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

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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

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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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ith a Wist of the Wrist With only three veterans back from the l940 squad, Coach Hildebrand did a fine job with the tennis team, completing the year with the most successful season since I936. The team, com- posed of l... Weinand, P. Kaesberg, R. Hiller, l... Unruh, E. Schmidt, Jaekel, R. Jaekel, R. Klein, D. Merriam, H. Kannenberg, R. Loebe, and C. McDonald, took third place in conference com- petition, making a very good record. The boys won five dual meets, lost none, tied one, and finished first and second in two triangular meets against strong competition. The team competed in the State Tennis Tournament at Wauwatosa, but made no place- ments in that very tough contest. After regular competition was completed, the Little Ten Meet was held at West Bend, with Weinand and Kaesberg competing in the singles, while Unruh and Hiller played as a team in the doubles. Kaesberg and the doubles team lost their match in the first round, but Weinand continued and captured the Little Ten Singles Champion- ship for West Bend. I 94 I RECORD West Bend at Hartford -- Won. West Bend at Oconomowoc -- Won. West Bend, Beaver Dam, Hartford fl-lerel -- Tied for first. West Bend and Mayville fl-lerej -- Won. West Bend and Waupun fHereD -- Won. West Bend at Wayland Academy -- Tied. West Bend and Horicon fl-lerel -- Won. West Bend, Oconomowoc, at Beaver Dam -- Second. Getting in the Swing The spring of I94I found the golfers raring to get started, but with an unfortunate handicap, inex- perience. However, the season may be considered fairly successful as the Benders won about 40 per cent of their matches. The team was composed of the following: freshman, Bob Rolfsg sophomore, Robert Kaempferg junior, Warren Bucheltg sen- ior, Dan Flaherty, with the alternates being jun- ior, Bob Schacht, and senior, Paul German. Bob Kid Rolfs was considered the most consistent player on the team, and Coach Roy Grignon holds high hopes for him. On April 29, West Bend met Waupun, result- ing in a victory for the Red and White. During the season the squad placed third in each of the four quadrangular meets at Hartford, Page Twenty-eight May 23 Beaver Dam, May 75 West Bend, May 16, Oconomowoc, May l7. ln a meet with six teams at Mayville on May 2l, West Bend came out on the long end of the scores, and placed fifth. The Benders won a dual meet with Menomonee Falls on May 26, by a narrow margin of four strokes. The teams were composed of six men for nine holes. The Red and White traveled to Mayville on May 28 to place fifth in the Little Ten conference. Coach and Protege: Mr. Hildebrand and Little Ten Singles Champ Buddy Weinand admire his trophy. 1941 Golfers: Left to Right: R. Kaempfer, D. Flaherty, W. Buchelt, R. Schacht, P. German, R. Rolfs, Mr, Grignon. 1941 Tennis Squad, Top: Mr. Hildebrand, P. Kaesberg, L. Un- ruh, E. Schmidt, R. Hiller. Bottom: R. Jaekel, L. Weinand, R. Klein.