Arlington Heights football history highlighted in Bradley fact book
The Bradley University football fact book features Arlington Heights alumnus Jim Summers 1956 rostered as halfback and Elliott Ormsbee head coach at AHS cited among past standout performers. Summers rushed 18 yards on four carries as a freshman and scored a TD, while 55 teammates in 1955 formed a strong halfback duo with John Lujack. Ormsbee earned Little All-American honors in 1941 and 1942 with Bradley posting an 8-1 and 7-0-1 era, respectively. The piece also notes other Arlington products Gordo Busse and John Deininger and previews an upcoming season amid anecdotal football lore and a nod to social stories from coaches Rockne and Zuppke.
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Rlington Heights
Bradley University
Jim Summers
Arlington Grad
Elliott “Bus” Ormsbee
AHS
Bradley
Summers
Saph
Jim
John Lujack
Arlington
Cardinals
Ormsbee
Braves
Peoria
Arkansas A & M
U. S. Army Depot
Bradley Athletics
Gordo Busse
John Deininger
Playoff Week For Palatine II In Little League
Palatine II wraps up schedules as playoffs begin for all positions with a Wednesday eve decisive game. Cards and Cubs compete for second half honors after Cubs defeated Cards 12 0 on Monday. Blundstone leads Cards with two hits in Thursday’s 5 2 win over Braves. Minor league sees Cards edge Cubs 2 1 to claim second half.
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Braves
Cubs
Carver
Dettinger
Kane
Smith
N. Little
Blundstone
W. Mattendorf
Vogt
Arendt
Kehe
Paddock Publications tourney standouts and 1947 sports notes
Carl Berlin still wears his second place Paddock Publications medal from 1941 as a good luck charm, while Old Orchard Scratch league awards a low team gross prize of a dozen golf balls to Kamps Signs. Len Arnold, filling in for vacationing Ellingston, is the first alternate with a zero handicap though his actual is 16. ALT WESSMAN named to Daly’s Pan-American games committee for 1958. Notre Dame, Illinois scholarships, and numerous local players and teams are listed with prep and college links, plus results from Arling-ton softball, North-South prep game prep, and high school football practice notes.
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Carl Berlin
Paddock Publications
Old Orchard
Kamps
Len Arnold
Paul Ellingston
Len
Alt Wessman
Wessman-Cunningham Sporting Goods
Arlington
Oak Park
Daly
Notre Dame
Ciesielski
Colosimo
Dujbasak
Ecuyer
Geremia
Meuthbauer
Nicolazzi
Odyniec
Pietroskate
Pietrzak
Wet
Chuck Bennett
LaGrange
Maine
Hinsdale
Lions
Cocaptains
Ed Meyer
Dave Wormley
Hal Wright
S. Belmont Lane
Arlington Heights
Glen Gorbous
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Omaha
Harlem Globetrotters
Paxton Lumpkin
DuSable
Len Dawson
Steelers
Rose-Lo
Hasemans
Palatine
Billy Becker
Wolfgram
Hertel
B. Rudolph
Boosters Lose to Yankees in Shortened Aurora Tilt 2 1
Arlington Roosters grab 19 hits in a strong offensive showing but drop to the Chicago Yankees 2 to 1 in six innings as darkness halts play. Dick Widmark and Bobby Klaus spark the visitors, while Arlington’s Getts Vittum Behrens and Yates pace the offense.
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Aurora
Black
Boosters
Chicago Yankees
Yankees
Detroit
Arington
Aurora Tigers
Recreation Park
Streator
Ill
Roosters
Aurora All-Steel Equipment Co
Bill Yates
Tony Sheer
Yates
Sheer
Bil Sprineer
Getts
Arlington
Dick Widmark
Northwestern
Ken Walters
Jim Bouton
Larry Fischer
Chicago
Widmark
Bobby Klaus
Illinois
Bob Miller
Tom Riley
Fischer
Bob Dotts
Dotts
Wittum
Bouton
Bloom
Western Michigan
Miller
100 Lap Race to Highlight O'Hare Car Program
O'Hare Stadium on Mannheim Road hosts a 100 lap stock car event as season finale style racing with top Illinois drivers including Gene Marmor and Fred Lorenzen. Amateur races join the show nightly with gates opening at 6 p.m. The program runs Sunday and Saturday with the same stars and cars warming up for the main event.
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O'Hare Stadium
Mannheim Rd
Irving Park
Chicagoland
O’hare
Chicago
Gene Marmor
O'Hare
Fred Lorenzen
Dan Moorhead
Elmhurst
Kenny Paulsen
Stone Park
Tom Cox
Villa Park
Bob Schultz
Elmwood Park
Bill Cherney
Tex Wooten
WRIB Stars Enter Tourney After Circuit Win
The WRIB All Stars, Western Suburban Major League champions, join the Thillens Boys Major tournament after a 2 0 victory over Circle Three Sports Club at Elmwood Park. Loerzel pitched and Pfluger caught. Loerzel hit a home run after Schimmel’s RBI. Players include Fattes Gurke Hettich Ortman Pfluger Schimmel Steller from Wood Dale Roselle Itasca Addison Jedlicka H Scharlan Schu macher plus extras Barton R Fattes Cunningham Kolvitz. Managed by H Pfluger with J DiBella and H Karpiel as coaches. John Ort man of Wood Dale organized entry.
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Wrib All Stars
Glen ElIlyn
Thillens
Circle Three Sports Club
Elmwood Park
Loerzel
Pfluger
Schimmel
J. Fattes
D. Gurke
B. Hettich
Ortman
Wood Dale
Cazel
Hall
Schaul
Roselle
Rompala
Steller
Itasca
Jedlicka
H. Scharlan
Schumacher
Addison
Barton
R. Fattes
Cunningham
Kolvitz
H. Pfluger
J. DiBella
H. Karpiel
R. Stengren
John Ortman
Boosters versus All Steel baseball game summary
Play by play shows Boosters 210 005 7 All Steel 4 22 errors list Yates 2 1 2, Vittum 3 3 0, Getts 3 3 0. Vittum Getts and Thomas 3 RBIs each, Yates 2 steals, Lujack 2. Yates gets win, Hints takes loss. time 2 50.
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Aji-Steel
Yates
Friten
David
la Porte
Hewitt
Phillips
Getts
Behrens
Vittum
Fischer
Thomas
Lynk
Fritch
Hints
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Knute Rockne
Bob Zuppke
Bud Stewart
Stewart
Zuppke
Mr. Stewart
Rockne
Addock
Paddock Sports Department
Hyde
Johnson
Sporting Goods
Lee St
Des Plaines
Wood Dale Sox
T. Diffley
R. Wright
T. Simmer
T. Short
M. Ortman
R. Schiller
Palatine II
By Ralph Wiehrdt
Teegan
Bolton
Eilering
M. Sheehan
Huff Gym
Dave Allen
Waukegan
Jake Fendley
South Shore
Bud Grover
Dundee
Bato Govedarica
Lane Tech
Don Sunderlage
Elgin
Dick Brogren
E. Rockford
Don Schairer
Burlington
Marvy Klein
Morton
John Rennicke
FE. Autoera
J Merrill
Duster” Thomas
Pinckneyville
Ted Beach
Champaign
Don Williams
Bob Owens
Paris
Ken McBride
Centralia
Rex Sebastian
Robinson
Glenn Vietor
Don Ungerott
Collinsville
Fred Major, Jr
Redwings
Castle AC
Cicero Reds
Mac
J. E. Stutzman
Logansport
Ind
Reg'Lar Fellers
Bob Frisk
Bob Getts
Dan Vittum
Randy Thomas
Leo Behrens
Dave Lynk
Grant Hints
Kenny Fritch
Main St
Wrib Stars
Giants
Sheewereneenne
Cubs Giants
Sateen Eens Ene
Patie
O Hare
Ford
Mannheim
Irving
Bill Bicknase
CAR Poole Leasing, Inc
George C. Poole
W. N.W. Hwy
Clearbroo
Wessman - Cunningham
H.p. Lightwin
H.p
H.p. Fleetwin
H.p. Sportwin
H.p. Fastwin
H.p. Electric
Big Twin
H.p. Lark
Walt
Hal” Wessman - Cunningham, Inc
SPOR
S. Dunton
Jack Sauter
Mar
S. Cal
Ark Ave
Oak
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