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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1TH only one letterman returning from the championship quintet of the year before. the 1937 Varsity basketball team did yeoman work in capturing second place in the Eastern Private Schools Basketball League and finishing with twelve wins and seven losses for the entire season. Injuries and illness played havoc with the Maroon and White squad. Kubie. Horton, Duesing. and Nash each missed at least one game because of sickness. and Charley Cole. promising substitute. was out for the season with a dislocated shoulder after the first few games had been played. As in previous years, the curtain raiser was the contest with Fanwood. Bill Crozier and Lou Duesing showed the way with nine and eight points. respectively. the Maroon and White winning han- dily by a 39-16 count. After last year's surprise defeat. Horace lV1ann took no chances and the out- come was never in doubt. The Alumni offered stiffer resistance. and it took the home forces two overtime periods to down their older opponents in a 36-30 thriller. The graduates' line-up was studded with stars of years gone by. including Hal Mackey. Ned Wlayburn. Hodge Harrison. lim Dusenberry. and Hlledi' Mc- Cormack. A large crowd attended the game. which was followed by the annual Alumni Dance. Horace Mann showed the effects of the Christ- mas vacation in its initial league encounter. nosing out a weak Poly Prep team, 35-29. in another overtime game. The lllaroon and Wlhite staged a During the firs! lmlf rzguirzsl RlllllIl'I'lI, Pu! Nash. II. .'ll. guard. uuljumps his oppomvzf for Ilif' hull. sensational comeback after trailing throughout the first three quarters and Pat Nash clinched the game by ringing up five points in the extra period. al- though he had previously been unable to find the basket. Lou Duesing. who was still suffering from the flu. led H. M. with eleven tallies and Eddie Marton notched ten. all in the second half. Ned Irish invited the Tewhillmen to play in the Madison Square Garden for the second suc- cessive year. ln 1936 Horace 1Vlan beat Adelphi. 26-13, to win the city championship in the Private Schools division. but this year the ailing Maroon and White took it on the chin. Displaying what was probably its poorest form of the year. the Var- sity droped a 25-12 decision to Baldwin in the downtown arena. Duesing laced half his team's total. but H. M. was definitely suffering from an off-day and could not click at all. Ump Tewhillls worries increased during the following week. for the Columbia Frosh journeyed uptown and vanquished his crippled quintet, 27- 19. Buff Crozier was the only regular in the start- ing line-up. but he played brilliantly despite his inexperienced supporting cast and chalked up thir- teen markers. Two days later. with Nash and Horton still out. Horace Mann traveled out to Hightstown. New Jer- sey. only to lose its third straight game. The visi- tors were no match for the sharp-shooting Peddie quintet and Horace Mann bowed. 3C4f12. Played in the confines of the small lilue and Gold gym.