Edison Middle School - Wizard Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Boys, Sports T - -The boys have shown greaTT inTeresT in sporTs This year. E The baskeTball season proved Tobe a very inTeresTing,one.l AlThough The season was -oTTicially over some Time ago, many oTfThe boys areT:sTill amusing Themselves by con- Tinuing To play. The Troians proved Their superioriTy over The Indians in This parTibular 1 h T sporT by ToleTeaTing Them in' Three sTraighT gameslf ,X ' T I 'g T s Now baseball is in Tull swing, This year a new club is making liTss-debuT. IT is divided inTo Tour Teams ,,,A e achTerm wiTh iTs own spon- sor.- The Teams are The Yankees, Bulldogs, MusTangs, and PanThers, sponsored by Mr. Anderson, Mr.-KunTz, Mr. Olsonfand Mr. Neher. A'newiTeam isqnow organized under The leadership oT Ed 'Leapson..'They call Themselves The Rubes and playwsin compe- TiTion wiTh,The Troiansxandlndians. T 1 2 The boys worked hard in preparing Them- selves Tor The Track imeeT'1 The meeT was held on May' I9, and was verysexciTing. The Tigers were vi-cTorious. 4 fi g T . , . I W Baseball E a f Baseball is a very TascinaTing and Thrilling game. ilTis' The one game ThaT requires abso- luTe ,cooperaTion. No individual can be a good baseball player unlessjhecan work well wiTh,ihis TeammaTes. Q TT., is Trom boTh The players' I and The gspecTaTors' y'poinTs' of vieuwii ThaTfbaseball.is a Thrilling gamey rWho can buT Teel greaTexciTemenTf wiThThes score Tied and a man on Third? T f ' .T Here aT-Edison The baseball season isfan imporTanT one. All The clubs are on Their Toes and eager To win The pennanT. This year, in addiTion To The older clubs+-Wolves, Tigers, WildcaTs, and PiraTes-a newisgclub was organized Tor aTTer-school games. IT is divided inTo Tour Teams, The PanThers, ,Bull- dogs, Yankees, and MusTangs. Each Team has iTsi own sponsor. 'AnoTher newly' or- ganized Team called iTselT The Rubes- s They are led: by Ed Leapson. The probable rea- son baseball 'has aTTained such, high popu- lariTyis because iT'requires skill, ipracTice, and goodQsporTsmanship. A if ., . T T , Fortyfnine

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W.. l , pl, Boys' Clubs e ln our school 'ihe boys have a number of clubs which are sponsored by various men of ilhe iacully. I The boys of ihese clubs play aifer school and during 'lhe noon .lunch period 'in compeiiiive games. y I There are four clubs sponsored by rhe in- s+ruc+ors of +he physical educaiion depari- men+. Theyare Wolves, Wildcais, Tigers, and Piraies.. Each boy ai Edison is a mem- ber of one oi ihem. These clubs compele rhesfraclcnmeel held during 'lhe las? monlh oijhe school year. A+ fhe end of +he school 'rerm fhe boys meer in 'rhe audiforium and fha club fha? has wonifhe mosi' poin'rs is presen+ed,wi+h a pennani which is hung up in 'rhe physical educarion office. V ' During 'rheclasi ierm a number of new clubswere organized. They are +he Yankees, Panrhers, Bulldogs, and'Mus+an'gs. These clubs compeie cal' noon and- are also spon- sored by lheimen of lfhe faculfy. ' viii Nubian? QS' , yy you Track Meet c y ll The annualfraclc meei wasaheld fhis' year on May nineieenfh. The evenfs were lhe broad iump, fhe high iurnp, ihe dashes, and f 'rhe relays. ln summarizing +he resulfssof 'I'he meel' ii' was found fhai fhe Tigers were in iirsij place wiih a feral of lorry-oneapoinis. Tfheniunior division ibroad iump,iilT..Tamison won ihe igl i'yZSZa'rdT Mdashf-eF1El'BuldiKoerner won lhe sevenfy-'live-ii yard dash. Joe Miller, Gene Nordylce, and Jean Boles lied for Firsli place' in iihe high iump. The Tigers won fhe relay. J The ln+ermeclia'I'e winners weref Ralph Orfez, Orville Wrighl, George Fehlhaber. and Jack Manning. The Wolves 'look firsf place in The infermediafe relay. i y In +he senior division Edsel Eclcgrenl won fhe broad iump, Phil Wicksfromywon ihe high iump,yRalph' lBar+leH fool: fhe severrly- fivefyard dash, .and Don Lewis won lhe one- hundred-yard dashlu The senior relay was won by The Tigers. T a V V BOBBY SCHULKE ' l ' U MYRON MINKINV T