John Bartram High School - Trailmarker Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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FOOTBALL Front Row- Jim Spillane, Mick Faust, Bill Confalone, Jim Sweeny, Captain Davis, Dick Gullifer, Tom Speakman, Lloyd Van Syckle, John Rejebian. Second Row- Alex Kenakis, Honey Cochard, Fred Paiste, John Taylor, Augie Gregory, Al Chunko, Bob Briggs, Tony Janczk. Third Row- Bob Evans, Dick Smith, Howard Ore, Frank Rutunno, Joe Pacocha, Bill Engle, Coach James Thornton. From the beginning of spring practice un- til the very last game, Coach Thornton could be seen drilling his boys to block hard and tackle hard. Thus he has emphasized to his squad the two fundamentals which make a good football team, and Coach Thornton did turn out a good football team. The Clippers established an excellent record of five wins, two losses, and one tie. The team opened the season with the new Public High League Champion, West Philly. Bartram out- played the Speedboys throughout the battle. The game ended in a 0-0 tie. Penn Charter knocked any thoughts of an undefeated season out of our heads when they won 7 to 6. Bartram then romped through successively Olney, 19 to 03 Gratz, 19 to Og Germantown Academy, 12 to 7g and Valley Forge Military Academy, 27 to 13. The Clippers in the game with V. F. M. A. piled up their largest score of three seasons, 27 points. A 6 to 0 defeat at the hands of Southern was a hard one to lose. At the Thanksgiving game, Overbrook was caught by Bartram on the re- bound and suffered a 13 to 7 defeat. Coach Thornton developed one of the best passing attacks of any school in Philadelphia. Bartram owed its scores largely to the expert arm of Speakman and two great ends, Captain Davis and Rejebian. The defense strength of the team was strong, as is shown by the record. Only one team was able to score more than one touchdown against the Thorntonmen and that was V. F. M. A. A tribute is due to Mr. Thornton for his excellent coaching. Spending most of the spring term with the squad, he drilled them into a co- operating machine. Due to numerous injuries, he was forced to shift his lineup frequently, but was always able to put a strong 'team on the field. Coach Thornton taught his boys to play good, hard, clean football, and he gave them the fighting spirit to come from behind and win. Mr. Thornton was a great athlete and now he is a great coach.

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Cheerleaders and Band Wallace Hayes, Rich Buchanan, Dominic Maurone, Ruth Thompson, Helen Breese, Lorraine Rankin, Jacqueline Currella. K , o I mix 1 92

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BASKETBALL Charles Brown, Larry McCanfllis, James Vollrner, Charlie Cillen, Len Weiner, Joe Piston, Dave Pagel, Henry Gillingham, Menchy Colmlblatl fcoachl, Bernard Cherry, Sam Silverstein, Shorty Coughlin, Reds Speakman. Gene Nlangeni, Milt Cohen, Bob Durning, Doc Swigler, Paul Kelley, ,lack Macl.aughlin, Chester Kochesperger. Coach Menchy Goldblatt is beginning his second year as coach of Bartramis basketball team and is looking forward to a great Clipper season. An experienced squad is on hand with the return of six lettermen and the addition of some promising youngsters. This year's squad has been practicing since the middle of September. Coach Goldblatt has them out every day to prepare for the coming season. Many scrim- mages have been played with other schools and the Bartram boys have looked very promising. Coach Goldblatt is anxious this year to turn out another championship team, this time in basketball. He is a great coach and the boys will be giving all they have for him and the school. l-lere's wishing them the best of luck and a prosperous season. 94