Lincoln High School - Knight Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Cross Country The Harriers coached by Harry Nelson had a successful season in 1957. Long hours of training helped the team win the championship of the Northeast. Lanny Forman placed first in this race. Track and Field .v 'A X X , I ,. Q. 1,57 f ff?- re- s,. xx L ... Q... The spring track season was high-lighted by the first invitation meet of the schools in the greater northeast. The Lincoln High School Invitation Meet, as it was called, assembled Lincoln, Frankford, Olney, and Northeast. These schools competed for the Charles H. Williams Trophy. Coach Harry Nelson's Harriers did well in the first meet, which was held at our stadium. The team showed superiority of 51M pointsg Olney was second with 295 points, Frankford and Northeast followed respectively. In the city championships Lincoln finished ninth out of thirteen competing high schools. 44

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Basketball Varsity Basketball Squad with Coach Harry Silcox Our tremendous basketball team was one of the tops in the public league last year. The last scheduled game was playedg we went to the Palestra as a contender for the Public League Championship. In the playoff the team gained a victory of '70-59 over Edison. In the final game, which determined the champions, Lincoln Went down fighting, losing to Overbrook by a score of 66-57. Coach Harry Silcox with seniors G. Bernstein and F. Schmidt Fred Schmidt and Bruce Fleming were selected for the all-public team from our squad. Three people to whom we can attribute last yearis success are Coach Bob Polidor, Bruce Fleming, and Fred Schmidt. This year the team has a new coach, Harry Silcox, who is a former Lincoln student and an ex-captain of both Lincoln's and Temple's bas- ketball teams. Ill' lil '

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Baseball A Q. J - .1 First Row: D. Comly, W. Yarnall, H. Finlayson, J. Linker, F. DeLeone, D. Constable, D. Martella. Second Row: M. Rosenberg, T. Carey, J. White, B. Baron, J. Anderson, E. Faddis, J. Fabrizio. Third Row: Manager Lebrovsky, J. Berstein, D. Knorr, G. Neff, Coach F. Lightfoot, G. Kleger, D. Wilson, R. Ferguson, Manager Ciesielka When in years to come we look back on our life at Lincoln, we will always remember the 1957 varsity baseball team. The Railsplitters, which won the city championship by defeating Father Judge High, was one of the most colorful teams in public league history. Two seniors, Eric Faddis and Joe Fabrizio, Iniielder Dick Constable 45 were chosen the most valuable players in the city championship game for their spectacular play in this contest. Watching a Lincoln baseball game was a great thrill because of the potential of the Railsplitters. Even when behind, they were always threatening to tie and then go on to win the tilt. as-ss'q Nw ,AK I ,. I E . , 1 Q, i i ' i 1 U X . , fillilf' ffgl J xxX'v-,. lg illmxfi 'WGN ' e Wifi. X XC, ,:,,g1, Qi