American School - Kawayan Yearbook (Manila, Philippines)

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',FirsT Row lleTT To righfl: Milne Jordan, PeTer Diehl lmascoil, Allie Hall lmanagerl. Second Row lieTT To riqhTl: Cesar Balmasada, Bill Warfel, Leo Schwaiger, lan Hall, Jaime Farre. Third Row liefi To righTl: John STubbleTield, Leigh Umber, James LavTon, Henry Pappa, Manny Smiih, Ted Diehl. 'V The American School Basketball Team nirrlrm PIAASS N5',94o H50 WON BY AMERICAN SCHOOL ll , H I il l i , x r i , V y , T , i ' i - ..., ,Qs lr, .g pf . 4 Isa s Y l as we - 5 Q ar wf:s :'i '5 rsh: ' . Qwrrf ..r , 1 K ':,,:- V5 has 'Ve if irf' f' 5 l s .:1 s ' N ., fs-5.5 1: 'R X f' ' I - -.191-::r si s is ., : 1-iam Q. +151 'I A- TfE: 'flrJ ?r1 x.'l,E f::-1. ,.,. ' in sa-M c ..5:.ei: .r -' ' ' If ' Yes ,Q . s s s- 1 - xc v H .RL ::1A..,.5 Te,. 25-555' ,.:::,.,. ssfr-5,fE '- ,. .r rglygirff- - ' .h Caprain Leo Schwaigcr GeTTing oTT To a poor sTarT buT ever improving as The season progressed, The American School Indians came ouT wiTh Their Third consecuTive lvl.A.A.S.S. 'riTle and wenT To The semi-Tinals oi The Noe Tional Secondary Schools Tournament ' Coached by Al1berT von Einsiedel. and led by record smashing., 6' 4'l l-eo Schwaiger. The ln- dians climbed To recogniTion as one oi 'The Top 'four high school Teams in The Philippines. The TirsT game oT The year was wiTh Rizal CenTral' College. The game wenT To R.C.C. by a one- poinT margin. The nexT week The lndians again Tell' by one poinT, This ,Time To Phil-Chinese. This meanT ThaT one loss would puT The Indians ouT oT The running. WiTh This warning hanging over Their heads, The Indians won Three sTraighT To qualify Tor The championship round. AnoTher narrow escape marked The championship round. ln Their second game, The lndians losT To Chiang Kai-shelc. This win seT C.K.S. up Tor The TiTle if They should deTeaT Phil-Chinese The Tollowing weelc. However, C.K.S. losT, and as a resulT, a playoTT was necessary, The Indians won The playoTT To grab The Ti+Ie.

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SeaTed: Howard HarT lMascoTl. Kneeling lleTT To righTl: Manny SmiTh, Mike Jordan, Leigh Umber, John Bell. Allie Hall. Sianding llefT To righfl: Jaime Farre, Bill Warfel, Leo Schwaigar, Johnny Davidson, James LayTon. lnseT: Dave l.iTTle, capTain. The American School Baseball Team The nine liTTle Indians This year did noT prove as powerful as A. S. baseball Teams oT The lasT Two years. buT They did make a Tair showing. The season sTarTed wiTh a discouraging deTeaT by CaviTe High. Fo'lowing' This The lndians Toolc Three games in a row To cinch a berTh in The championship round. The TirsT was wiTh Rodriguez VocaTional School, The second wiTh Mapa High, and The Third wiTh Araullo. This broughT Things up To The championship round. The Indians Tailed To Talce a single game in This round. losing To Trade. CaviTe, and Jose Aload SanTos, Dave LiTTle was capTain and AlberT von Einsiedel handled The coaching. The big handicap was The laclc OT experience in The ouTTield and a wealc piTching sTaTT. One Thing which did show Through was The hiTTing, which was much improved over The spasmodic baTTing of The year loeTore. Several loaTTing averages were in The .3CO division.