Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1939, Page 75

Description:	1939 B. H. S.WRESTLINGFor the seventh time in B. H. S. history,Coach Harold Mumby guided his Panther wrestlers to the highest pinnacle possible—the statechampionship. After sweeping undefeated throughseven dual meets, the Purple entertained thirteenother Indiana high school teams at I. U. andcarried away top honors with 29 points.In the seasons first dual meet, here January20, the locals swamped Rushville 38%-l%. Thenext week the Panthers traveled to Bedford andcame back on the long end of a 25%-12% count.Continuing their winning ways, the Panthers,clad in new purple tights, took a 29-11 victoryfrom the invading Southport team. The nextweek a return match with the Cardinals washeld with the Purple again winning overwhelmingly, 28%-12%.Not yet satisfied, the Mumbymen journeyedto Muncie, took the measure of the strong Bearcats, 20-12, and on the way home, pinned backthe ears of the Rushville Lions with a 28-8trouncing.Closing their regular dual meet activities,the sons of B. H. S. remained undefeated by administering a 26-12 lacing to the Bedford Stonecutters.February 24 and 25 found the Bloomingtonboys at the State Meet winning four individualchampionships and one second place. Ralph Boruff at 95 lbs., Warren Sparks in the 115 lb.division, Captain Joe Sparks at 125 lbs., andIrwin Chitwood, 155-pounder, won gold medalsfor first places. Roger Bender, wrestling in the105 lb. class, won second place.Other members of the state champion teamwere Raymond Steffy, Dennis Norman, Jess In-man, Bernard Ayres, and Bob Patty.Left over to carry on the 1940 wars forCoach Mumby are Boruff, Bender, Inman, andAyres, with several other young, but improvinggrapplers.GOLF AND TENNISProspects for another strong Panther golfteam were exceedingly bright at the time theGothic went to press. The four-man team representing B. H, S. last spring was composed entirely of sophomores. This quartet, returning intact, was made up of Bob Cook, Bill Hoke, Ken-ney Miller, and Edgar Mullins. These golferswon fourth in the state last year, and according to Coach John Brogneaux, they expect tocop first place easily this season.The chirping of birds and the blossoming offlowers also brought racketeers from their winter homes to begin batting the balls over thetennis courts.Here is the tentative schedule for the twospring sports.April 15CrawfordsvilleThereApril 21Wiley and Gerst-meyer of TerreHauteHereApril 22BedfordThereApril 28BedfordHereApril 29Wiley and Gerst-meyer of TerreHauteThereMay 5Shortridge of IndianapolisHereMay 6FranklinThereMay 12FranklinHereMay 13ShortridgeThereTRACKThe incomplete Panther schedule at the timethe Gothic went to press is as follows:Tech of Indianapolis ThereBedford (tentative)Bosse of EvansvilleSouthport RelaysOpenS. I. A. C. MeetSectionalState MeetApril 7April 12April 15April 19April 21April 29May 12May 20HereHereThereThereHereThereThe Bloomington High School Panthers havegenerated successful track teams every seasonfor the last decade. Last season was no exception. Last year the thinly clads won lopsided victories over Greencastle, Brazil, and Loo-gootee, losing only to the State Indoor Champions from Hammond.The locals placed first in the Southport Relays and in the Sectional. Later they tied forfirst place with Bosse of Evansville for theS. I. A. C. crown. In the State Meet, the half-mile relay team placed second.Graduation hit our track squad heavily, butthese lettermen, Captain Russell Brown, ZaneCannon, Ray Hayden, Bob Mitchell, Ray Steffy,and Bill Stineburg, and a large group of othertrack aspirants returned this season and hadevery expectation of doing bigger and betterthings than the previous track squads had done.Page seventy-five
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