A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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ap! MW? J. Adams, A. Friedman, L. Hjorth, H. Srhecter, P. Grape, E. Jacob- son. D. Leaf ROW 1: C. Dee, 1. Morace, W. Carling ROW 2: C. Forgione, J. Smith, M. Vagts, M. Moderno, I. Robinson, P. Altschuler, M. McCarthy, J. Cuson, B. Sobek, P. Plummer, J. Kristang ROW 3: Mr. Free, R. White, M. Childs, 1. Smyser, J. Forgione, W, Barton, L. Blanchette, H. Syrkin, R. Bell, F. Di Chiara, E. Camerino, Mr. Childs wirilffi C One-two-and away go the TWIRLERS! They looked great in those bright new uniforms, which they so proudly displayed at the band concert. This group has certainly come a long way since they were Hrst organized in 1937 by Mr. Licht. Marching down the field with skirts flying, and high stepping, they raised many a cheer from the bleachers. Day after day these girls could be seen practicing out on the field. Their tricky formations, including Stars and special throws, caught many admiring glances from all sides. HOPE HERMAN goofaaf 60 KA 8QIf'A6L6!QIf'6 Captained by Walter-46Wl1at-are-we-going- to-do-today? -Carlin and .Ioan Morace, the Davis CHEERLEADERS, first organized in 1926, made a fine record for themselves in '49-950 especially by their good attendance at basketball games. Whereas usually only two or three cheerleaders showed up for basketball games in the past, this year there were five or six at most of the games at home and away, Joan Morace and Jackie Smith missing only one game all year. The cheerleaders had twenty-three cheers and chants in their repertoire, including six new ones originated during the basketball season. In the final game of the year, the girls introduced the novel idea of wearing green hats bearing the names of the starting five players. The girl cheerleaders took over completely during the basketball months. After Patience Plummer, Barbara Sobek, and Meryl McCarthy graduated in January, Doris Rosenberg, Margot Rusch and Charlotte Click substituted very capably. Upholding the dependability of the cheerleaders, Joan Morace and Margot Rusch spent four dollars on a taxi to get to the Port- chester basketball game! In all, there were twenty-four regular and three assistant cheerleaders in action this year with Charlie Dee and Mary Ann DeCarlo acting as assistant captains.

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Gi Q8 ROW 1: B. Widulski, W. Burroughs, J. Gottlieb T ROZZI B Smith W W1llI1mS R Hocking E Haxde J. Pucciog ROW 2: A. Puccillo, F. LaSorsa, D. Urban H Lyons G Brown M Miller V Basnlght L Scott J D1Antom D. Augustine, R. Hildrethg ROW 3: L. Altman, W Somerville R Battochlo A Pennello S Cohn D Coerlltz N Kaplan W. Rink, T. Tucker, T. DeMaio, E. Melinsky, G. Potter Mr Mlnerley An interesting triangle was shown by the Davis, New Rochelle and White Plains games. White Plains gave Davis its only loss 25-6, hut the following week, they were beaten 28-0 by New Rochelle. The Huguenots had rolled up six straight victories, scoring 218 points to their op- position's 0. The former were distinct favorites to trounce the Maroon. How- ever, a Friday evening rally set off the upset spark, which prevailed in the Sat- urday game. The Hilltoppers caught New Rochelle Hat-footed in the first few min- utes ofthe game, when fleet-footed Teddy Ramsey outmaneuvered the Purple sec- ondary, took a long pass from Pete Ber- land and went 50 yards for the first score against New Rochelle. So surprised were the Huguenot players, and so incensed with the thought of victory was Davis, that there was no stopping us. As long as any annals of Davis foothall are kept, the New Rochelle game will rank among the hest for one of Davis' greatest teams.

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P066 Olfllfl fin? ROW 1: D. Werle, V. Marrone, S. Berger, J. Gillian, Mr. Oswald, ROW 2: L. Salzman, D. Craig, R. Butzburger, P. Mulaire, R. Stewart, ROW 3: R. Stevens, J. Koster, H. Washington Although success in CROSS COUNTRY this year might he termed only moderate, there were a few individual performances that stood out. James Gillian was the boy who led the Maroon to victory in its few victorious dual meets. However, in the Sectional Championships at the Rockefeller Estate in Tarrytown, Jay Koster pulled the biggest surprise. Koster had been coming along rapidly all year, and as can be shown by his improvement, he did better with each successive meet. lay, who had been flirting with the fourteen minute mark all year, shocked everyone by finishing seventeenth in the W.I.A.A., and then came on to move up to his fourteenth, in a field twice as large. In his successful venture in the Sectional, Koster even defeated James Gillian who was fifteenth. However, Gillian was hampered during the race because of a sore muscle in his leg. He had previously finished seventh in the W.I.A.A. meet. The third man for Davis all season long was Hank Washington. Washington, who used Cross Country as a conditioner for his specialty in Track, the 440, was twenty-seventh in the W.I.A.A., a big jump from 55th the preceding year. Others who were among the top for Davis were Ray Stewart and Lou Salzman. Salzman, incidentally, was Davis, individual winner in the first meet of the year. The competition was stronger this year than in any year in the past. Jerry Utter, of New Rochelle set a new county record, while more runners just got under thirteen minutes than at any time in the past. Returning next year will be Gillian and Koster along with Salzman and others in the second Eve. BREASTING THE TAPE 61