Westville High School - Janus Yearbook (Westville, IL)

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Dear Diary: The “W” Association is a club composed of athletes who have won a letter in anyone of the three major sports—football, basketball, or track. A letter is awarded worthy athletes in the various sports after they have passed the different qualifications. The club is maintained for the betterment of sportsmanship among the various athletes. The meetings are held every first Wednesday of the month throughout the school year. The coach takes charge of the meetings and usually uses the time to point out the various football plays, basketball maneuvers, and other data concerning the teams. All players usually attend the confabs and gather valuable information concerning their opponents. Football and basketball captains are chosen by the lettermen at one of these meetings. It is the wish of the various lettermen in the association to have the club carry on in the future as it has in the past and that the club may grow in number as the years advance. Many alumni, who have been members of this club, can now look back upon it and think of the happy days of their athletic career and envy the present members. Uottotn Row—Kundratus, Starks. Such. Dudley, La it as, Mazrum. Horvath. Second Row—Yonkowsky, Geralski, Cooke. Kuchcfski, Pacynski, Iiisturis. To? Row—Click, Chicas, Godels, Masiokas, Morciko, Fadalc. Nevcrs. Pitfjc Twenty-three

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Back Row—Starks Frauklyn, Morcficbl. Slyka . Paczinnki, IlUturis Stal, Karaliu , Kuclicski. Third Row— Kumlratus, Horvath. Mitchell. Barber. Painter. Le ko. I )c Barba, Du four. Ferraro. Second Ron — Assistant Coach C'happ. I.aitas, Godelausky, (Jcrulski, Masiokas. Such, Moreiko. Yonkowsky, Chicas, (ilick, Cooke, Coach .Miller. Biont Row—Manager Shapuras, Mi skua. Camp, Fertal, Sneyd, Tovey, Matulis, Xcverriousky. Fariale, Dow-iatt. Manager Ma .rum. WESTVILLE 27—CATLIN 0 As in past years, Catlin opened our football schedule. We were primed for this game since it was our first battle of the season and we were “rarin ” to go. The inexperienced Catlin eleven was no match for the Tigers and went home on the short end of the count. WESTVILLE 13—SPRING VALLEY 6 What a battle! It was a bitterly contested struggle from start to finish with our boys scoring all their points in the first half and Spring Valley scoring on a long pass in the second half. WESTVILLE 20—MONMOUTH 0 The boys traveled over two hundred miles to play this one. After the long trip, the boys were pretty tired but recovered themselves and went out to soundly trounce the upstate eleven. WESTVILLE 22— HOOPESTON 0 Our ancient rivals, Hoopeston. fell before the onslaught of the Millermen and were humbled 22-0. The Hoopeston gridders were inexperienced this year but should prove a real headache to the Tigers next year. WESTVILLE 26—DEPUE 0 The team played their outstanding game of the season in this one. The line functioned with clock-like precision and the backs ran like scared rabbits to completely out-class the visitors. The team has won five games in a row now. WESTVILLE 6—SI DELL 6 Say, what s wrong here.' Looks like the Tigers were a little over-confident or something. This game was a big let-down compared to their other games. Better luck next year. GEORGETOWN 19—WESTVILLE 0 Ouch! That one really hurt. Completely outplayed, our boys didn’t have any of the spark that carried them through the first part of the season. Let’s forget this one and start out anew next fall. Pane Twenty two

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Stark-, Horvath, Kundratus, Tovey, H if turn, (Hick. JOE STARKS (Babe)—When the going got tough, Joe was right in the middle of things. Next fall should see Babe blossoming out into a valuable backfield man. JOHN’ HORVATH—A reserve back that had everything but size, Johnny was a hard worker and a plugger that liked to mix it up. This is John's last year. STANLEY Kl NDRATL’S (Stash)—This was Stanley's first year of football but he learned fast and earned his letter at guard. “Stash should be hard to stop next year. HENRY TOVEY (Hank)—Handicapped by size, Henry made up for it in fight and determination. Tovey, an excellent team player, should prove a worthy guardian of the center spot next year. STANLEY BISTl RIS (Snail)—Stan earned his spurs as a sub guard and saw a lot of service. In practice or game Stanley gave all he had and never stopped plugging. He should be tough next year. JACK CLICK (Farmer)—Illness kept Jack out of the line-up last year but he earned his letter at a tackle post this year. Jack was a scrapper and will be missed next year. RICHARD DOWIATT (Doggie)—Richard handled the regular duties of right and did a worthy job. Rich is a fine pass receiver and with added weight, he should have a brilliant year next fall. WALTER GODELS (Bod)—A giant tackle who was a tower of strength on the right side of the line, Walt played a consistent game throughout the season. His loss will be keenly felt next year. I RANKLYN GERALSKI (Fritz)—Fritz was the regular right guard and played a stalwart game throughout' the season. Franklyn is back next season and great things are expected of him. SAM CHICAS (Chic)—A hard-driving guard that really loved to play football. Players like Sam are hard to find and he will be missed by next year’s squad. TONY YONKOW’SKY (Muzzy)- A defensive stalwart at left tackle, Tony was an all-important cog in that strong line. He was an outstanding performer and will be sorely missed next year. JOHN MORE1KO—John proved to be a hard worker there, stood out as a defensive block at his left end post. John will be hard to replace next year. Dowiatt, Godels. GcraUki, Chica , Yonkowsky, Morciko.