eleven-year lay OTT. Coach Gunderson TaughT The TundamenTais ol The game To an eager squad, who hir Tneir sTride in l928 and won several games. ln i929 aTTer only Two years, The Team Took Third in The l.iTTle Ten, The nexT year The coaching of Runkel and Schuelke resulTed in a TasT Team. ouTsTanding deTensively. ln l933 under Nello PaceTTi The boys wiTh The pigskin were co- champs and The nexT year undispuTed champs oi The Li+Tle Tern WiTh The experience gained under Coach lvlichuTa This year, The squad shows promise ol a successlul season nexT Tall. Our record on The gridiron is more Than saTisTacTory. ln The Tew years ThaT we have belonged To The LiTTle len ConTerence we have been champions Twice. AlThough Track work has never belore been as exTensive as in The lasT Tew years. iT has been rominenT in mani wa s Throu houT mos? oT The f Y 9 nisTory oT Tne school. SuTTering Trom a ack of iaci iT7es and coacnng in early days. iT nas grao- ua y overcome rnosf el These obsfacles. AT various Times lcca men expefenced in Track work Trained The soued. lr is inTeresTing To neTe Tna' back in l9l7 'he boys pracTiced every mornfng ar sk ocock. When The oresenr school was builT, ample crovisions were made Tor Track work. These eTTorTs culm'naTed in The sTaTe cham- pionship under Coach Runkel in I934. Tennis and golT are Tne mosT recenT adoiTions To our Tis? oT maior sporfs. Alrhough Tennis nad been enjoyed by many sTudenTs Tor many years. only recenTly did inTer-school conTesTs Take place. ln The TirsT year oT a heavy schedule, under Coach Hildebrand, The Team Took every honor wiThin iTs reach in The LiTTle len. GolT is now increasing in popularify, and wiTh regulary scheduled pracTices Coach Gvrignon expecTs The Team To sel' a high mark. Thus, we see The developmenl and The high- lighTs ol our various sporTs. ln all OT Them we have done remarkably well. . - - - Qs... '- ' ' z all .managing- Page Twenty-live

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i-'vpnrt-lighting Thr Ham A gimose info rhe pas+ of afniencs reveals many unusual records and amusing incidenrs. XNe discover how 'reams were formed by +he s+uden+s +hemv selves and games played wirh meager iacili+ies, how civic- minded men volunleered fheir services in ihe absence of regu- larly paid coaches. As we glance Jrhrough ihe hisfory of each sporr we can see +he gradual developmeni of our wide aihleiic program. Baslcefball has always been popular. In +he early years of fhe Jrweniiefh cenfury fhe boys oflen chose Their own capfain and found fheir own games. La+er Man. Regner coached several Teams. 'Der Pilgerf' an- nual of l909, lells us Thai 'rhe- baslcefball +eam was very aciive fhai year, playing fhe Wild Cafs. Cardinals, and olhers. In Athletics - Page Tweny-Trou'

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ROW Mr Runkel B Z ecle e enoo uTz T oe e H Kellba A K ssln er Karsfen T ROITS L M nna dT I W sk rchen W N e s n W Coudhlun W OTImer J KuehT au MarTh R oosf E ow A E Kannenb H Vvr1dhT K Elmermann H Wa Mr M1chuTa S OND ROW C Land nbach E Hnschboeck C Reqoln Merrn rn E PoTIer W Ke ey Held D Garnuss A Koh G Du'TsT J We s l Ooqenor FooTball Under The guudance of The new coach Mr John MIchuTa who had played a Tune game aT Tackle on The NoTre Dame TooTbaIl Team The Benders began Thelr I936 season expecTanT of grlduron honors Tor The year They had good reasons or Thenr hopes because Tew members were losT Through graduaTuor1 and men wuTh ex pernence were ready To Tull Those vacancies On SaTurday SepTember 26 The Benders end opened The season aT Waupun agalnsT a speedy Team wnTh one pre season game behnnd Them The only score OT The game was made by Waupun In The TursT haIT AT The end of The TnrsT and second halves The Benders were ThreaTemng To score buT each Tame The gun sTopped Them AlThough good TooTball was played The Tunal score was 60 ID Wauoun s Tavor The Tollownng SaTurday OcTober 2 The Bend ers wenT up agamsT a superuor Team Mayville Puck kncked OTT Tor WesT Bend Durmg The TnrsT Three quarTers WesT Bend was on The deTenslve AT The end of The TursT halT The score sTood 25 O In Tavor oT Mayvxlle In The Thfrd quarTer Mayvulle scored Twuce and added I3 po1nT To Thear score In The TourTh quarTer The Benders Took The oTTensIve agaunsT a lIghTer Mayvnlle Team and managed To score Twice and geT I2 pomTs The Tuna: score May vu'Ie 38 WesT Bend I2 AT The Red and WhnTe Homecomung SaTurday OcTober IO WesT Bend played Berlin The Benders deTermnned To beaT Berlin played a TasT game The T1rsT halT and were aT The long end OT The score 6 O Pue Tow s punhng and The Tune deTensIve and oTfensnve work by OpgenorTn helped make Thus possnble In The second haT Berlun played a beTTer brand oT TooTbaII and walked away wITh The Behders Berlln scored Three Touchdowns and Two exTra polnTs maknng The Tlnal score 20 6 w1Th WesT Bend on The shorT I Tne Benders won Thelr only game OT Tne season rrom HarTTord Coach MnchuTa on Samrday Ocrooe I7 by a score oT I3 o 6 The boys wenT raoe Twenly sn TOP - . , . I , f, R. D v rf A4 R L. r d I . ch , I ' g , M. , . . . el I r , .. I I . I I Q . . .' . . . I h . W. , . Y , . PuesT . . Pick . ' erq, , ' '4 , . ' , . chs. EC W . de , . 'r ' , , i , T. 'a . . , . II J. ' , . ' . . C , . - T, . ls, .. Th. T ' ' ' . . . , 1 0 N T I 1 I I - ' I