Erasmus Hall High School - Arch Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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members of the squad graduate, there are always more good swimmers coming up from the lower grades to H11 in. ln thirteen years Erasmus Hall has won the Brooklyn Borough Swimming Championship twelve times. This is a record of which no other school can boast. This past season was com- pleted with an unbroken string of fifty-four meet victories, a striking tribute to the coach, Mr. Mullen, and to the Captain, Dick Grego. Those on the team were:-VVilbur Carlson, Bob Futoran. Bohin Black, Bob Krieg, John Bernhardt, Mike Priano, Andy Campolo, Pete Wfilliams, Jim lVlurphy. and Judah Klein. This year for the first time Erasmus Hall won the Kammrer Trophy, emblematic of the City Championship. Wie hope that in the future. the new coach, Mr. Bannon, will have as many successful championship teams as Mr. Mullen had in the past. YVhile the swimming season was going on, basketball was getting under way. This year Coach Badain had a serious problem confronting him. Last year we had won the Brooklyn Division Two Championship and the entire school was clamoring for the performance to be repeated. VVe had lost all but two of our regulars by graduation and the boys selected were fast and good shots, but, the average height was less than five feet eight inches, a distinct disadvantage'in a sport of this type. However. they fought hard in every game and even though they did not win them all, they pulled a few upsets out of the hat and gained a world of experience for

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next year. The Captain was Ray Rudden, and other members of the team were:-Fred Mayblum, Bernie Mittman, Ira Beardsley, Artie Gurfein. Jerry Fleischman, Al Ross, Eddie Levine, Bay Bernstein, Arny Snyder, and Bob Alson. One of the sports recently revived in Erasmus Hall is fencing. Last year. coached by Mr. Kalman, the team had a very successful season and got as far as the finals in the Round Robin Tournament which determined the City Champions. This year, however, the team was not as fortunate. It lost several of its best foilsmen by graduationg it was not able to procure a coach, and it had to practice in the Student Cafeteria. By dint of much hard plugging by its Captain, Ray Crayefsky, the team was able to enter into competition with the other schools of the borough. Because of its lack of coaching it was slow hitting its stride, but even so, the team was able to finish the season with a record of three victories, three losses and one tie. Others on the team were:eCene Lee, Bernie Stein, Jim Velasquez, Santo Piluso. and Gene Perlowin. Perlowin lost only one bout during the whole season. Since they will be coached by the very versatile Mr. Resnick next year. we are quite sure that the Erasmus Hall Fencing Team will resume its winning ways and add another feather to the cap of Old Desiderius. Since the very popular game of football is played at the same time that the soccer team has its season, soccer is forced to take the back seat when it comes to the question of spectators. However, this lack of rooters does not bother the members of the squad a single bit. They play with the same spirit and determination as the boys on the gridiron. Not since 1935, when we lost the Brooklyn Championship to New Utrecht, have we had a team of championship caliber. This year things seemed to look better. and there was hope that we might again invade the ranks of the Champions. However. bad breaks and injuries hampered the potentiality of the team. Wlith all the fine coaching of Mr. Caldwell, the best the team could show for its efforts was one victory. four losses. and three ties. Many of the members of the team graduated in January and more are graduating now. The gaps left by these outstanding athletes will be hard to fill. Although the cross-country team does not have the interest and following of some of the other sports, the barriers of the team. under the expert 'tute- lage of Coach John Reinhardt. keep plugging along. Last year. for the first time in many years, they succeeded in capturing the Brooklyn Cross- Country Championship. Because of graduation. several of their mainstays were lost. But under co-captains Don O'Leary and Matt Broughton. they staged a sensational comeback. They did not win all of their dual meets. but when it came time for the Brooklyn Championship Meet. they had hit 16