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

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FTICH turning in a very laudable record last year. the Cross-Country team reverted back to its old habits by dropping all of its five scheduled meets and placing tenth in the A. A. P. S. com- petition. In its opening contest. an inexperienced Ma- roon and Vffhite outfit was still strolling among the hills of Van Cortlandt Park when the leader of the pack. a representative of Morris High School. crossed the finish line. The visitors took all but two of the first seven places and won by 20-35. Stuyvesant High duplicated the performance by second the Horace Mann harriers back to the show- ers with a I9-26 defeat chalked against them. Al- though he placed second. German Perez almost equaled the school record for the course. Brooklyn Prep. whose team took second place in the A. A. P. S.. kept the scoring in the same category. win- ning. 20-35. The aggregation continued its losing streak when Poly Prep whipped the home team to the tune of 23-32. A scheduled meet with La Salle did not take place. when that team failed to show up. In the Bard Interscholastics at Annandale. New York. George Compton led the team and placed sixth in the third division. The harriers concluded their season by making a very poor showing in the A. A. P. S.. defeating only two squads out of a field of twelve. As in previous years. German Perez. the flashy Argentinian. was the mainstay of the team. His time of twelve minutes. forty-eight seconds. was only six seconds behind Jerry Kittel's record for the Van Cortlandt Park course. George Compton was the only other steady performer on the young squad. Don Kerr. Dick Aime. Herbert Stoloff. Mather Cleveland. Gene Stivelman and Ray Vflyland were the other members of the team. Mr. Miller. the versatile mentor. was handi- capped by the inexperience and youthfulness of the squad. In German Perez, however. he found one of the best distance runners the school has ever had. and was an important factor in Perez's devel- opment during the fall season. The managerial tasks were handled with capability by Bob Metsger. who is also co-manager of the Spring Track Team. 152 CROSS COUNTRY

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Peekskill Military Academy, by the slim margin of one point. Howie Blum scored in the first two min- utes of play. and along with Manlio Terragni, played a bang-up game all afternoon. The cadets tallied twice in the third periodg the first time directly on a corner kick. Despite a desperate rally by the visitors. the game ended with a 2-1 score. Not since the feat was accomplished by the championship 1929 eleven had Poly Prep been de- feated by a Maroon and White contingent. How- ever. exhibiting their best form of the season. the hooters decisively outplayed. outfought. and out- scored the Brooklyn eleven. 1-O. Lincoln Bloom- field took a throw-in off his chest and sent a looping shot past the goal-guard in the second quarter. The rest of the game was featured by rough playing with no further scoring. The Horace Manners showed unprecedented coordination. even the over- worked fullbacks. Arthur Bijur. tricky veteran of two years' standing. again occupied the center forward posi- tion. Although he played in only half the games. having enlisted in the aid of Ump Tewhill's strug- gling gridders. Bijnr was high scorer with five of the team's twelve goals to his credit. Howie Blum. despite his fallen arches. turned out to be the only powerful booter in the backfield. and his hard charging broke up many opposing offensives. After a few games. however. he was shifted from the center halfback position to center forward. Pat Bownes always delivered a cool and steady performance and showed much prowess on the defense of his berth at left inside. which he occu- pied for the second year in a row. He had a knack of picking fights with fellows larger than himself and invariably emerged without injury. At right inside. Jack Mullins played a flashy game for the greater part of the time. but Bob Kaufman started a few games. although his small stature eventually proved too great a disadvantage. Doug Goldsmith played a careful game at left wing and centered the ball with a great degree of accuracy. About halfway through the season. Ben Lee joined the squad and played on the regular team after a week of practice. Hal Jacobi dealt out many black and blue mementoes to opposing booters from the right flank of the line. and teamed up excellently with Elbridge Graef. brainy and tenacious halfback. With fear- less heading and hard playing. Manlio Terragni, scrappy Fifth Former. developed into a laudable center halfback toward the end of the season. Lincoln Bloomfield scored twice from his left half- back position and was one of the steadiest players on the squad. He was second only to ,lack Mullins in the innocent art of tripping. George Herman. Bob Zucker. and Gene Mahler alternated in the fullback position. After the second game, Mahler played continually on the left side and his kicks prevented many scores. Dick Baumann. a first-year man. held sway between the uprights. but with a loose-playing backfield in front of him. he was forced to handle far too many shots. Mr. Schmitt did the best possible with the poor material on hand. and congratulations for the victory over Poly must go to him. As manager. Ted Conrad followed his duties to their completion and helped the soccerites eat their oranges and swallow their defeats. He also took care of all feminine spectators. thus sparing the team consider- able distraction. Headwork at its best. A

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