Bayonne High School - Yearbook (Bayonne, NJ)

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FOOTBALL TKA.M I ndisputed Champs or Hudson County So untrained was the material with which Coaches Lee and Haring started spring training that not even the most hopeful B. H. S. rooter could have predicted that these boys would become the masters of the Hudson County Gridiron. The team, however, sparked by the All-County fullback, Walter Mercer, drove on to win its first game against Hmerson High by a score of 13-0. This game, which was contested at Roosevelt Stadium, was the beginning of Bayonne's glorious march to victory. In the first of a series of home games. Bayonne defeated the defending champs of Henry Snyder 34-0. the highest score ever rolled up by a Garnet and W hite team. Mayor Donovan. Commissioners Mullanaphy and Murphy. I rustee Murphy of the Board of Education, and Dr. Howard E. Mcrity witnessed this triumphant victory. With a score of 24-6 the Lecmcn continued their winning streak by conquering the highly favored Union Hill team. Injuries forced Leonard Lee to the bench for the rest of the season. The one defeat 13-0 experienced by the Garnet and W hite team was due partiallv to the loss of W alter Mercer, who had been injured during practice. Since this game was not in the League schedule, it did not alfect our t ount standing. This defeat had no effect upon the team s spirit, for in the next game the fought Lincoln to a scoreless tie. Close co-operation in the backficld highlighted the next game in which Bavonne defeated St. Michael’s6-0. The linemen with the support of the backficld deserve full credit for Bayonne's triumph over St. Peter's by a score of 6-0. On an exceptionally muddy field, the Lecmcn swamped the Memorial Gridsters 19-13 for Bayonne’s ultimate victory, thus climaxing a record that can be commended by all Garnet and White followers. Onc-htnulri'd-fi fly-six

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BASKETBALL TEAM First Row. Left to Right: Slivocka. Wicki. Fisenbkrg. Mf.rcer. Dolan. Felc .ak. Second Rote: Coach Wim.iam Lee. Mullins. Muller, Acito. faculty . Idviscr: Alexander O’Cox nor. Bayonne High's Basketball Team opened the season with a determination to sweep aside all opposition. Port Richmond. Snyder, and Dickinson High Schools were the first to suffer defeat at the hands of the five veteran regulars. The Lecmen suffered their first setback in an exciting fray with I nion Hill, but the quintet wiped out the memory of this setback by defeating all opj osing teams on the regular schedule. Despite the loss of the two veterans. Teddy Roskowsky and Stanley aclawik, the Garnet and W hite basketeers copped the trophy pictured above. The trophy reads: South Hudson County Interscholastic League Championship. Second ’lace. In an effort to win the County title, the team played two games with Memorial High, the Champs of the Northern Division, but the attempt failed. Mayor Donovan witnessed the renewal of city competition when the Lecmen vanquished their traditional rivals. Holy Family Academy. Union Hill fell victim to the splendid play of the B. II. S. cagcrs in the first round of the State Tournament. In the second round, a superior team from Kearney I ligh School eliminated our l ovs. Coach Lee's basketeers wound up the season with thirteen victories, and but one loss. 0„c-lwnM-fifly-ei! hl