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

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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

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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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1941 Baseball- Team l94I Scores West Bend 4 Campbellsport . West Bend I9 Campbellsport . West Bend 20 Hartford . . . West Bend 0 Horicon . West Bend 23 Mayville . . West Bend I3 Kewaskum . . West Bend 3 l-loricon . . West Bend 7 Oconomowoc. . West Bend I0 Mayville . . West Bend 4 Oconomowoc. . Playoff Game West Bend 9 Beaver Dam . . l94l champions in every sense of the word was the West Bend High baseball team. Coach Holz- hueter's men won ten games, tied one and escaped every defeat. This baseball team could well have been called the Bombers instead of Benders because they actually did some very heavy bombing with their war clubs. When a team can compile an average of eleven runs per game and hold their opponents to an average of two runs per game, they are truly champions. The outstanding factor of their success is per- haps the team balance. Team balance makes cham- pions, and West Bend's team balance was superior to any other team that it met. The team was star- studded throughout, from substitute to regular. An incident of this was shown when Hank Gumm be- came ill. Clyde Roehrdanz was there to step in and did a wonderful job of catching. The coaching was also super. Coach Holzhueter led the team with his fight and scrap, and every player did his utmost. When a run was needed, they would go out and get it. Some of these mighty sluggers were Don Rounseville, Bob Bohn, Bob Beck, Howie Glander, Allen Ciriacks, Bob Caspari, LeRoy Hausmann, Clyde Roehrdanz, Jim Tangney, Hank Gumm, and pitchers Ralph Duenkel and Ar- dell Schmidt. Better pitching than that offered by Don Glan- der and Ralph Duenkel cannot be found. ln only Balance Makes Champions two cases did their team need the extra runs which they scored, for the earned runs allowed by these brilliant pitchers averaged very low. They white- washedn Mayville, Horicon, and Kewaskum. The Benders easily Won the title in the Southern Division getting only a little stiff competition from l-loricon. ln the Northern Division Beaver Dam took the title. The two title holders then met for the grand championship of the Little Ten Conference at Mayville, a neutral diamond. It was a nip and tuck battle until Bob Bohn and Don Rounseville began their barrage of long hits. They got three and two hits respectively. Don Glander pitched stellar ball for the Benders by striking out fourteen batters and allowing only 7 hits. The game ended with West Bend on the long end of a 9 to 5 score, undis- puted champion of the 1941 Little Ten season, coached by lrvin Holzhueter of our agriculture de- partment. Mr. I-lolzhueter's baseball playing began I3 years ago on a diamond on his father's farm, and today he has earned the coveted vote as most valu- able baseball player in the West Bend City League. His batting average places him fourth in the Land O' Lakes League, with a percentage of .4l9. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS OF THE '41 SEASON AB R H E BA Donald Glander . . . ZI 5 3 l .I43 Jack Yahr . . . . . 0 l 0 0 .000 ,lim Tangney .... 5 3 2 0 .400 Robert Beck .... 32 I4 I2 I .375 Howard C-lander . . 34 5 l l 2 .323 Jerome Kies ..... I6 5 5 l .3 l 2 Ralph Duenkel . . . I0 7 4 0 .400 Allen Ciriacks .... 32 8 l l 0 .343 Hank C-umm .... I3 2 5 0 .384 Don Rounseville . . 45 I5 l 7 3 .377 Bob Caspari ..... 35 I0 l l l .314 Clyde Roehrdanz . . 35 9 8 4 .228 Robert Bohn .... 40 I5 I5 0 .375 LeRoy l-lausmann . . 37 8 ll 2 .297 Ardell Schmidt . . . 9 4 4 2 .444 Ralph Wardius . . . 2 0 0 0 .000 Page Twenty seven