Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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CINDERS Shocker athletes again participated in a full season of track and field competition this spring led by F. Nordy Hoffmann, head track coach. Mark Watson, last season's track captain, was added to the staff as assistant to Coach Hoffmann. Glenn Nye and Gerhardt Eikermann headed the team as co-captains and formed the nucleus for the squad. They were aided by Stanley Dia- mond and Philip Kaiser, hurdlers, Herbert Schlot- thauer, dash man, and Buck Iones, pole vaulter. These men formed the group which went to the Kansas relays. . A dual meet held by Hays was the opening event of the track season. Hays won lU7 2X3 to 231!2, although Eikermann was high point man for the afternoon, taking firsts with the discus and shot put and a third with the javelin. Schlot- thauer, Nye, Diamond, and Ralph Burford placed in their special events. While serving as hosts to the Sterling team on the local field the following week, the Shockers took a close victory from the visiting school by 69lf3 to 6l2!3. The feature of the meet was a special 880-yard relay event in which the vic- torious Shocker frosh team, composed of Robert Christian, Ralph Warne, Harold Priddle, and lames Farrow, was entered. A triangular meet with Southwestern and Friends was held in Wich- ita late in April, preceding the Central Conference meet at Emporia. Coach Hoffmann also took the mile relay team, composed of Nye, Diamond, Schlotthauer, and Kaiser, to the annual Drake Relays last month. Although they saw little service in out-of-town meets, there were other outstanding men on the team and several more improved with additional experience. Other members of the squad included larnes Andrews and Maurice Boyd, distance men, Keith Fulton, weights, Thaine Pickett, Iohn Harsha, Albert Nelson, Perry Pelley, Robert Campbell, and Martin Iohnson. ln addition to the regular team, the freshman squad was composed of Sidney Martin, Dale Cook, Roy Douthett, and Robert Hegler. . . . . lfalfk IZNTUCES ITIOTC LlUCI1,l1l0Il . . . . With indications that the next two years would bring still greater interest, track this year assumed no small part in the sports spotlight. At the top left members of the freshman squad Cfirst rowj are Sidney Martin, James Farrow, llarolcl Priddle, Ralph Warne, Dale Cook, fsecond rowl Mark Watson, assistant coach, Roy Douthett, Robert Hegler, and Robert Christian. At the top right are pictured C0-captains Gerhardt Eikerman and Glenn Nye with Coach F. Nordy Hoffmann Ccenteri. Lower left is Herbert Schlotthauer, dash man. Members of the varsity squad shown at the lower right tfirst rowt are Buck Jones, Keith Fulton, Glenn Nye, Henry Amsden, James Andrews, Thaine Pickett, Robert Campbell, fsecond row! Maurice Byrd, Perry Pelley, Cerhardt Eikermann, Malcolm Myers, Philip Kaiser, and Albert Nelson.

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EADED by Co-captains Locey Pike Gaw- throp and Ray DeHon, nine Shocker cagers completed their time requirements for varsity letter awards. They were Gerald Wells, Grant Barner, Wayne lohnson, and Willard Iohnson, forwards, Thurman Calvin Stewart, center: and Glenn Nye and Ray Kaufman, guards. Gawthrop again established himself in con- ference basketball, placed second in scoring, and was placed on several all-conference and all-state teams. Barner and Stewart, who proved to be high-scoring men in the Wichita lineup, also were placed on mythical post-season teams. At the close of the season, varsity players again selected Gawthrop as co-captain to serve next season with Cal Stewart. Both men are from Sumner County high schools. Eleven members of the frosh squad fulfilled time qualifications for cage numerals. They were Mevli Curry, Melvin Radcliff, Overton Glen, and Kenneth LaFever, forwards: Ross Dennison and Don Platt, centersg and Iames Cope, Dale Neelly, Bill Steward, Nick Stevens, and Bob Tinney, guards. 1937 BASKETBALL RECORD Opponent Wichita Dec. 12 at U. of Okla. ....... ......... 3 6 27 Dec. 17 at St. Louis U. ....... .......... 2 6 24 Dec. 19 at Washburn ...... .......... 2 7 25 Dec. 23 Drake U. ........... ......... 3 8 42 Ian. 2 at Colo. College ................ 38 42 Ian, 9 Southwestern ................ 45 34 Ian. 13 at Pittsburg ......,. .......... 3 4 39 Ian. 16 Washburn ......... .......... 2 4 27 Ian. 25 at Southwestern .......,........ 46 35 Ian. 29 at Ft. Hays ........ ......... 3 6 23 lan. 30 at Ft. Hays .......... .......... 3 4 32 Feb. 3 St.'Louis U. ....... ......... 3 1 32 Feb. 6 Emporia .......... .......... 2 9 36 Feb. 8 at Emporia ...... .......... 2 5 39 Feb. 9 at Emporia ...... ......... 2 8 32 Feb. 16 Pittsburg ........ ......... 2 2 29 Feb. 17 Pittsburg ........... .......... 2 9 41 Feb. 20 at Okla. City U. .........,...... 50 38 Feb. 26 Ft. Hays ............. .......... 4 6 32 March l Okla. City U. .................. 39 32 March 5 Southwestern ................ 43 36 INTRAMURAL SPORTS Although intramural athletic activities suffered from lack of facilities during the past year, a com- plete basketball schedule was finished and the track meet and softball competition were held late in the second semester. Teams representing the fraternities of Phi Up- silon Sigma, Men of Webster, Alpha Gamma Gamma, Pi Alpha Pi, Scabbard and Blade, and the Barbs were in the basketball race along with the Filial Flames, Gridsters, Indians, Foreigners, and the Colored All-Stars. Two divisions of teams were organized and games began being played early in Ianuary. Monday and Thursday nights were reserved for the respective divisions with special contests held over for preliminaries to varsity games. By the last week of February both divisions were completed, with the Filial Flames winning over Alpha Gamma Gamma for the right to meet the defending champion Gridsters. Two weeks before the Filial Flames had Won from the former undefeated Men of Webster squad in a freak 30 to 3 game. The final game was a feature event preceding the varsity's game with Ft. Hays State. The two teams presented lineups with colorful names ac- quired during the season's competition. One- punch Moore, Three-star Nash, Ruffen-ready Fulton, Skeeter Brill, Shorty Slmpson, Ripper Niehage, and Toots Smith composed the Grid- ster lineup. The roster of the Filial Flames fea- tured One-lung Iohnson, Flat-foot Marsh, E191 Flash Bevin, Blond Terror lack Armour, Shrimp Ross, Al Dip Angulo, and Muscles lim Armour. The Gridsters won by a score of 23-19 to capture the cup for the second consecu- tive year. However, intramural activities lagged following the close of the basketball season. The annual track meet was postponed several times in March because of cold weather. Varsity activities in April caused an additional postponement until after the Drake Relays. Another annual activity sponsored by Intra- mural Director F. Nordy Hoffmann is the softball competition which is held during the closing week of the spring semester. W'ith the completion of the new gymnasium the men's physical education department will be able to carry out an expanded intramural program during the 1937-38 school year, Coach Gebert said. The lack of adequate facilities this year, because of construction of the new gym, has made it difficult to further an intensive program. I In the expanded program will be many new activities which we have not had in previous years. Among the new sports will be handball, made possible by three new courts in the gym. Other sports scheduled for the coming season are basket- ball, boxing, wrestling, volleyball, ping-pong, and indoor baseball. ln addition to these will be the outdoor schedule which will include touch football, softball, tennis, and track.

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COURTIN' and COURSIN' . . . swing high, swing low . Tennis and golf occupied much interest during the spring sports season. At left is Bill Brinnon in action on the recently completed cement tennis courts. His opponent was Harry Corbin. Pictured at top center is the tennis squad composed of Cfront rowl Harry Corbin, Eugene Morgan, Stanley Diamond, Bill Brinnon, George Hinkle, fback row? Bill McDowell, Clark Ahlberg, and Morris Carpenter. Shown at the bottom center is the University golf team whose members are Jillian Buser, Dick Price, captain, Bob Watt, Charles Black, and ,lim Armour. Willard Johnson is not pictured. At the right is Dick Price taking a practice swing on the Crestview course. lTl-l one letterman available, the Shocker tennis team was greatly handicapped dur- ing the l937 competition. Headed by Bill Brinnon, captain, the team took on opponents weekly during the last two months of this semester. The initial encounter of the University tennis season resulted in a 5 to 1 victory over the Kansas State College at Manhattan. The Shockers took each singles match, but split with the Kansas Aggies in doubles. Captain Brinnon beat Eckart, George Hinkle defeated Foreman, Clark Ahlberg defeated Godfrey, and Morris Carpenter won over Foot in singles play. A trip to Norman, Okla., was made the follow- ing week. There the team played the University of Oklahoma. The undefeated Sooner team, led by Bill Martin, swept through all six matches for a 6 to U victory over the University squad. Eugene Morgan replaced Hinkle for the Oklahoma play. lt was customary during the spring sports sea- son for the golf and tennis teams to travel to- gether as they engaged in dual meets at the various schools throughout this section of the country. The two groups were under the direc- tion of Athletic Director Albert l. Gebert, who arranged a well rounded sports schedule in these fields. l2ll ACK of experienced men placed this year's golf team at a disadvantage. Only Dick Price and Charles Black remained from the Central Conference championship team of 1936. Bob Watt, lulian Buser, and lim Armour, all lacking previous intercollegiate competition, completed the team. Under these conditions the squad did not hope for such a strictly victorious season as the champion- ship teams of the last two seasons had enjoyed. The first play of the season was with Kansas State. An easy victory resulted with Captain Price turning in low score while winning over Hays, the Aggies' top man. Watt defeated l-locker, Black defeated Kellogg, and Buser won over Wesches to complete the matches which were played on a windy afternoon at Crestview. However, the tables were turned the following week at the University of Oklahoma. The Shock- ers lost every match to a Big Six group in rounds played on the Twin Hills course at Oklahoma City. Other schools scheduled for the Shocker golfers included Emporia Teachers College, Washburn College, and the University of Kansas. The sea- son's climax was reached in the annual Central Conference play the day before the annual C. I. A. C. track and field meet.