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

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the game turned out to be an exhibition of spec- tacular set shots popped into the basket from all angles by the Peddie courtmen. The Maroon and White finally returned to win- ning ways. riding rough-shod over Irving. 40-l6. on the local floor. Nash. back in school after a long siege with the grippe. scored sixteen points. The first half was a nip-and-tuck affair. the score- board reading lil-all as the teams left the floor at the half. However. l-l. M. put on the pressure and dazzled the Irving contingent with a scoring surge that put the game on ice. ,lust before exams. Blair came to New York for its annual night game in the Horace Mann gymnasium. Al Horton led the quintet to a 32-23 win over the visiting five, ringing up twelve tallies by dint of his six field goals. The Maroon and White guards took advantage of Blairis lax defense in this game to whip long passes to Horton. who pulled a sleeper under the basket several times. February 5 witnessed the team's best perform- ance of the year as the Yale Freshman quintet went down to defeat. 38!25. in the spacious Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Nash led all scorers with fif- teen counters. and was again high scorer, this time with ten. as the Varsity turned back Poly in the next game. The Blue and Cray did not bow with- out a struggle. however, staging a late rally that brought the score up to 32f28. although Horace Mann had held a comfortable margin throughout the entire afternoon. A nwmvnl Iulcr, flu' Maroon and While have u'orl.'c1I tfzc bull flown the field for Croziefs lay-up shot. Pal brought the luck of the Irish as Imslfcllmll nlanugcr. Duclreml in the pool for his ejforls after the Penn Clmrlcr game. An undefeated Scarborough contingent dazed Ump Tewhill as well as his players with brilliant shooting. whirlwind passing. and lightning-fast cut- ting. After the tornado had passed through the Horace Mann gym. the scoreboard read Scarbor- ough 28. H. M. l4. The quintet then traveled up to Tarrytown to nose out Irving. 27-25. Horton and Crozier ac- counted for all but four of the winners' total in a game that was perfect from the spectators' stand- point but nerve-wraclcing for the coaches. Sensa- tional plays. rallies and counter-rallies marked the encounter. which was played at a lively pace. Peelcslcill Military Academy was outclassed, 37-24-. and Trinity vanquished. Qflfl-l-. Don Kubie grabbed eleven markers against the cadets, while Crozier showed the way over Trinity for Horace Mann's fifth E. P. S. l.. triumph. Crozier again was high scorer. this time against Lawrenceville. but the Maroon and White five was defeated at the New Jersey school's court. 22-I-2l. Artie liijur. understudy for the absent Pat Nash. turned in a fine game on defense and was the only Horace Manner to score more than once from the floor. Peddie again downed H. M. in an encounter that decided the league championship. 'l-0432. lt was a fast game. with honors even in the Hrst half, but the obviously superior lleddie quintet fought off the inspired Maroon and White hvc to main- tain a slim second half margin. The scrappy Tew-

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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.

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hillmen were paced by Pat Nash. who chalked up thirteen markers in the team's hnal effort to con- tinue its three year hold on the E. P. S. l.. basket- ball crown. For the second time in the season H. M. suf- fered a three-game losing streak. dropping its third in a row to a Jersey quintet when Blair Academy eked out its first win over the hlaroon and Vlhite in several years. winning at lilairstown. 30f27. Lou Duesing led all scorers with his two field goals and six foul conversions. Horace Manu closed its league schedule and assured itself of second place by trouncing Trinity. 3130 2-l. in the losers' match-box gym. Crozier and Duesing notched eleven and ten tallies. respectively. as the team led all the way and won without dif- ficulty. The season hnale saw Penn Charter lose a heartbreaker to the Tewhillmen. 23-l9. The Penn- sylvanians had traveled all the way from German- town with an impressive record behind its big. fast team. and Mr. Alexander Gibson. former French instructor and ,layvee basketball coach at Horace Mann. made the trip from Penn Charter, where he is now head of the French Department. At the end of the first quarter, the Pennsyl- vanians had stretched an SSO lead into a 14-1 ad- .4 rcmorlruble bil of photo- graphic lurk. lfiih Iwo cunzcmnzcn Iriking pictures al the Garden. one cough! Crozier jus! about lo shoot fsce page 1-102 and the other as the hull drops lhrough the hoop. as shown here. vantage. missing exactly one shot for the basket in the entire period. Horace Mann plugged away steadily. shaving down Penn Chartefs lead point by point. hnally going out in front when Pat Nash dribbled half the length of the floor to sink a spectacular lay-up with only a minute and a half to go. Kubie and Marton tacked on tallies to clinch the game. Big Bill Crozier was high scorer with nine points. ringing up all of his markers while the Maroon and White was lagging behind in the early stages of the contest. A large crowd watched the game. which was undoubtedly the most sensa- tional of the year. The jubilant Horace Mann players ducked Manager Pat Hownes in the pool immediately after the game. Pat proved his faith in the team by changing into a ragged sweatshirt and an old pair of slacks during the intermission between halves. although the Varsity was behind. I5-7. at the time. The only regular back from the l936 quintet was Lou Duesing, right guard. The most reliable man on the squad. his steadiness and experience helped break in some of the greener players and his tenacious guarding was invaluable in breaking up enemy attacks. Duesing was not a flashy per- former, but his indispensability to the team was obvious whenever he was out of the line-up. He fin- ished above the hundred mark in scoring. and. be- cause of his fine all-around ability. Duesing was the only H. M. player to be placed on the All-League team. Pat Nash proved himself a capable and bril- liant running mate to Duesing at the other guard post. Equally as scrappy. Nash helped make all the games interesting to watch and occasionally man- aged to be ejected for reaching the limit on per- sonal fouls. Pat was by far the most accurate long shot on the squad. and his dazzling display of shooting against Irving was something never to be forgotten. A tricky player in every sense of the word, Nash was second highest scorer on the team and his fiery performances won him a guard post on the league's All-Star second team. Pat spent his spare time lounging around the Dorm in his thread- bare dungarees land we mean that pluralfPat is