Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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Lincoln 16-Bayonne 34 Though Lincoln fought hard to avenge a previous defeat, her efforts were frustrated, and the great Bayonne quintet won by a 34f16 score. The Bayonne forwards established a lead in the first quarter which they held throughout the game. Schuessler's and Wines's fine defense work helped keep Bayonne's score from soaring to still greater heights than the final 34. Lincoln 21-Union Hill 25 Union Hill defeated Lincoln in a close, hardffought contest by the score of 25 f21. Union Hill held the upper hand at the half by the score of 17f13, but the Slanemen came back to outscore their rivals, 8 to 6 in the third canto and bring the score to 23f21. Lincoln, however, too anxious to win, threw its passwork to the winds in the final quarter, taking wild shots at the basket. Shea and Thompson starred in this game for Lincoln. Lincoln 26-Woodrow Wilson 36 Woodrow Wilson returned to early season form with a triumph over Lincoln, to the score of 36f26. Lincoln too-k a 7f5 lead in the opening period, but let down badly under a fast Wilson attack by which the Indians se' cured fifteen points in the second quarter. Both teams attained the same number of points in the last half. Shea and Schuessler scored high for Lin' coln. Lincoln 11+St. Michael's 20 Minus the sterling services of Bill Sinnott and Al Shea, Lincoln was easy prey for St. Michael's quintet. The score was 2Of11. The St. Michael's ive had a big nrst quarter, in which they gathered eleven points while Lin' coln secured two. In the second quarter, in spite of this advantage, Lincoln rallied somewhat to hold St. Michael's to one point, leaving a score of 12f5 at the half. Lincoln 13--Emerson 23 A strong rally in the second half enabled the Emerson High quintet to score a decisive 23f15 victory over Lincoln's cagers. The game was closely contested in the first two periods, the score at the time being 7f6g but a conf certed drive by Emerson in the last half, when they scored 16 points to Lincoln's nine, gave the L'Bluebells the victory. Wines and Thompson were high scorers for Lincoln, with ICIVC markers each. Lincoln 23-Dickinson 15 Coach Slane's charges snapped out of their losing streak by again down' ing the oldftime Dickinson jinx, to the tune of 23115. It was a close game all the way, although the play was not brilliant. Lincoln started off strongly

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in--'- - - ' L 'l i E i , , i ' ' 2 . i i , ii a if g g ALLOOOO i i - -w-wa-nnlll'1l ' g 710111111 an :nuns in gnu: 11: uv un: 1 mn 11 1 un in in-1n1unmm1uiu1uJ Though seriously weakened by the graduation of some veterans, the basketball team, under the guidance of Coach Slane, managed to give every team they played a stiff fight. Lincoln 28-Woodrow Wilson 24 Lincoln won a close tussle from Woodrow Wilson by the score of 28f24. After a bad start, which saw them behind by 1?v7 at the end of the first half, Lincoln rallied, and, aided by the great offensive work of A1 Shea and Jack Thompson, the Big Blue almost overtook Wilson at the end of the third quarter. The last quarter was the most exciting, as it seemed to be a quesf tion of whether A1 Shea himself could outscore Woodrow Wilson or not. Shea got the better of the argument by scoring eight points himself, while Wilson was held to three points. Lincoln 10-Union Hill 26 In a hard fought game Lincoln was down-ed by Union Hill on a 26f1O count. The first three quarters were featured by the close guarding of the teams, as is told by the 945 score at the end of the third quarter. However, a Union Hill rally in the Hnal quarter, which gave them fourteen points, provided the margin of the defeat. X Lincoln 22-fMemorial 24 Although a last period rush carried the Lincoln cagers to within two points of their opponents, Memorial managed to smother the attack and on to win, by the score of 2422. The Blue and White made an effort to close the gap when the third period got under way, but the West New York boys resisted with enough force to keep their two point advantage.

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by scoring two baskets and a foul before Dickinson scored at all, Neverthef less, Dickinson hung on tenaciously during the first half to make the score 1443, with Lincoln leading at the intermission. While holding Dickinson to two points, the Slanemen scored eight points in the second half for a decisive win. Lincoln 19-Memorial 36 The strong Memorial cagers sank Lincoln by the score of 3649. Lin' coln secured a 3f2 lead in the first quarter and stretched it to 9f7 at half time. The Memorial team came back strongly in the third quarter to gather 14 points, while Lincoln got 4g and again in the last period Memorial got 13 points while holding Lincoln to 6. Lincoln 13-Demarest 27 Lincoln continued its losing streak in a game with Demarest. The score was 2743. Demarest led by 14f6 at half time, continued its scoring in the third and fourth periods to outdistance the Blue and White cagers easily. Lincoln 20-St. Peter's 17 After a close, hardffought game the Lincoln five eked out a close win over a fighting St. Peter's five by the score of 2Of17. By their victory they gained ample revenge for an earlier setback at the hands of the Prep The Prep team rallied strongly at the start of the second half,! and began to pile up points. However, a wellfknit Lincoln defense subdued the rally, and the game ended with Lincoln leading the way. Lincoln 27-Lincoln Evening 30 Lincoln Evening defeated their day school rivals by the score of 3Of27. The game was contested until a fourth quarter spurt sent the Owls into a decisive lead, which they didn't relinquish. Lincoln 38-Henry Snyder 18 Henry Snyder was soundly trounced by a smoothlyfworking Lincoln five to the tune of 3848. The game quickly resolved itself into the question of how many points Lincoln would score. Schuessler and Thompson were the sparkplugs which drove the highly geared Lincoln machine to victory. Lincoln 20-Snyder 17 Snyder, determined to avenge the previous beating, played inspired ball and led Lincoln on a few occasions. The tide of fortune changed, howeverg and Lincoln, aided by the baskets of Wines and Schuessler, forged ahead and remained there till the end of the game,