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

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The Seasiders' most glaring weaknesses were lack of height and inability to tally foul shots. Aside from these, they played classy ball and hustled all the way. The future looks bright indeed for next year's team. .lim Keep is the only starter who graduates in June. Those who will return next fall include Captain Otto Stridiron, .lack Ebert, Herb Weiss, Bob Boyland, George Cavooris, Joe Festa, .lack Wilkenfeld, George Colton, Bob Sullivan, and Howie Schwartz. ,f. ,c's , i ,- If' 'Qs' ' 6 01 . 1 41' ',f ,a Baseball -Sheldon Sakowltz As this story goes to press, the Far Rockaway High School baseball team has participated in five games, losing all five. It is hoped that the team will sud- denly find itself and live up to its pre-season expectations. The Rockets opened the season by losing 7-2 to a potentially strong Madison nine. Rockaway outhit the Presidents 6-2 but they also out-errored them 6-2. Bob Levey starred with two hits. In the PSAL opener, Newtown came out vic- torious in a game played at Cedarhurst Stadium. The Pioneers tallied all its 3 markers in the third inning while the Sea Horses garnered its tally in the fourth inning. Forest Hills showed that experience means little when it chalked up its first baseball win in the history of the school against the hapless Beachmen. The score was 3-1 with the Red and Blue collecting only two safe blows, one of which was a home run by Sheldon Sakowitz. In a non-league contest, the hitters finally found their batting eye but the pitching collapsed as Lincoln eked out a 12-10 verdict. The Seasiders assumed leads of 3-0, 5-1, and 9-8 but they could not hold the advantage. Herb Mass notched 3 hits, Bob Levey and Ed Donchey getting 2 bingles apiece. :S , Z.. -4 .

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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.

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Andrew Jackson handed the Sea Horses its fifth straight reversal, 6-2. Far Rock scored 2 markers in the first frame while the Hickories picked up 3 runs in the fatal third on Rockaway errors and iced the game with 3 in the seventh inning. Bob Levey tripled for the lone Beacher hit. The rest of the Queens PSAL league schedule included frays with Grover Cleveland, John Adams, Richmond Hill, Bayside, Bryant, Jamaica, Flushing and Lane. Non-league games were also scheduled with La Salle Military Academy and Wilson Vocational. The pitching staff was made up of: Bob Sullivan, John Hayden, Bill Bardal- mas, Saul Rivkin, Mickey Chasanoff, Herb Solomon, Harvey Tarshes, Stuie Sam- uels, Ronnie Marchetti and Jimmie Foxx. The other end of the battery included: Harold Wayser, Paul Wilsker, John McEarehern, Paul Kirwin, Frank Modica, and Elihu Fier. The infield stacked up with Co-Captain Sheldon Sakowitz and Donnie Deutsch at first base, Ed Donchey and Normie Neustein at the keystone sack, Co-Captain Marv Albin and Harry Tierstein at shortstop and Gil Hoffman and Alvin Jaffe at the hot corner. The outfield, headed by slugging Bob Levey, included Sheldon Ornstein, Herb Mass, Tom DeMaio, John Ebert, Paul Kronish and Pete Procops. Assisting Coach Resnick with the managerial duties were Joe Silverman and Phil Scery. Prospects for the future look bright indeed, with no less than 20 boys return- ing next spring. Next season the new school field will be ready and many more home games will be in the ofling.