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

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SPORTS to content ourselves with the runner-up prizes of E. H.'s. ln softball we were more successful than in hockey. During our sixth term, captained by Lucille Krohn, we defeated all comers and received our major E's. These awards went to Lucille Krohn, Iuanita Coatney, Mae Lobsenz, Ethel Speyer, Edith Salmon, Ioyce Malm, and Marilyn Murphy. We have not been able to achieve any great honor in one of our most popular activities, basketball. Our teams, however, have been near the top many times in the last four years. Our swimming laurels have been faith- fully upheld by Florence Kahan, Florence Hughes, Faith Dane, Iosephine Cleary, Dot Young, and Gertrude Mazza. lt has been said that Florence Hughes stands a good chance of rising to olympic greatness. Of all the varied activities, there is one which is outstanding, the Leaders Club. We recall the harrowing ordeal ot tryouts for membership. Ot the one hundred girls, aspiring to become members, only a very few were accepted by the club, composed of the choicest girl athletes. The club bids farewell, this year, to several of its mem- bers-e---Lucille Krohn, Ethel Speyer, Marilyn Murphy, Edith Salmon, Ioyce Malm, Lore raine DaCosta, Iuanita Coatney, Eleanor Carey, Helen Iohnson, Sheila Berkeley, and Phyllis Sloan. Although not Leaders, the following girls have also been very active in athletics,e Faith Dane, Iosephine Cleary, Virginia Leonard, lean Cochenour, Florence Kahan, Florence Hughes, and Gertrude Mazza.

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GIRLS' It seems only yesterday that we entered the annex-to us, the farthest outpost of civilization. We'll never forget our first day in gym as We came trotting on to the floor and stood gaping at our friends. We were taught the Big Apple in our dancing classes in '37, While today We have ad- vanced to the Conga At the annex We were introduced to the various squad ac- tivities, and to the Leaders, those rare specimens who directed them so ably. We remarked how difficult it was to perceive any green on a Leaders uniform, so well covered were they with decorations rang- ing from orange bars to blue major E's. As We became acquainted with the extra- curricular sport activities, a large number of girls turned out for hockey, a sport which was completely new to most of us. Almost immediately we began to shape a team that was to become one of the best that Erasmus Hall has ever produced. Because of our great interest in hockey we were rightfully called the Hhockey grade. Quite often the seniors referred to us as those dangerous freshies Whose record in mak- ing sticks had never been equalled. During our third and fifth terms we were captained by Edith Kayser, who relinquish- ed that title to Marilyn Murphy, school captain of hockey, in our final season. Since the beginning of our hockey careers, we had been building up our team in antie cipation of the time when it might capture the school crown. The final game of our last season came, and with it, disaster We lost the championship to the Iuniors by a score of l-O, the single tally being made in the last second of play. We had

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When the Class of '41 entered the Main Building for the first time, the student body was teeming with excitement. The basket- ball team was leading our Division and enthusiasm was running high. The quintet did Win the championship and We, as Ereshies, received our first taste of Erasmus l-lall athletics. As the Class of '41 started its final term, the basketball team was again fighting for top honors in our division. And once again, the Buff and Blue came out ahead of the pack. The team had some of the finest players in our basketball history. Coach Al Badain called lerry Eleishman, for ex- ample, the greatest player that Erasmus ever produced. That he alone did not hold this opinion Was proved by Ierry's being on the All-City five for two consecutive years. The spark-plug of the team was fiery Captain Freddy Mayblum, whose three star years of varsity ball proved his ability. BUYS' The accurate set-shot of Al Dente decided the outcome of many games. lt was his last minute basket against New Utrecht that gave the team the Division title. The defensive game of quiet and amiable Elmer Levine made him a popular player. An injured knee was no handicap for Lennie Doctor, who played all season. ln the pivot or on defense, the Doc was always a threat. The speed of Mike DeMeo, coupled with his accurate passing, made him the squad's leading reserve. The man behind the scenes was Eddie Kresky, diminutive manager of the team. For more than fifteen years, the swim- ming team has Won the Brooklyn-Richmond championship. Two of Mr. Bannon's chief point-getters from our grade were Steve Sokoloff and lohn l-larrer. Socky was the team's leading breast stroker, taking many first places throughout the season. When not writing poetry, l-larrer swam anchor- man for the undefeated relay team. v T 4f- f