Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 9, 1953
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POINTS FOR ANN ARBOR: Lionel Jackson didn't have to look for the finish-line string as he came home first in the anchor leg of the medley relay which added five points to Ann Arbor's total in the Five-A League track meet here.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 9, 1953
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CAN'T GET MUCH CLOSER THAN THIS: A red-hot race at the fifth hurdle and just about this close at the end was the Five-A high hurdles event. From left to right are Ann Arbor's Bob Henson, Jackson's Tom Pierce (the winner) and Ann Arbor's Marv Baker.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 16, 1953
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ADD TO PIONEER COLLECTION OF TRACK TITLES: Here is the Ann Arbor High track squad which has already won the Five-A League championship and today went out after the regional crown. Ann Arbor's hopes for team victory were dim today because of the presence of Flint Northern, favorite for state Class A honors, in the Wines Field meet. Front row, left to right: Dick Sleet, Bill Koch, Marv Baker, Joe Bone, Don Koch, Bruce Rockman, Hathaway Gulley, John Batsakes. Second row, left to right: Coach Tim Ryan, Bill Thomas, Stuart May, Ernie Delco, Larry Antieau, Bob Evans, Milt Theros, Hugh Correll, Richard Mayer, Assistant Coach Hank Fonde. Third row, left to right: Ron Wilde, Tom Leith, Wardell Gillespie, Howard Reindel, Dave Dingman, Art Clark, Bill Ackmoody, Jerry Leith, Lionel Jackson. Back row, left to right: Elmer Rush, Jim Taylor, Jack Burbridge, George Batsakes, Doug Pittman, Ed Gallagher, Dick Jackson, John Wessinger, Don Cheatham, Ralph Smith

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 14, 1953
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PIONEER LOOK-ALIKES: Ann Arbor High Track Coach Tim Ryan usually has a pair of twins on his track roster but this year's set, Bill (left) and Don Koch, are, perhaps, more identical than most. One of the two (he said he was Don) was asked to come to The News office to identify the above pair. Don (if it was) admitted afterward he couldn't tell himself from his twin in the photograph until he remembered on which side he stood when it was made. Both fine runners, the twins can be expected to do well in Saturday's regional track competition at Wines Field.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 7, 1953
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PIONEER POINT-GATHERERS: Ann Arbor High Track Coach Tim Ryan hopes these four thinclads and their mates will be in top shape for Friday night's Five-A League championship meet under the Wines Field lights. From left to right are Hurdler Marv Baker, Sprinter and Jumper Dick Mayer, and Hurdlers Bob Henson and Joe Bone. Pioneer hopes of repeating for the league crown will rise or fall with the performance of the hurdlers.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 3, 1966
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James Daniel (left), Ypsilanti High School senior, and Thomas Gieryn, Ann Arbor High School senior, display their trophies after winning the oratorical contest sponsored by Elks Pratt Lodge No. 322 and Daisy Chain Temple. Gieryn placed first and Daniel second in competition on "The Negro and The Constitution." Gieryn, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Gieryn of 2541 Hawthorne, will go on to the state competition in June. Daniel is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. William J. Daniel of 213 Buffalo, Ypsilanti. Pratt Lodge and the Temple also honored Mrs. Charlesetta Monroe, a former director of the oratorical contest project, in the program which was held at Bethel AME Church Sunday.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 24, 1952
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MEET ANN ARBOR HIGH'S TRACK CHAMPS: For several years The News has honored the city's championship high school teams by printing pictures of the squad which took the title. Here, then, is the squad which holds this year's Five-A League and regional track championship. Some of its members today were competing at Ferry Field in the State Class A title meet. Those above who failed to qualify for today's competition were on hand to cheer. The squad members, left to right, in each instance: BOTTOM ROW - Assistant Coach Hank Fonde, Prenty Ware, Chuck Morton, Jack Newman, Don Franklin, Coleman Jewett, Co-Capts. Bob Barr and Bill Newman, Art Preston, Bob Winder, and Coach Tim Ryan. SECOND ROW - Joe Bone, Bruce Rockman, Harry Haas, Bill Koch, Dick Mayers, Don Koch, Bob Hensen, Dick Sleet, Harry Shore, and Hugh Correll. THIRD ROW - Manager Jerry Waxman, Art Clark, Jim Ritchie, Milt Theros, Marv Baker, Duane Calvert, Mike Berg, and Hathaway Gulley. FOURTH ROW - Manager Don Thomas, Pete Gilbert, Bob Evans, Jerry Leith, Stewart May, Tom Leith, Howard Reidell, and Bob Wright. The Leith twins, transfer students from U high at midyear, were not eligible for competition this spring but trained with the rest to keep in shape for next year's campaigning.