Claymont High School - Clay Tablet Yearbook (Claymont, DE)

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BASKETBALL, 1 9 36- 3 7 Albert Kaiser Claymont High School's 1936-'37 Varsity Basketball team closed a successful season by winning twelve games and losing only four games to other schools. The team started its season by losing to Middletown High School and then to Beacom College. However, after these first two defeats, the boys settled down to busi- ness and became in reality New Castle County Basketball Champions. Claymont avenged three of her four de- feats by beating Conrad High by two points and Middletown by a large margin. The final game with Archmere was the most difficult. As the final gun sounded, Clay- mont was leading by one point. The Arch- mere center, however, was awarded a free throw, which he missed, thereby giving the game to Claymont. Since a return game was not scheduled with Beacom College, the team could not avenge its early season defeat. Claymont is proud of its basketball team. Coach Prince will develop another cham- pion team next year with the available talent. The junior Varsity team is also a credit to the school. This team won seven and lost five games. The scores for the Varsity games follow: CLAYMONT OTHER Sci-roots I4 Middletown 18 1 3 Beacom 22 ZQ Alumni 27 34 Delaware City 18 31 New Castle zo 16 Conrad IQ 34 Tower Hill 1 1 28 Newark 20 25 Friends 15 20 Conrad 18 IQ Archmere 22 23 Middletown 1 3 23 New Castle 20 35 Tower Hill 21 25 Delaware City 18 IQ Archmere 18 398 TOTAL POINTS 3oo BASEBALL fHIGH SCHOOLQ Our High School baseball team had its first practice about the first of April under the guiding hand of Coach Prince. Many boys reported for practice, and, judging by the enthusiasm shown, a good season will be the result. The battery for Claymont is made up of ,lohn Robertson, Scotty Evans, and Carmile Gentile, pitchers, with lack Carty holding down the catching position. The team is captained by Bill Oberle. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCHEDULE VUE THEY April I3 Alexis l. DuPont Away 5 8 23 Tower Hill Home 8 o May 4 New Castle Home 6 3 18 New Castle Away - - 21 Conrad Home - - 25 Alexis I. DuPont Home - - June 4 Conrad Away - - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL The junior High School basketball squad was divided into a varsity and a junior varsity squad for the first time in its history. Under Mr. Taylor the teams turned in very enviable records, the varsity team winning ten games and losing only one, which was to Marshallton on the latter's home court. The junior Varsity lost four games and won six games. The varsity team was captained by Rip Oberle who scored 142 points in II games. He sunk sixty field goals and twenty-two fouls to make his 142 points. Scores and opponents are below: CLAYMONT OTHER Sci-roots 30 Senior High J. V. I9 33 Mt. Pleasant I7 23 Delaware City 15 26 New Castle 6 24 Marshallton 26 22 Newark 18 ZQ Marshallton 24 26 Mt. Pleasant 18 26 Archmere 6 IQ New Castle I4 23 Delaware City I3 291 TOTAL POINTS 176 FOOTBALL, 1 93 6 Claymont High School's football team of 1936 turned in a record of two victories, one tie, and four defeats. Meeting stiff competi- tion the team showed up well for its second year on the gridiron. Seven games in all were played. They are as follows:

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TRACK Although our track team is confronted by a very heavy schedule this year, it is the firm belief and hope of all the members of the squad that they will finish the season with as excellent a record as our teams have established in previous years. In the picture, standing, from left to right are: Coach, Prince, Manager, Gordon Waldron, J. jordan, R. Leinheiser, R. Tomasetti, W. White, A. Michener, R. Casey, W. Mahoney, Super- intendant, H. E. Stahl, Faculty Manager, W. Taylor, Center row: T. Watkins, R. Roberts, S. Speakman, R. Miller, A. Kaiser, C. Kovanic, V. Frampton, T. Downes, L. Brown, R. King. Front row: H. Irwin, W. DeVore, R. Price, A. McGurk. JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL The Iunior High School in baseball, as in other sports, serves as a stepping stone to a high school varsity team. In the picture reading from left to right are: Front Row-P. Neff, W. Yetter, R. Wheatley, R. Gbetle, Capt. R. Palmer, W. Bane, L. Minutola. Back rowfl. Maxwell, Manager, I. Crusco, W. Lilley, P. Leinheiser, W. McGurk, Coach Taylor, H. Hall and C. Bennett were missing when the picture was taken. GIRLS' HOCKEY TEAM Surviving the competition that was provided by the junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes, the Senior Girls' Hockey Team defeated the opposing teams by scores of 7TO, 4w, and Seo. Under the capable coaching of Miss Mathilde Seipp, this team of girls has won the school championship two years in succession. Reading from left to right are: A. Ridgaway, E. Waldron, M. Morrison, C. Reiter, M. Mas- trangelo, M. Wilhelm, V. Pyne, G. Jones, F. Wehrheim, M. Hopton, Captain, A. Massey, D. Marenko. THE SGPHOMGRE PLAY The play contest sponsored by the Claymont Alumni was won by the Sophomore Class with the play, 'LWaxed Ends. The Seniors placed second, and the juniors won third place. Those in the cast of the winning play are pictured here. Reading from left to right they are: Nora, the maid . . . . BETTY Lovisrr Frederick Lee, Sr. . . . . SAM KELLY Bob Gorling . . . .... joe DEGRAW Elsie Lee ........ BARABARA Mooize jane Burby ...... DOROTHY KAUFFMAN Donald Hineman who played the part of Frederick Lee, lr., was absent when the picture was taken.

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DATE OPPONENT We THEY Oct. 2 Alexis l. DuPont ro o 9 Dover o o 16 Caesar Rodney o 18 23 New Castle 38 7 Nov. 6 Conrad o 31 1 3 Friends 7 1 2 zo P. S. Dupont I3 35 TRACK SEASON OF 1936 Last year's track and field season was one of the most successful in the past three years. Under the able guidance of Coach Prince, the team was whipped into condition and made an excellent showing for an un- seasoned squad. The first meet of the year was the Penn Relays on April 25. The boys, Charles Kovanic, Richard Hasting, Samuel Speak- man, and Albert Kaiser, succeeded in capturing fifth place. Delaware Interscholastics were held at Delaware College on May 2. However, the results were not favorable to Claymont as they lost to Middletown. lt was at this meet that Andrew Nagy pole-vaulted II feet 6 inches for a new school record and a tie for second place. Gut third and last large track event was the Jacob I. Tome School Meet at Port Deposit, Maryland on May 9. Claymont took three first places, no second places, one third place, and two fourth places. Last, but not least, the half-mile relay team easily won its event. Two new records were established by the relay team: our own Claymont School record and the jacob I. Tome School Meet record. Middletown and Georgetown were our next rivals at a meet held at Middletown. Middletown edged Claymont out by half a point while Georgetown placed third. The following week the Middletown boys were Claymont's guests on our own home field. Claymont sought revenge for the previous week's defeat and got it by winning over Middletown by a large score. Church Farm boys were our next visitors, bringing their Junior High team with them. Claymont dropped the meet to her visitors by a close margin. Our last meet was with our neighboring school, Archmere. Archmere was handi- capped by some of its best material having gone home, and so Claymont took the meet with a bang. graduation the season of 1937. is as follows: Penn Relays As Claymont lost only a few men by team remains intact for the ,U The schedule of 1937 meets f J' April 23-24 Franklin Field, Pa. Delaware Interscholastics May 1 Newark, Del. jacob I. Tome lwfay 8 Port Deposit, Md. Conrad May' 13 Home Middletown May 22 Home Church Farm May 29 Glen Loch, Pa. P. S. du Pont june 4 Home PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR GIRLS Hockey opens the outdoor activities for girls at Claymont High School in September. lt is a thrilling game, and the girls love it and find it one of the InOSt exhilarating of all out door sports. After several weeks of practice, a series of inter-class games are played. When the hockey season is over, the girls play basketball for short periods during their regular physical education classes. ln February and March a schedule of inter-class volley ball games was arranged for a noontime activity once a week. Other noontime activities during winter months included social dancing, ping pong, shuffle board, and goal shooting. With the coming of spring all the girls participate in track and field events during regular class periods. Throughout the whole school year the seniors and juniors were given the physical education tests prepared by the National Recreation Association. At the close of school in June a number of girls will receive certificates of merit for equalling or excelling the national standards. At the annual gymnastic exhibition pro- gram early in April, 130 girls out of an en- rollment of 2oo took part. The girls pre- sented dancing, club swinging, gymnastics, apparatus work, and pyramid building. Every girl who is physically able partici- pates in all phases of athletic activities. ln place of highly competitive sports the school athletic program is so planned and executed that all the pupils will derive a recreational and an educational value. The cultivation of proper health habits and the ability to keep physically fit are the main objectives of our physical education program. 52 Z.