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

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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

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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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R FL TEAM TRACK TEAM champlonshlp The Blue and Gold Mercurymen are regarded as fops In 'I'he clfy The only speedsrer lef+ from 'rhe I 200 yard relay feam +ha+ broke fhe P S A L record IS Wal lace Morfon Has graduahon wlll be grea+ly 'Fell' In fulure mee'l's Vmcen+ PreHy Boy Hurd and Nevllle G:Hens are also leavmg The Ia++er IS one of fhe bes+ sprlnfers +o wear a Blue and Gold uniform Vmle won fame In fhe 440 yard relays which IS has speclalfy ODDS AND ENDS Besides +he above menhoned varslhes Haaren has a swlmmlng feam which recen+Iy under 1'he guld ance of Coach Norman Kraff awoke affer bemg unable 'ro wln a mee+ for years In a few ferms a rifle +eam will go our +0 do Haaren proud For +he pasf +wo ierms Haarens sharpshoofers have been prachclng They oughf fo be ready soon We also leave behind us +he 'foundaflon for a fencing squad which every one hopes will some day develop INTO a championship 'ream A foofball +eam In Haaren IS an lmpos lblllfy The G O could never puf ou+ S2 500 and shll sup por+ all +he ofher varslhes SAYING GOODBYE The class of June i948 can hold nfs head hugh and fake lus+ abouf all +he credlf for pu'r+mg Haaren on fhe map A school s repu+ahon IS mos1'lv mea sured by 11's varslhes Ahlehcally we cer'I'amly have ihe nucleus 'For a +op ranlung school Our mosf slncere hope as we say goodbye IS 'rhaf +he class +ha+ follow us wall no'I' le+ our sfrucfure fall On fhe confrary fhey should build and build and build because good afhlefes make good clhzens NET