Willoughby High School - Lens Yearbook (Willoughby, OH)

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, tvfl--,, x',Y m ll - is for Basketball, lf 'E A fast game to ploy We Il take on all comers The Willoughby way! dA'l'l'l'l'D WW ll Ullll ill? To top off an unusually good sports year for the Rangers the Orange and Black cagers blnthely walked off with the Lake Shore League Champlonshup wlth a record of eleven out of twelve league games' At last the Willoughby fans were able to hold their heads up above the crowd Instead of down to the average level For the flrst time slnce the Lake Shore loop was organized ln l928 the Rangers came out of the melee on top of the heap Wlth veterans Ernle Slvak Wally Burger and Eddie Glavac returning for their fnnal season their fourth together things looked brnght from the beglnnlng True there were a few close shaves but Ernie s sterling backboard control was not surpassed by any other contender In the league As nf that was not enough Bug Gun also copped scorlng honors wnth a total of 303 pounts for twenty games Of course he had has off nughts as mnght be expected but on these nnghts Ed Glavac the other scoring threat seemed to be 'llc rn I 8 I EI , llll V ,ll lllll yi1..,- . gy- ,sr i V. H K I EM M l ' 4 3 6

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The 60 members of the organization are ably directed by Mr. Charles Ruddick who has led them l5 years. Although few members plan to enter the ranks of professional mu- sicians, each one carries away from our band a finer and keener appreciation of music. BAND Row Mr Rcddick E Schrninkey L Friel J Fuller Mc lure A Vinsek R Amo B Rockwell M Brown A Schmidt S Loughran A Retych N Johnson C Cornwall V Ziegler L Oliver M OBrien G Fields B Roach E Toncre F Anderson B Arend V Greg ory P Granger M Sweetapple D Burroughs Row Row 7 Creger J Richards J Foley J Graham Row V Lowman R Reed J Toncre H House K McGuire l Trofimov D Dean Row B Woods E Anderson R Winegar R Krul F Wendling D Young J Scanlon J Easton Raw Vl elling Smit E Brinkman Doncevic C Lanning V - Q . I A . V, I E . V K 1. ,, A Q. my Q. V W . Y, -, I g,,, .. V . . A . 1-. I - . e ' , , , . , . , D, , . ' , . , . , B D. Buchan, R. Mills, A. Lewis, R Keller, K. Middleton, D. Bisig, B. Buchan, C. Janos. C , . , I , . , . IV - . , , . , . Il -I . , , , , . V - . H, . l , . , lll - . , . V, H. , Q. - I - D. IT , D., h, . , P

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hot l-las total of 286 pounts was second on the scorang chart ln addltnon to thus has cool thnnknng and adaptatnon of experience were many txmes the steadylng force In crucial ma ments l-lus passlng trncky and shlfty was entlrely suffncnent to keep opponents guessing at all tlmes The backbone of the defense was runnnng guard Wally Burger Many were the fumes when placed on the opponent s most dangerous man he held sald deadshots to very few points Fourth sensor us Bob Vaught whose long shots were the spearhead of has own prnvate attack A good fast break man he also turned un some good performances under the basket desplte has short stature The remaunung two regulars were sophomores namesly George l-lnlderbrand and Harry Smith George who dud has best work after mud season worked mostly under the basket Has hands were almost uncannuly receptnve and uf someone heaved the ball has way h would usually reach lt l-las rapid development surprised everyone and he as looked to as the maunstay of has remalnung two seasons Smuttys specualty was teamwork and many points were scored as a result of has feeding the ball unto posntuon l-le also has two remalnnng seasons As to next years season the Ranger coaching staff ns optnmastnc Coming up fast IS Junior Bull Shunkwuler The Llttle Fella has shown good basketball sense and got a 1Cont1nued on Page 111 9 . . , . y I . , . . , . 1 1 - 1 1 . , ' y . , G - 1 . . . . A 1 1 1 . . . . , , , . . . . . ,,. H ' 1