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

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A few weeks after the beginning of the new semester, on September l5 that group of racket swingers who make up our tennis team started practicing on the beautiful Forest Park tennis courts. lnstructed by Coach Plag and their able captain, Sanford Astor, the only returning ennid letterman, the team really worked hard but without the success of the teams in the pre- vious years. The netmen playing seven meets in all won only one against McKinley by a score of 3-2, thus ending the season in fifth place. The team consisted of Sanford Astor, who played first singles, Lloyd Goldman, the assis- tant captain, who played second singles, and Neal Goodwin who played third singles. First doubles were played by Richard Edwards and Larry Rogul. Mel Roman and Ken Rothman bles. Their faithful alter- Richard Simon. Sanford Astor placed second in the finals at the State High School Tennis Tournament at Columbia, Missouri. played second dou nate was For their hard Work the entire team were awarded letters. FIRST ROW: Simon, Goodwin, Gold- man, Astor. SECOND ROW: Roth- man, Roman, Rogul, Edwards, Mr. Plag. Eighty-three

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QU! Paced by last year's lettermen, Gahen, Wolff, and O'Neal, this year's Soldan-Blewett golf team swung into action against Beaumont. The early form of this year's team composed of I-lolt, Lewis, Gahen, O'Neal, Spence, Litzman, Gilbert, Spiegelglass, and Wolff, showed many hours of diligent driving and putting practice. The schedule this year shows the boys meeting the public high school teams as well as many county teams. They are, however, without any league organization this year. Coach Plaq, who keeps a watchful eye on his hill and dale men, feels confident of a successful season. The entire school will look forward to the golf team adding its usual number of laurels to the name of Soldan-Blewett. Eighty-two FIRST ROW: Holt, Lewis, Gahen O'Nea1. SECOND ROW: Spense Litzinan, Gilbert, Spiegelglass, Wolff, Mr. Plag.

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w e ,.i. . FIRST ROW: Barban, Bennett, Migdall, Cohen, Kodner, Schaap. SECOND ROW: Feeney, Shapiro, Heiman, Richey Brand, Breen, Carnaghi. THIRD ROW: Gallagher, Goodman, Rothman, Rosenblum, Mullen, Axelbaum, Wilson, Ceyudo Alva, Mr. De Filio. Eighty-four Go Man, Go wimming Starting the 1953 season the potential aquatic- stars under their new coach, Tony De Filio, began their swimming practice. Veterans Stanley Rosenbloom and Marty Migdal, the distance men, Bob Schaap, individual medly swimmer, and Ken Rothman and Hugh Wilson, the backstrokers, formed the nucleus ot an ex- perienced and well-balanced team. Up and coming freshman Al Lever appeared to give the team the necessary strength for a successful season. The team dropped its opener to St. Louis U. High but came back to beat McKinley in its inaugural league meet and looked forward to constant improvement as the season prog- ressed. The fellows eagerly awaited to com- pete in the annual state meet at Wilson Pool, Washington University. The competition was extremely rugged inasmuch as some of the best swimmers throughout the state were pres- ent. While many came close to placing, no firsts were taken. Lettermen this year are: Breen, Heiman, Migdall, Kodner, Schaap, and Gallagher.