Ambler High School - Pinnacle Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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Only Three leTTermen: Lane, CurTis and Mc- Firsf Row: D, Camassa, H. OTT, H. Whisler, A. Presberry, M. GanT, F. Serrao, J. Johnson, A. Meroila, W. Jackson, J. Heywood, E. Kelly. Second Row: E, KreTschmer, H. Williams, D. Fernandez, E. Zerbonski, W. Kerns, C. CurTis, P. Lane, W. Ball, J. l-lolz, M. Camasso, M. MasTramaTTo, W. TaTe. Third Row: Mr. Lauder. J. Signore, F. Rocchino, C. Gambino, W. Kalb, W. Marana, R. Parker, C. Lucas, G. Leh. E. McCourT, J. Finore, R. Thompson, W. LiTTle. Fourfh Row: J. Newman, A. McCoy, P. Sandilos, L. Davies, D. WalberT, J. Spears, G. Marlcley, D. F'isTelli, R. Shoemalcer, B. Engle. TRACK Ambler High Schools I94I Track Team lived up To The Tine TradiTian ThaT has been esTab- lished by The Track Teams aT Tormer years. Under The waTchTul eye aT Their new coach, Mr. Lauder, The Traclc candidaTes developed inTa well-Trained, well-disciplined aThleTes, capable aT giving Tine performances in all The evenTs. Facing one aT The TaughesT schedules ever encounTered by an Ambler Team, Coach Lauder wasTed no Time in calling Tor candidaTes. Run- ners, as well as boys who inTended To parTicipaTe in The weighT evenTs. reparTed early in The Spring. Whenever The weaTher was naT TiT, The Tellows worked auT in The gym. CarT, reTurned To The squad This year. Coach Lauder deserves a greaT deal aT crediT Tar his paTience an-d unTiring eTTorTs in worlcing wiTh many inexperienced boys, and Tor his abiliTy Ta Turn ouT a very capable Team. ThroughouT The Tough campaign, The runners held up excepTionally well, improving wiTh each meeT. Their Tine perTormances may be aTTribuTed direcTly To Their excellenT condiTianing and To Their peTsisTenT work. Williams and KreTchmer proved To be mainsTays among The milers. Half- milers included AshTan, Lucas and LiTTle. CurTis usually led The Ambler quarTer-milers while The hundred-yard dash and The Two-TwenTy-yard dash were run by CurTis, HoTFman, Gransby and TaTe. One aT Ambler's chieT prides was The Junior High relay Team composed aT Marana, Kalb, STevens, and Leh. This group perTormed very well cover- ing a good biT aT TerriTory in remarkably shorT Time. The hurdles were usually run by Lane, Ball, and Thompson. CuriTs led The Ambler high jumpers ThroughouT The season buT Coles and HasTings also per- Tarmed well in ThaT evenT. The chief pole vaulT- ers were McCorT. Camassa, and HasTings. Lane and Ball carried The brunT aT The worlc in The discuss and shoT puT evenTs. The mainsTays in The broad iurnp evenT were CurTis and Gransby. Ambler laclsed iavelin Thrawers This year, buT MasTromaTTa, l-lolz and Ball held up Ambler's end aT This evenT. The Traclc season was a successTul one and The perTormance aT The boys This year can lead us To believe ThaT There will be an even beTTer Traclc season in I943. April I7 CenTral High ... .... Home April 22 DaylesTown ..,..,... ...... H ame April 29 BrisTol .........,....... .......... H ame May 2 Ursirius lnTerscholasTics .... , ...Collegeville May 9 ManTgamery CounTy MeeT May I3 Lower Merion ....... ,,.... . .Lower Merion May I6 P. l. A. A. DisTricT MeeT ..... ..Upper Darby May 20 NarrisTawn .,..,,..............., NorrisTawn May 23 Springfield .,..,,.....,.......... Springfield May 23 P. l. A. A. STaTe Championship. .STaTe College May 29 BuxmonT League MeeT. ,, ,.......... Sell-Perl:

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FQ? 3 GIRLS' SENIOR BASKETBALL The l942 baslcelball learn, led by co-caplains Annie Lane and Mae Whisler, ended lheir bas- lrelball season wilh a very line record. The girls had played lourleen conseculive games, includ- ing lasl year's games, belore lhey were delealed. Oul ol 278 poinls scored by Ambler, Annie Lane made I52 poinls. l-lilly Smilh, a veleran ol lasl year, was oul- slanding lor her girl-lo-girl delense. We played many good leams, such as Abinglon, Chellen- ham, and Springfield, which were delealed be- cause ol lhe relenlless spiril ol lhese girls. Wilhoul Miss Boyles' excellenl coaching lhis line record would nol have been possible. Firsl Team Annie Lane.. ,,.. Mae Whislerm ... Nancy Brady .....,, Gloria Simpson .,.. Second Team Fanny Camburn. ,. .June Slevens. . . Rmh Scherll, .. .Rose Barbacow, .. Anna Jane Williams, Joyce l'-luber. .. I-lildegarde Smith. .. Nancy l-lollman. .. Managers: Dorclhy Fenninglon, Ca Subslilules Mary Eanu ...... Belly Jane Meyers Adeline Teller. .. Bessie Rose ....,. ...Yolonda Moneglia lherine DeSando Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler Ambler GAMES PLAYED l-lalboro ,..... Upper Moreland Lansdale ,..,,, Springlield ...,. Norlh Wales .. Abinglon .. . Conshohocken . Chellenham .. Springfield .,.. SECOND TEAM I-lalboro ...... Upper Moreland Lansdale . .. Springfield ...... Norlh Wales ..... Abinglon .. , Conshohocken .,., Chellenham ..,.... Springlield ..,. Home Home Away Home Home Away Away Home Away

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CROSS COUNTR The cross-counTry Team, coached by Mr. SCHEDULE Menna, had a successTul season. The Troians had Tour vicTories and Two deTeaTs. The long disTance runners placed -TiiTh ouT oT ThirTeen schools in The DisTricT Championship which was held aT The Cabb's Creek Golf Course in Philadelphia. The Team won iTs meeTs wiTh AbingTan, Haver- Tord and BoyerTown, and in The lasT meeT aT The season, aT Lansdale, The Troians won by a scare of 23-32. In This meeT, Ambler's WesTly Kerns esTablished a new course record and The Team had Tour ouT aT The TirsT Tive runners To Tinish The race. During The season, Ambler bowed To Lans- dale and CenTral High School. MosT of The squad was made up oT new runners. The boys worked hard, Training Tar The Two and one-halT mile run. iT was due To The enThusiasm oT The Team and The work oT Their able coach, Mr. Menna, ThaT The Trojan harriers came Through wiTh a good record. Y Ambler . .... 24 AbingTon .. .,..3l Lansdale .. .... 25 Ambler .. ....3O Ambler . .... 20 Haverford ... .,..35 Ambler . .,,. 22 BoyerTown ... ,...33 CenTral lPhila.l ,... 20 Ambler .. ,,.. 35 Ambler . ........ 23 Lansdale .. . . . .32 NoTe: Low scare wins in cross-counTry. Angelo F. Menna, Coach WalTer Ka rpecilc, Ca pf. Herman AshTon Hugh Bullard Wesley Kerns Charles Gambino Edward KreTchmer 7. Lloyd Mifsch 8. John Spears 9, Franlr Thomas IO. RoberT Thompson I I. HerberT Williams l2. Edward Wyrwas Manager, RoberT Janes FirsT Row: R. Jones, E. Wyrwas, H. Bullard, R. Thompson, L. MiTch, C. Gambino. Second Row: J. Spears, H. AshTon, W. Kearns, Mr Menna, W. Karpecilc, E. KreTchmer, H. Williams.