Norristown Area High School - Spice Yearbook (Norristown, PA)

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Track It was a cold, windy day in the middle of the coldest month of the year, Ianu- ary, that the nucleus of the 1945 track squad trotted out onto Roosevelt Field for its first practice. Many of the boys from the l944 squad had returned to shiver in their thin suits as they had shivered the year before. They stood in ankle-deep snow while Pete Lewis, un- mindful of the cold, laid down the law. Mr. Lewis took this group of eager aspirants and whipped them into a force which was a menace to every other team they met. It was a pleasure to see this team in action, big Charlie Baker strain- ing to throw the shot put or discus as far as he could, Max Coy sending the shining javelin swishing through the air Baseball The Eagles opened the season in April with a win and followed through with a nice string of them. There was Meyers pitching, Smith and McCabe apparently looking for stars but making those out- field drives get back in time to do some good around the bases, Lenzi either be- hind the batter or in the outfield. Re- member those home runs by Hood and Meyers and Smith? Then came the Lower Merion game at the end of the season-a win for us- and on the same evening a place for Pictures at right BASEBALL TEAM Top Row: Brogan, Iohn, Gear, Thomas, Hood, Charles, Mr. Fishburn. Second Row: Forsyth, William, Buzby, Crane, Meyers, Iohn, Smith, Oliver. Bottom Row, McCabe, William, Moyer, Carlton, Lenzi, Richard, English, Donald. TRACK TEAM Top Row: Gambino, Ralph, Loesch, Linford, Sutera, Michael, Schneirer, Lewis, O'Donnell, Iames, Lobb, Charles, Ammon, Pete, Hamilton, A pril to stick, quivering in the earth far away, Frank Koons striding down the track and over the hurdles, his long legs barely catching up with him, Gus Cotteta's short legs speeding him along, and Ioe Solomito's unusual speed in the final stretch of the mile. These boys not only looked good in practice but succeeded in gathering imposing scores at the meets. Norristown , . . 92 Downington ..... . 16 Norristown . . . 54 Hill School . . . . . . E54 Norristown , . . 77 Bethlehem . , . . . . 42 Norristown , , . 751!z Ambler .,....... . 41 Penn Relays April 2 7-Fourth Place. Penn Relays- -April 28-Sixth Place. Norristown Interscholastic-Third Place. District I-Third Place. Meyers with the Detroit Tigers. Final knot in the baseball package-a second- place tie in Suburban I. Norristown . . . . . . 4 Abington . . . . . 2 Norristown , . . . , . 2 Haverford , . . . . . 16 Norristown... 4 Radnor 2 Norristown . . . . . . l Upper Darby . . . . . ll Norristown . .. . , . 1 Lower Merion . . . . 2 Norristown . . . . . . 4 Abington . . , 4 . , . U Norristown . . . . . . 7 Cheltenham . . . . , 4 Norristown . . . . , . 3 Haverford . . . . . 1 Norristown . . . . , . 1 Radnor . . . . . . . . . 3 Norristown . , . . , . 4 Upper Darby . . . . , . l Norristown . . . . . . l Lower Merion . . . . . 0 Barry, Williams, Sidney, Walker, George, Levis, Ioseph. Second Row: McGinnis, Edward, Shaw, Gerald, Connley, Iarnes, Deluis, David, Heyser, William, Hock, Paul, Reynolds, Lawrence, Lobb, Fred, Arnold, Bennett, Sissler, Delarme, DeMore, Al- bert, Scheid, Kenneth, Mr. Foster, Lochery, Paul. Bottom Row: Toal, loseph, Coder, Ronald, Hall- man, Robert, lnterante, Ioe, Diliberto, Michael, Butler, Edward, Delaney, Iohn, Fiorillo, Albert, Newman, Clarence, O'Neill, Iohn. Center Lett: They're off! ! Center Right: Strike THREE, and he's OUT!

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Boys? Tennis Hooray! The first suburban match was held on our netmen's home courts and they upset a favored Abington team. The Upper Darby suburban contest proved to be the most exciting of the season. Ed. Davis, with the deciding point's counting on his match, couldn't stay on his feet and walked from the match with cuts, bruises, and the first defeat of the season. Although the Hill School match was lost by the Eagles, a decisive advantage Was scored by the discovery of a new doubles team, Iohn Hoover and Fred Sharp. Another victory was Won by N. H. S. when they defeated Coatesville on their home courts. And, as yet, Frank Guth- ridge was undefeated in suburban matches. The N. H. S. netrnen were too strong for the court players of Pottstown and scored another victory for the books. Our players had a tough time at Lower Merion. It seems their attention was cli- verted from their playing to the attrac- tive group of spectators. Yippee, another tennis team sank un- der the power of our players! Bob Novell's excellent serves provided many thrills, in the Cheltenham match. What a tennis team! ! Playing at Rad- nor it showed extra-ordinary skill in every set. SCORES Abington .....,... Z Norristown , . . . . , 3 Upper Darby ...... 3 Norristown . . , . . . 2 Hill School ,,,,.... 6 Norristown . . . , . . 3 Coatesville . . , , . U Norristown . . . . . . 5 Pottstown ..,...... l Norristown . , . . . . 6 Lower Merion ...,. 4 Norristown . . . , . . l Cheltenham ..,,... U Norristown . . . . . . 5 Radnor ...... . . . 0 Norristown . . . . . . 5 Lansdowne ....... 3 Norristown . . . . . . 2 Pictures at right. Left: Over the net-pop! Right: R-e-a-c-h! Up by the tree are Bob Novell, Iohn Hoover, and Bob White. Down below are Fred Sharp, Frank Guthridge, and Ed Davis.