Lincoln Junior High School - Lancer Yearbook (Yonkers, NY)

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'vt- ina. X W CROSS-COU NTRY The members of the team are FIRST ROW Coach Angelos Hugo S1ewertsen Larry Kellerman and Sandy Peter L D1afer1a Jlm Dxttbrenner Joe Mongarella Tom Schl1tt Caulfleld SECOND ROW Bob D1ttbrenner J1mmy rl'11S year the LHS HHFTICYS, under the dlrcctxon of Coach Peter L D1afer1a enjoyed the1r most successful season ln tl1C1I' short hlstory They took Hrst place 1n two out of s1x meets Paced by senlors, Hugo Slewertsen fthe leadmg scoxer for the last two yearsl, Bob Dlttbrenner, and Junlor class presldent. Ioe Mongarella, Saunders Trades School be came the first of L1ncoln's xlctlms at Txbbets Brook Park 'LThe Blg Threew crossed the fimsh l1ne hand IH hand as the h1ghl1ght of the 15 40 shutout Before the season could end, the team xanqulshed Commerce fwlth Clty champ Chet 'I oonej and Gorton ln a three team contt st and took a th1rd place m the Yonkers Clty Meet behlnd Roosex elt and Yonkels ln the latter exent SICXNCITSCH finlshed the two and one half mlle flbbets course m V3 mmutes and 37 seconds for a fourth place 156

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SWIMMING TEAM Swimming was one of the many areas in which Lin- coln improved this year. Under the direction of Coach Robert Busch, the team had a very successful season. The success this season was marked by the vast im- provement of the present team over last yearls. The boys brought their shaky record of two wins and seven losses to a respectable eight wins and five losses. This jump was led by Co-captains Roger Soons, John Drier and Don Plitnick and by Bill Berkman and Ronnie Singer. They supplied most of the points and spirit. The Mermen finished third in the City League by defeating Gorton, Saunders and Commerce and los- ing to Yonkers and Roosevelt. They were helped con- The members of the team are: Coach Busch. H. Gor- finkle, D. Harris, G. Seal, R. lVeisner. Mads, P. Willins, R. Singer, D. Greenberg. SECOND ROW: siderably by Soons, Drier and Singer who scored 42, 40 and 35 points respectively. Success was also ap- parent in outside competition where the boys lost to Rye and defeated Edison Tech. and Sacred Heart. In the meet with Sacred Heart the expected finally hap- pened. Wlhile leading the race in a 200 yard breast stroke, Bill Berkman lost his pants and to top that. he was disqualified for using an illegal stroke when he tried to put them back on. The prospects for a strong team next year are definitely good. Only four boys are leaving and there is a great deal of talent among the underclassmen. This yearis record included eight wins and five losses. B. Gordon, A. Brown, YV. Berkman, D. Plitnick, R. Soons, Drier, Smart, Greenwald, D. Colitti, P. Blake, H. Strome, R. Neuman.

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VARSITY CLUB ROW I Robert Kurtz Lenn1e Del Gemo Joe Sanchez Rnchard Perazzo Harvey Berkey Frank Kama ROW 2 John Dr1er Donald Pl1tn1ck B111 Barrxsford Barry Sloan Bob LICO Ed Re1ger ROW 3 Dave Mayerson Hugo S1ewertson Dennls O Rouke Clem Bernhen Preston Denby Ken Sarubbl SPRING SPORTS As the old phllosopher once sald In the Sprmg a young man s fancy turns to baseball or track or ten n1s or even golf The young men s fancles at L1n coln were turned cons1derably th1s Spr1ng and the ro tat1ons of many were 1n an athletlc d1rect1on As they escaped from the metaphys1cal and turned tow rd the hard cold real1t1es of l1fe many of L1n colns youths emerged from the dormancy of a cold w1nter to venture thelr talents 1n the prevlously hsted endeavors Most were determmed to get 1nto shape or to at least be able to P1Ck up a racket bat or putter or to try to Seventy 1nd1cated a desxre to part1c1pate 1n track some twenty show1ng up for pract1ce Large num bers of students came out for baseball and tennls also Sprxngs IS supposed to start about March 21 Obser vat1on of the wh1te accumulatlon on the terrestrlal sur face would have made anyone frankly admlt that Sprmg was late Muddy Helds and ra1ns cons1derably h1ndered early practlce and cond1t1on1ng The lack of complete fac1l1t1es hampered L1ncoln as well as nearly all the other schools 1n the c1ty Th1S though only prompted man1festat1on of greater 1ngenu1ty by the Physlcal Educat1on Department The baseball and track teams practlced 1n the gym or outslde IH the parkmg lot wlth the tennxs team The track squad even made dar1ng ventures to soggy Tlb betts and Pelham The sports eye was focused on 6 2 sen1or called George Sage that IS all eyes that could keep up wlth hlm for George IS rather speedy He establ1shed C1ty and Country half m1le marks 1n 1959 He had been tfalnlhg SIHCC early fall and showed defimte slgns of repeatmg as State Champ He also was 1n com pet1t1on for Eastern and Natlonal honors George was credlted Wlth suggestlng the Olymp1c Fund Sports Nlght or fund ra1s1ng measure Other top track prospects were L1ncoln record hold ers Hugo S1ewertsen mlle and Tom Fo1t7 h1gh jumpj Also Art Chlampl Barry Sloane Dean Petros Harvey Berkey and Bob Dlttbrenner showed promlse Takmg over the bulk of the coachlng dutles was Mr For coach Peter DlafCF1aS tenn1s team much was 1n the offing The team s top players Larry Levme and Garry Stern returned and had been practlclng all w1n ter Back1ng them was 59s th1rd s1ngles man eff Hoffman and the Clty champlonshxp showed S1gl'1S of restlng at L1ncoln The baseball team had several key players returnmg Catcher Warren Lucker and pltchers Frank Kama and R1ch1e Pera77o as well as powerful Eddle Bull Re1ger had shown well 1n 59 Coach T1emey also had Pres Denby Denn1s CRourke ROHHIC Mollno B111 Barrlsford Joe Sanche7 and B111 He1s1nger back for C W L and Clty League competltlon Mr Romanos golf team headed 1nto 1fS 1950 Clty League schedule Wlth several ewcpenenced players on It Ferr1s Gorra Bob House and Berry Susman re turned from last year s squad , ' 0 ' 5 , .1 ef I '. 7 . . 3 3 , 3 , 1. I , y , I 3 ' '. 5 I , . I I 3 ' . . H . . . . . , . , . . . J 7 ' ' ' . ,, , . . . . . . . , . a s Q - n 1 J ' ' ' s 3 - ' , . ' ' 5 l J . 5 I . s , p u T . 1 . , . 7 ' tie the1r track shoes flf such strain was necessaryl. Joseph Pf10fSC0aCh Bflfnhafd asslsted fegulafllh Q . . D - I , . . . ' A- a a ' - K J' - . . . . I . . . H H . . . . , . . I . . ' 7 l ' ' 7 3 a v , 9 . . , . . . . . A 1 u A, 0 1 . .... , - . - J - ' - ' 9 9 ' 1 u . A 9 I - , - 157