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

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FOOtI321ll - - Power and Drive on the Gridiron l94l Scores West Bend . . 0 Plymouth ...... 0 West Bend 0 Beaver Dam .... I3 West Bend 6 Port Washington . . 6 West Bend I 3 Berlin ........ 26 West Bend 6 Ripon . ..... . 6 West Bend 7 Horicon . . . . . I 3 West Bend . . I 2 Oconomowoc .... I 3 The I94I gridders played hard, ripping football under the very capable coaching of Robert Caldwell. Coach Caldwell instilled much drive and will to play, but the season turned out to be a tough luck campaign for the Benders. They did, however, set some of the better teams back on their heels and tied three games. The loss column was a little high- er with four chalked up against the Benders. After only a few weeks of practice the Benders went to Plymouth and held their opponents to a scoreless tie. Skinny Altendorf was the chief reason why the highly touted Beaver Dam team didnlt run all over West Bend. The Benders followed this defeat with an- other tie against Port, Jerry Kies getting back into the game and smashing through for a touchdown. The Berlin lndians played iiwahooi' and rompecl over the Benders to the tune of 26 to I3. Schalles ripped off 35 yards, and Kies made a line plunge to account for the two West Bend scores. The Benders, smarting from defeat, then tore up the turf at Ripon to tie the champions of the conference. The line played rough foot- ball with Jerry ul-linklen Kies and Pippen Heid carrying the leather with plenty of drive. Horicon tripped the Benders, but it took everything they had to do it. Kies blocked three punts in this thriller and fell on the last one in the end zone for the score. The final game of the season against Cooney was perhaps the hardest fought game of the year. Hank Gumm was the stalwart in the line while Petri and Heid shone at left half and quarterback, respectively. Don Schroeder did some very effective punting to carry the enemy back to their own goal many times. Otten, Hron, Pete, Sonnen- berg, Kratzer, Marth, and Rolfs played hard, good football throughout the season. But the '41 season dealt many injuries to star players, such as Don C-lander and Hose Hancock, who were laid up for the football term. Coach Caldwellis chief assistant was lVlr. Runkel. Between the two they set up one of the finest coaching staffs in the conference. Petri snares one. t Coach Caldwell gives 'em the once-over One-two, one-two! as Altendorf passes, Hard, driving scrimmage. The 1941 Squad. Page Twenty-Hve

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,il-1-,42 B21SliCtb3ll - - Fast Passing and Straight Shooting A Squad WB 10 Port Washington . 20 WB Horicon ..... WB Berlin . . . . . WB 15 Oconomowoc . . . 32 WB Port Washington WB Beaver Dam . . WB 23 Ripon . . . . 22 WB Hartford . . . WB Mayville . . . . WB 18 Waupun . . 19 WB Columbus . . WB Hartford . . . B Squad WB 16 Port Washington . 19 WB Horicon ..... WB WB Boys City Team WB 15 Oconomowoc . . . 27 WB Port Washington WB Beaver Dam . . . WB 12 Ripon . . . . 14 WB Hartford . . , WB Mayville . . . . WB 9 Waupun . . 22 WB 16 Columbus . . 12 WB 17 Hartford . . . 13 The l94l-42 hardwood season found the Benders not quite up to par in order to place in the upper brackets of the conference. Under the very efhcient coaching of Bob Caldwell the team was soon groomed into a fighting machine. ln the first two games of the season, with Port Washington and Oconomowoc, the local cagers couldnlt seem to get going, dropping both games. However, the tables were turned in the next game with Ripon when Caspari sank a free throw for the winning point just before the final horn blew. The next four tilts with Waupun, Horicon, Port, and Hartford, proved to he nip-and-tuck affairs. Despite the high-scoring of Schroeder, Hancock, and Prechtel, the Red and White lost each game by a very slight margin. Th HAH S d Rough-house in the Out to win, in the next game the Red and White nosed out the Columbus Cardinals in the last I0 seconds of play on a free shot by George Altendorf. The following Friday the team rolled over Berlin to the tune of 33 to 20. Fresh from victory, the Red and White ran up against the Beaver Dam, Mayville and Hartford quintets. Failing to balance the scoring power of these three teams, the locals dropped all the tilts, ending the season with three defeats. A fast and snappy B squad, coached by Karl Kuss, turned in a fair record this season. It gained 3 conference wins and 2 non-conference wins out of a total of I2 games played. The outstanding players were Kenny Veit, Ralph Klein, and Cy Kluever. e qua Faculty-Varsity Game The HBH Squad Passing, free-shots, and buckets. Put them together, and we come out on the long end of the score. Page Twenty-four X

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Breaking the Tape The l94I cinder season proved to be as successful as could be predicted. Although Coach Jack Runkel was handicapped in the amount of variable material he had, he soon trained two of the best runners in the Little Ten Conference, Ray I-linsenkamp in the mile, and Ray Becker in the half-mile. ln the first meet of the season at Port Washing- ton, April l9, Port took first, followed by Hartford and West Bend. The local cinder men managed only two first places. These were scored by Ray Hinsenkamp and Ray Becker. The squad did ob- tain a number of thirds and fourths for a total of 44 to the winner's 87M points. Traveling to Whitehsh Bay, our boys met the state Class B track champions and Port Washington in a triangular meet on April 26. Ray Hinsenkamp set a new record of 4:54.3 in the mile, and Ray Becker, whose time was 2:l0.2, again placed first in the half-mile. The squad Won their first track meet on April 29 when the local team played host to Oconomo- woc. The meet was won easily with West Bend ob- taining a majority of first places. Three Benders qualified at the Sectional meet at Port Washington on May I0 to go to the state track meet. These were Ray Hinsenkamp, mileg Ray Becker, half-mile: and John Schalles, high hurdles. On lVlay I9 the Red and White traveled to Bea- ver Dam for the Little Ten meet. Ray Hinsenkamp again won the mile, his time being 4:54.8. The out- come of the meet found West Bend sixth with ISM points and Hartford the Little Ten title Winner. At the State Track Meet held at Madison on May 24, two West Bend runners placed at the finish line. These were Ray Becker, third in the 8,80-yard dash and our Little Ten champion, Ray Hinsen- kamp, fourth in the mile, for a total of 5 points for West Bend. 1941 Little Ten Baseball Champions. Our H880-Man gets those Little Ten Champ Miler The Bender-'S Chief Hur-ler A star in His Own Right feet movm Ray Becker' Ray Hmsenkamp-, Don Glander. Coach Holzhueter. The 1941 Cinder-men Page Twenty-six