George Washington High School - Surveyor Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Mr. Ernesl J. Cummings, firsl Principal al George Washinglon Inexperience plagued lhe leam of I937, and Coach Verducci wisely lurned lhumbs down on enlering lhe A.A.A. for anolher year. Playing games wilh bolh oul ol lown and cily leams, lhe Eagles linished oul lhe season wilh a 4 wins and 4 losses record. Malring ils enhance inlo lhe Academic Alhlelic Associalion lell, George Washinglon High School proved lo be lhe grealesl lirsl-year leam lo enler lhis league by coming lhrough lo finish in second place. Behind lhe leadership ol lheir new coach, Red Scheflin, lhe Washinglon gridders, in lhe season ol I938, smashed lheir way lo 5 viclories againsl 3 deleals. All five viclo- ries came aller losing lheir lirsl lwo games of lhe season. Coached by Mr. Saul Madles, lhe Eagles waded lhrough a luclcless I939 season wilh 7 losses and 3 viclories and I lie. Wilh a lighl, lasl baclclield, Coach Red SchelIin's Eagle grid- ders ended a mediocre I940 season wilh a record ol 2 wins, 4 losses, and 2 lies lo linish in 7lh place. ll was inleresling lo nole lhal Washinglon had 3 Chinese on ils lirsl slring. A hard-lighling I94I season leam coached by Saul Madles managed lo salvage only I viclory and I lie in 8 games. An unu- sual occurrence resulled in lhis season, however, when Washing- lon, in one ol lhe longesl marches made by any leam, loughl ils way 99lf2 yards from ils own goal line wilhoul giving up lhe ball, only lo miss lhe louch-down when lhe gun ended lhe game. The leam of Fall I942 was iusl loo inexperienced, and losl all bul ils lasl game wilh Sacred Hearl. Coach Hugh Hunler's leam ol I943 won bul one game, bul showed promise ol linishing higher nexl season. A good Fall I944 leam gave Washinglon one ol ils besl sea- sons in lour years by winning 2, losing 4, and lieing I. Clancy Ylurriaga broughl credil lo his coach, Mr. Hunler, and school by easily malring lhe all-cily leam. Mr. William A. Weiland, firsl Dean of Boys The Eagle gridders ol Fall I945 finished in sixlh place lo end a heclic season wilh bul 2 viclories. Coached by Mill Axl, lhe leam was a lhreal lo every leam il mel. BASKETBALL. Washinglon has always been lcnown lor ils bas- lrelball leams. Our lirsl cage coach was Lloyd Leilh. We enlered lhe A.A.A. league al lhe laller parl ol lhe season in I937, and played 2 games, winning one. Playing lheir lirsl lull season in I938, lhe Eagles won every game bul lheir lille lill wilh Lowell and finished in undispuled second place. Again in I939 under Coach Leilh lhe leam placed lhird. The leam ol I940 led by lhe greal Mushy Silver roared lhrough an undelealed season lo win lhe championship. This was Wash- inglon's besl leam. Again in I94I, led by Marv Miller lhis lime, lhe Eagle Cagers broughl home lheir second crown in succession. winning 8 oul ol 9 games. Miss Edith Pence, lirsl Dean of Girls The leam ol I942 won 6 and losl 3 lo cinch a lirsl division berlh. The leam ol I943 placed lourlh, winning 5 oul ol 6 games. In lhe season ol I944, lhe Washinglon Cagers managed only 3 viclories in 8 games. Led by Coach Bill Bussenius, our leam of I945 wound up in second place aller winning lhe lirsl J. C. lournamenl. Winning only 2 games all season, our leam of I946 lell much lo be desired and finished deep in lhe second division. BASEBALL. Enlering A.A.A. baseball compelilion lor lhe lirsl lime in I939, Coach Sylvesler Kelly's ball leam ended lheir inilial season in lasl place. ln I940, lhe leam under Coach Kelly, ended in lasl place. I94I broughl a new baseball coach lo Washinglon, and il was under lhis coach lhal Washinglon was lo see many greal ball leams developed. Mr. Hugh Hunler's lirsl leam did nol linish in lhe lirsl division, bul developed under his leaching. On lhe leam ol l942 were such oulslanding slars as Jim Dully, Mike Keropian, Felix Ordique- handi Zane Kaplan, AI Ganum. This leam linished in sixlh place. ln I943 lhe leam had a lair season winning 3 and losing 6. Zane Kaplan, lhe leam's pilcher, made lhe All-Cily leam. Then came Washinglon's greal leam ol I944. Under Coach Hugh Hunler lhe boys made a real bid lor lhe crown lo linish in second place. Washinglon's grealesl pilcher, Jim Zavillra, lhe lireball hurler, was probably our mosl valuable man, allhough Zane Kaplan and AI Ganum also won All-Cily honors. Wilh mosl ol lhe slars ol lhe previous year gradualing, lhe leam ol l945 won 4 viclories againsl 6 deleals. Bob Rosenberg, lhe slugging oullielder, made lhe All-Cily leam, and Washing- lon's pilcher, Erwin Keller, was crowned lhe leagues' slrilreoul king. In I946, under lhe coaching ol Saul Madles, Washinglon came wilh a rush in lhe laller parl ol lhe season lo linish in lourlh place. Earle Claylon, lhe pilcher, and Al Glazbroolr, second baseman, were lhe oulslanding players on lhe leam. fConlinued on Page 612 I2

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ADMINISTRATION PrincipaI's Message Gree+ings: George Washing'ron High School is now 'Ien years old. A +en year period is no+ a Iong +ime, ye+ if represenfs a+ Ieas'r Ihree generafions of s+u- denI's who have passed Ihrough Ihe por+aIs of 'rhe schooI. The pioneering days are fhe hardesi' be- cause plans, fradifions, and a background mus+ be buiII'. Truly, we who are here now, and Ihose who are 'Io come, are deeply indeb+ed 'Io 'Ihose who developed Ihis school over fhese Iirsf 'Ien years. Like a person, a school possesses personalify, charac+er, and feelings. These fraifs are a con+ri- bu+ion from fhe members of Ihe schooI and are compounded of all +ha+ have ever belonged +o if. We hope +ha+ Ihis schooI may aIways have a friendly, in'I'imaI'e, helpful personaIi+yg a Ioyal, courageous, uncompromising characferg and sym- pa+he+ic, responsive feelings. This book is Ihe effor+ of a group represenI'ing fhe school Io express Io i+s former and presen'I members some of Ihese charac+eris+ics. Wirh if go Ihe gree+ings, good wishes, and friendliness of +he school. o. I. sci-IMAELZLE THE FAMILY