West High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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apt ,... or A .Kr I! Ny.. ,Lf 7,3 M XVVKJAAY Kenneth Gambee VVard Kanaga, Cyril XVoolcock Glen He-nt KENNETH GAMBEE-placed in the high hurdles at the city meet. YVARD KANAGA-ran on VVest's relay team. CYRIL YVOOLCOCK-captain elect of the 1928 track team, ran the -H0 yard dash and the mile relay. GLEN HOLWI'-placed in the high jump at the city meet. Track At the qualification meet held at hlassilon April 15th, NVest placed fifth, scoring 1212 points in the track events. Salem won the meet with -ll points. Canton Xlc- Kinley placed second. Carl Burnham, Cyril VVoolcock, and Fred Brock, placing in the 100 yd., -H0 yd., and mile runs, respectively, were the only VVest boys to qualify for the state meet. At the state meet held at Columbus, where the greatest assemblage of track ath- eletes in Ohio is brought together, Carl Burnham scored VVest's lone point, placing fifth in the 220 yard dash. Columbus Central won the meet: Lakewood placed second. Twenty-two former records were hroken. The city meet held June -lth, was a thriller in which East managed to nose out Central hy five points. South placed third, Vvest fourth, Garfield fifth, and North last. The meet was close all the way. Up to the last two events, the discus and relay, it looked as though the Central VVildcats were going to win the meet for their second consecutive year. However, by placing men in the discus and winning the relay, East pulled the meet out of the fire. The 100 and 220 yard dashes were hitterly contested by Carl Burnham and Pokorosky of East. Burnham won the 220 yd., and finished second in the 100. The 4-10. the most widely watched event of the group. was won by Sauer CSouthl, Kern QCentrall was second, and YVoolcock Uvestl, third. The race was very close. By sprinting the last 20 yards, Sauer won from Kern by 5 yards. Tim Brewster upset the dope when he won the discus with a heave of 110 feet. Qther results were: Glen 1-lout tied for third in the high jump, and Kenneth Gambee placed fourth in the high hurdles. VVoolcock made second in the half mile. and West's relay team, third. The following men by placing in the meet were awarded their letters: VVoolcock, Burnham, Brock, Kneale, Kanaga, Hout, Sagadensky, and Brewster. The team held its hanquet at Spindler's lnn at which Cyril lvoolcock was elected next year's captain. l99l

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X- ... . 7 Fred Brock Lawrence Brewster XVilliam Kneale Carl Burnham FRED BROCK-captain of the 1927 track team, ran the mile and the relay. LAXVREXCE BREXVSTER-heaved the discus 111.1 feet for first place at the city meet. XVILLIAM KNEALE-ran the 100 yard dash and the relay. CARL BVRNHAM-scored XVest's lone point at the state meet held at Columbus. Track The 1927 track team had a fairly successful season considering that Fred Brock was the only veteran hack. The inter-class meet, arranged hy llr. Boots, was a thriller in which the seniors nosed out the juniors after the latter had led most of the meet by a score of 6012 to 50' 3. Many good prospects were found in this meet, and most of the events were run off in good time. The sophomores placed third with 22 points, and the freshmen came in last with ll points. The first official meet was the Ohio Relays, held at Columbus, where the best teams in Ohio meet to participate. ln this meet YVest entered only one team, composed of lVoolcock, lVolfe, Scudder, and Burnham, and pulled down a second in the S80 yard relay. The next meet, held at llassilon, was a triangular affair among Klassilon, Akron South, and YVest. The result of the meet was: llassilon first, South second, and Wvest third. lnahility to score in the field events, where the cowhoys scored only one point, cost XVest the meet. Surprising all, lvest won the half-mile and placed second in the mile and a half relays at Lakewood. A shield was awarded for winning the former event, and the following hoys received medals for their efforts: Brock, Burnham, Yvoolcock. Snyder, Sagadensky. Scudder, and Kneale. Klay l-l the team engaged in another triangular meet with Akron lfast and Akron Central. The meet was close all the way. By winning the relay. lfast man- aged to nose out Central and win the meet -l-7 to -l--l. The events were run off in a downpour of rain. ! I' ' ' 'WT :: i 1 l9Sl

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fix:-Q r .'-' ,, x r N : :uiinlt JYKSESQEUHLIS-1-2' . ,. f K, x X x Second row:-Mr. Hummel. Harry Snyder. David Baylor, XVillwur Barnes. Ellis Lowen. XVard Kanagn. Gerald Rowland. Charles Hutchison, Mr. Tucker. First row:-Arthur Seudder. YValter Zintel, Lawrence Brewster. Kenneth Gamhee. Carl Burnham. Fred Brock, Glen Hour. Homer YVolfe, Cyril YVoolt'ocli. Harold Kindig. XVilliam Kneale, Mr. Hilbish. Track Squad Superioritx' in the lieltl events hrought rietorx' to the seniors in the zmnuzil inter- clziss truck meet. lt was closely contentletl :ill the way with the seniors wlnnini six first plziees, the juniors. fire, :intl the sophomores, one. lntliritluzil scoring honors went to Curl Burnham, senior. lznteretl in three events :intl the relay, he scored :1 total of l3'4 points out of ai possihle IOM. He won the hrozul jump. the lllll izirtl tlzlsh. :mtl wus third in the jzwelin throw. U ooleock. Il junior. with :i total of ll points won seeontl high scoring honors. The hest pertor- mzinee or the meet was mzirle hi' Xliooleoelc, who rzm the -HU in the unusuzilly fast time of 5-l' 1 seconds. tlespite the fzict that he wzis running on :i trzielt that neetletl condition- ing. XXYUUlCllCl-1 zilso won the 220 izirtl tlxish zind wars fourth in the hrozid jump. .Knother senior, HflXX'1ll'll Zintel reeeiretl thirtl high scoring honors with :i totzll of lll points. First plziee in hoth the rliseus :intl shot put :ieeountetl for his points. 'lihe most interesting event of the meet proved to he the relay. won hy the senior Ielllll, eomposerl of Burnhzim. Seuilnlei, lfrzwier. :intl lfrnest. 'lihe victors grzihhed the lezul in the heginning :intl heltl it throughout the race. llurnhzun wus left Il fziir ful- Xllllfllli' hy l'r:l!1er, thutl mul hut the lunlq' senior easily pulled ZIXVIIB from Wvolte. the lust iuuior mon. 'lihe time for the event wzls l minute, 57 seeonils. Hout. fl sophomore, mzule the onli first plziee for his elziss hi' winning the high jump. Urher tirst plziees in the meet went to the following: liimherlzinil, SSH turd duel.: Lover, mile rung lxiilor. pole viult' Kern. iuxelin. lllllll