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

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SoldanfBlewett, once a power in city athletics, but now only a shadow of its past glory seems to be making a comeback in many of the fields of athletic endeavors. One of the most striking examples is its young and powerful track team which most likely will contend for top honors in city wide competition. l-lugh Wilson and Max Schwartz, returning lettermen, have both shown excellent time in the sprints. Ouarter milers Mullens, Benkelman, and Schaap all seem to be up around their peak in condition and per- HTLC will be adequately taken care of by veterans Mayer, Fitzgerald, Huffman, and l-licks. ln the hurdles Soldan4Blewett is fortunate to be rep' resented by Weber, Kellar, and Bach as they should add many points to the team's record this year. Coach Delfilio deserves a big hand for the diligent work he has performed on be half of the track team. The highlights of this year's competition as usual will be the main event, the field day meet. SoldanfBlewett, we are sure, will hold f d l th ct ' . . . 4 . Ormgnce Cm me G SO among 6 rp ummg its head high on this important night. lettermen of last season. The 880 and mile FIRST ROW: Bach, Schaap, Benkelman, Kellar, Hicks, Mullen, Staub, G., Williams, Schwarze, Colburn, Wilson, Broccard, SECOND ROW1 Morgan, Schneider, Chu, Stone, Weber, Goodman, Waldman, Bosman, Faintich, Bugg, Finley, Thomas. THIRD ROWi Oldani, Simon, Kanefield, Lever, Offstein, Schoenfeld, Fitzgerald, Huffman, Eggmann, Adams, Staub, D., Shapiro. FOURTH ROW: Mr. Del-'ilio, Minkes, lndelicato, English, Weiner, Becker, Gallagher, McGuire, Tecklin, Mayer, Mr. McEachron. - t, jesse- f--- s , ,u Seventy-nine

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Cldegdf The l953 Soldan-Blewett baseball team, unlike most of the other schools teams, has quite a few experienced players from last season and the results are already showing. Vilith Mr. Walka's hard work and such players as Mark Herman, Marv Andrews, Don Carafiol, Chuck Lahay, Bill Funkhouser, Ed Stein, Charlie Yancey, Clyde Sells, Dave Grossman, and Cor- nell Bowen, returning from last year's team, the boys should really go places, lf the first few games are any criterion, the team will have an abundance of hitting power and if the pitching is kept up by Herman and Yancey, the team will be very hard to beat. At present the boys are in second place in the public league. We hope the team will con- tinue its fine play and bring us home a trophy by finishing the season on top. FIRST ROW: Yancey, C., Caraliol, Stein, Bowen, Funkhouser, Herman, Shelton, Grossman, Lahay. SECOND ROW Mr, Walka, Ashby, Sells, Andrew, Coffman, Benassi, Waldman, Averbuch, Long, Baker. THIRD ROW: Carnaghi, Eaton Richey, Keathley, Slayden, Rosenbloom, Yancey, F., Hoffman, Knowles, Goldman. Seventy-eight

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FIRST ROW: Londe, Leonard, Saunders, Dunham, Bryer. SECOND ROW: Mr. Seitz, Monteith, lndelicato, Iones, Siegel, Feldman, Kodner. gin Bah! The 1953 Soldan-Blewett gymnastic team had a tough job on its hands, trying to equal the performance of last year's city, state and ln- vitational Champions. But the season opened successfully as the first team, Cejudo-Alva, Indelicato, Iones, Kodner, and Londe easily Won the Invitational meet which Was held De- cember 28, at the North Side Y.M.C.A. The meet saw Londe, who had recovered from last year's injury, successfully defend his all- round title, closely followed by lndelicato, who placed second in the all-round and Iones Eighty who was third - Kodner and Cejudo-Alva also performed creditably, Kodner placing seventh. The team Won the first place trophy followed by Hadley and Sumner. The city meet was next on the schedule and Mr. Seitz's boys were picked to win easily. But with the loss of several regulars the team placed third, the only bright spot being lndeli- cato's win of first place title and Iones' eighth place. The team is now Working out for the Ozark A. A. U. meet and is hoping for better luck. .