Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Sport Shorts According to the form usually employed in Senior Issues the purpose of a column like this is to review ,the accomplishments of the various athletes and teams during the season just past. Therefore we start by harking back to the cold wintry days of basketball. Coach Grummond began the season confronted with all sorts of difficulties. His squad was composed mostly of new material and boys in the lower grades. Some of Jhe most promising can¬ didates were taking courses which required ninth and tenth periods and therefore they could practice only once or twice a week. But despite these handicaps Mr. Grummond built up a team which handed the world a surprise by trimming Boys High, 13 to 12, and he also laid the foundation for a better team next year. The first team was cqmposed of Roth, Singer and Bernstein, for¬ wards ; Pope and Sartori, centers; and Voronkov and Podaris, guards. Mr. Grummond introduced an innovation in the form of spring basketball practice and Mr. Larsen, not to be outdone by his colleague, took unto himself the responsibility of running spring football. The faculty basketeers com¬ posed of the Messrs. Walsh, Tar¬ antino, Milde, Grummond and Larsen went through their three game schedule with a record of one victory and two de¬ feats. They became so confident, after beating the varsity, that they proved easy picking for the Madison faculty and the Poly Tech Junior varsity quintets. Why is it that Mr. Milde never gives illustrations on the gym ap¬ paratus ? Coach Larsen, of track, fol¬ lowed along in the trail blazed by Mr. Grummond and also gave much of his attention to lower grade runners who, although they were unable to score points this season, will probably develop into winners in the coming seasons. Ed Walsh is probably the most improved runner on the squad this year. Early in the season he broke his novice and since then he has been running with the mile relay team. What a combination that relay team made, always up in front, and running with the best of them : long-legged, strong lunged Walsh; short, hard fighting Roach; stocky, barrel-chested “Whitey” Lonnstro r tn, and ' that greyhound, Johnny Knobel. 31

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Handball This term saw a new athletic- activity ushered into Tech’s pro¬ gram: interclass handball. Mr. GrummOnd, who coached basket¬ ball decided to conduct a tourna¬ ment so as to discover material for Tech’s future handball outfits. Games , were held on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Second Naval Battalion Armory. Finally, after three months of playing, the semi¬ finals were reached and the doubles championship was decided. Mearns and Lopresti defeating Poojamora and Paolillo, 21-2, 21-0. Next, the singles championship was decided— Mearns of 4A1 won the coveted honor after a stiff match with Lo¬ presti. Mearns is sure to be a star when Tech enters scholastic hand¬ ball. Thanks are due to Mr. Grum- mond and Manager Furno for de¬ voting their spare time to con¬ ducting the tournament. Bowling This, highly successful term in athletics has seen the development of a new sport in Tech, that of bowling. Four organized teams appeared, the Faculty, The Survey, the Bank Staff and the Longfel¬ lows, of which our teachers are the undoubted champs, with the jour¬ nalists holding a slight edge over the six-footers for second place. All matches were rolled at the Cen¬ tral Y. M. C. A. Alleys. In the first fracas, ye pedagogues downed ye big boys, 2201 to 1929 a decided advantage of 272 pins. Two weeks later the writers con¬ quered the unfortunate Longfel¬ lows, 1959-1859, 100 pins deciding. After this match, by all the laws of natural events, the Survey lumber- rockers should have given the teachers a good battle but the dope was wrong and the type jugglers were overwhelmed 2293 to 1801. They came right back, however, and downed the Bank Staff 1930 to 1817. 30

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The track team indulged in sev¬ eral outdoor meets this spring in¬ cluding dual meets with Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamil¬ ton. And while we are still talking of track let us not forget the one and only inimitable track man¬ ager, H. R. H. Hon. William Pel- gorsch. There was some talk of forming a lacrosse team in Tech this spring but the movement seems to have run into a snag somewhere. Tech’s second inter-class tour¬ nament got under way this spring in the form of a handball tourna¬ ment. Plans were made for this but they did not. materialize until Mr. Grummond took the reins and said he would run, it. This year’s tennis outfit re¬ ceived its instructions and orders from the Messrs. Brook and Mac- Coil. George Jagde, a veteran, was made captain, and Phil Hag- erty, manager. The team started practicing early in the season. While the snow was still on the ground they were playing tennis in the 2nd Naval Battalion Armory. Stan Wagner, also a veteran, is playing first singles. Stanley is one of the best schoolboy tennis players in the borough and ranks as one of the team’s most con¬ stant winners. Coach Brook is not so bad a racket wielder himself. With a little more practice he should de¬ velop into a real high class player. Following in the steps of Ero Djerf the former Tech water wiz¬ ard, Big Bill Burns took unto himself the coaching duties of the Freshman team. Bill’s babies cut quite a furrow among the frosh swimmers and are doing quite well at present. The noise made by the Long¬ fellows bowling team challenging all and any to a match has been partly squelched by two succes¬ sive defeats at the hands of the Faculty and the Survey teams. It was rumored that Tech would have a field day and for a change this rumor proved to be something more than a rumor. And now, at last we discuss that famous spring disease, base¬ ball. Seemingly handicapped by a new coach and a lack of material the papers all predicted a pretty gloomy season for Tech, but the Erasmus game made them look all wet. Although the boys are not over¬ confident they all admit they would like to see Chicago. The student support has taken a decided brace and Tech is beginning to show some real spirit. The great success Tech has at¬ tained this season has been largely due to the skill and patience of Coach Tarantino who has worked very hard to put together a win¬ ning combination. 32