Far Rockaway High School - Dolphin Yearbook (Far Rockaway, NY)

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Far Rockaway High School Ride Team Undefeated in 1945 The greatest team to represent Far Rockaway High School in forty-five years was the 1945 Ride Team which went undefeated, and completed the year with 33 victories, the winning of six Championships and the breaking or establishing of 25 records, many as a team and some as individuals. Three of these victories the boys will never forget are the two over the West Point Plebes at West Point N. Y. and one over the Christian Brothers Academy, National R. O. T. C Champions of Albany, N. Y. Since November 15, 1945 the team won 55 straight meets and 67 out of their AVY, ng, km Aix-If ,rm es V Ae' n- f X fi , N ','- 7 fir V .ff y Q X Fr ' 1 Q! r of , I ax if M , A ' Z ' K ff ' I N - ,I 5 s .fl I xx 9 last 68 meets, and since January 1, 1941, when Richie Sierer took over the coach- ing of the team for the second time, the team has competed in 119 meets, winning 110 and losing 9. One record that never can be broken, but can be tied, is the one they made against Brooklyn Tech on June 4, 1945. That was for all five men scoring a possible 50x50 from the prone position, for a team total of 250 out of a possible 250 points. This record has very seldom been made by any team in shoulder to shoulder competition either by a Junior or a Senior team. The bright spot of the team is Bob Murphy, who now holds both the two and four positions League, Metropolitan, and National records. Bob's records are as follows: For two positions he has scored a 100x100 prone and a 95xl00 standing for a total of 195x200, and for four positions he has scored a 50x50 prone, 50x50 sitting, 47x50 kneeling and a 48x50 standing for a total of 195x200. Murphy also holds the National Ride Association Distinguished Ridemen's Medal and the U. S. Small Bore Expert Ridemen's Medal. He is the holder of the Connecticut State Individual Championship which he won on March 3, 1946, at New Haven, Conn., when he made a new record for this tournament by scoring 42 consecutive bulls f10'sJ . He still has two years to go at Far Rockaway High School. Other boys of the team who hold the National Ride Association Distinguished Ridemen's Medals are William Kaye, Fred Smith, John Kiefer, Edward Mittle- man, William Curtis, and Alvin Minkod. All these boys also hold the U. S. Army Small Bore Expert Ridemen's Medal. William Kaye and Fred Smith will be greatly missed upon graduation. Both have been rated by many coaches as two of the top high school shooters of the nation. Much credit must go to both for keeping up the fine record of the Far Rockaway High School Ride Team. This is the first time any Far Rockaway High School Ride Team finished the year undefeated. In 1932 the Rockaway Swimming Team went undefeated, winning 29 straight meets. The Swimming Team also went on to win 44 straight meets and in 1932 they defeated the West Point Plebe Swimming Team. So now both of Coach Richie Sierer's teams have had the honor of going through a year undefeated and each time had the West Point Plebes as one of their victims. NA.. QW! 23

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Jr Basketball g I xvff -Sheldon Sakowitz The Far Rockaway basketball team finished the current season with five vic- tories and eight defeats. In league competition the Rockets ended in a tie for fifth place with a record of three wins and seven losses. The season opened on December 7 with the Red and Blue dropping a hard- fought contest to Adams on the losers' hardwood, 44-27. On December 11 the Seasiders chalked up their initial triumph at the hands of Richmond Hill, 41-38. The game took place on the Lions' Court with Kelly tossing in 12 points to lead the attack. In a non-league skirmish on December 17, Rockaway vanquished Chaminade 30-19. December 20 found the Sea Horses a poor host as they routed a visiting Lane Eve to the tune of 34-24. Kelly again set the pace with 11 markers. The Beachmen traveled to Chaminade on January 4 and again won 38-30. Jamaica upset the Barrymen at the winners' gym on January 11, 43-34. Far Rock ended the first half of the campaign on January 18 by being taken over by Jackson to the count of 57-13. This was the final game in which John Kelly took part. On February 15, the Rockawayites began the second half of the season with an impressive 45-42 victory over Richmond Hill at the winners' gym. John Ebert paced the victors by tossing in 16 tallies. On February 20 the Rockets journeyed to Oakdale to meet a rugged LaSalle quintet in a non-PSAL tilt. The Academy team prevailed by a score of 52-35. The Red and Blue traveled to Lane on Febru- ary 21 and the County Liners romped to an easy win, 56-42. Jamaica invaded Far Rockaway on February 26 and chalked up a 32-25 advantage with Stridiron scoring 8 markers for the losers. Before an overiiow crowd in the boys' gym on -the night of March 1, the Sea Horses dropped a hard-fought contest to Andrew Jackson 54-24. Bob Cousy of the Green Wave put on a masterful scoring exhibition by swishing the basket for 28 points. Jackson eventually became Queens' Champ. On March 5 John Adams drew the curtain on the hoopster season by administer- ing the fifth straight defeat to the hapless Barrymen, 59-45.