West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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of Abe Luplow, Ken Banfield, Floyd Klenoski, Bill Hutchison, and Floyd Beffrey. The intensity of Arthur Hill ' s regret was expressed in the postponement of the Pontiac game that Saturday. A shaken squad could do little to resist Lansing Central ' s offensive steam roller in the Homecoming tilt. After dominating the first quarter at Dort Field, the Wolgast men suc- cumbed to a tenacious Flint Central attack. Ending the victory famine, the gridders collared a defiant Owosso outfit when Elmer E. Simon plunged over the final chalk line to score. The Wolves and the Lumberjacks scrambled in the mud for four quarters and when the final gun sounded the Wolves came out with a 6 to verdict. Minus the services of Bob Antle and Floyd Beffrey, both on the sidelines with broken wrists, the Jacks arrived at the Turkey Day tilt. With nothing exceptional to offer against the high-riding Valley champion Trojans of Saginaw High, the Jacks took a 21 to jolt, to close the football curtain. Pictured, left to right: Ed Anzicek, Clarence Krawczak, Frank Clark, Ed Kirstowsky, Elmer E. Simon, Harry McGee, Albert Luplow, Kenneth King, Don Anderson, Kenneth Banfield, Bill O ' Brien, Ted Kennedy, Floyd Klenoski, Bill Hutchison, Al Korkus, Floyd Beffrey, Jack Evans, and Bob Antle. ■jjjj H L e g e n d a 67

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1937 Pigskin Parade Opponents We They Erie, Penna Alma 6 Flint Northern Pontiac (postponed) Lansing Central 27 Flint Central 6 13 Owosso 6 Bay City 6 Saginaw 21 Football Starting out the season with high hopes of follow- ing in the footsteps of brilliant predecessors, and aspir- ing to retain the elusive Valley cup, nine lettermen, together with their new coach, were literally on the spot. A strong Erie, Pennsylvania, eleven came west and found the Lumberjacks too tough. The colorful feud ended in grim deadl ock. Alma kept the Hill spirits at a satisfactory ebb by tumbling before a mediocre offense 6 to 0. The Valley curtain-raiser left the fans in doubt, as the Jacks fought Flint Northern ' s Vikings to a score- less tie. Harry McGee turned out to be the first casualty of the year when he came out of the fray with a broken leg. An automobile accident heavily draped all optim- ism. This catastrophe ended the life of Arthur Schweins- haupt, junior halfback, and seriously hampered the work 66 193 8

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Basketball An Arthur Hill NEWS headline in the sport section January 3 read, 3 Losses Dim Hillite Hopes. After trimming Ferndale and Bay City the five boys who had worked as a unit since their sopho- more year had slipped and dropped close contests to Flint North- ern, Pontlac, and Flint Central. Close observers noted, however, that the Jacks exhibited a more polished attack with the return to the firing line of the white-hel- meted forward, Buck Antle. With his aid they snapped their losing streak, submerging Owosso under a forty-seven point barrage. Sag- inaw ' s league-leading Trojans now provided a barrier for Andy ' s quintet, but Ed Kirstowsky ' s basket in the last twenty seconds snatched the victory. The new mixture of revenge plus confidence proved too much for the Flint Northern Vikings. Bay City, Flint Central, and Owosso fell with monotonous rapidity. The east-west rivalry again found the Jacks raking in the majority of the chips and again with the same two point margin. They wound up the Valley campaign in a gay manner by trouncing Pontiac ' s once -potent Chiefs. At this point the Hillmen sat back to see Bay City unexpectedly topple Saginaw ' s Trojans to cut the Hill quintet into a share of the Valley title. The elated cagers kept their decks clean against Muskegon ' s crew in the grand finale of a great season. Moving to Lansing for the Regional tourney in the rubber game of the Hill-Flint Central series, the basketeers swamped the Indians to proceed into the finals with Lansing Central. An early lead let the Blue and Gold coast to a victory which earned them a trip to the state eliminations at Grand Rapids a week later. Hitting their offensive peak, the Lumberjacks overturned Ottawa Hills in a 42 to 23 backwash. Antle established Ihe Hills as a contender in this match, thrilling the crowd by finding the meshes for seventeen points. The firing line was not as impressive the follow- ing evening, nevertheless, the axe cut down Ford- son ' s Tractors. Lucky Thirteen Opponents We They Ferndale, Lincoln High 35 14 Bay City 30 24 Flint Northern 18 20 Pontiac 23 24 Flint Central 32 17 Owosso 47 20 Saginaw 31 29 Flint Northern 36 18 Bay City 30 17 Flint Central 30 18 Owosso 35 25 Saginaw 23 21 Pontiac 29 19 Muskegon 39 25 Regional Tournament Flint Central 44 20 Lansing Central 36 24 State T ournament Grand Rapids, Ottawa Hills 42 23 Ford son 26 16 Kalamazoo Central 27 29 Total 613 403 For the first time in the history of basketball at Arthur Hill, a Lumberjack team was a state finalist. Opposing them was the same Kalamazoo aggregation which had ended the 1930 sguad ' s title aspirations. Outclassed for three guarters by the rangy Celery City lads, the Hillmen at last pierced the heretofore impregnable Kalamazoo defense. With less than a minute to play, Ed Collier knotted the score at 27 by catching the meshes at short range. The cheering had hardly subsided when Bob Roe, tall Kazoo eager, hooped a difficult side-court shot to place his team in the lead. As the Hills bore down on the Kazoo basket the gun ended their last determined drive, and smashed their thirteen game winning streak. Five boys stood with tear-filled eyes as Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball, congratulated them and presented them with the runner-up trophy. 68 19 38