DPHS Boxing Pictures

The allure. This little Gold Glove. The goal of every boxer but, only a select few were successful.

The Blue and Gold. We were so proud to wear these colors. To hear those Cheer Leaders." Fight Fight Fight for old Deer Park High. Win the Victory" This robe was in the Archives from 1952 to 1999 when it was given to Brian Clouse who presented it to his Uncle Bob as a memento of the glory days of high school boxing.

His job was cut and dried. Coach Click made champions out of children.

Coach Click's 1947 dream team. He took his select squad to the State Championship at Washington State College in Pullman, WA. He came away with two champions and one second. Not bad for a small school which had been in a wilderness a scant forty years earlier. Back row; left to right, Coach Glen Click, Dean Jergerns, Ken Fisher, Wayne Kinney, Dale Bushnell, Paul Inman, Johnny Crandell, Martin Malek, Fred Roll and Manager Alwood Aamodt, front row; Malcolm Swanson, Warren Little, Don Berger, Bob Gibson, Pete Rieter, Tom Gardener, Don Steele, George Wessling, and George Hand. Bottom section; Kenneth Fisher Washington State Champion, Bob Clouse placed 2nd and Johnny Crandell Washington State Champion.

Back row. Fred Roll, Don Steele, Bob Clouse, Henry Woods, Jim Berry and Coach Click. Front row. Jim Reilly, Don Dunham, Eldon Booher, Vern Roll, Darris Schlieman. 1948 and 1949 saw the beginning of the end of amateur high school boxing as Washington state cancelled the sport. This ended a competition that was instrumental in teaching young men the art of self defense and standing on your own two feet and fighting your own battles.

In addition to the three managers shown above, there were Bill Watkins, Bill Tatum, and Shorty Lewis Daugherty. They were officially mangers for all sports but in boxing they were corner men. There were at least two in each bout plus the coach. They had a number of duties but the coach was the supervisor. The coach was the only one that put vaseline on our faces. One tiny bit in your eye and you were in trouble.

This is a photograph of the lettermen's (or "D") club. These athletes competed in baseball, basketball, football, boxing, tennis and track and earned the right to display the"D" on their sweater. Some were participated in most sports and others in only one or two. Most of these fellows tried boxing at some point. Standouts in baseball were Eldon "Swede" Hutchins and Everett Williams (back row second and third from the left). They were our winningest pitchers ever. Almost all these guys played football. Gerald Wiese was a star in the back field and was very tough to play against. A standout in almost every sport was Herman Zibell (except maybe tennis). Bobby Gibson and Don Steele fell into this catagory as well. The student body was proud of each of these young men. They may not have always won but they always tried.