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

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HOCKEY Probably the team hardest hit by graduation is the Hockey Team. Practically the whole first team of last season, including Captain Charlie Johnston, Alfred Anderson, Pete Reisner, Albert Anderson, joe Flannagan, and Dick Fleming, are scheduled to leave in june. Three veteran members of the 1938-39 Championship Team who were ineligible for play last season, Dick Bartsch, Bob Hebenstreit, and Chuck Zimmer are also slated to leave. The absence of these veterans accounted largely for the fact that the team finished in fifth place. Johnston played well all season, scoring four goals, one of which won the New Utrecht game, and stood out excellently. Fleming unfortunately was out most of the games owing to injuries. Pete Reisner's excellent work as goalie saved the Blue and White many times from defeat. RIFLE Long one of Tech's most outstanding and successful activities, Rifle has been discon- tinued until further notice. With the resignation of Major LaVista as coach, owing to added faculty duties, the sharpshooters were left without faculty supervision until Mr. Cohan took over. However, Rifle is now looked upon as dangerous by the P.S.A.I.. ofiicials, and reorganization may be difiicult. SWIMMING Practically intact for the past two years, the Swimming Team now loses three of its key-men: Zifchak, jones, and Meeland. These boys led the team to eight victories in each of the past two seasons. Each time, however, a defeat by a powerful Erasmus squad put the Blue and White in second place. Captain joe Zifchak's loss is probably the hardest blow to the natators. He has com- piled a splendid record, losing only one 100 yard race in two years, and forming with jones and Meeland and an undergraduate, McMann, a crack relay team. Meeland and jones are undoubtedly two of the best relay men ever on a Tech swimming squad, and, augmented by Jones' work in the 50 yard races, have figured prominently in Tech victories. TENNIS The racqueteers lose two men in June-Freddie Bernbaum and john Costain. Bern- baum's shrewd, dependable brand of tennis has many times provided important points for the team. At number three position last season he paced the team, winning over half of his matches. His leaving will be keenly felt, and his replacement next season will undoubtedly prove difficult. Costain plays his last and only regular season owing to ninth and tenth periods in previous terms. In number two spot this season his accurate forcing play proved very valuable to the squad. TRACK After the end of the cross-country season the hill-and-dalers went right into track, and again Anderson, Angelastro, Finnerty and Lensky were out running for Tech, with important assistance from Dedow. These seniors aided in giving the team 8th place in the National Championships and 9th in the City Championships. Tech loses in Anderson one of its most outstanding runners. His performance in the Nationals at Madison Square Garden bears out this contention. Running in the 440 yard dash against some of the best competition in the country, Anderson came through for Tech in spectacular fashion, finishing a clean first. 29

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Senior Athletes - Hail and Farewell! by JOHN COSTAIN, 812 Each term a new group of Teclanitei who have achieved .ruccerf and recognition in sportf leave the fcbool to pariue their careers in the univerritief and the burineu world. Graduation thi! term ii' no exception, and Tecbk variour team! again lore .rome of their important memberi. BASEBALL None of the present members of the Baseball Team are leaving in June but last year's captain, joe McGarty, unfortunately too old for play this year, is slated for graduation. His work behind the plate last year resulted in his being entered in the World Telegram most valuable player survey, and he was awarded a place on the All Scholastic second team. One play in particular during the Lincoln game last season is worthy of mention. Tech was leading 2-1 at the end of the 4th when a Lincoln man started for home. McGarty snared a terrific heave from deep center by Smokey Joe Sammon and made a spectacular put-out at the plate in a cloud of dust. Unfortunately the Wagner-men could not stem the undefeated Lincoln sluggers and dropped the game 4-2. BASKETBALL Next season the hoopsters will be minus not only two stars, Hollsberg and Sapan, but their coach, Mr. Laub, who was forced to resign under pressure of added faculty duties. Sapan was ineligible for play during the first half of the season, and his colorful dribble and lay-up shots as a forward were missed by the gallery. His return to play improved player strength greatly, allowing more substitutions, and it is noticeable that about this time the team got out and stayed out of the win-one, lose-one rut it seemed to be dropping into. Captain Herb Hollsberg did not seem to have as good a season in '59 as in '38, but still his work at guard aided not a little in the winning of seven P.S.A.L. encounters. BOWLING The Bowling Team is in somewhat the same fortunate situation as the Baseball Team, in that only one of its noted members is up for graduation in June. Lloyd Knight has the distinction of bowling the highest game ever recorded in New York High School competition. He also led the Tungsten Team into the playoffs of the Team Tournament. CROSS-COUNTRY The seniors on the Cross-Country Team leave behind a record that will be hard for future squads to equal. Handicapped by a late start, since a faculty adviser and coach could not be immediately secured, it seemed almost impossible for the team to get itself into decent shape before the big races. However, with Angelastro, Anderson, Finnerty, Schwartz and Lensky, it won nearly every one of its dual meets and capped the season by taking second place in the Brooklyn Boro Championships. HANDBALL After only two seasons of play the Handball Team loses three important players. Bartischevick, hard-hitting number one singles man, and Silverman and Klimkowsky, the number one doubles team, leave in june. These men turned in very creditable per- formances, although hampered by the lack of a regular place in which to practice. 28

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