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

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A game well calculated to keep one's muscles in a constant state of rigor mortis is that fine old sport, tennis. Visions of stal- wart young Amazons appear when it is mentioned. Davis had its own share of en- thusiastic tennis players, who vigorously batted that little white ball back and forth over a net. Batting larger balls around the courts were the exuberant hockey teams. The Girls' Field Hockey Tournaments began in October, with seventy-tive eager females turning out. Dorothy Durfey headed the seniors, Joan Beacom the juniors, and Alice Reichgott the sophomores. They displayed their prowess under the direction of Miss XVight and Miss Taylor. The juniors won by a narrow margin of 2-O, which gave the seniors second place. Members of the winning team received large l'D's and the losers small ones. The third place sophomore team was awarded felt '448,' numerals. The fine art of bag punching has come into its own at Davis. We don't mean paper bags, either. The boys developed deadly right crosses and upper cuts calcu-- lated to make anyone think twice before entering into combat with them. IDENTIFICATION CLower Leftj Rofw I: Davis, Beacom, E. Hubbard, M. Pirone, Rofw 2: A. Gorman, S. Garland, M. Marx, R. Beyers J. Sonnenblick IDENTIFICATION CLower Rightj Row I: M. Freedman, A. Dorsey, C. DeCeglie, D. Clark, Rofw 2: R. Schiiman, B. Cooper, Rofw 3: Mr. Childs, H. Hammer, D. Goldberg, J. Buist FIELD HOCKEY PR TENNIS CLUB OVING GROUND IDENTIFICATION Ctopj Rofw I: L. Alper, S. Hirshberg, E. Clausen, LeBour- dais, S. Berman 5 Rofw 2: M. Ophman, Lundy, L. Shapiro, P. Nugent, Miss Taylor, R. Buhrig, E. Hub- bard, C. Lundy PUNCHING BAG CLUB

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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.

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DRIPS AND DRIBBLES Slopl Splash! Glubl No, it's not a hapless Davisite sinking to Davey Jones, locker Qudrowningn to all ye landlubbersj, but our swimming team doing their stuff. Davis was blessed with a goodly number of mermen this year, notable among them Eddie Emes and Bob Maxwell. In fact, we were nosed out of the county championship by Mamaroneck, leading with QA points. VVith plenty of boys returning next fall, Coach Oswald looks toward a bright future. Here's to next yearls county champs! VVhen these hallowed halls trembled, and sounds resembling a stampeding herd of wild horses were heard, students would listen, shrug their shoulders, and murmur, Must be a basketball gamef, Downstairs it was a hard, fast struggle highlighted by the abilities of Dick Senno and Tony Daniello. Up- stairs the game was an equal struggle, with' captains Ethel Clausen, Ann McGovern, and Brunie Garland leading the seniors, juniors and sophomores. P x 5 A ii Q- it X- J f. ' I' N' 'A ,.. -, : ! o '51 .xx , - Y 3:23 B' ,4-. - ' ' - 7-' - ,Q 'Jig' 4' M. ' 4 5. 'E' i' ' U ff 'f11.if,f-.IPD ' -A fi in :E.,.,!g,'::-- t 1:8-I ' l- -.: gifs: -iii-LP.-'.:'-' 1,5 Sh.: 1-5-.-. . 'V '- .. ' ' '. ' - x'.'a '-' x 4. . '.:-- -'.'. . ' ' ' - X SVVIMMING rFEAM lm-N'1'uf1t'A'r1oN lriglnj Noftu I: ll. llauser, lf. Hurley, l.. Aitken, V. Pisani, D. Uoldinaln, li. Hines, if Braun, Rofzu J: K. Kr:-tr selnnar, R. lloelmnm, if Szunplr, VV. Kutlenstein, R. Maxwell, M. Ronin, I.. Ryder, Mr. Osunltl InrN'1'll-'lt'm'1'1oN tlvottoml Rofzu I: A. Michel, li. VVt-inrod, R. Senno, R. Violino, ll. lNlc'Gee, Rom' J: R. Yzinnzintuono, 'lf Danni- cllo, bl. Lurie, F, Bailey, 'If Lisker, R, Fulton, E. Nzidel BAsKE'1'BALL 'TEAM BAsKE'1'BALL SCHEDULE Jan. 4 Jan. X Jan. 1 1 Jan. 15 jan. 18 Jan. 22 Jan. 25 Feb. I Feb. 5 Feb. 8 Feb. 11 Feb. 15 Feb. 19 Feb. 21 Feb. 26 Mar. 1 Mar. 5 hflar. 8 Davis-Gorton ........ Davis- Davis- Mamaroneek New Rochelle Davis-Port Chester Davis-Roosevelt .......... Davis-VVlxite Plains Davis-Isaac Young Davis-Yonkers ...... Davis-Leonard ,....... Davis-Gorton ......,. Davis-Mamaroneck Davis-New Rochelle Davis-Port Chester Davis-Isaac Young Davis-White Plains Davis-Edison ........ Davis-Yonkers ...., . Davis -Leonard .....,.. Davis Davis Davis Davis Roosevelt Davis Isaac Young Davis Leonard Gorton Mamaroneek New Rochelle Port Chester Davis White Plains Davis Yonkers Davis