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

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In reviewing fhe acfivifies of Haaren's cagers, season affer season, one cannof neglecf menfioning names like Furey, Bookbinder, Fishman, Kugleman, Levy, Hayes, and Henry. If was fhese sfudenfs fhaf were consfanfly on fhe courf playing fheir hearfs ouf, only fo find af fhe season's end fhaf fhey were in no beffer fhan fourfh or fiffh place. Buf neverfheless fhe boys mainfained fheir fighfing driving spirif, and man- aged fo make fheir sfing felf. If seems now fhaf wifh fhe newly insfalled Coach Kogel af fhe hoopsfer's helm, fhe feam is desfined fo win. While mosf Haarenifes were home by fhe fireplace or fhe heafer, fhe swimming feam was ouf winning glory for her school and her coach, Mr. Kraff. Some of fhe oufsfanding members of fhis seemingly iunior varsify of fhe Polar Bear Club were Felfon, Bekofsky, Kadowaki, Cohen, Ferrara, Dols, Shulfz, Carri, and Manasse. A good many of fhese splashers have leff fhe Blue and Gold's beaufiful campus, buf fhere are enough fine swimmers remaining fo insure Haaren of anofher greaf naufical sea- son. Some of fhe veferan members of fhe feam received fheir highly skilled fraining under fhe hands of Doc Brown, who unforfunafely is no longer wifh Haaren. If fhere ever was any debafe as fo fhe singular docfor's abilify fo furn ouf fine mermen, we can all agree on his all around knowhow, fechnique, and abilify fo feach fhe boys how fo fake a shower. Buf lef us nof gef off fhe subiecf. Lasf season fhe boys compiled a fine record defeafing many of fhe beffer squads of New York. Some of fhe prominenf vicfories were Haaren's win over Prinfing bl-0, fhe fopping of fhe High School of Aviafion 43-24, and Haaren's finish over Franklin bl-6. Down fhrough fhe years if was always quife obvious fhaf fhe soccer feam has been Haaren's mosf successful squad. This is due fo many reasons, fhe main one of which is Mr. Sirofa. Anofher one is fhe facf fhaf soccer is fhaf fype of sporf fhaf affracfs boys wifh previous knowledge of fhe game and a nafural abilify fo perform if. The record of Haaren's elevens fhrough fhe ferms has never been poor: fhe soccer feam's winning ways go back as far as l939 when soccer was a new sporf in New York's high schools. In fhe fraining of Haaren's soccermen Mr. Sirofa applies some of fhe mosf unique and effecfive fraining mefhods in use. The fraining program consisfs roughly of fhe following: calisfhenics, kicking, dribbling, frapping, and heading. Besides fhis he suspends a soccer ball above fhe heads of his players. The obiecf is fo iump fowards fhe ball heading if in a sef direcfion. The ball is raised or lowered according fo fhe iumping heighf of fhe players. A variafion of handball is also used, buf fhe pounding away is done upon a soccerball. Jusf looking af Haaren's soccer feam in pracfice, or play, one realizes fhe effecfiveness of fhese mefhods, and how a feam wifh such abilify, spirif, and coach, cannof miss being fhe crack squad fhaf if is. Affer you leave Haaren, you will undoubfedly look back many fimes and fhink of our school, maybe of her sporfs. lf fhese pages serve in any way fo make fhe memory of Haaren any dearer, fhen fhis resume is a iob well done. PAGE THIRTY TWO

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-IAAREN The quarfer mile sfrefches for fhe mosf parf were in fhe hands of Joe Gomez and Roberf Johnson, who combined fheir falenfs wifh feam mafes pasf and presenf fo push Haaren's relay feams across fhe finish line ahead of fheir brofher schools. Like fhe frack feam, Haaren's diamond dwellers in fhe course of four years have lived up fo all expecfafions. True, fheir record has nof been as glossy as fhaf of 'rhe fracksfers, buf fhere are fimes when fhe abilify of afhlefes cannof be defermined by scores alone. By measuring fhe 'ralenfs of Haaren's sfickmen, man for man, fhe Blue and Gold nine is comparable fo any feam in fhe mefropolis. This is nof only frue, for any parficular Haaren ball feam alone, buf for every baseball feam fhaf has worn a Haaren uniform info compe- fifion. The proof of fhis sfafemenf lies in fhe record books and in fhe persons of fhe Blue and Gold performers who have gone on fo, or are going on fo greafer heighfs. A few of which are Richy Klien, who has long since deparfed for a Dodger farm, Rino Quafrini, who was lasf seen fwirling for a minor league club of fhe Gianfs, and Toni Casfagna, and Johnny Luongo, who graduafe fhis ferm, and have confracfs for fhe N. Y. Yankees and Cincinnafi Reds awaifing fhem respecfively. Working endlessly wifh fhe feam down fhrough fhe years was Coach Norman Kraff, who in spife of his swimming feam and Healfh Ed. commifmenfs, saw fif fo give his fime and advice fo fhe boys. SWIMMING: Lasf Row, Coach King, Cohen, Sfern, Marmion, Berger, Dols, Sheridan. Cenier Row: Manasse, Tulman, Poppin, Vifsrum, Scullin. Firsf Row: Schulz, Schwarfz, Carey, Cipolle. SOCCER: Henriq Crirell C hS + i,o Mueller, Biegler. Cenfer. Fuch M Id hauer, Co-Capfains Schaller, Se f ld hams. Furs? Row Sfammler. Mea dinov, K f p 5 52 8' 7 Mold h Co-Capf P

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