Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Jhe 1933 Qfomce THIRD TEAM BASKETBALL LINEUP Back row-Louis Jacobson. Mallelf, A. Mendel, Sefh eco son. l R Mr. Alexander Walfer Fix ...,.,.,. Roberf Marlin Philip Gunflier Andre Mendel Harold Maller? Froni row-Gun? Gibson George Edie ...,...... S. Jacobson Kralceur SU BSTITUTES Gofflieb W. Woolner R. S. Goldsmifln 3 1443 her, Edie, W. Woo ner, . Marin. ........,.,..4.......Coach ,..i..........Manager Lelii' Forward Righl' Forward ,..,.,.....,..............Cen+er .......Lef'r Guard ,...Righ+ Guard

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Qflfdniwn 1933 games. He scored I58 poinTs during The season, and Trom his cenTer posiTion direcTed The Team's aTTacIc. Rodger Harrison and Bob WeisIcopT played regularly aT The Torward posiTions. Harrison's besT perTormance was in The TriniTy game, when he Tallied I8 poinTs. WeiskopT did especially well in The Fordham Frosh conTesT. AT The guard posiTions Ed Orsenigo, James Fuld, and Horace Henry saw a greaT deal oT ac- Tion. Fuld and Henry improved greaTly as The season progressed: Orsenigo played a sTeady, re- liable game during The whole season. To Ump Tewhill, Tounder and TirsT PresidenT of The League, should go a greaT deal oT crediT Tor The success oT his Team. Following is a shorT resume of each league game: Horace Mann 24, Poly Prep 32 The league winners-To-be missed many shoTs during The TirsT halT, and H. M. managed To geT a 9-8 lead . . . Poly broke Through The Maroon and WhiTe deTense in The second session, scoring Tour sTraighT basIceTs. Horace Mann 32, TriniTy 26 H. M.'s TirsT league vicTory . . . lasT quarTer aTTaclc by losers almosT upseT 'VarsiTy in rough game . . . Harrison scored I8 poinTs. Horace Mann 3 I, Blair 39 The small Blair courT handicapped H. M .... Vollmer's accuraTe passing game was ouTsTanding ... cenTer scored I6 poinTs . . . H. M. pulled up To wiThin one poinT oT leaders in Third guarTer, aTTer Trailing aT halT-Time, I9-I4. Horace Mann 24, Irving 28 WesTchesTer Team upseT Tavored home Team . . . H. M. played in spiriTless Tashion . . . Rally puT H. M. ahead aT sTarT oT lasT period . . . Irving again Took lead, and sTopped Tinal H. M. spurT. Horace Mann 2I, PrinceTon Prep I8 Score was I8-I8 aT end oT regular Time . . . only one Tield goal in TirsT haIT, wiTh' H. M. leading, 3-2 . . . resulT was one oT The season's biggesT surprises . . . Fuld high scorer . . . baslceT by Orsenigo in Three-minuTe pIayoTT decided The sTruggIe. 41433

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Qllmtw 1933 THIRD TEAM BASKETBALL REVIEW LTl-TOUGH Taced by an exTremely diTTiculT schedule, The Third BaskeTball Team compiled an excellenT record, winning seven oT iTs nine games. ThroughouT The season The Thirds showed excellenT Teamwork and scoring abiliTy. The Team opened iTs season wiTh a loosely played vicTory over The Garden CiTy 'VarsiTy by The highesT score oT The season, 58-4. ln iTs nexT game, The Third quinTeT piled up The remarkable score of 22-O againsT a Poly Prep iayvee aggregaTion. Louis Jacobson, aTTerwards shiTTed To The 'VarsiTy, was The sTar and highscorer oT This conTesT, Tally- ing Ten poinTs. The l-l. M. Tive was badly OTT Torm againsT a sTrong Sacred T-learT Team and losT an unexciTing game, 34-lb. An easy vicTory over River- dale by a score oT 33-I7 Tollowed. MarTin and Mendel were The in- dividual sTars oT This conTesT. Soon aTTer This, anoTher vicTory was scored, This Time over The TriniTy Thirds, by The decisive score oT 22-I2. The lasT deTeaT oT The season Tor The Maroon and WhiTe came in a close and exciTing baTTle againsT The Franklin 'VarsiTy. Franklin won 33-27 despiTe The brillian+ individual work oT MalleTT and GunTher. ATTer deTeaTing Riverdale Tor a second Time, 34-7, The squad meT an upper sch-ool league Team in a pracTice game and won easily, 3l-9. A successTul season was concluded when The Thirds ran up a score oT 44-IO againsT lrving, To end wiTh a winning sTreak oT Three sTraighT. MarTin, aT Torward, and MalleTT, aT guard, were The ouTsTanding players on The quinTeT. The Tormer was high scorer Tor The season, and The laTTer quickly became The Team's mosT accuraTe long shoT. Edie, The oTher guard, was a splendid passer and deTensive player. AT The cenTer posiTion, A. Mendel and SeTh Jacobson alTernaTed, wiTh Mendel geTTing The call more oTTen. Mendel was The beTTer shoT and Jacobson The more aggressive player. The oTher Torward posT was capably handled by GunTher and GoTTlieb, boTh oT whom TiTTed smooThly wiTh The Team. For The Third successive year Mr. Gibson did his usual excellenT iob oT coaching, alThough he had mainly inexperienced boys To work wiTh. Fix performed his managerial duTies alTogeTher saTisTacTorily. fl452