James Madison High School - Log Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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TENN IS During the past two years, due to the extra-curricular activity stoppage Bladison has not fielded a tennis team. However, this spring once again the Blaclr and Gold netmen will attempt to live up to the reputation that previous hladison tennis teams have built. Through the years Nladison has consistently turned out tennis teams that have rantced with the best in the borough. Such tine stars as Gene Wishod, Sandy Bronster. and more recently Don Liebers and Jimmy Finkelstein have upheld the Madison tradition of powerful tennis teams. This season also, Madison will have a line aggregation. Although there are no super stars ot the Liebers calibre, we will have a strong, welt-rounded out- fit. The team will be led by Bob Berman, a fine and very steady player, with an excellent service. The other outstanding netmen are Mike Appelbaum, a very speedy performer, with a lcnaclc ol' covering the whole court. and Marty sittin and Bob Goodman, two very capable, steady performers. Other mem- bers ol' the team include Milce Weber, Steve Goldfinger, Joel Braverman, and Marty Aranow of basketball team tame. The squad is ably coached by Mr. Samuel Schindler, who is also chairman nl the Physical Education Department. Rival teams in the P.S.A.L. league include Broolclyn Tech, and such tradi- tional rivals as Midwood and Erasmus. So, this year, once again loot: for Madison to field a top notch tennis team. BOWLING 1 The past few years have seen numerous ltladisonians ltoclcing to see most ot Madison's athtetic teams in action. One of the best, though, has been sadly negterted. Probably no team has compiled as admirable a record as the lceglers. Yet. few Quentin Roaders even lcnow of their existence. tn I050 the team rolled up an impressive record, and in doing so emerged city champions. The squad was built around Bill Waller, Norm Weiner. Artie Hubertield, and Ronnie Cooney. A remarlcable teature ot the team was that all the starters pitched with their left hands. They were reputed to be one ot the best lefty teams in the country. This year loolcs to be another big one for the bowlers. Led by Captain Murray Goldstein, co-captain Phil Goldberg, Jerry Fleisig, Andy Mayer, Harvey Greenfield, and Milt Bernstein, the team has outscored Erasmus. Fort Hamilton and Lincoln. lxfladison has another championship team ol lceglers. Mr. Sternberg, coach of the squad, is enthusiastic about all ot the boys. He deserves a great deal ot credit, as his bowlers have given Madison a tine name in athletics. 1,5 D11 sw 259' f he

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FOOTBALL TEAM in 1948 Al Caruso, one ol ixladisons all time greats, took over as head football coach. This year marks the end ol' his coaching career at ixiadison, and taking over next year's team will he Mike and Sam Torgan. Sam was assistant coach under Al Caruso while his father coached iV1adison's hest teams of past years. Under Mike Torgan, Niadison produced some of the greatest foothall stars ever to play in New York City. Together this fine father and son com- hination should once again hring hack the championship to Madison and help estahlish the Golden Tornado as one of the hig foothall threats in the city. Madison hegan its 1948 season hy crushing a weak ixfiidwood team 19-6 at the Brooklyn College Field. The next game saw iviadison lose to a good Erasmus squad, 13-7. in the first night game in ten years at Ehhets Field. Madison lost its second straight game to Brooklyn Tech 20-6. The next two games with Tilden and New Utrecht hoth resulted in ties. lV1adison's record for the 1948 season was one win. live defeats, and two ties. in 1949, Niadison once again hegan its season hy defeating ixiidwood, this time 12-6. in the next game, for the second straight year, ixfiadison and New Utrecht finished the game in a tie. in the game with Erasmus fthen the Borough Champs, the Madison eleven played its hest game of the season hut still ended upon the wrong end of an 18-7 score. After this exciting game with Erasmus, Madison hounced right hack with a 6-0 win over Tiiden at Madison Field. Following this win the Quentin Roaders seemed to fall apart and finished up the season hy losing three straight games to Brooklyn Tech, Boys High and Lafayette. in the last game of the season lxfiadison came from hehind in the second half on touchdowns hy Red White and Larry Vveiss to heat a favored Lincoln eleven for the first time in ten years. This game was not only one of the hest comehacks ever displayed hy a Madison team hut was also one of the most exciting games ever to he played hy the Black and Gold. As it turned out this was the last loothali game until 1951 when the han on extra-curricular activities was lifted. Madison opened up its 1951 season hy heating Tilden 12-0 at Tilden Field. Touchdowns were scored hy quarterhack Hanratty and fullback Nicholsen. Another star of this first game of the season was hiark Strausherg who set up one of the touchdowns hy intercepting a Tilden pass and running it hack forty yards. The next encounter of the season saw an underdog ixfiidwood team play the stronger Madison team to a 6-6 tie. Under the lights at Ehhets Field Madison heat New Utrecht for the first time in three years hy the score ol 19-6. in their first real test oi the season to prove just how good they were. an inspired Madison team heat Far Rockaway 25-20 at Madison Field. Prior to this game Far Rockaway was undefeated and had only heen scored upon once. Due to injuries to three key players Madison finished up the season hy losing to Lafayette 27-6 then to Lincoln 58-0 and finally to Erasmus. The Seniors who played for the Carusomen were: Harry Nicholsen, Don Wachtell, Mark Strausherg, Sherry Postal, Ronnie Sher, Murray Gross, ixfiarty Brownstein, Joe Lamana, Dave Ravin, Don Bender, Billy Geller, Murray Alias, Arnie Levine, Captain Stan Mazer, Fred Girsky. Les Xvallace and lwleyer Smukler.

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We .J fl . l?0lClyN,f X4 1 QD .E BASEBALL Departing seniors have hut few memories of Madison hasehall successes. regardless ol the team's excellent history. For the past two years the team has remained unorganized due to the stoppage of extra-curricular sports. Some may recall however the thrilling 1949 season. That year saw the Vvundermen just miss the Borough championship, finishing the season with a 12 and 1 record. Franlc Torre, star ol: the '49 team was to have played triple A hall this season alter an excellent year with Denver of the Western League, hut at present he is in the army. ln past years Madison has received one city title and seven horo champion- ships, placing at least second or third in every other year. This season, Coach Artie Wunderlich has high hopes for a championship. Madison stars include team co-captains Sid Kraus at shortstop and Billy Pappas, catcher, for whom he predicts great futures. Other senior representa- tives include Bill Gurton, Mike Diteresi, Bohhy Britton, Red Blitzstein, Fred Lane and Shelly L.ipson. It is more than possible that this year's addition to lVladison's hasehall history will continue to uphold the reputation established throughout the years. HONOR GIRLS when lxfliss lwlarjorie Marshall, a lormer Nladisonian, hecame a memlmer of the Physical Education Department in 1956, there was a dearth ol athletic activities lor girls. Recognizing this, Miss lxflarshall organized the Honor Girls Sports Society. ln 1958 it came under the capable direction of Miss Adele B. Tehhe, when Miss Marshall retired in favor of marriage. An Honor Girl is distinguishable hy her special uniform, pin, sweater and emblem. Even if she had no special uniform, it would he easy to spot an honor girl hy her swiltness at racing, her timing at haslcetlnall, her deftness and power at punchhall and hasehall, and her teamworlc and good sportsmanship at volleyhall. Each term the Honor Girls organizations of all the high schools send repre- sentatives for a joint Play Day. When one sees a hundred or so girls from different schools playing with and competing against each other in complete harmony and friendship, the value ofthe teaching and understanding, ol good sportsmanship are true examples ol the ancient motto -f A sound mind in a sound hody. The officers of Honor Girls this term are: President Jane Vvelmer, Vice Presi- dent Barlmara Hermann, Secretary Harriet Dienstag, and Treasurer Astrifl Alcins.