 He ended his military service as a First Lieutenant, Navigator, 20th AF, 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group (Circle-E).Schumacher was All-City in Chicago, winning the Kizer all-city award in December 1942 as a co-captain of the Tilden Tech Blue Devils.He then played one year at Purdue before enlisting in the Army Air Forces, subsequently playing for the Hondo Air Field team in Hondo, Texas.