Sports And Other After-School Activities At Eckstein School (Continued)
THE ECKSTEIN AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
With the help of parents and teachers after school clubs offered the Eckstein students opportunities to get involved in a wide variety of activities. These clubs included:
Eckstein Chorus
“Hi-Y” Club
Baseball Club
Sub Debs Club
Four-Leaf Clover Club
Beau Brummels Photo Hiking Club
Civic Club
The students also participated in an annual Operetta and there was lots of fun at parties and dances in the school.
ECKSTEIN SCHOOL SONG
Oh, here we come the Eckstein School
Finest bunch we know
Watch our step we’ve got the pep Everywhere we go.
We’ll do our best to beat the rest
Sportsmanship our rule,
We’re out to win, so lets begin,
And cheer the Eckstein School.
Come raise a song for this our School
Finest gang we know,
March along a hundred strong,
Singing as we go.
Come cheer our sprits one and all
Mind our every rule,
We’re out to win, so let’s begin,
And cheer The Eckstein School.
John and Joe (left) Saunders with their coach Glenn Hines. Glendale track coach Glenn Hines used his own funds and drove athletes in his own cars to unofficial “pick up” meets of which there are no official records. John raced against Jackie Robinson, the famous Brooklyn Dodger, and finished second, in one such meet. Joe and John credit much of their success to the coaching of Glenn Hines.
The brothers served in the US army during World War II. Their chances of competing in the Olympics were dashed because of the war.
The plaque in Saunders Park reads: “Saunders Park, named in honor of Joe and John Saunders, who together won the Ohio High School Class B Track Championship in 1935”
Jack Brock’s basketball skills helped Glendale High win the Hamilton County Basketball Championship, for the first time in seventeen years, in 1946..
