Soldan Blewett High School - Reflector Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Did anyone say. Pole-vaulting. shot-putting. sprinting. dashing, high-jumping, broad-jump ing? Why, you can see all of this and more if you attend the track meets oi the Soldan- Blewett Track Team. The track team starts practicing around the time Spring begins. and they endeavor to im- prove their skills so that they will win more meets for the alma-mater. This striving and effort is all brought to a climax at the Field Day Track Meet in which all the Public High Schools of our league are competing against THE KENTUCKY DERBY each other. Needless to say. one of the most wonderful jaf things for the building up of school morale is winning the Field Day Meet. So here's hoping! Pint Row: Beckett. Blume, Luzenske. Burton. Wright. Koesler. Lee. Second Row: Oberman, Gross. Bianchi. Citerman. Greenberg. Rudolph. Third Row: Krueger. Mahan. Smith. Henschel, Wooden. Brooks. O'Neal. Fourth Huw: Sorkin. Tscklin. Lugger. Mead tCu-Caplalnl. Pelroisky. Hart. Monaghan. Filth Row: Becker. Scholar, Diekman. Siegel. O'Nei1l lCcrCuptain7. Rosen. Noce. Sixth Row: Mr. Mcliachron. Suchart lManagerJ. Mr. Hatfield. Ninety-sight

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Z?a5LelAaf than one minute to play. In these last seconds, Soldan-Blewett got the ball, Ioe Oppenheim made the basket. his first ofthe season, winning the game, and the crowd went wild. The next night, the team beat McBride Q50-441 and reached the semi-finals, but were defeated by Southwest, t42-37l. The team then entered league play, defeating McKinley C52-34l in their first game, losing to Southwest t48-39? in their next one. The boys scored another victory for the Alma Mater. defeating Hadley Tech. by a margin which should have been larger 132-275. With gradua- tion approaching, the lanuary seniors did not play in the rest of the games. This loss of men definitely, hindered the team. In their next game, they were defeated by Roosevelt C42-353, and then hy Beaumont 179-353. their worst defeat cf the season. At this game, the services of Al Towbin were lost because of a leg injury. There were defeats by Central Q52-581 and by Cleveland K56-313, The team finished the sea- son in sixth place in the Public High League. After the league season was over, Soldan- Blewett entered the University City Regional Toumament and took third place. In this tournament they beat a strong Affton team C27-255, lost to University City t54-361, and heat Hancock 448-431. Of the twenty games that the team played, eight were won and twelve were lost. They scored a total of 787 points. t,,7 Towbin Dautch Melton Greenblatt Oppenheim Goldstein Coter Siegfried Enloe Turnbull Ninety-levon

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The Soldan-Blewett Baseball Team was a dark Y W - f horse in this year's Public League race. With A1 Towbin returning to do the main pitching chores. the team figured to roll if its hitting could match the effectiveness of its pitching. However. Towbin started slowly, but improved greatly as the season progressed. The Tigers lost to McBride in their first en- counter 5-2. but avenged that defeat later with cx 13-9 victory. The Bengals started their league play most auspiciously with a 12-11 victory over Hadley. In that game the Tigers scored eight runs in the last of the seventh to pull the game out of the fire. The Tigers followed this with a 6-3 victory over McKinley. Then came their first defeat 10-S to Beaumont. Hopes for a championship tumbled as the Ben- gals lost to Roosevelt. 7-6: Central, 7-0: South- west. 8-2: and Cleveland, 9-5. COACH AND BENCH After this debacle the Tigers reached their peak by defeating the powerhouse Beaumont team 5-3. and trampling McKinley 17-7. The Tigers are new engaged in the regional tournament, where they hope to fare well. 5 L 0.52 CL '1'he Bengals will lose their two power hitters. Bierman and Grossman. and pitcher Towbin after this season and will find them hard to replace. FirntRow:Grossman. En1oe.Hauh, Bierman. Follis. Shilrin. Second Raw: Monaghan. Bowen, Hoeterlin. Pterron. Mathews. Doi. Goldstein. Mueller. Third Row: Levin. Bonfides. Duke. Raskas. Towbin. Iarnes. Saputo. Cooley. Fourth Row: Mr. Franlrenberger. Scharf, Block. Ninety-nlne