Whiting High School - Reflector Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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(Iltr su'ttinr tKpflrrtur Baseball Team In spite of the fact that some ten men were lost to the squad, the Whiting griders fought through an unsuccessful season, marked by the other schools of the region as a dangerous opponent and held in respect by them. Those who made letters in football were as follows: Martich, Gorman, Tully, Moynihan, Jones, Pieter, Witter, George Moore, Melvin, Keckich, Ehlers, Ulm, Atkin, J. Hopkins, Matt Moore, Berdis, Dwan, Conopeotis, C. Hopkins, Zweig, Buehler and Reynolds. The squad next year will have lost a very few men and a good season is expected for them. SWIMMING The Whiting High School swimming team participated in two meets this year. One dual meet with Hammond and the other was the Lake County Meet. Harry Walker, Joe Brock, Nick Gorden and Wm. Manchak were the splashers that represented Whiting. Walker won places in diving events and back stroke event. Brock won places in free style events and breast stroke events.

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u,hp £ ptttor Irflrrtnr Football Team FOOTBALL A large squad responded to Coach L. B. Hart’s annual call for football material in “25”. However, as one sized up the men, there were numerous holes noticeable in the squad, on account of men lost by ineligibility and graduation. They were put through intensive training and practice by Coach Hart and Assistant Coach Lint. Jones and Tull.v at once showed (hey had the tackle position fixed down: Bunchik and Kekich showed their superiority as the guards: Reynolds made a “neat” center; Movnihan and Whiting made an excellent pair of ends and Capt. Conopeotis, Dwan, Berdis, and Buehler proved themselves the best backfield material available. With several weeks of practice and training under their belts the Oiler eleven went into the game with Hammond Tech, as their opponents in fine shape. The men had the edge on the Tech, bunch until Capt. Conopeotis was forced out of the game w.th a broken collar bone. This loss threw the team into confusion and a defeat was the result. Coach Hart had a very perplexing job to accomplish before the next game and that job was finding a fullbacK to take “Nick’s” place. He was unable tc do this from the material he had through the season, though several of the squad were tried out in this position.

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a hr munr iRrflrrtur Basketball Team BASKETBALL The Whiting basket ball team nla.ved a fine game of ball all through the season. The team was good at the first of the year but it was better after the first semester when three of the foremost players of the high school became eligible. The season taken as a whole was rather a successful one. The boys won the great majority of their games and in every one of the contests, they were a team of which to be proud. The team played through the Sectional Tournament at EastChicago to the final game in which they were defeated by the East Chicago team, by a small margin. The East Chicago team seemed to have the so-called “jinx” of Whiting through out the whole season. The boys lost for there cannot be two winners in the same contest and in a game as hard fought as this one was, there is as much honor due the vanquished as to the winner. l'he boys who composed the team in the tournament were Capt. Eugene Moore, James fully, Rudolf Manchack, John Dwan, John Kristoff, John Berdis, Matthew Moore and Edward Gurevitz. The Second team fought through the season with a certain mark of success and a lot can be expected of them in future years.