ca. 1939. Three female skiers at Mount Rainier, possibly Annie Wright students. They are tentatively identified as, left to right, Anne Chapman of Tacoma, Marie Eckstrom of Tacoma and an unidentified skier.

Skiers--1930-1940; Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Large group of young female skiers at Mount Rainier, most likely from Annie Wright Seminary.

Skiers--1930-1940; Skiing--Mt. Rainier--1930-1940;

ca. 1939. Football banquet given Stadium athletes by Active Club circa 1939. Large group of men and teens around tables looking to the right while possibly watching a film. Two large arched windows and potted tree in background. (T. Times, Sports)

Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940; Athletes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Active Club (Tacoma);

Five ice hockey players on arena floor with criss - crossed hockey sticks. One in Pioneer Beer uniform and one in Alt Heidelberg uniform.

Sports - Hockey - Ice Hockey

Two ice hockey players, one "Meadowsweet", one "Pioneer" with sticks chasing puck on ice rink.

Sports - Hockey - Ice Hockey

ca. 1939. Cropped close-up of an unidentified hockey player in Alt Heidelberg uniform with stick.

Ice hockey; Ice hockey players--Tacoma;

Hockey player in Alt Heidelberg uniform with stick, man in overcoat next to him watching.

Sports - Hockey - Ice Hockey

ca. 1939. Hockey players performing drills at Lakewood Ice Arena circa 1939. One player is down on ice with puck under him; Griffin Fuel Company player above him with stick raised.

Ice hockey players--Lakewood; Ice hockey--Lakewood--1930-1940; Lakewood Ice Arena (Lakewood);

Paul (Sonny) Sceva, Jr., of Tacoma, is pictured skiing down a slope on Mount Rainier on January 18, 1939. He was a member of the Pacific Coast Conference champion ski team, the Washington Huskies. At that time, he was one of the top skiers in the Pacific Northwest. He had been a reserve member on the U.S. Olympic ski team in Europe in 1937 and had spent most of the 1937 winter in the Alps, competing in many races and placing high. Mr. Sceva would go on to graduate from the University of Washington in 1941. Sonny's father, Paul Sceva, Sr., was the manager of the Rainier National Park Company which operated the various concessions on the mountain including Longmire. (T.Times, 1/18/1939, p. 7-alt. photograph)

Skiing; Skiers; Sceva, Paul;

In another view, Paul (Sonny) Sceva, Tacoma member of Pacific Coast ski champions, the Washington Huskies, skis are horizontally tight as he goes through air after jump. Sceva appears to be above the top of Mount Rainier. (T. Times, 1/18/1939, p. 7).

Skiing--Tacoma; Ski jumping--Tacoma; Skiers; Sceva, Paul; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

Mountain scenes. Two men and three women enjoy a warm cup of coffee at the counter of a mountain cafe during the Winter season. One of the men is perhaps Paul Sceva, member of the Washington Huskies.

Skiing--Tacoma; Cafes; Eating & drinking--Tacoma; Skiers;

Burr Anderson, promising new skier, skis over crest of hill at Mount Rainier. Mountaintop in distance. (T.Times 1/18/1939, p. 7).

Skiing--Tacoma; Skiers; Anderson, Burr; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

In January 1939, Paul (Sonny) Sceva, Jr., of Tacoma, was a member of the Pacific Coast ski champs, the Washington Huskies. At that time, he was one of the top skiers in the Pacific Northwest. He had won the Silver Skies race on Mt. Rainier in 1934, and was a reserve member on the U.S. Olympic ski team in Europe in 1937. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1941, and was a general contractor in Spokane from 1949-1970. Paul Sceva, Jr. died August 18, 1996 in Spokane. (T.Times, 1/18/1939, p. 7)

Skiing--Tacoma; Ski jumping--Tacoma; Skiers; Sceva, Paul; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

Jack Walters Night at the Tacoma Athletic Commission. Jack and Jeanne Walters pose with an unidentified couple plus a statue and caricature of Jack after his triumph in the National Left-handed golf championships. Jack, a winning southpaw golfer since he was 16, won on his seventh attempt at the championship. The golfer, known for his long drives, competed in his first national in 1937. In the 1940s, he took time out from golf to serve with the infantry as a sergeant during the Philippines campaign. He contracted malaria in the tropics and recuperated before returning to golf. His wife was a former city womens and Champion of Champions titlist. (TNT 7/19/1953, pg. B-9)

Tacoma Athletic Commission (Tacoma); Top of the Ocean (Tacoma); Walters, Jack J.; Walters, Jeanne; Golfers--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Bellarmine High School Midget Football Team. Bellarmine, coached by Leo Eckstein, won the city championship in 1938, 14 to 7 against Lincoln High School. Midget class players were 132 pounds and under. The last city midget championship was played in 1940. Back row, tossing footballs left to right, Bud Peluso, Jim Fitzpatrick, John O'Brien and Roccy Spadafore. Front row, left to right, Dick Hutt, Joe Dargan, John Grasy, Pete Pagni, Joe Devlin, Caesar DeVita and Jack Pickard. (T. Times, 11/22/1938, p. 11).

Football players--Tacoma--1930-1940; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Private schools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma; Bellarmine High School (Tacoma)--Sports;

Joe Paglia, St. Martins College grid coach, explains how to hold a football in the art of kicking to three unidentified teenage boys in October of 1938. Noting the lack of powerful kickers in college football, Coach Paglia is seeking to bring back the "foot" in football. A series of football kicking classes, sponsored by the Tacoma Times and Washington Hardware, were given by Coach Paglia at Jefferson playfield over five Saturdays. Mr. Paglia, a great kicker at Santa Clara University, was known as "Coffin Corner Joe" for his extremely accurate placement of the football at the corners of the football field between the end zone and the five-yard line at each end of the field. (T. Times 10-20-38, p. 14-article; T.Times 10-21-38, p. 14-photograph of Mr. Paglia)

Paglia, Joe; Football--Tacoma--1930-1940; Coaches (Athletics); Coaching (Athletics);

Two girls in ski rental shop at Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. This is a closer cropped print of D745- image 9. (T.Times).

Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

Two girls in ski rental shop at Paradise, Mount Rainier Park. (T.Times).

Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

Winter skiing at Mount Rainier Park. View of mountain, trees, skiers, and glimpse of Paradise Lodge. (T.Times 1/28/1937)

Skiing; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

Rodella Hockom placed the crown on Snow Queen Maurita Shank's head on January 30, 1937 during the 6th Annual Tacoma Winter Sports Carnival at Paradise, Mt. Rainier Park. Standing with Queen Maurita are her ladies in waiting Mary Brockhoff (L) and Billie Woodruff. Snow fell all day on the 30th, hampering attendance at the Carnival, but delighting the Queen and her Court who only paused in their skiing long enough for this informal crowning. The official coronation never took place. The 133 inches of snow on the ground at Paradise made for great skiing, but hazardous driving and festival participants only numbered about 2500. (T.Times 2/1/1937, pg. 1)

Skiers; Shank, Maurita; Hockom, Rodella; Brockhoff, Mary; Woodruff, Billie; Events--Tacoma; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.);

Seattle skier Don Fraser, left, winner of the Men's Slalom in the Tacoma Winter Carnival at Paradise, shakes hands with another man on January 30, 1937. Fraser, a member of the 1936 Olympic team, later married Gretchen Kunigk, the Tacoma skier who medaled at the 1948 Olympics. He would go on to capture the 1938 Men's Slalom race at Paradise as well.

Skiers; Fraser, Don, 1914-1994; Shaking hands;

Groups in North End Tacoma after a snow storm. Three young skiers: Jean McKie, Gwen McKie, and Jean Osborne are pictured on Carr St. Boy with a sled and large homes in background. The week was starting out with new low temperatures. The Tacoma Field weather station recorded a low of 2.7 degrees above zero. City Hall recorded 15 degrees above. Motorists were advised to stay home or drive with chains. Police reminded the public that pulling a sled behind your car and driving recklessly were against the law. At least another 24 hours of record low temperatures was forecast for the local area. (T. Times, 1/11/1937, p. 1)

Skiing--Tacoma--1930-1940; Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sleds & sleighs; Winter; McKie, Jean; McKie, Gwen; Osborne, Jean;

Playground recreation directors, left to right: Elsie Harper, Margaret Brown, Betty Worden, Sigrid Bergerson and Petie Hagala hold examples of 96 gold, silver, and bronze finish medals awarded at the First annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade held August 5, 1938, primarily in the Stadium Bowl. The contest was sponsored jointly by the Tacoma Times and the Parks Recreation Department of the Metropolitan Park District. (T. Times 8/3/1938, p. 1).

Sports & recreation facilities--Tacoma; Tacoma Metropolitan Park District (Tacoma); Harper, Elsie; Brown, Margaret; Worden, Betty; Bergerson, Sigrid; Hagala, Petie; Medals;

Baseball team posed for group portrait on playing field. Three two-story brick houses in background, possibly officer's quarters. (Bremerton Sun).

Baseball players--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Portrait of Eddie Marino, middleweight boxing manager of Al Hostak. Marino, a former United States Marine, was known as "the little sergeant." (T. Times, 6/25/1938, p. 13).

Sports - Athletics - BoxingPeople - Men - Sportsmen - Boxing Managers

Army-Navy football game at Stadium Bowl. A large unit of Army troops stand at attention and salute stadium spectators from the center field of Stadium Bowl. Over 10,000 people were present to watch the second annual Army-Navy football game held in Tacoma; for the second year in a row, Navy was triumphant. Navy defeated Army 14-0 before the eyes of Rear Admiral T.T. Craven and Fort Lewis commander, Maj. Gen. David L. Stone. (Bremerton Sun, T. Times 11-12-36, p. 1, 17).

Military parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Saluting--Tacoma; Stadium Bowl (Tacoma); Football--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Tacoma Rockets coach Murray "Muzz" Patrick gives advice in February of 1953 to forward Jack Stewart (age 7) and goalie Dick Boedecker (age 10) as the young players listen intently. The coach, a former NHL player and member of a well-known hockey family, may be giving pointers to the forward on how to get the puck past the goalie. Jack Stewart's North-End I.O.O. F. team would be in action in February against the Studs for the first-half Pee-Wee League title. The Pee-Wee title match would be the preliminary game before the Tacoma Rockets and Tacoma Amateurs played in an exhibition contest. (TNT 2-4-53, p. 24) Photograph ordered by Allen Goldfin for the King Feature Syndicate.

Ice hockey--Tacoma; Ice hockey players--Tacoma; Ice skating rinks; Coaching (Athletics)--Tacoma; Stewart, Jack; Boedecker, Dick; Patrick, Murray;

A small group of admiring young fans surround three junior hockey players in a February, 1953, photograph shot for King Feature Syndicate. The goalie and two other players sign autographs while standing near the large goal. Photograph ordered by Allen Goldfin.

Ice hockey--Tacoma; Ice hockey players--Tacoma; Ice skating rinks; Sports spectators;

A young goalie, believed to be Dick Boedecker, sprawls on the ice with his right glove clenched in front of a hockey goal. He may have just caught a puck shot at him by the opposing forward. His coach, hands on his knees, watchs while a photographer, sans skates, films the action. This photograph was probably taken at the Tacoma Ice Palace, 3801 So. Union Ave. Photograph ordered by Allen Goldfin for King Feature Syndicate in February, 1953.

Ice hockey--Tacoma; Ice hockey players--Tacoma; Ice skating rinks; Photographers--Tacoma;

A trio of lawn bowlers, (l to r) George Fairbaine and Charles P. Middleton of Seattle and Eugene McNeal of Tacoma, crouch to measure the distance between a bowling ball and the "jack" on the green in Wright Park. On May 28, 29 & 30, 1938, eighty five lawn bowlers from Bellingham, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma competed in the Northwest Lawn Bowling Association's holiday tournament in Wright Park . The Scottish game had developed a large following in the Pacific Northwest and Wright Park held one of the finest manicured playing fields in the region. McNeal of Tacoma won the singles title with Fairbairn finishing third. The object of the game is to roll your ball as close to the "jack", the small white ball, as possible. (T. Times, 6/1/1938, p. 5).

Bowling--Tacoma; Bowlers--Tacoma; Tournaments--Tacoma; Wright Park (Tacoma); Parks--Tacoma--1940-1950;