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

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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.

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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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.A.A. Girls Are Athletes Basketball, wiener roasts, electioneering, Held hockey, WB's, all were a part of a year's program for the Girls, Athletic Association. The aim of the G. A. A. is to promote girls' sports, sports- manship, and social life. These aims were well accomplished in the very full program. After starting the year with a bang, the girls' fall activities included Held hockey, initiation activity, and elections. Rough and tumble field hockey provided the girls with a lot of excitement, fun, and occasion- ally, a battered shin. Sad to say, the early cold weather prevented playing the usual interclass tournament in this sport. The snappy, heated fall campaigns culminat- ed in the G. A. A. election. This year a senior sweep put Joy Schneider in the presidents chair, Jackie l-lood as vice-president, and placed Schat- zie Nielsen, Dot Weiss, and lVlutzie Hetebrueg on the board as secretary-treasurer, point secretary, and sports manager, respectively. Throughout the fall the prospective members were scurrying about accumulating the necessary lO0 points needed for membership. These points were earned by participating in accredited sports and games. ln December, those who met the qualifications were inducted into the association by Stunt Week and an initiation party. With winter came volleyball and basketball, two sports well loved by all the girls. This year the sophomores turned the trick by winning the inter-class basketball tournament, while the jun- Queen Doris Goetz and her court reigned at the 1941 Gym Exhibition V for Victory Mirabel Hansen guai ds the in tumbling class. Oshkosh All-Star GwyndaCon11ff iors outplayed all the class teams to capture the basket- ball championship. During this season the recreational games program also got under way, with activities such as ping-pong, darts, and bowling developing much interest. Spring's warm weather brought tennis, track, and passing. Miss Glelle gives a les- son in field hockey Tommy Wilkens thinks about it while Verna Rehm and Helen Klein do it. baseball to claim the girls' attention. At the end of the school year, the hard-working girls who had earned IZOO or more points were awarded official WB's at the WB banquet. Last year six members received their letters. initiates Page Twenty nine 21 freaks - T h e 1941 G, A. A