tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49670903864444291642024-02-19T08:04:11.051-06:00F.J. Reitz High School History BlogFeel the HistoryReitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-63058650416371246132011-02-24T10:27:00.000-06:002011-02-24T10:27:30.288-06:00Reitz's First Basketball Sectional Crown <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8oO7ur7bkwFsA0AKbKSu2p2B0CjXT0Ak6SoXxsPa9irRbYVcmrTyyu1cDyZaJcdt3CdWxnUNUoM9_WV816E4oXpfHAzwjSTVUysl-nlXd_3nHz8TFaJBI8A9CLOtA0qapUKCAAEweo0y/s1600/Untitled-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="281" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8oO7ur7bkwFsA0AKbKSu2p2B0CjXT0Ak6SoXxsPa9irRbYVcmrTyyu1cDyZaJcdt3CdWxnUNUoM9_WV816E4oXpfHAzwjSTVUysl-nlXd_3nHz8TFaJBI8A9CLOtA0qapUKCAAEweo0y/s320/Untitled-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The March 9, 1934 Reitz Mirror annonuced the first Sectional <br />
Championship for the Rietz Basketball team.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Reitz High School won its first Basketball Sectional Title in March of 1934. To capture the title, the Panthers had to win 4 games. In the first round, Reitz faced Chandler High School. Reitz secured an early lead that it never relinquished. The final score was 38-17. In the second game of the tournament, Reitz face Evansville Central High school. Central was the toughest team in the tournament and had just defeated Bosse High School in their first round game. Reitz crushed the Central Bears by a score of 27-9. After Central, Newburg was next on the Panther's list. The Reitz Mirror described Newburg as the "classiest of the out of town teams". After defeating them by a score of 38-23, Reitz went on to face Elberfeld in the final. After trailing 9-7 at the end of <span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">the</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> first</span> quarter, the panthers came back to post a 42-21 victory, securing the first Basketball Sectional Title in school history.Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-16044644376169667022011-01-07T13:53:00.000-06:002011-01-07T13:53:59.379-06:00A Piece of History Returns to the Hill<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCONTrLLlimOwZ990NGbuej6X4ZShLTdIbPIwrC8x0rj60IjrdnWYgWcfvzjVqf2cIQSUhZhjaB-yHOjFNmg1hdL6U8ZnaRgMXGRZ-lsMjedloppYVltlV3ez8tfiBw3Jh06XNuPY6EjpC/s1600/IMG_9314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCONTrLLlimOwZ990NGbuej6X4ZShLTdIbPIwrC8x0rj60IjrdnWYgWcfvzjVqf2cIQSUhZhjaB-yHOjFNmg1hdL6U8ZnaRgMXGRZ-lsMjedloppYVltlV3ez8tfiBw3Jh06XNuPY6EjpC/s320/IMG_9314.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original section of the 1956 basketball floor from the Large Gym.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>A section of basketball court containing the jump circle has returned to Reitz High School. The piece of floor is approximately 8' square, with a large grey "R" in a blue circle. The artifact dates from 1956 when the current gym was added to the school. The jump circle was saved in the mid 1980's when the original floor was replaced. Immeditely after it's removal, the R was displayed in Mr. Don Henry's health classroom. For the past 15+ years, it has been in EVSC storage. Mr. Schmidt's industrial technology class is currently building a frame with plans of displaying it near the gym entrance. Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-21848470164215324422010-12-14T08:41:00.000-06:002010-12-14T08:41:08.227-06:00The True Story of Reitz's School Colors<div class="post-body entry-content"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reitz Mirror Article from Sept. 1924.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Many Reitz Fans know that the original school colors were Purple and Gold, but the reason for the change to Blue and Grey is less widely known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason most often cited is that Reitz gave up Purple and Gold so Lincoln High School, the African American High School, could have them; Blue and Grey was adopted because Reitz sits on the border between the old North and South.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are several reasons that this is unlikely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, Lincoln High School was opened in 1928, three years after Reitz abandoned their original colors. Second, the idea that a white school would give up their school color for an African American school during a time of widespread racism seems very unlikely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, there is no mention in any records of the proximity to the border between the north and south factoring into the discussion for the new colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The change in the school colors is more closely tied to the football team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the April 16, 1924 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reitz Mirror</i>, the school newspaper, it was reported that a student forum held a discussion of changing the school colors from Purple and Gold to Blue and Grey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time, no reason was stated for the possible change and no position was taken by the Mirror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The following fall, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the Mirror</i> of September 19, 1924 stated that “Much talk has been circulated about the school colors being changed.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It goes on to state that “The football sweater and jerseys (sic) are blue and gray so the colors don’t correspond”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mirror</i> went on to call for a change in the colors of the football uniforms or a change of the school colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students were encouraged to make their appeal to the faculty and Mr. Bosse, the school principal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNmTNlW3lbjaIV2s8d-O4TnH7Dr6lEmlKBJTuH2ZVrmoVRGlPx2Nb9CEpAtjQN5yb2qVaY1mGZ-kqZp7L_nEq4mOv_JYKWOXPD74TFphdm0uzjAcp9fh86KUBYEG3QH27ycPTr23Jo9e7/s1600/mirror+football+equiptment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNmTNlW3lbjaIV2s8d-O4TnH7Dr6lEmlKBJTuH2ZVrmoVRGlPx2Nb9CEpAtjQN5yb2qVaY1mGZ-kqZp7L_nEq4mOv_JYKWOXPD74TFphdm0uzjAcp9fh86KUBYEG3QH27ycPTr23Jo9e7/s320/mirror+football+equiptment.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The following spring, in June of 1925, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Mirror</i> announced that new football equipment had arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The sox are solid Blue this year instead of purple and gold,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the Mirror</i> reported.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The article also described the jerseys as being blue with gray stripes and the sleeves with big grey numbers on the back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The official change was finally made the follow fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As recorded in the 1926 yearbook calendar, on October 19, 1925, the Hi-Y club held its first meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evidentially a vote was held and the school colors, Blue and Grey, were finally decided upon.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calendar Entry from the 1926 Reitz Yearbook.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">While Reitz giving its school colors to the upstart African American high school is a nice story, and the connection of Blue and Gray to the Civil War may make geographic sense, they both appear to be false.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real story reinforces what many Reitz fans already know:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>football is and always has been very important at Reitz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The color of the football jerseys ultimately drove the decision to make Blue and Gray the official colors for FJ Reitz High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-48252144467571045072010-12-06T08:03:00.000-06:002010-12-06T08:03:33.964-06:00Reitz's First Team Captain<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ralph Wood - Football and Basketball <br />
team Captain in 1921-22</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ralph Wood was the first team captain of the Reitz High School football and basketball team. The son of William Wood, a pottery worker on the west side of Evansville IN, he lived with his family on West Delaware St. Wood made history on October 4, 1919 when he score the first touchdown ever for Reitz High School. He scored on a 10 yard end run against Central High School reserve team at the end of the first half. Reitz went on to win the game 6 - 0 and finish its first season 4 -3. Only four years later, in 1923, Reitz would win its first city championship. In 1922, Wood graduated from Reitz. He worked at Mead Johnson Pharmaceuticals for 25 years until his untimely death at the age of 49 on June 10, 1952. He was survived by his wife Julia. Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-57856627007467475162010-11-19T12:15:00.000-06:002010-11-19T12:15:26.951-06:00Reitz History Video<a href="http://www.evscicats.com/terry/fth/segments/reitz-history.html">F.J. Reitz High School - The Building of a West Side Tradition</a><br />
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Above is a link to a video on the History of Reitz High School that the Feel the History class produced several years ago.Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-58271119007873603992010-11-16T12:31:00.001-06:002011-04-27T10:33:55.505-05:00Reitz's First Champion<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Alexander - Captain of the <br />
Indiana University Cross<br />
Country team in 1927.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Alexander was the first state champion in the history of our school and one of our greatest student athletes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was outstanding in the classroom as well as in the field of athletics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John was Vice President of his senior class and served as President of his junior class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also involved in the Hi-Y club, the drama club, the debate team, the forum, and the yearbook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">As a member of the Wrestling team, the Football team, the Basketball team, and the Track team as well as a competitive swimmer, he was a true multi-sport athlete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Track is the sport in which John excelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was part of Reitz’s first undefeated sport team in 1922.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> In 1923, a</span>s a junior he finished 4<sup>th</sup> at state in the Mile, breaking the previous state record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his senior year, 1924, John won state in both the Mile and 880 yard races.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He went on to finish 5<sup>th</sup> in both events at the <placename w:st="on">National</placename> <placetype w:st="on">High School</placetype> Track Meet held in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Chicago</place></city>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">After high school John went on to run track and cross-country at <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Indiana</placename> <placetype w:st="on">University</placetype></place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the captain of the IU cross-country team in 1925-26.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After his days in sports, John became Dr. Alexander.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He graduated from IU medical school and became an established optometrist on the Westside. </b></div></div> <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div> Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-8531614332320704462010-11-10T14:09:00.000-06:002010-11-10T14:09:26.564-06:00Reitz Bowl - Football Paradise<div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhKQAzmZmQxHJU2S5zRqx9uIEPO-qZpvS51mrlTeG-cQbyvzXlzjms6UlZdisBqNUzejKEhr5lFksyjWtFiH43-75woDXDMwCBHceJJdh2-iPssw_hSYSk1r_XlBTIeVI-PsQ_sgprRKB/s1600/1921-08-2week_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="114" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhKQAzmZmQxHJU2S5zRqx9uIEPO-qZpvS51mrlTeG-cQbyvzXlzjms6UlZdisBqNUzejKEhr5lFksyjWtFiH43-75woDXDMwCBHceJJdh2-iPssw_hSYSk1r_XlBTIeVI-PsQ_sgprRKB/s400/1921-08-2week_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bowl Under Construction in Sept. 1921</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <strong>The idea for the Bowl was born early in the school’s history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As early as 1918, the Evansville Courier showed plans of a Reitz campus that included stadium seating on the hillside behind the school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the summer of 1921 bids were taken by the school board for construction of a retaining wall and seats behind the school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On September 18, 1921, the Courier reported that ¾ of the work was done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contractors W.H. Grammer and Mason Reichert explained that the project was delayed because of shale that had to be blasted during construction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original bowl seats were directly behind the school (currently Sections E -H).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The seating area could accommodate 3600 people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Courier also noted, “The seats are built large enough that persons who care to take collapsible chairs with them may do so and not interfere with other spectators.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seating was added at the opened and closed ends of the Bowl shortly after the original project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the 1923 football season, the Bowl as we know it today was completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></div>Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4967090386444429164.post-91525542673325532072010-11-08T14:01:00.000-06:002010-11-08T14:01:21.873-06:00Reitz is Born<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRi9EtfDzDAY5tppfWrTsFWuu9Xn2AVI0_JqNSWVBohYkRwCAHTnIlLW5_k8YM8qO8ZLrSwzHoFUMyZzPxGFeE-_PYhHSTsdnPvOKT0WByG-UGrbR2rmwvjm-gj-Gx03mCLf3_m_fw5m9o/s1600/Reitz116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRi9EtfDzDAY5tppfWrTsFWuu9Xn2AVI0_JqNSWVBohYkRwCAHTnIlLW5_k8YM8qO8ZLrSwzHoFUMyZzPxGFeE-_PYhHSTsdnPvOKT0WByG-UGrbR2rmwvjm-gj-Gx03mCLf3_m_fw5m9o/s320/Reitz116.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>On November 3, 1917, a group of people gathered on top of a wooded hill on the west side of Evansville for the laying of the corner stone for the West Side Junior High School. Attendees would have probably taken the Barker St. trolley and gotten off at the Austin Ave. stop. From there, they would have walked what is now several blocks up the hill to the construction site. Today, that site is home to F.J. Reitz High School.Reitz Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01063410112064687312noreply@blogger.com0