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~ _‘ Thursday, March16, 1950 â€" * Hinsdale will be host to 16 outstanding Illinois *high school baskethall teams December 28, 29 and u?t 1950. Every effort is being made to make this the 0 standing holiday tournament in the Middle West. The tournament will be staged in the beautiful new ~school gymnasium which can seat approximately 4,500 people. _ ' teamâ€"is aâ€"participant.‘:~.~ . Outâ€" standing teams such as Evanston, Riversideâ€"Brookfield, Proviso of Maywood, Galesburg, East Aurora, Wheaton, ~Argo, Maine, Crystal Lake,â€"Elgin,â€" York of© Elmhurst, Naperville, and Downers Grove are entered. . .. The tournament will run three days with 8 games on Thursday, 4 games on Friday ~and 4 on Saturday. . . . The Boosters‘ Club of Hinsdale will assist the Host School in many â€"special tournament activities. The year nineteen hundred and fifty,may well be a "red letter" one for sports at the Hié\hland Park high school as far as basketball is concerned. .â€" Well, folks, we received news from Hinsdale high school at Hinsdale, Illinois, members of the West Subâ€" urban conference, that the Little Giant varsity cagers are entered in the First Annual Christmas tournaâ€" ment to be sponsored by that school. . £>, June 30th to July 6th. Over 40,000 Séouts from the United States will attend and also a foreign delegaâ€" tion of 1200 Sconts. Scouts from Highland Park Disâ€" trict who have signed up for this event are as follows: John Crowell and Geoffery Cepâ€" erly from Troop 30. John Sheridan and Robert Moâ€" romey from Troop 36. E. Seott Vaile, David Maxon, and Kenneth Pierce fromâ€"Troop ordered for Highland Park and it may well lead to better things at the local school, especially to help build up the school spirit which is o greatly lacking. . . . It is the 2int tournament of this kind that Highland Park has everâ€"entered.. George Grover has had his prosâ€" McMaster (S*), Bob Castellari (J), Leon Blumberg (S), Larry Dean (S*), Geno Bagatti (S*), Jerry Walz (J) and Skip Schwartz (S). and Ernest Rabattini. (S)â€"Senior; (J)â€"Junior and North Shore Boys To Attend Jamboree The Boy Scouts of America will hold its Second National Jamboree Highland Park fans are ‘guar- anteed a minimum of 500 tickets to each session in which the local * With basketball out of the picâ€" tureâ€"for another year we can now turn our attention to â€"the univerâ€" salâ€" game of baseball. Coach Rolly Zagnoli® (S*),â€" George Freeman (J) and George Glader (§). > Harold Visoky (S), Henry Tutâ€" tle (S*), Brunoâ€"Ponsi (J), Fr.‘-l Schweiger (S) and Harry Dufâ€" field (S). 106 games next year plus t.hl:games they can get in atâ€"the sdale and State tournaments. s Little Giant nine ($*) The Blue .and White will play 16 games next year plus the games (S), Sam high school gym (?). . . . A team composed of . seniors from this year‘s varsity: Booth, Fiocchi, Coleman," Zagnoli and Phillips, barely won out over the faculty who came out to «__â€"__â€"__â€"â€"â€"â€" the "war" with 5 Messrs. Carlson, â€" The youngsters proved too much for the "old men‘‘ in the varsity faculty basketball game last Friâ€" day night at the Highland Park Championship Changes; Grover‘s Champions Lose Panther‘s session team started the third quarter on the short end of a 20 to 10 score, but soon came from behind to tie the score at 22 all. Mr. Grover‘s session, led by Larry Dean and Skippy Schwarts, managed to tie the score several times, but finally came out on the short end of a 29 to 27 acore. Rallying in the last two quarâ€" ters to overcome a twelve point deficit, Mr. Panther‘s intramural basketball team, led by Jim Bench, Geno Bagotti, Louis Grimmeison, Watrous _ along â€" ‘"He Retires" with Russ Whitâ€" >.~ ney also gave an exhibition on the trampoline, . . . It was a nice evening of entertainâ€" ment and all those who ventured out had an enjoyable time. 3 Eleven members of the Lake Forest college basketball team will receive letters, according to head Coach Walter Lemm. . . . The Foresters completed the most sucâ€" Lake Forest as they won 12 of 19 ¢essful season in .ten years at only twoâ€"at June graduations. of Time? There is a good story on wIVW IOOD . MMESMNF, . COWnEW ME Grover‘s previously unbeaten inâ€" third place in the Little Nine conâ€" ference. . . .Of the eleven receivâ€" ing their letters, Lake Forest Joses Did you read the latest edition Mr. H. P.‘s Track Team ~ . | ~High School Proble l_!npr‘o.ves_!n New Trier * ARTICLE IX * In: the first event, the pole vault, Phil Watrous and Pete Kalâ€" las teamed" up to tie down first and second plafes for the varsity. Phil won the event with a vault of 10 ft. 6 in. In the froshâ€"sophâ€" diâ€" vision the same event, freshnian Don Nordmark went 8 ft. to win. Highland Park‘s mastery : conâ€" tinued in the high jump as Phil These . victories; plus a near win of the varsity‘s 8â€"lap relay team, and the general allâ€"around improvement â€" of . times and disâ€" tances of both squad#, prompted Coach Panther to say "This meet, like the rest of the meets in the indoor season, will be an opporâ€" tunity for Highland Park to pracâ€" tice and become prepared for the outdoor season. With these . boys tied for first in their respective divisions. Other bright spots of the day for: the froshâ€"soph were the individual wins of Reno Signorio in the 50 yd. dash, Walt Benson in the shot, and the victory of the 4â€"lap relay team: Dorough and "Big" Bob George already out. for. track, plus the yet untapped . track~" material around high school, principally sprinters and field event men, Highland Park. could have a real upsurge in track." In order to choose the members of next year‘s Student Council executive board, theréâ€"will be an election in the near future. The people nominated for these offices will be introduced to the school in an assembly which will precede Game Friday Night H. S. Students Plan . For Council Election In Benefit Basketball ~o= _ _ By Bill Kiddle § The basketball season came to a belated end last Friday night at Highland_Park High with the playing of the annual: Varsityâ€" Faculty basketball game. ~Thanks should be extended to Messrs Carison, Morrison, Panâ€" ther; Henderson, McLaughlin, Daâ€" nakas, Elliot, Zaeske, Grover and Kyle for their help in making the game a great success. There will be racing events for all age group from 11,to 18. The events will include the 50 yard Crawl, the 50 Yard Breast, 50 Yard Back, 75 Yard Medley, 100 Yard Relay Races. Mr. Robert Doepel will award the trophy to the winning Troop, Attractive inâ€" dividual medals will be given out. to the winner in each age group. Mr.. David. Robertson, Swimming Coach at New Trier High School, will be in charge of allarrangeâ€" ments for the Swimming Meet. Parents ~and other friends of The varsity beat the faculty 34 to 23, but neither the score nor the victory was. important. What was ‘important was the fact that the full house at H.P.H.S. gym â€"had a good time and that the proceeds from their donations will .make the printing of the "Little Giant" year book possible. At Local High School ~Featoring the Band and Chorus; the first.of two spring concerts will be presented at the Highland Lincoln Lyrics, by George McKay, North Shore Scouts To Hold Swimming Meet Scouting are invited to attend, Park high school on Sunday, April Aong the selections to be played by the band are several written especially for symphonic bands. Examples of these are "Trauersâ€" infonie," by Wagner, and "Suite for Military Band," by Gustay Plan Spring Concert portraying the life of Abraham Lincoln will be sung by members The North Shore Area Council Boy Scouts‘ Swimming Meet will be held at New Trier High School Natatorium Saturday, March 18 at 2 P. M. * ; arsity Nips Faculty A. suite of eight songs, the TKE PRESS tention this week. All of the nominations are‘ to This was built in 1915, the same| be mdz sometime ‘this month, time the East Building was conâ€"| and the printing of the ballots will structed, and even by standards of | follow. « that day, it was a poorly conceived| ho details of the election are structure functionally. The swimâ€" being handled by Dee Cabonargi "“:‘.hp""!' and most of "h: l“kt:' anrd Don Piper, of the Student and shower rooms were put on the a Tirss floor, the gitls‘ gym on ::e Council executive board. second floor, the boys on e » s Third, making trolting. up and N.avy:s Win Climaxes down stairs necessary for both| Girls‘ Basketball Season The Physical Education buildâ€"| organizations at â€" the Highland ing on the west side of the inner|Park high school, an. allâ€"school court, in back of the Library end|election will be held sometime in of Shield‘s Hall receives our atâ€"| April. 5 students and instructors for each The gymnasiums are both too small for our present use and are used to capacity both during and after school, for the regular and intraâ€"mural program. A wrestling room for the boys was made out of the balcony overlooking the girls‘ gym, with a tumbling lndJ corrective: gym room for both boys and girls below it. These are both small andâ€"poorly ventilated. »There is a wooden running track, felt covered on a balcony above the boys‘ gym floor. The covering is. so worn. as to <â€"be dangerous and must be replaced if the track is to ‘be continued. in use. The whole room needs repair and paint. None of the three floors were built lnrh enough to take spectaâ€" tors, and when small bleachers are put around the basketball courts there is. constant danger for the playersâ€"so much so that during the time we were not in the Suburâ€" ban League, Evanston refused to play in our gym on that basis. They are forced to do so while we are.a member of the Suburban The area of the pool room is so small it is a shock to see it. Not more than 100. people can crowd around its edge and eyen in so doing, we are winking at a state sanitation regulation ‘that forbids spectators on the deck of the pool. Our best divers cannot dive in our pool, (Russell Whitney this year) . and must go anywhere they can get in, for their practice. The pool is only 24 x 60 ft while the standard size is 35 by 75 ft. our Athletic Field will receivg our attention next week, followed by our ideas for the future. We will welcome your interest and your ideas toward the improvement of our High School plant. moisture from the pool rises in the walls, keeping the plaster in the zooms above constantly moist and â€"erumbly. The roof of this building must also be repaired and much subsequent work done inside on the walls. tween the second and third floors, too high to take serious cases to the facilities there. Again this building lL:h storâ€" moisture from the pool rises age space for janitorial supplies and for equipment for the departâ€" ment. The locker and shower space dictated not by what the students need, but by what we can give them. with our present restricted . _A new filtration system was installed for. the pool this year. The steam from the showers and 200 minutes of gym work a week per pupil. Our Physical Education Department has juggled and balâ€" anced in every wiy possible to meet the requirement, but are able to do,so only with the Freshman boys and girls and the Senior boys. Practically every other high school in this area_now has or is about to have facilities adequate to meet this requiremént. f space Tess than. the . -lxé{ot one standard court. _____. _‘ In fact our wliole program is The rest of our children get an |7â€"â€" average of three 25â€"minute periods a week (time out for dressing and undressing and going up and down || |â€" stairs and showers from a 40 minâ€" ute period) because there are not enough exercise areas available..!| |» We frequently have 40 An a vl in basketball p;ylu 0 P floor o e oo s t Te d ce There is a state law requiring DO YOU.NEED HELP? TRY A PRESS WANT AD By Mrs. FUEL OIL Plan Allâ€"School Election At Local High School In order to select leaders of next year‘s classes, clubs, and To put a thrillingâ€"end ‘to the girls‘ basketball season, the "Naâ€" vy" team came out on the long end of a 23â€"22 score in their game with the "Army" team. Leading 23 to 18 as they went into the fourth quarter, the Navy just managed to win, Members of the Navy team were Joanne. â€"Febel â€"(captain), Judy Cohen, Thayer Forbes, Peggy. Manfredini, Pearl Pearce, Connie Miller, and ‘Evelyn <â€" Wehrmeyer. Playing for the Army were Winoâ€" na Kuehn (captain) Joan Graham, Lynn Elliott,. Donna .Growney, Catherine Jennings, Barbara Scott, Barbara Simon, and Mary Selâ€" fridge: 35 =* Boy Scouts To Try Out First Aid _ â€" On March 31st over 450 Scouts from 48 Troops in the North Shore Afel Council areâ€" expected to participate in the Annual Counâ€" cil First Aid Meet to be held at HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL Saturday, April 1â€"Zionâ€"Benton vs. Highland Park, here, two games. Tuesday, April 4â€"Northbrook vs. Highland Park, here. © Thursday, April 6â€"Northbrook vs, Highland Park, here. . Tuesday, . Aprilâ€"11â€"Niles vs. !'lj.blnnd Park, there. Saturday, April 15â€"Leyden vs. Highland Park, here. Two games. Tuesday, April 18â€"New Trier vs. Highland Park, there. ‘Tuesday, April 25â€"Evanston vs. Highland Park, there. § Saturday, April 29â€"Proviso vs. Highland Park, there. Two games. $ Tuesday, May 2â€"Waukegan vs. Highland Park, here. Saturday, May 6â€"Morton vs. Highland Park, here. Two games.> Tuesday, May 9â€"New Trier vs. Highland Park, here. Saturday, May 13â€"Oak Park vs, Highland Park, here. Tuesday, May 16â€"Evanston vs. Highland Park, here, ° * Tuesday, May 23â€"Waukegan vs. Highland Park, there. ~ Saturday, April 22â€"Lake Shore Quadrangular with New Trier, Wauâ€" â€" $ kegan, Evanston and Highland Park at Highland Park. se Tuesday, April 25â€"Niles, here. - Saturday, April 29â€"Wheaton, there. > i * @3 Tuesday, May 2â€"Maine Township, there..â€"â€"~â€"~ 4 f Thursday, May 4â€"Froshâ€"Soph Triangular with Waukegan, New Trier ~ and Highland Park at New Trier. : Saturday, May 6â€"Mooscheart Relays, there. x Tuesday, May 9â€"Froshâ€"Soph Invitational at Evanston. x % Saturday, May 13â€"District meet at Evanston. : o Tuesday, May 16â€"Waukegan, there. $ y : * f Friday and Saturday, May 19â€"20â€"State meet at University of Illincis, â€" Tuesday, May 23â€"Lake County meet at Lake Forest. * â€"~Tri6r, Highland Park and Schurz. _ _ .â€" _ _ _ Thursday, March: 23â€"Maine Township, there. < Saturday, April 1â€"Oak‘Park Relays. _ ~ ~ New Station . . . Latest Equipment . . . Finest Products MOBILGAS â€" â€" ‘MOBILOIL â€" . MOBILUBRICATION VARSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULEâ€"1950 Northwest Corner Railway_Avenue and Prairie Saturday, March 18 Car Washing + Polishing > Service Station TRACK SCHEDULE FOR 1950 â€"â€" FREE GIFTS FOR ALk â€"â€" Grand Opening â€" Telephone: HI 21047 North Shore S\dwoh Participate In CARE Book Program North Shore public schools are participating in the collection of books for the North Shore CARE Book Sale which will take place Monday, March 27, from noon to 9 p.m. in the Edgar A. Stevens store in Evanston. Highland Park High School, Linâ€" coln, Green Bay, and Ravinia, In Glencoe, all of the public schools are cooperating in this book colâ€" lection. Cartons, donated by the Iredale Storage Company, have been placed in these schools, for the books. Collection boxes are also in the Winnetka Village Hall, the Winâ€" netka Library, the Glencoe Liâ€" brary, and the Highland Park‘ Liâ€" be taken to Mrs. Robert Stanton‘s home, 9823 Drake Avenue, Books donated for the North Shore CARE Book Sale will be collected on Saturday, March 25; CAREâ€"UNESCO Book Program to send. new scientific and techâ€" nical books overseas, Mrs. Arthur H. Richland, of Glencoe, is genâ€" eral chairman of the Book Sale. Mr. Carnahan and other memâ€" bers of the American Red Cross Staff will direct the activities of this Meet, ‘Troops will enter First Aid Teams of 8 members each. Attractive rating badges will be presented to each Scout particiâ€" pating in the Meet. Glenview Naval Air Station beâ€" ginning at 8 P.M. sharp. s Proceeds from the North Shore with Oak Park, New Page 5