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

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Tennis team will undoubtedly improve on the fourth place standing it attained last season Three varsity lettermen remain from the 1945 squad: Sam Linder, Elton Dublin and Morty Janklow. These boys are expected to form the nucleus around which the rest of the team is to work. Linder, who finished the last season in the number two singles position with a won-lost record of 9 and 2, is considered among the steadiest players in Queens scholastic tennis. Many an undefeated star was toppled from these ranks when he met with Linder's steady lob game. He will appear in the number one position this year. al 505 a05 'i5 4 . . 443 Skiltp is lsisfy Although handicapped by the loss of three of its starting players, the tennis i . Q 4' , K 2. X it s ,Y 'xxx -X U I K. Elton Dublin, former number three singles ace. has been named to start in the number two position vacated by Linder. Dublin eapitalizes on a powerful forehand drive to win his points. And win them he did, as exemplified by his 1945 record of 6 won, 5 lost. Morty Janklow, who appeared on the doubles team last season, will start in the number three singles position. Taking advantage of a strong service and steady forehand drive, he is expected by Coach Eileen Devereaux to improve on his record of 6 won, 4 lost. The three other starting members will be chosen from this group of promising players: Bob Messe, Dick Lieb, Dick Joseph, Jay Kissel, Paul Fenichel, and Donald Miller. According to hard-working Coach Devereaux, the tennis team will cut quite a swathe in PSAL tennis during the 1946 season. -Morly Janklow 114' Wu C?

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sl, 2 k : ' 222 ji: 564 J Knockout King An Interview with Jack Johnson -Ric Shane In this corner, l'd like to present Jack Johnson, the man who held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter, from December, 1908 to April, 1915. Jack, now sixty-eight years old, is in tip-top shape, stocky and muscular. Pugilism will always remember him as one of those who reached the top through his own persevering endurance. Jack Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1878. As a farm boy, he rode the famous Texas jumping horses. He started boxing just because he liked it. All he knows about boxing he learned by himself, without teacher or trainer. He started by defeating boys much older and heavier than himself. In his early years, he started practising the uppercut, and today is the only man in the world who has perfected this technique. He is very proud, too, of his blocking system, and his stance and timing of punches are excellent. His advice to young boxers is, Get that stance per- fected. Be able to move, brother, because of you can only stay in one place just so long. Like a true philosopher, Jack feints for a reason, and this cause usually produces a knockout of an effect. 'You never see boxers feint today, declares Johnson. 'Teinting is a great asset infboxing, and the fighter who lacks this ability is incomplete. A fighter must also learn to block right. Blocking is another important thing in the game, the man who blocks won't get all hit and cut up, and as a result, can fight many years longer than the fellow who just slugs. And when he retires, he doesn't have those ugly caulifiower ears, and strained and abused head nerves. Jack Johnson's start in professional boxing came in a bout with a fellow name of George Turner. His quickest iight was the one with Charley Cutler, who was knocked out in seventeen seconds. Jack won the title from Tommy Burns, to whom it had been presented in 1906 by the retired champion, Jim Jeffries. Jack fought his last fight, a knockout, in Czechoslovakia, as a lad of fiftq-four. I asked the ex-champ, Did you know 'the great John L.?' Did you ever spar with him? His face beamed. Sure, I knew John! We used to live together and watch the fights. Spar? No, I never did spar with him. He was a great man, Ol' John! As for the Louis-Conn fight, J ack says he'd have to see the boys in training. That's Jack Johnson!