The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-17
Grid News
Washington High Makes
Rapid Strides in
Few Years.
BY DICK MILLER

Four years ago this month, the
big doors at Washington swung open
and admitted students to the new
west side high school Later the
same day. the back door opened to
allow a small group Of boys to pass
10 vacant lot. where the school S
first varsity football squad met for
It's first workout There we're no uni
forms for this initial drill, nor was
there a gridiron just a hilly field
full of rocks and holes
Tuesday evening, the same back
door opened. but this time fifty
husky youths, completely equipped
with football paraphernalia, swarmed
out onto a modern athletic field,
also completely equipped and devoid
of the rocks and holes that had
marred its appearance four years
before
In addition 10 a gridiron, there
ara tennis courts. track, jumping
pits and diamond. The gridiron is
not completely covered with heavy
sod yet. nor have the bleachers been
installed, but it represents a great
improvement over the first Wash
ington athletic plant
Among those fifty boys on the field Tues
6sy night were FIVE who we're In that
group four years age that reported for
Washington'5 FIRST g. 'diron call on the
the first team is Harry Lewis. Frank
Bloemer Emil Unser Edward Hubbard and
Ralph Saunders. Some time years from
Old W men from way back in 1926 when
Washington had its FIRST team
The Washington team this year is prob
ably the hest that has ever represented
the school. But they miss Jim Carter, the
su-around athlete. Skeet Conuers and
others uho have graduated. but the stu
dent body looks upon the 1880 edition as
championship timber
Coach Henry Bogue Is beginning his
third year at Washington. Each season
las found his team with better record.
one assistant. James Shockley. The Wash
tngton faculty does not include many ex-
football stars.
The BOYS at Washington have spirit. As
soon as school closed last June most Of
them HE'D for the golf links and by
Csddv work all summer earned enough
money TO pay their way TO the football
training camp at Lake Webster.
IN at that camp funny things happened.
Big Butch Upser. 2SO-pound tackle, won
tho croquet championship. Frank B.Oemer,
who slept in the same tent with Unser,
tells one on the giant. ANY time during
the night Unser could be expected to wake
nm and awaken all the others in the tent.
Then he would ask them. well. boys. how
does it feel to sleep in the same tent with
a Champion"
However there we're other champion
won the punting contest against all the
other big schools at the camp. Frank
Lu5ar and Bob McTarsney we're flnaliSts
in the horseshoe pitching contest and
Lawless cropped out as a great tackle
prospect.
Thoughts Of next year came to Coach
Bogue when he watched a promising fresh
man. Red Totten work at full back The
arrival late last week Of big Ed Hubbard
with his 800 pounds of beef. helped out
the line problem considerably.
The vest side always has contributed its
share OF star athletes to the other high
schools of the city and now that they have
2 school of their own they are determined
70 show something. This with
Cathedral shortridge. Manual Broad
Ripple and Technical on the schedule they
will have very ample opportunity.