Lincoln Junior High School - Lincoln Life Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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.x... W3 var BASKET BALL CHAMPIONS Goldfein, Sirott, Benson; Neville, Anderson, Berg Neubaur, Goldberg, Pauly, Kaplan, Banick, Falk, W'entland, Goldsman, Plitman, Sneller, Grouse BASKETBALL Soon after the volley ball tournament ended, our basketball schedule got under way. In all there were 53 games played, in which eighteen A class teams and seven l1B class teams participated. Rooms 303, 306 and 228 had mowed down their opponents one after the other, and now the championship games were to be played in the 11A class. In 11B class, rooms 208 and 204 had fought their way to the top and were now to come together to see who would win the championship. Rooms 303 and 306, who had been in the finals for three successive toure naments but had not won championships, clashed. It was thought that 306 would now win the championship, but the critics guessed wrongly again, for when the game ended, 306 had done its best and waged a furious light but was at the wrong end of the score for the fourth time. Room 303 through the bril- liant combination work of L. Kaplan, Anderson, and Pauly won the champion- ship by the score of 10-5. In the 11B class the 9A's were to play the 7A1s. During the first half, the 7A1s held the 9Als to three points while they put in a foul, but in the second half, 208 unleashed an attack that could not be stopped, piling up 12 points while the guards stopped the 7Als from putting in any markers. Our elimination tournament started soon after thenew term began with sixteen 8A teams and lifteen 11B teams entered, 30 games being played in all. In the 5A7 claSs 208, a new contender, came to the front, and followers of room 308; last year champions, were doubtful whether or not 308 would triumph for the second time. When 308 and 208 played for championship, 308 won by a score of 10-2. In the NB class teams, 123 and 310 played. Room 123 was Victorious but lost the championship because they played an ineligible boy. The all-star teams were: A Class B Class Kaplan ............................................... Forward Chapman Forward Gershonovitz .................... 7 ............... Forward Noun Forward Gillman ,,,,,,,,,,,, , ................................ Center Benson ....... Center L. Kaplan .......................................... Guard Brooks ................................................ Guard Medal ................................................ Guard Glotter .............................................. Guard Honorable Mention: Sandler, Chutter. The high scorer of the 8A class was L. Kaplan with 26 points, of the NB class, Chapman With 36 points and Glotter, a teammate, second with 15. 58

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VOLLEY BALL CHAMPIONS Dudick, Stanley, W'eisman, Blankenhorn, Carlson, Murman, Dunn, Grecnbcrg, Bank, Rubenstcin, Schwartz, Reese, Block, Lazarus, Kronfeldt, Kaplan, Goldstein, Star. lVinoker L. Goldberg, Scott, Reingvartz, Haskell, Levins, Kaplan, Loceff, H. Goldberg V OLLEY BALL Our annual volley ball contests took place shortly after the opening of school and as was customary it was an elimination tournament, with the teams grouped into three classes. The 7th grades played in the flrst division. Mr. Fischer, our new physical director, offered another incentive for the winners in the form of a black and gold pennant with the letters of Lincoln Jr. High to be given to the winners who should hold it till the end of the basketball season. In the 7th grade division 7A1 and 7B3 were to meet in the finals, in the 8th grade 8A3 and 8A2 had fought their way through to the last, while in the 9th grade the 9B1 and 9A1 survived the semi-linals. After a long light with the score alternating from one side to the other, it was not until the last part of the third game that it became apparent that the 7B's would triumph over their rivals. In the 8th grade the 8A3 defeated the 8A2 in two successive games which gave them the championship of their division. The 9th grade finalists, 9A1 and 9B1 were more evenly matched, and it was soon proved to those present that a real battle would be fought before either would win. In the first game the 9B's got the jump mainly through the brilliant playing of Wallach and Kates and won the first match 15-9. In the second game the 9Als hit their Stride and won by the count of 15-13. The following game was to decide Who would win the championship. The game started with both sides making brilliant serves and flashy returns with first one, and then the other side spurt- ing ahead. By linal effort, the 9Als were victorious by a score of 16-14, giving them the championship of their section. In the final match the 9Als played the 8Als for the championship of the school. The eighth grade started off with a bang not to be checked once by the 9Als. The baffling overhand shooting of the 8A's which the 9A's could not solve resulted in the 8Ais winning 15-11. The second match was a continua- tion of the first, the 8A's winning again 15-6 largely through the playing of Star, R. Kaplan and Lazerowitz. Goldberg and Levins starred for the losers. 57

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SWIMMING SWIMMING One of the sources of delight and also pride at Lincoln lies in its swimming pool. In this pool over iive hundred boys swim every week. The pool is twenty feet wide and sixty feet long, the water is chemically treated and filtered making it as pure as drinking water. The majority of the boys at Lincoln go swimming at least every other week, the ninth graders having it once a week. The seventh and eighth graders Who have the good fortune to have gymnasium three times weekly also have swimming once every week. Besides the regular swimming period there is a class every homeroom period Friday devoted to those Who Wish to learn how to swim, these boys come every week until they are able to swim the length of the pool. Throughout most of the Winter any boy Who wanted to, could go swimming every Thursday after school. In order to have a passing mark a boy must be able to stay above water. To get a uB a 9A must be able to swim the length of the pool at least eight times and to get an TTA he must be able to swim the length of the pool at least fifteen times. A 9B to get a TB must be able to swim the pool at least six times, to get an iiA he must swim it at least twelve times and so on down till the 7B Who must swim the length of the pool at least once to get a TB and twice to get an A. Our swimming relays are held in the middle of April, the team consisting of six men counting the two substitutes. All the rooms are grouped into three divisions the seventh grade in the iirst, eighth grade in the second, and ninth grade in the third division. In the seventh grade there is a relay of eighty yards each boy swimming twenty yards in the eighth and ninth grades there is a relay of one hundred sixty yards each boy swimming forty yards; there is also a variety of individual races. 59