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

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Beturmng to league play Coach Prankenber ger s ooys recetved another heart hreakmg de leat from Southwest 59 58 Once more Soldan Blewett needed to buckle down The chance cam one week later agamst Hadley The team completely outclassed the Hornets 53 35 Two xmmedta e los es at the hands ot Roosevelt and Beaumont followed The Bough Bxders won 18 45 1n a thnller wh1le Beaumont smashed th T1ger defenses G2 37 The Bengals ftntshed the season as they lost to the CBC Cadets '14 33 to Central 65 47 and flnally to the Cleve land Dutchmen 52 33 The squad won one game and lost stx 1n league play to capture fourth place They scored a total ol B77 potnts durlng the season whlle the opposttlon scored 772 polnts B1ll Mathews recetved honors from two local news papers for h1s trne showmg throughout the season He was also voted to the Pubhc League All Opponents Team gCl,5Let6Cl,! M Frankenberger Specker Knox P1e-rron Gtlden Sander Gheraramr Mathew Oppenhex Rayman Monroe Dewhlrt Iohnson Melton Towe Gro Exghty three I , , , . . I - ' - e T . . I 4 I ' I s A , U T I I O , 4 - . . 5 , . A Y - - - , , , - 1 , BALLET ' ,Q Y ,-H Q, , , A, so

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E ghty tWO THE Tluf RS lt ACTION gaagelgaf T re Soldan Ble weft Basketball Tearr alta u gl rt could only salvage three VICTOTISS out or seventeen encounters sho Ned frgnt thro gh ut the entrre se son and conststently Norr ed tts oonents The mayorrty of the sauad lay ed n last years B team Tne team opened tts season wrth the tradrtronal game agarnst Prrncrpra ln thrs frrst non league contest the Trgers ran rlngs around the Prrncrpta defense to w1n 5138 Top Bengal scorers were Monroe and Mathews wrth l5 and l2 pornts respectrvely ln therr second non league game however the powerful D agons of St Marys pusned the TIQGTS back 42 32 The Soldan Blewett frve next took a heart breakrng loss at the hands of Unrversrty Crty 4139 The team fought hard to t1e n the closlng seconds but was frnally defeated by a rnargtn of two potnts In therr next garne the Bengal f-foopsters lost to Brentwood B2 Sl Blg Bob Berter drd much to down the Trgers rn thts etts B111 Mathews dropped 18 po1nts through the hoop Another loss followed as the Txgers dropped to McBr1de 47 38 Openrng therr league season the McK1nley uoldbugs edged ut a f1g1t1ng Soldan B ewett rurntet 37 34 A non league loss to DeAr1dre1s llowed as the Wrldcats tamed the Bengals 17 36 Vnterrng tl e Norrr andy Tournament the team solved to do oett r and succeeded as 1 upset Wellston V1 a br ll antly played game 44 4U V ctory che rs ceased however when th boys dst to Breatwood for the second trme th s s a son thrs trme by the score of 57 46 l 2 - ' . r, I o C 1 Q' , ' ' l 'J O Q A a .' ' 1 ' op , ' o ' 0 Q tt tt . Y' l , , - . , , ' A affair by scoring 30 points, while Soldan-Blews fs- A ' 1 A - 1 ij ' , - . r f . I fo ' A t, 4 ro, ' e . 'i . W ar . . I l A , ,- . l ' ce ' , ' , ' t e . W f .' A L . 9 Y A ' .1 l -T D . ' .

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STILL HOPING CLJBAGK pyy by Thlngs d1dnt look too brlght for the Soldan Blewett Baseball Team thls year Almost an entrre tearn graduated last year and the squad was composed ot new boys work1ng together for the f1fSl tlme Wlth the only returnlng letter man B111 Mathews as captaln and the coach1ng chores turned over to Mr Clltte the team began practrce ln preparatlon for the league season After lostng the1r f1fSl two non league encoun ters to Mercy and McBr1de the Bengals cap tured the1r flrst vlctory agalnst Pr1nc1p1a 4 3 Thls game featured a 330 loot home run by second baseman Ron Slawskr to t1e the score Later the w1nn1ng run crossed the plate W1th the opennog ol the league season the Tlger Nlne absorbed a 9 U loss to Cleveland and then held the powerful Beaumont Blue Iackets to tour runs as they lost 4 U The squad took a beatmg at the hands of McK1nley 1n the1r next game lU 3 They have a crowded schedule ahead but the boys hope to fare better as the season progresses FIRST ROW Slqnorelll Pelker Yancey Herman Bowen Duke Flnk Karnfleld Lee Matthews Capt SECOND ROW MOTI Axelrod Radley Andrews Iohnsey Taylor Brooks McBrearty Gerescht Westmoreland Pavey THIRD HOW Holt Becker Prerron Grossman Rose-nbloom Poger Stanley Monroe Lewls Mgr FOURTH ROW Coach Chile Rayman Lahay Poulos Suthan Kemp Iohnson Culeclo Alva Slawskr Erghty four , . . 1 . . V' ' 1 1 - 1 1 . I - , ' . , . A 1 I ' - 1 ' - V-1- f' P 1 , - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - -1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - ' -1 . 1 ' .1 -. 1 r -