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

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enn id eam The Soldan-Blewett Tennis Team captured the i949 tennis championship. after recovering irom a slow start and staging a spirited drive that swept by Roosevelt for the title. With only one retuming letterman. Alvin Sieg- fried, prospects for victory were not high at the beginning of the year, but the new additions proved strong. The Tigers opened their season by defeating Southwest C3-27. but then lost to Cleveland K2-31. Next they rallied to smash McKinley K5-07. Beaumont I3-21, and Central KSFDJ. On the final day oi the season they met a favored Roosevelt team and defeated them K4-ll for the league title, ending the season with a 22-8 mark. The members of the championship squad were Alvin Siegfried, first singles: Marshall Clark. second singles: Stanley Goldstein, third Ona Hundred TENNIS TEAM First Row: Goldstein. Clark. Siege fried. Allend. Second Row: Mr. Bock- elbrink. Fadem, Berger, Levin, Van Meter. STATES DOUBLES CHAMPKJNS singles: Alan Berger and Mike Levin, iirst doubles: and Roddy Fadem and Iared Altend, second doubles. The only reserve was George Van Meter. Alvin Siegfried and Marshall Clark later won the state doubles title. All the members of the regular team received letters for their effort in bringing the school its first tennis trophy.

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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

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The SoldanfB1ewett Swimming Team under the watchful eye ot Mr. C. Bockelbrink began the season with nine retuming members, Fred Ungar. Bob Kelly. Leo Pashos, Lawrence Haze- lip, Ben Zuckerman, Irwin Sorkin, Bernard Herman. and Dick Fisher. Only tour of these. however. Ungar. Kelly, Pashos and Herman. were letterrnen. THE BIG SPLASH U wimming Their action in the six league meets this season was not spectacular on the whole. as they lost all of them and wound up in last place at the end of league competition. The natators were seriously handicapped, however. because of the active service of only two returning letter- men and the few inexperienced newcomers to the squad. The team placed fifth in the Public High Invita- tional Relay Carnival. however. and tied for tenth place in the state meet at Wilson Pool. In the latter event. honors went to Fred Ungar who placed third in the 200 yard tree-style contest and to the relay team oi Bemard Herman. Irwin Sorkin. Ben Zuckerman. and Fred Ungar which came in filth in the 160 yard free-style event. The eight boys who merited letters for their work during the season were Fred Ungar. Leo Pashos, Ben Zuckerman, Lawrence Hazelip. Irwin Sorkin, Bob Kelly, Iohn Steinkuhler, and Gene Pollien. SWIMMING TEAM First Row: Pushes. Steinkuehler. Un gar. Haxelip. Sorkin. Second Row Iames. E.: lames. I-I Mercer, Tamin. Hite. Stevens. Hatiield. Fisher.