Western High School - Friendship Yearbook (Parma, MI)

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JOHN LAUB GEORGE BABCOCK NELSON RUSSELL Page fifty four WILBUR GUNNERSON KENNETH MATHESON HAROLD HIGGINS COACHES WESTERN S SPORTS PARADE Western possesses one of the most competent coach1ng staffs to be found 1n the c1ty led by Mr W Gunnerson As head of the athlet1c department Mr Gunnerson IS the man most respons1ble for Western s h1gh standlngs 1n sports 1n the Clty Coach Gunnerson has turned out cons1stently excellent sw1mm1ng teams wh1ch have been up 1n the race battl1ng for many C1ty cham p1onsh1ps Some of the boys vxho have gone on after the1r flne start by Coach Gunnerson are Guy Lumsden All Amer1can free style sw1mm1ng for Wayne and Lxggy Indyke who plans to enter M1Ch1g3D State College next fall Mr Gunner on also IS ID charge of the golf team and IS th sponsor of the W Club The other fall sport football IS coached by two f1ne coach s Coach Ken neth Matheson who coaches the vars1ty football and track teams 1S one of the most slncere men at school and hkes to have h1s boys play the game ch1efly for the love of the sport Coach George Babcock who coaches the reserve football team played h1s football on one of the Un1vers1ty of lVl1ch1 gan s fxnest teams and was ment1oned as All Amer1can on many teams The comb1nat1on of Coach Matheson and Coach Babcock represent about 50 years of football experxence The b1g w1nter sport basketball IS coached by Mr John Laub who dur mg hls short stay at Western has produced a West S1de Champ1onsh1p team and a runner up for West S1de honors Frank Mekules a present member of the M1ch1gan State qu1ntet and Joe Slesxnger All C1ty colleg1ate star from Detrolt Inst1tute of Technology are but two of the boys play1ng at colleges who were coached by Coach Laub He also IS IH charge of the Cross Country and Tenn1s teams Coach Nelson Russell who teaches mathemat1cs IS 1n charge of reserve basketball tu1n1ng out excellent materlal for the vars1ty teams Coach H H1gg1DS ably assxsted by Coach T Qu1nlan 1S the coach of our baseball teams wh1ch have been among the best ID the c1ty for a number of years Among Coach HIQQIHS prod1g1es are B111 Steppon cap t of th1S year s UD1VefS1ty of M1ch1gan baseball team As we go to press It looks as lf our baseball team IS on 1ts way to the 1941 C1ty ChaIHp1ODSh1p hav1ng won IES flrst seven games ID a row 1nclud1ng n the group 1ts toughest opponents -1 ,I Q. ms I , . . . , . q. , . . . . . Y . . v . , - - . r . . . tw , . . Q - - - D 44 as .. 1 C . l Q - 7 1 ' a a . . . x ' a , .. , . . . 1 1 - ' K 7 - , . - - a a , . , . , . , . . , . . . , . 9 . , . -J s 7 1 1 .

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Sports

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FOOTBALL The 1940 grld season prov1ded many hlghllghts for Western partlclpants Our Cowboy grldders led by Robert Punk Peterson and Ph1l Anglofsky all c1ty stars comp1led a lecord of three v1ctor1es two defeats and a t1e A hard struggle agalnst the champlonshlp Cooley team w1th Western on the short end of an 18 0 score and a moral vlctory agalnst Northwestern ln be mg the flrst to scole on them were examples of the courage and aggresslveness of th1s years squad Although hard h1t by graduatlon a promlslng squad under the dlrectlon of Mr K Matheson and Mr G Babcock w1ll return next fall Our flrst game next year IS a non league affalr at Cooley stadxum See you therell RECORDS Westel n Cooley Western Central Western MHCKQHZIG Northwestern Redford W1lbur Wr1ght Western Western Western SWIM TEAM Westerns swlm team was one of the most balanced squads 1n many years possessmg capable performers 1n each event Confronted w1th th1s s1tuat1on Coach Gun nerson was able to 1nst1ll a flghtlng sp1r1t 1n h1S boys whlch led to the West S1de Champ1onsh1p Dlck Ba chorelt was agaln Western s stand out performer tak mg f1rst place honors among the c1ty s d1v1ng competl tors Th1s year was the thlrd t1me w1th1n n1ne years that Western has won the West S1de Champlonshlp and the 11th stra1ght year our Western Cowboys have beat en our arch rlvals the Southwestern Prospectors Graduat1ng are Capta1n Ed Chess Bob Steege Dlck Cra1n Leo Edwards Ed Lazur Harry Steeves Don Lytle and Jordan N1Ch0lS Western Western Western Western Western Western Western Western RECORD Northwestern Cass Tech Central Chadsey Cooley Redford Southwestern Mackenz1e Front A Trundle E Bonarek R Peter son P Anglofsky Capt S WOJCIK K Karchefske M Montes A Mlller 'Wzddle N Thomas J Sulhvan G Chr1s ty C MISKO W Foley J Scott J Ma laney L ZaJac K J Matheson Coach Back H Dav1s H Smlth E Krystan J Slwak G Lerchen D McCabe M Mosher J Ewamak A Balze Front J Krygosk1, P Butler, E Walsh, F Meloche, D Bachorek, H Coates, E Frost Mzddle J Todt, R Pushman, H Steeves, J Roberts, W L Gunnerson, Coach, J Merosz, W Melton, J N1chols, G Astourlan Back A Morden, E Lazur, D Cram, L Edwards, E Chess, P Megenlty, D Lytle, B Steege l Page fzfty fwe - --'-----'-'-Y Y, 0 -Y,,V,,'----A-A,--,,,,VVV, ,..Y..,.,.,,.... ..,......,,..,.... J 6 Western,c,,,,L,,,,Y...49 Fordson , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.. 7 .,,,,,,,,,,, 14 aeeeeeeeees-'4'- 53 ------ee---e----A--eaeee 22 7 7 J f ..