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

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MR. WYALTER I. NIETCALF . . EMILE L. HIMBAULT, JR. Left End Left Tackle . Left Guard . . Center . Right Guard . Right Tackle . Right End Quarterback . . Left Halfback . Right Halfback . Fullback HERBERT BAILEY GEORGE BROWN CHARLES COLE Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Mann Mann lvlllllll lllann lllann . . Coarh . Mana gnr LARRY LADER JOHN PEREZ . JOE LINTZ EDDIE SCHWARTZ JERRY HYMAN BOB GRAHAM HARRY LASKI-IR JIM XVOGLNER AI. THOMPSON . AL LEWIS JOHN KUBIE SUBSTITUTES BENNIE I-'LEISCHAKER RICHARD HOSLEY J AMES LI-:VY THOMAS VAN RA.-XLTE RECORD 31 Riverdale 6 0 Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. 7 0 Poly Prep 0 lfi All Hallows 0 28 COl11mlIi:1 Grammar 0 72 13 147

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Messrs. Tewhill and Davis twho is not related to Jere. despite certain exterior resemblancesj. Rather, one should remember that the varsity was able to come back three times to outplay its vic- torious adversaries. and that the team was scored against only four times in six tough games. Prospects for next year's football Varsity do not shape up as being particularly promising. In the first place. none of the backfield men on the squad will return. At present. the outlook is darkest in the ball-carrying department, with Al Lewis and Ralph Thompson, of last fall's Jayvees, shaping up as the best prospects just now. However, Ump Tewhill has often demonstrated his ability to make first class players out of inexperienced material, with Pat Nash's phenomenal success of last season a tangible example. In the line, things are not much brighter. Four centers on the squad will graduate, and unless some- thing turns up Ump is going to have a tough time filling the middle spot, inasmuch as top-notch pivot men are always hard to develop. Probably the likeliest prospect for next fall's eleven are Clyde Arnspiger and Charlie Moebus, who are the leading candidates for the guard posi- tions as viewed from this distance. Arnspiger, with added weight, should finally succeed in winning a permanent spot in the forward wall. Davis and Hollis managed to keep Clyde on the bench most of the time, although the stocky speedster started one game and invariably saw action before the final whistle. Charlie Moebus. the man with the build. was one of the leading line substitutes until he was injured just before the Montclair game, which he was slated to start. Charlie should wedge his broad shoulders into a regular guard post along with Arnspiger next fall. Ends are going to give Ump another headache, with only Sam Fishman returning from the 736 Varsity. Fishman will be only a Fifth Former next year, but has shown that he can be entrusted with a regular assignment. His size and weight might cause Ump to shift Sam over to a tackle position, where the situation calls for some high-powered praying. Lacking Popes and Turners, Coach Tew- hill will have to call on his powers of pulling star linemen out of a hat once more. However, .lohnny Perez of Mr. Metcalf's Thirds may help alleviate the situation. Johnny started the season with the Varsity squad and promises to be a leading candi- date for a tackle berth when Ump sends out the first call for practice next September. If nothing else, Perez will probably carry something of a weight advantage. The 0-0 Montclair deadlock was hard- fought all the way. Here Nash shoves through only a yard or two before being stopped.

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EEPING its winning ways for the third year under Mr. Metcalf's coaching, the Horace Mann Junior Varsity football team enjoyed a fine season. The Thirds won three games, held Poly Prep to a scoreless tie, and lost only to a strong Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. team. Riverdale was the first opponent on the Jay- vees, schedule, and Horace Mann showed its po- tentialities by crushing the neighboring invaders by a 31-6 count. Triple-threat man Ralph Thompson, a Sophomore, provided the spark by tallying twice on long runs. His 35-yard jaunt opened the scor- ing in the second period. Woolner dove over for the next tally, and Johnny Kubie. one of Mr. Met- calf's Fourth Form discoveries, intercepted a pass for another touchdown. Riverdale stopped the Maroon and W'hite scoring by recovering a free ball in the end zone, but Lewis and Thompson retaliated with Horace Mann tallies, the latter covering 72 yards as the game ended. It was a different story when the Thirds faced the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. gridders the next week and lost by 7-0. The visitors put a fast, heavy team on the field and dominated the play throughout. H. M. played raggedly, warding off defeat through Thompson's long runs until the closing minutes, when the MY team clicked for consecutive long gains and pushed over a touchdown to win. Rising to a supreme effort after a week of driving practice, the Jayvees held Poly Prep to a 0-0 dead- lock, a moral victory after Poly's 56-6 victory of the year before. Coming over from Brooklyn with another powerful squad, the visitors found Horace Mann roused to a lust for victory that carried the team deep into Blue and Gray territory before los- ing the ball on a fumble. The Jayvees seemed to lost their scoring snap after the fine start. but their defense, led by Dave Reeves, who had joined the squad just for the Poly game, was perfect. A previously unbeaten All Hallows team met its Waterloo on the H. M. gridion, 13-0, as the Thirds snapped back into the victory column. Woolner and Thompson chalked up Maroon and White scores, but the offense lost many opportuni- ties for further tallies. With their attack functioning perfectly for the first time, the Metcalfmen submerged a big, inex- perienced Columbia Crammar Varsity, 28-0, on the following Friday. Ralph Thompson scored on three long runs after Lewis had bucked over for an early touchdown. Thompson first crossed the goal line by circling end for 28 yards to make it 14-0. He then repeated with a 72-yard sprint on the first play of the second half and snagged a wayward aerial for a 46-yard run in the closing minutes. At no point through the schedule was there any definite line-up except for Larry Lader and Harry Lasker at the ends, and Al Lewis, Jimmy Woolner and Ralph Thompson in the backfield. Lasker was a steady performer at the right side of the line and did the kicking off, and Lader, a vet- eran of three years, was one of the hardest tacklers on the team. Jim Levy saw some service at left end and also in the backfield. Johnny Perez and Bob Graham, with their valuable bulk, were the usual choice for the tackles, though Bob Miller and Bernie Fleischaker saw plenty of action. Jerry Hyman and Joe Lintz played guard most of the time, with Joe Nagler filling in. Playing a bang-up game at center until he dislocated an elbow in the Poly game, Charley Cole was supplanted by Ed Schwartz. Although he saw a good deal of service in the line, Johnny Kubie did most of his starring in the backfield. Al Lewis was important on the receiving end of aerials. Quarterback Jimmy Woolner and Ralph Thompson were the main ground-gainers. and Herb Bailey was the No. 1 replacement. For a record that shows only two defeats in three years. Mr. Metcalf deserves exceptional praise. His sportsmanship and hard-driving coaching were always an inspiration to his team.