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

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I OR HK majority of hoys in the upper three forms make team squads. either Varsity or Junior Varsity. Playing an important part in the lives of the rest are the so-called minor or variety sports. Mr. Harney has made varsity as successful in the Upper School as in the Lower. Mr. Shaugnessy also had a good-sized class. and climaxed his sea- son with an exhihition afternoon of serious and comedy lmouts in which Hackley. Riverdale. and Horace Nlann students participated. The Senior Cup was awarded to Harold Jaeolmi. Outstanding minor sport of the year was with- out doulrt the lfencing team. Dormant for over six years. it was revived under the guidance of Captain- tioach Tom liosenlrerg and Norman Survis. the manager. Handicapped hy a lack of space for prac- tise and adequate professional coaching. the team. composed entirely of Sophomores and Juniors. did PORTS remarkahly well. None of the memhers had ever fenced in open competition lrefore. lvut managed to win third place in the New York City li league. The memhers were liosenherg. Schwartz. Survis. Fislnnan. lves and Kenneally. Next year the whole team returns and will fence in the league. liaslietliall was divided into two series with lfllenhogenis Arrny winning the first. and Twee- dy's tiolmulmia the second. The seasonal play- offs were captured hy liolumlnia. .-Xmong the play- ers Todman. Tweedy. Hershkowitz and Wit-chsler displayed the most alvility. lfor those who tail to make the Varsity team. league tennis is the greater attraction. The spring! tournament comprised thirteen teams captaincd lay Aime. lirown. lfleishaker. liatzenstein. lfred Nathan. Sindelwand. Newman. Schvey. ltolnert l.evy. Tfdgar Nathan. Lurie. lmlirey. Hosley and llill. 171

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ITH three veterans returning to the Varsity tennis team. pre-season forecasters have am- ple reason to rejoice. The Maroon and White have already won an overwhelming victory in their first match with Mt. St. Michaels, by the score of 5-0. The team is especially privileged this year to have Mr. Paul Harding as coach. For the second time Dick Baumann is number one man. Baumann's flashy footwork and excellent coordination enabled him to win most of his matches last year and reach the semi-finals of the singles division in the A. A. P. S. meet. He has improved greatly during the in- terim and may be depended upon to better his pre- vious performances. In the second position is Don Kubie. who was sick for the greater part of last season when he would have also held tl1e same slot. Kubie will pair up with Baumann as the first doubles combi- nation. John Poifenberger has taken Don's place on the sick list, but he will probably be back to claim the third bracket in a short while. The Baumann- Kubie combine may be counted on to even surpass the feats of last year's Sophomore pony ballet of Schiff and Mayer which reached the finals in the A. A. P. S. Eugene Schwartz, a newcomer to school, has worked his way up to third place despite his lack of height. He will team up with Herb Bailey until Poffenberger is back to playing form. Baileyis tall stature is of great advantage. 70 TENNIS Bill Mook is another veteran who will probably earn a higher position shortly. Mook and Radin play in the third doubles combination. Mook. too. has height to his credit while Irv Radinis special asset is his ability to keep up a hard, steady volley. There seems to be little chance of any other player breaking into the line-up. In the Mt. St. Michaels meet, Baumann took l1is match from Shannahan by the score of 6-0. 6-I. Tom Haley fell before Kubieg the count was 6-2, 6-l. Horace Mann continued the on- slaught when Eugene Schwartz won from Mather Hanratty, 6-2, 6-3. Though the singles matches all were short with the winners taking the lead im- mediately. there was a different story in the doubles. Bill Mook and Eugene Schwartz teamed up again Shannahan and Haley. The match went to Horace Mann at 6-3, 8-6. The other doubles team of Bailey and Radin subdued Echer and Han- ratty, 6-8, 6-0. 6-1 in the longest match of the afternoon. In the first set Radin and Bailey were losing 5-2. when they rallied, but fell short at 6-8. Manager Ray Luthy has arranged a long and difficult schedule which includes Columbia Fresh- men, Scars-dale. Trinity. Riverdale, Pelham High School, Blair, Poly Prep, Scarborough and the A. A. P. S., to be played at Forest Hills.

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LOWER SCHOOL SPORTS Ll. competition in the Lower School is by leagues. either football. soccer. track. basket- ball. swimming or tennis. However. there is always a strong following for Nvarietyf, which consists of almost any form of exercise. It is under the super- vision of Mr. llarney. Always the most popular. the football league was won by Yale Kraft. Login and Kohnstamm were among the best players. ln soccer. 4'Penn walked off with the race while liernheim proved himself the star of the league. The basketball competition was climaxed by Notre IJHHICHS-H victory. The finest individual play was exhibited by Kennedy. Gulliver and Gaines. Fit- tingly enough. Navy, splashed its way to tank honors. Levenson and Kennedy. who was also cap- tain of a basketball team. were the starring natators. During the winter months Mr. Shaugnessy spends many hours teaching students how to fling their fists around to the best advantage. Of the awards usually presented by him. Katzenstein received the Flyweight Cup. and Ditmars the Lower School trophy. So large a swarm has reported for baseball that two leagues were formed. ln the HA division Kennedy is leading his Cards'7 against Levensonis Yanks.57 Kraft. Vlilson. Kronthal and Judson have proved themselves handiest with the bat and ball. Loginis HTigers. Haines, L'Cubs. Palteris Dodg- ers and Barthis uciantsu are fighting it out for top honors in the B league. ln track uColumbia is captained by Rose. 'fManhattan by Arendt. nYale'i by Gordon and MHarvard by Sherman. The A league tennis captains are Sherwood. Guertz. Katz. Rose Rhodes and Royer. The other division has Ditmars. Medieus. Finkelstein. Axinn. Hessol and Neuberger as leaders.