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

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SOMETHINGS PISHY LU I'I'll'l'llI'lg The Soldan Blewett Swtmmtng Team coached oy Mr Ray Clttte started thts season wtth only three lettermen returntng from the past sea on Tney were I fvrn Sorktn Gene Pollten and Co Captatn Leo Pashos The team showed great enthustasm but la lc ot sufhctent prac ttce and tnexpenence proved too great tor the twenty boys that ftntshed the season Thts w1ll be remedted next year by the contracttng ot addtttonal days of practtce at the YMHA F35 The boys were completely outclassed rn he dual meets but showed fatrly good strength tn the Relay Carntval held at Washtngton Unr verstty A second place tn the 300 yard Medley Relay and a thrrd place tn the 600 yard Ind1 vtdual Medley Relay made up the potnts for the Tlgers The most surprtstng prospects of the season were Btll I-I1te who was second tn polnt scortng and who should be the stalwart of next year s e-am backstrokers Wayne Stevens and Bernte Stegel Bob Tamm swtrnmtng the mlddle d1s tances and Dtck Ftsher who dtd the d1v1ng Captatn L o Pashos letterlng for h1s fourth year won htgh ootnt honors and placed hftln tn the breaststroke even 1n the State Meet for the Bengal s only aualttter FIRST ROW Bulger lvfagmn Ftsh r Schaap Mlgdall SECOND ROW I-hte Bal Buckley Wtl o Levme Rothman THIRD ROW Poger Tammn Km ade Pasho Capt St ve Stegel Sorktn Mr Cllffe Coach Erghty etght - ' 1 A , . . . -b . YI , , . A .. i ., c X .. . . rw I Looe.. ' 4 . t , , L I . L 1 I , ' O C . . . . . L I , - . Q . . N-' 1 . L. I . , G , b , X can . . , . ., .c, , . , , , ., , s , ., . 2 , . , c , s, ., e ns, , , . , . A N l.. .5 rig gpg , .W ,gyda y Q ,S W TA W X F ..-, S. A .

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The Soldan Blewett Tennts Team under the able superv1s1or1 of Mr Plag entered the league w1th but two returrung lettermen Stanley Gold stem and Mlke Levm The netmen opened thetr season by shadlng a flghtlng Southwest squad 3 2 and followed thts w1n by crush1ng Cleveland 5 U Central bowed 5 U and Roosevelt fell 1n l1ne by absorb mg a 3 2 loss The next three matches were played after postponements due to heavy ram The T1ger squad trounced McK1n1ey 5 U and then defeated Hadley by the same score Beau mont was the only team able to put the brakes on us and pushed the Tlger netmen out of flrst place by wtnmng 4 l Soldan Blewett f1n 1shed ln second place wlth a mark of 27 wms and 8 losses f1rst smgles hm Westmoreland second slngles M1ke Levtn th1rd smgles Ron Harmon and Van Westfall f1rst doubles and Dave Mahan and Sanford Astor second doubles The alternates were Larry Rubm s1ng1es and B111 Tragos and Don Robb doubles All the members of the regular team recetved letters for the fine showtng they made FIRST ROW Astor Levm Westmoreland Golds em Westfall SECOND ROW Mr Plag Tragos Robb Harmon Mahan Rubm enntd The team was composed of: Stanley Goldstein, Q . , .

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The Soldan Blewett Gym Team under the watchful eye of Coach Plag has shown very encourag1ng slgns of a champ1onsh1p team th1s year The Bengals have won all of the1r three dual meets beatmg Beaumont tw1ce by the scores of 2l3 203 and 375 361 and Hadley once 292 282 The team was very hopeful when pract1ce started early rn October havlng elght return mg lettermen who were B111 Ballard Ed Indell cato Tom Iones Dave Londe Darrell Long Wally Orsech Bob Ruesmg and Ken Stone The frrst meet of the year was the North Slde YMCA Invltatlonal Meet The Trgers made a flne showmg placlng th1rd only a few pomts behmd frrst place Beaumont The team lmproved as the year rolled on and the T1gers were at lull strength by the t1me of the C1ty Gymnast1c Meet They have excellent opportunmes to dlsplay the1r skllls by the1r part1c1pat1on rn th1s meet and also the Ozark A A U Meet FLYING ED gin eflln Ballard Fy Cejudo Alva Montelth Iones lndellcato Reusmg, Cohen Brooks Eclcmss Solomon Stone Long Londe Eighty-nine