1944-45 Elgin Maroons
Won 19, Lost 4
Coach John Krafft
Team Photo
Game Scores
No Date Elg Opp OT Opponent
1 Nov. 28 W 42 28 H Hinsdale (Twp.)
2 Dec. 2 W 43 35 H Maywood (Proviso)
3 Dec. 8 W 54 26 H Belvidere
4 Dec. 9 L 43 50 A Cicero (Morton)
5 Dec. 15 W 31 30 H * Rockford (West)
6 Dec. 22 W 19 11 A * Aurora (East)
7 Dec. 23 L 40 47 A Winnetka (New Trier)
8 Jan. 5 W 42 35 A * Rockford (East)
9 Jan. 12 W 30 26 H * Joliet (Twp.)
10 Jan. 19 W 48 39 A * Aurora (West)
11 Jan. 26 L 38 40 A * Freeport (H.S.)
12 Feb. 2 W 42 25 H * Aurora (East)
13 Feb. 3 W 52 27 A Glen Ellyn (Glenbard)
14 Feb. 9 W 47 30 H * LaSalle (L.-Peru)
15 Feb. 16 W 43 41 A * Joliet (Twp.)
16 Feb. 23 W 58 26 H * Aurora (West)
Regional Tournament at Dundee
17 Feb. 27 W 46 27 N + Palatine (H.S.)
18 Mar. 1 W 46 43 N + Crystal Lake (H.S.)
19 Mar. 2 W 46 40 A + Dundee
Sectional Tournament at Elgin
20 Mar. 8 W 55 50 H + Waterman
21 Mar. 9 W 43 30 H + Wheaton (H.S.)
State Final Tournament at U. of Illinois (Huff Gym)
22 Mar. 15 W 44 39 N + Rockford (East)
23 Mar. 16 L 39 41 N + Moline
* - Conference game
+ - Tournament game
Season Scoring Totals
Total High
Name FG FT Pts Game
Tom Parker 95 84 274 22
Wally Graf 84 37 205 20
Charles Becker 56 18 130 10
Russ Geldmacher 37 46 120 11
Gene Manley 36 13 85 21
Joe Konitzki 31 19 81 10
Chuck Orban 17 15 49 8
Chuck Swanson 6 2 14 8
Dale Oergel 4 1 9 4
Floyd Smith 2 2 6 4
Gordon Bryant 2 0 4 4
Dick Swenson 1 2 4 3
Jim Bielenberg 1 1 3 2
Howard 1 0 2 2
Paul Kilburn 0 2 2 2
Russ Nelson 1 0 2 2
Bob Schaeffer 0 1 1 1
John Hauer 0 0 0 0
Lenart 0 0 0 0
Bill Turner 0 0 0 0
Big Eight Conference Standings
School W L
Elgin 9 1
Rockford (East) 8 2
Freeport 6 4
Joliet 6 4
Rockford (West) 5 5
LaSalle (L.-Peru) 3 7
Aurora (West) 2 8
Aurora (East) 1 9
Game-by-Game Scoring
Tue., Nov. 28, 1944
ELGIN 42, Hinsdale (Twp.) 28
Tom Parker 3, 5-8, 11; Joe Konitzki 3, 3-3, 9; Gene Manley 3, 1-1, 7; Russ Geldmacher 2, 2-2, 6; Wally Graf 2, 0-0, 4; Charles Becker 1, 0-0, 2; Jim Bielenberg 1, 0-0, 2; Chuck Orban 0, 1-1, 1; Bill Turner 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 15, 12-16, 42; Hinsdale (Twp.) Totals 9, 10-21, 28; Elgin by Quarters 12-8-11-11; Hinsdale (Twp.) by Quarters 11-2-8-7.
Sat., Dec. 2, 1944
ELGIN 43, Maywood (Proviso) 35
Tom Parker 4, 5-7, 13; Russ Geldmacher 4, 3-3, 11; Gene Manley 4, 3-4, 11; Wally Graf 3, 0-3, 6; Charles Becker 1, 0-1, 2; Elgin Totals 16, 11-18, 43; Maywood (Proviso) Totals 14, 7-15, 35; Elgin by Quarters 15-13-1-14; Maywood (Proviso) by Quarters 7-6-10-12.
Fri., Dec. 8, 1944
ELGIN 54, Belvidere 26
Tom Parker 5, 0-0, 10; Wally Graf 2, 4-4, 8; Chuck Orban 4, 0-3, 8; Russ Geldmacher 2, 2-2, 6; Floyd Smith 2, 0-1, 4; Dale Oergel 2, 0-2, 4; Gene Manley 2, 0-1, 4; Paul Kilburn 0, 2-2, 2; Charles Becker 1, 0-0, 2; Joe Konitzki 1, 0-0, 2; Howard 1, 0-0, 2; Jim Bielenberg 0, 1-1, 1; Bob Schaeffer 0, 1-1, 1; Dick Swenson 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 22, 10-18, 54; Belvidere Totals 11, 4-9, 26; Elgin by Quarters 12-18-11-13; Belvidere by Quarters 6-3-7-10.
Sat., Dec. 9, 1944
Cicero (Morton) 50, ELGIN 43
Russ Geldmacher 3, 3-5, 9; Gene Manley 4, 1-2, 9; Tom Parker 4, 1-2, 9; Charles Becker 2, 2-2, 6; Wally Graf 3, 0-0, 6; Chuck Orban 1, 2-2, 4; Elgin Totals 17, 9-13, 43; Cicero (Morton) Totals 20, 10-17, 50; Elgin by Quarters 10-8-16-9; Cicero (Morton) by Quarters 6-16-11-17.
Fri., Dec. 15, 1944
ELGIN 31, Rockford (West) 30
Wally Graf 3, 3-5, 9; Chuck Orban 2, 3-3, 7; Russ Geldmacher 2, 1-1, 5; Tom Parker 1, 2-5, 4; Charles Becker 1, 1-2, 3; Gene Manley 1, 0-0, 2; Joe Konitzki 0, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 10, 11-17, 31; Rockford (West) Totals 13, 4-6, 30; Elgin by Quarters 4-10-7-10; Rockford (West) by Quarters 6-9-4-11.
Fri., Dec. 22, 1944
ELGIN 19, Aurora (East) 11
Wally Graf 2, 3-4, 7; Gene Manley 3, 0-1, 6; Charles Becker 1, 1-4, 3; Russ Geldmacher 0, 2-2, 2; Tom Parker 0, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 6, 7-12, 19; Aurora (East) Totals 2, 7-10, 11; Elgin by Quarters 7-2-3-7; Aurora (East) by Quarters 0-2-2-7.
Sat., Dec. 23, 1944
Winnetka (New Trier) 47, ELGIN 40
Tom Parker 2, 7-9, 11; Gene Manley 5, 0-2, 10; Charles Becker 5, 0-0, 10; Russ Geldmacher 1, 2-3, 4; Wally Graf 1, 1-2, 3; Chuck Orban 0, 2-3, 2; Elgin Totals 14, 12-19, 40; Winnetka (New Trier) Totals 19, 9-16, 47; Elgin by Quarters 8-8-14-10; Winnetka (New Trier) by Quarters 16-11-12-8.
Fri., Jan. 5, 1945
ELGIN 42, Rockford (East) 35
Tom Parker 7, 5-9, 19; Charles Becker 3, 2-2, 8; Gene Manley 2, 2-2, 6; Chuck Orban 1, 1-3, 3; Russ Geldmacher 1, 1-3, 3; Joe Konitzki 1, 1-3, 3; Wally Graf 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 15, 12-23, 42; Rockford (East) Totals 13, 9-16, 35; Elgin by Quarters 13-6-12-11; Rockford (East) by Quarters 5-11-7-12.
Fri., Jan. 12, 1945
ELGIN 30, Joliet (Twp.) 26
Wally Graf 1, 4, 6; Tom Parker 2, 2, 6; Charles Becker 2, 2, 6; Russ Geldmacher 1, 2, 4; Joe Konitzki 2, 0, 4; Gene Manley 1, 2, 4; Elgin Totals 9, 12-18, 30; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 11, 4-8, 26; Elgin by Quarters 13-6-6-5; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 10-4-6-6.
Fri., Jan. 19, 1945
ELGIN 48, Aurora (West) 39
Gene Manley 9, 3-4, 21; Wally Graf 5, 0-3, 10; Tom Parker 2, 3-3, 7; Russ Geldmacher 2, 1-3, 5; Charles Becker 2, 0-2, 4; Joe Konitzki 0, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 20, 8-16, 48; Aurora (West) Totals 14, 11-18, 39; Elgin by Quarters 21-12-10-5; Aurora (West) by Quarters 4-14-11-10.
Fri., Jan. 26, 1945
Freeport (H.S.) 40, ELGIN 38
Tom Parker 4, 2-2, 10; Charles Becker 3, 3-4, 9; Joe Konitzki 4, 0-3, 8; Russ Geldmacher 3, 0-1, 6; Gene Manley 2, 1-1, 5; Elgin Totals 16, 6-11, 38; Freeport (H.S.) Totals 17, 6-11, 40; Elgin by Quarters 8-7-9-14; Freeport (H.S.) by Quarters 5-19-8-8.
Fri., Feb. 2, 1945
ELGIN 42, Aurora (East) 25
Wally Graf 4, 4-7, 12; Russ Geldmacher 3, 1-5, 7; Tom Parker 2, 3-6, 7; Charles Becker 3, 0-1, 6; Joe Konitzki 2, 2-5, 6; Chuck Swanson 2, 0-0, 4; Chuck Orban 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 16, 10-25, 42; Aurora (East) Totals 7, 11-27, 25; Elgin by Quarters 11-17-6-8; Aurora (East) by Quarters 6-8-6-5.
Sat., Feb. 3, 1945
ELGIN 52, Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) 27
Tom Parker 4, 4-9, 12; Wally Graf 5, 1-1, 11; Charles Becker 5, 0-1, 10; Russ Geldmacher 3, 0-1, 6; Chuck Orban 2, 1-3, 5; Dale Oergel 1, 0-0, 2; Joe Konitzki 1, 0-0, 2; Chuck Swanson 1, 0-0, 2; Floyd Smith 0, 1-1, 1; Dick Swenson 0, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 22, 8-17, 52; Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) Totals 8, 11, 27; Elgin by Quarters 11-17-11-13; Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) by Quarters 7-11-6-3.
Fri., Feb. 9, 1945
ELGIN 47, LaSalle (L.-Peru) 30
Tom Parker 4, 7-8, 15; Wally Graf 4, 3-4, 11; Joe Konitzki 4, 2-2, 10; Charles Becker 3, 0-0, 6; Russ Geldmacher 1, 1-1, 3; Dale Oergel 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 17, 13-15, 47; LaSalle (L.-Peru) Totals 11, 8-18, 30; Elgin by Quarters 8-12-10-17; LaSalle (L.-Peru) by Quarters 8-5-8-9.
Fri., Feb. 16, 1945
ELGIN 43, Joliet (Twp.) 41
Tom Parker 6, 4-7, 16; Wally Graf 6, 3-3, 15; Russ Geldmacher 1, 4-6, 6; Joe Konitzki 1, 2-3, 4; Charles Becker 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 15, 13-19, 43; Joliet (Twp.) Totals 18, 5-17, 41; Elgin by Quarters 12-12-11-8; Joliet (Twp.) by Quarters 11-11-13-6.
Fri., Feb. 23, 1945
ELGIN 58, Aurora (West) 26
Tom Parker 8, 6-10, 22; Wally Graf 5, 1-2, 11; Charles Becker 5, 0-1, 10; Russ Geldmacher 1, 3-5, 5; Gordon Bryant 2, 0-0, 4; Russ Nelson 1, 0-0, 2; Chuck Orban 1, 0-0, 2; Joe Konitzki 0, 1-1, 1; Floyd Smith 0, 1-2, 1; Chuck Swanson 0, 0-1, 0; Dale Oergel 0, 0-0, 0; John Hauer 0, 0-0, 0; Dick Swenson 0, 0-1, 0; Lenart 0, 0-2, 0; Bob Schaeffer 0, 0-0, 0; Elgin Totals 23, 12-25, 58; Aurora (West) Totals 8, 10-21, 26; Elgin by Quarters 17-8-18-15; Aurora (West) by Quarters 4-7-4-11.
Tue., Feb. 27, 1945
ELGIN 46, Palatine (H.S.) 27
Tom Parker 5, 4, 14; Charles Becker 4, 1, 9; Wally Graf 4, 0, 8; Joe Konitzki 3, 1, 7; Dick Swenson 1, 1, 3; Chuck Orban 1, 1, 3; Dale Oergel 0, 1, 1; Russ Geldmacher 0, 1, 1; Chuck Swanson 0, 0, 0; Floyd Smith 0, 0, 0; Elgin Totals 18, 10, 46; Palatine (H.S.) Totals 10, 7, 27; Elgin by Quarters 8-8-24-6; Palatine (H.S.) by Quarters 4-6-12-5.
Thu., Mar. 1, 1945
ELGIN 46, Crystal Lake (H.S.) 43
Tom Parker 8, 2-5, 18; Wally Graf 4, 3-6, 11; Chuck Orban 3, 2-3, 8; Charles Becker 2, 0-3, 4; Joe Konitzki 2, 0-2, 4; Russ Geldmacher 0, 1-1, 1; Elgin Totals 19, 8-20, 46; Crystal Lake (H.S.) Totals 13, 17-25, 43; Elgin by Quarters 9-10-13-14; Crystal Lake (H.S.) by Quarters 6-11-12-14.
Fri., Mar. 2, 1945
ELGIN 46, Dundee 40
Wally Graf 6, 1-3, 13; Tom Parker 4, 5-7, 13; Chuck Swanson 3, 2-3, 8; Russ Geldmacher 2, 2-4, 6; Charles Becker 1, 1-1, 3; Joe Konitzki 1, 1-1, 3; Elgin Totals 17, 12-19, 46; Dundee Totals 15, 10-14, 40; Elgin by Quarters 10-15-13-8; Dundee by Quarters 17-10-5-8.
Thu., Mar. 8, 1945
ELGIN 55, Waterman 50
Wally Graf 10, 0-0, 20; Tom Parker 5, 5-7, 15; Charles Becker 5, 0-2, 10; Russ Geldmacher 1, 4-6, 6; Chuck Orban 1, 0-0, 2; Joe Konitzki 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 23, 9-15, 55; Waterman Totals 18, 14-19, 50; Elgin by Quarters 17-21-6-11; Waterman by Quarters 11-15-11-13.
Fri., Mar. 9, 1945
ELGIN 43, Wheaton (H.S.) 30
Tom Parker 4, 3-5, 11; Wally Graf 4, 2-2, 10; Charles Becker 4, 1-2, 9; Russ Geldmacher 1, 5-6, 7; Chuck Orban 1, 2-3, 4; Joe Konitzki 1, 0-0, 2; Elgin Totals 15, 13-18, 43; Wheaton (H.S.) Totals 10, 10-17, 30; Elgin by Quarters 11-12-7-13; Wheaton (H.S.) by Quarters 14-1-9-6.
Thu., Mar. 15, 1945
ELGIN 44, Rockford (East) 39
Tom Parker 6, 4-5, 16; Wally Graf 4, 3-5, 11; Russ Geldmacher 3, 1-1, 7; Joe Konitzki 1, 4-4, 6; Charles Becker 0, 4-8, 4; Elgin Totals 14, 16-23, 44; Rockford (East) Totals 17, 5-12, 39; Elgin by Quarters 9-15-10-10; Rockford (East) by Quarters 6-10-17-6.
Fri., Mar. 16, 1945
Moline 41, ELGIN 39
Tom Parker 5, 4-5, 14; Wally Graf 6, 1-1, 13; Joe Konitzki 3, 0-0, 6; Russ Geldmacher 0, 4-6, 4; Charles Becker 1, 0-0, 2; Chuck Orban 0, 0-1, 0; Elgin Totals 15, 9-13, 39; Moline Totals 15, 11-25, 41; Elgin by Quarters 10-8-16-5; Moline by Quarters 10-10-7-14.
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