Harding High School - Folio Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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STYL 5 wma in gg '.- rffgwan-a.g my-an THE RIFLE TEAM T. Hungerford, I. Smith, W. Sheane, R. Qabler Coach Kuhn, MacPherson, F. Miller, Rich, W. McGovern, Mr. O'Meara, J. Garrick, C. Abercrombie, D. Dabbs Rifle C The rifle team this year has had its usual season of triumphs, under the instruction of Coach Kuhn, a nationallyfknown marksman, and the sponsorship of Mr. C'Meara, bidding fair to complete its third season without a def feat. So far the team has twice placed seventh in the national matches, and is gradually working into a condition that will carry it even higher. It has never placed first in the country, but the members are working to ac' complish that feat. It has already gained the state title for the season up to May I, and the manager is busy trying to get matches with all those teams which might make a claim to the championship. The new targets for this year require a far greater degree of accuracy than those of the previous two years. They are abou' onefthird the size of the others and consequently very much harder to hit. joseph Carrick has been the captain and the manager of the team for the last season, as well as the prefeminent shot. The scores of the principal matches are as follows: Hillhouse -H2 NV. H. H. S, 483 Central 450 472 Central 464 483 Hillhouse -H3 484 Central 4 5 9 486

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STYL S Swimming The swimming team is one of thc few athf letic groups at Harding that has not had a series of victories this year. Their record was poor, but it must be admitted that they were forced to meet many obstacles. They could practice only twice a week, with the Y. M. C. A. pool, a very small and outfoffdatc tank, the only place available. Even under these diiiiculties some of the boys have shown marked ability, among them Captain Eugene Havanich, Michael Hyra, Richard Brown, Francis Carroll, and james Gorman. They have had an excellent coach this year in the person of Captain Baum of the Seaside Life Guards. The team has made an arrangement with the Captain to continue practice this summer under the sponsorship of the Seaside Swimming Association, of which the coach is the head. With this tutelage, the boys should be in line mettle for the next season. The team specialized in the breast stroke, the backfstrokc, the 5Ofa11d 100-yard strokes, and the relay. The schedule for the season is as follows: Harding l 3 Canterbury 47 5 Crosby 43 l 5 Roxbury 47 7 New Haven 5 3 7 Pawling 3 3 16 Central 39 . Tennis About fifteen boys at Harding showed sufiicient interest in tennis to report for prac- tice late in April. As only three of them were last year's letterfmen, the 1928 squad was a rather inexperienced group. Manager jacob, and Engelman, Hoffman, Kane, Schwartz, Shanahan, Resnikoff, Shalvoy, Wollner, Yurf din, Belinkie, Fleischer, Wallen, Rosenberg, and Shellaby are among the ones interested. Manager jacob has arranged for these boys a hard schedule with some very strong teams. As there is such a large squad the team that represented the school was selected by means of a roundfrobin tournament. In this type of elimination the players are arranged according to their prowess. A man is allowed to challenge any of the three men above him and, if victorious, exchange places with him. In this way a man who improves during the season may gain a place on the varsity. Since tennis is a late spring sport, it is not possible to include an account of the matches played, but the schedule of the proposed matches is as follows: May 1 Roxbury May 2 St. Thomas May 8 Stratford? May 17 Milford Prep May 24 Central May 29 Hillhouse June 6 Central' mlnclicates game is held at home.

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THE STYL s - c 35 -1 Jr -r i f R Y-4 4443 f I THE GIRLS' INTERCLASS CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM Christine Hotz, lsathryn Hancort, Mary Shea, Mildred Greenspon, Mary Shinto Mildred Keegan, Elizabeth Marks, Helen Foland fcaptainj, Celeste Conklin, lVlyx'tlr7Mn'yc1' Girls' Athletics About ninety per cent of the girls in Harding participate in some form of athletics, either on room, class, or varsity teams. The formal program of the girls' athletic season opened this year with a hockey game between Warreii Harding and the junior League. The latter team won by a score of four to one. Hockey is an open game with no personal contact, such as in basketball. Much skillful passing may be done by the cofoperation of all the eleven players. The next sport was soccer, which was carried on throughout the different gym classes. More girls have had a chance to participate in soccer and hockey than in any other sport because there are eleven girls on each team. Soccer makes a girl more alert and healthy because it is fast and can be played outfoffdoors. The teams that have made an outstanding record were captained by Betty Lewis, Dorothy Fowler, Helen Foland, and Marietta Orton, who led the undefeated Vvfellesley team. Girls' interclass basketball games made up the basketball program for this year. At first each class had A and B groups, A for the best players and B for the substitutes. The seniors, led by Helen Foland, won the series, capturing six games and losing one. Of the lower classes, class three, under Evelyn McNiff, did the best playing. In the spring tennis is added to the list of girls' sports. On May 24 the girls' interclass track meet is to be held on the Harding Athf letic field, with a 75fyard dash, a walking race, a basketball throw, a baseball throw, a threeflegged race, an intcrclass hockey game and a baseball game.