A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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SUPERMEN GF THE GRIDIRON Do these pictures bring back memories? Remember the Pelham game, when Herb Ramsey made that 60 yard run, with only about five minutes left to play? And then there was the traditional Edison game, in which our boys put up such a good fight. We donlt like to think of the time when Chuck Graney broke his hip, and we prob- ably would have made higher scores if he hadn't been injured. In the other pictures We see Bob Clune, Frank Mellis, and some of the other men who contributed so much to our team.

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Anyone who saw the large turnouts at Howard Field on the afternoon of a football game could hardly fail to realize that this was the most popular sport among Davis students. Whatever we lacked in other fields, we made up for it in spirit on the gridiron. It is by this spirit that we distinguished ourselves from other schools. Those who saw the New Rochelle game will remember that we had as many rooters at New Rochelle's field as did the home team, and we certainly made as much noise as they. This popularity was shown in the turnout for the team REMEMBER THE DAY? . . . 'tBruiser Billipp held off the whole Pelham team? for at least two of themlj Ourline play was really spectacular this season. With Gilbert, Mellis, Graney, and all the other boys in there on every play, it is no won- der our team was one of the best in the county! . . . Caledonia got out of hand and romped about the gridiron? This was the first season Davis had a mas- cot, and he was really appreciated by all. By the way - Caledonia! What makes your big ears so long? . . . Mauro Valentine was finally brought down after one of his usual long runs? flf you look closely, you can see lVlauro's left leg sticking out of the pile.j As usual, Big Tom Kloberg QZIJ was right in on the play in case of any slip-ups. at the beginning of the season, when Coach Doyle was mobbed by more than a hundred hopeful football stars. Among this group were players who formed the back- bone of the team, such as Mauro Valentine and Sandy Sokoloff. It was men like these who could lead a team on to victory. Last year our team needed just a little more work to be top team in the county. However, we finished with a good season average. Next year looks very promising.

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Voi.1.1eY BALL X,g rf iv: ,xv sl '.n:' :T,.xJ . W-4.- 5. cu alms? . Quik: -' L-' W :wt in ' ' I 'f . .-' .'r ' . , 1. . . .,1. . .' . 5 . vu Q , . leg,-. . 1 , R' fi: s l' NL ..5'. ...Is ,x . e s . On January lll, two teams from Roose- velt played two Davis teams, and after two gruel- ling contests, each school emerged with one vic- tory. Davis won with a close margin of l6-l l, and Roosevelt with a SO-8 conquest. Strangely feminine sounds also emanated from the Fencing Club, and clatter of cavorting foils were strongly Havored with shrieks and chatter from the club's large feminine membership. On closer observation, the casual onlooker would have discovered a group of apparently sane peo- ple involved in hopeless gymnastics. Known only to the layman as upositionsn, these caused many a would-be fencer to retire in order to bathe his aching muscles. The formerly all-male club was surprised by the number of girls who joined and promptly mastered the complexities of mask and foil. Mr. Carlson, the club sponsor, and its president, Iver johnson bravely attempted to develop graceful talents in their many budding fencers. In that line, the girls were 1'eputed to have outdone the boys. llHCN'l'IFlL'A'l'lON ftopj Rofw l: l. Socei, R. Longo, ll. Weisberg, R. Buck- holz, N. Wagner, Rofw Z: E. lVIoore, E. Kenlon, V. Vey, lVl. Oshman, E. Clausen llJl'.N'l'II IL'A'I'lON fbottomj IVOQL' I: H. Rose, l. johnson, L. Klein, R. Lynn, Row J: W. Garret, R. Woolf, ll. Slutsky, R. llucles, ll. Bloom, S. Doshay, Leiberman, D. Weiss, S. Berkowitz 7gqw'u - FENCINC9 Cum GUARD! A series of grunts and groans, followed by shrill screams, and peppered with a few thuds was the familiar sign to all Davisites that the volley ball season had begun. Three senior, three junior, and two sophomore teams competed. Games were played on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays under the eagle eyes of bliss VVig-ht and bliss Taylor, acting as timekeepers. ,lean VV'il- son, Harriet VVeisberg, Beatrice Gray, -loan Frisch, Laurel Ustlund, Elaine Tm- para, Brunie Garland, and Virginia Hewitt were captains. The senior team led by I-larriet YVeisberg won, and its members received large NDSU.