Haaren High School - Quill and Hammer Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CAPTAIN FRANK GERMAIN HAAREN'S BASEBALL TEAM regions fo ornamenf fourfh place in fhe Manhaffan Division which became fhem beffer. Team capfain Frank Germain, who possesses fhe deadliesf underhand shof in 'rhe league, puf if fo good use, by scoring I20 poinfs in I2 games. Frank has fhe honor of scoring fhe mosf poinfs fallied by a Haarenife in one game fhis season, 2l. Marvin Bookbincler is fhe besf defensive player fo wear a Blue and Gold Uniform. Bookie, likes fo fake foul shofs which he does wifh greaf accuracy. H' was of much assisfance in his hiffing fhe cenfury mark. Sammy Rapaporf received cify wide acclaim for his aggressiveness and hard play, especially againsf fhe undefeafed five of Ben Franklin, before a crowd of 6,000, in Madison Square Garden. He was fied wifh leffy AI Fishman for high scoring honors by rocking fhe nefs for a fofal of I24 poinfs. One of fhe fanciesf ball-handlers you ever wanf fo see, is Haaren's soufhpaw AI Fishman. His sfylish play was responsible for many Haaren vicfories fhis season. These four lads of fhe class of June '48 really have somefhing fo be proud of. Very few high schools can boasf of having four men capable of reaching fhe cenfury mark during fhe shorf high school season. 4: 1: ar SOCCER One of fhe mosf feared boofing elemenfs in fhe cify wears fhe uniform of fhe Blue and Gold. One of fhe fellows responsible for fhe feam in Haaren is Harold Orbach who was fhe feam's firsf capfain. Hal played wherever he was needed. He wouldn I' hesifafe fo aid fhe feam anywhere, even if he had fo sfep ouf of fhe goal fo do so. The only ofher 5 .1 gf -ng ' rzyl E 4 Qi Pneumo-

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,4 z26,,i.m,.4 gfm Looking back on The years Through a haze of bofh good and bad +imes, we s+ar+ +o analyze our slay a+ Dear Old Haaren. Afler realizing +ha+ we will miss fhis place, our 'Friends and some of our leachers, we s+ar+ +o ask +he quesfions, Why? Whaf has made fhis such a pleasanf home away from home? Cer+ainly no+ +he sfudies 'for if has been a hard grind all +he way. When we, as liH'le freshies, humbly came +o whal' +o us seemed like a Palace of Mys+eries, we found no varsifiesg all we were in for was homework, schoolwork and more homework. Being full of school spirif, or afraid of loo much work, 'lhe class of June l948, began +o aid in fhe forming of feams. We became cry babies, crying 'for varsilies. Afler much falk and much hea+ed discussion a Blue and Gold quinfel' was finally formed, pre- ceded slowly bul surely by a baseball leam. The volcano had erupled. Now lhe Era of Slaugh+ers began. Haaren's newly 'Formed varsilies, vs. +he seasoned and long experienced 'leams of our rivals Commerce, Sluyves- ani, Ben Franklin, The School of Avia+ion Trades, Washinglon Irving lOh dearll, Murray Hill! I When lhe above menfioned freshies grew up and became upper classmen, +hey joined fhe feams lhal' +hey had helped s+ar+. This ini+ia+ed +he Era of Successful Teams, +o which +he res+ of +l1is arficle is devo+ed. ak ik ar BASKETBALL Afler +wo unsuccessful and disas'l'rous cam- paigns, which were spen+ way down in +he cellar, fhe Blue and Gold quinlel' finally gol' ou+ of +he lower ii jf 1 in fi? 4 C?-fb 6 X. Q F W 7 WA N .. A 1 'W . W Hs D pil u..o BASKETBALL TEAM IN ACTIO AGAINST COMMERCE N GERMAIN, RAPAPORT, FISHMAN, BOOKBINDER

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graduaTe Trom This squad is Ed Nadolny who ioined The Team during The end oT lasT season. The highlighT oT The season was when The Iciclcers Trom FiTTy-ninTh STreeT and TenTh Avenue Twice shuT ouT The sTrong eleven from The School of AviaTion Trades by The scores oT 2-0 and 4-0. This Team has many lower Termers which assures many more seasons high up in The league sTandings. 4: ar :or BASEBALL Probably The sTrongesT and TasTesT high school, baseball Team in ManhaTTan comes from FiTTy-ninTh STreeT. LasT season The Team ended up in second place only because oT an error which caused Two runs To scamper across The pIaTe. Haaren Iosr The game 2-I Though Rino QuaTTrini piTched a no-hiTTer. The deadline Tor This arTicle was much Too early To cover any of The I948 season, buT chances Tor The championship look brighT. Haaren is Iuclcy To again have The service of Their sensaTionaI above menTioned IeTThander Rino QuaTTrini, whose earned run average lasT season was an unbelievable 0.38. This means ThaT abouT one run was allowed in every Three games. No+ bad eh? Then There is PeTe Lillo, Haaren's slugging ouT- Tielder, who was converTed inTo a caTcher Tor The '48 season. During I947 he smacked The ball Tor an average OT 32.5, including many round Trippers. OTher Tellows, who are probable sTarTers, oT whom much is expecTed This season are: Edward McCann, SS.: AIber+ CiTron, 3Bg Irving Honig, Pg John Bruno, LF: and Roland Gilliam, OF. BURNING THE CINDERS While This arTicle was being wriTTen, Haaren's TracksTers were well on Their way To The borough 4, V T fffflie, .5 'f .r ' 12' IX V ' .-' - : ,egg I ,f 2' l - L. T' A ' f A 'ff -I! , Fiiiv f I ,L 510 ,Q I A I F r i ,X ,V 'Y , : iff ,GI if .13 K ' ' '?n,ii,' 2 ,. ws. fbi V 5 ' 5-sag, -ers, A f -3,-.1 5. jji,,.5-,gsm A .X 1, Tres? Ti i 'Agile 674, -ff, A aff ,gf gain.: f- any wise - I--if or CAPTAIN HAROLD ORBACH