Harding High School - Folio Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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THE TYL S RIFLE TEAM Third Row- -T. Hungerford, A. Sherman, E. Stickles, A. Zagorulko. - - - Sc-cond Row -J. Garrick, A. Em- mons, W. Shean, J. Simone, A. Farian. V - - First Row fR. Gabler, J. Smith, D. Dabbs, J. Ritch. 'Mfle HE rifle team has completed another sue' cessful season, winning the city, state, and New England championships. This year the team has won a string of seven state victories keeping its record unmarred for a term of four years, ever since the institution of that sport in Harding. The New England championship was won from Richmond Hill Rifle team, champions of New York City, by the score of 485-476. This match marked the President's 5 2nd straight dual victory. In the recent tele' graphic matches in the National Rifle Series, Harding placed second in the nation being topped only by Fresno High School, a military institute, at Fresno, California. The team was awarded a silver loving cup in National recf ognition of leadership in sport. It was the greatest tribute ever paid to a Harding Team. 90 The team was coached by Mr. E Sheane, President of the Bridgeport Rifle Club, with Mr. W. Bird acting as faculty advisor. The team consists of Manager W. C. Sheane, a distinguished riflemang D. Dabbs, T. Hungerford, J. Rich, J. Smith, J .Carrick, A. Zaqorulko, and R. Gabler expert riflemen, and J. Simone, A. Sherman, A. Earian, and I. Stickles, profmarksmen. The scores of the principal matches are as follows: Choate Prep 452 W. H. H. S. 482 Hillhouse 463 W. H. H. S. 492 Leavenworth 453 W. H. H. S. 483 Crosby 452 W. H. H. S. 485 Wilby 468 W. H. H. S. 483 Richmond Hill 476 W. H. H. S. 485 Il

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THE STYL S Swimming C5eam THE Swimming Team made quite a suc' THE SCHEDULE cessful showing in the State Meet, being coached by Captain Baum. Kenneth Roper, Hardir1g's mainstay, took the 220 yard dash in 2:44429 The results were: Crosby, iirstg Hill' house, second, S. Manchester, thirdg Harding, fourth. Manager Roper boasts of a team of swim' mers that are very good, considering that most of them joined the squad prior to this year's first meet. The team consists of: Manager Ro' per, J. Rich, J. Houlihan, A. Sherman, J. Simone, A. Havanich, R. Hansen, F. Thorne. Canterbury Crosby Pawling State Meet Central Cfffrack THE 1929 track team reported at the gym' nasium for practice early in january. From the veteran letter-men of 1928, E. Flynn and S. Hemingway were chosen as manager and captain respectively. In the latter part of March the team went through daily workouts in calisthenics and light exercises. The first two meets prior to our going to press were held on April 27 when Harding defeated Stonington 7O'29 and on May 3 when Harding was defeated by Hillhouse 35' 64. The team roster includes these boys and their different events. 100 'Yard Dash- Hemingway and Russell 220 'Ya-rd Dash- Hemingway and Russell .Quarter Mile- Beers, Richardson and Distol Half Mile- Flaherty and McBride High Iump- Cooney, Johnson and Flynn l 89 Broad Iump- Cooney, johnson and Flynn Shorpuz- Wolaneck, Pivarnick, Ward and Petrovich Discus- Wozny, Pivarnick, Ward and Petrovich Iavelin- Nazur, Pivarnick Pole Vault- Farian, Schoield, Flynn and Kempton THE SCHEDULE April V 27-Stonington 70 W. H. H. S. 29 May 3-Hillhouse 35 W. H. H. H. 64 10-Pawling 14-Crosby 18-State 22-Fairfield 2 5' -Stratford june 1-Hartford Public 3-County Meet 12-Central J

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THE TYL .S fBoys Gymnasium Leaders A SPORT which is new to Harding but fascinating, was introduced two years ago by Mr. W. Dworski. This sponser is rep' resented by a team consisting of the best gym' nasium leaders in the school. Their work inf cludes all exercises common to gymnasium teams in Eastern schools, namely: the buck, horizontal parallel bars, spring board, white elephant, ringwork and tumbling combinations. I 91 They have few meets, for gymnasium teams are not common. Recently they gave their best exhibition at our gymnasium. The team includes: Louis Rosenblut, Manager, Kenneth Clark, Captain, Walter Montgomery, S. Havanich, L. Burton, A. Bizewski, C. Cortucci, W. Dixon, G. Metz- ger, F. D'Louhy.