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

Page 63 text:

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

Page 62 text:

.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

Page 64 text:

mat ATH LETI C FI ELD Before we had our playground, many complaints were made by the boys, because of the necessity of playing on a rough hilly lield, partly littered with ashes and refuse. The Parents and Teachers Association sensing our plight started a campaign for the bettering of our field. The campaign was a success for now we can see a level field three hundred fifteen by two hundred eighty- live feet on which all sports can be played. No matter What time of the year, when school is out, the lield is occupied. Last spring although the field was not linished we were able to play 0H our diamond ball schedule. . During the spring, diamond ball, service ball, track and held events are taking place. In the fall volleyball and soccer football are played. Also dur-v ing the first part of the fall and the last two months in the spring, classes are held outside with the boys and girls going through their exercises and after- wards playing games, and practicing track and field events. This year our diamond ball schedule will be a round robin affair because of the fact that four games can be played every night leaving more time for a longer schedule. Dur- ing class time we have played Serve Us ball and the girls have had their game on their sports calendar for two consecutive years. It will be the nrst time that the boys try their hand at the game. Our track and field events come early in June as usual, the boys grouped into three classes, TA class being boys over five -feet two inches, and llB class boys between live feet two inches, four feet eight, and NC class boys under four feet eight. There will be relay races and individual races of varying distances, and the high and broad jump event. The winners in these events will receive ribbons, and the room winning the relay race will receive a trophy. In the fall when we come back we Will hold our annual volley ball tournament which will be played on the lield this year. The climax of our outdoor activities Will be a soccer football tournament. Besides this the boys will play football and other sports after school, not under the supervision of the gymnasium department. Not only is Lincoln thankful for the field but the John Hay' School also has found a safer place to amuse the small children, who had no other play- ground than the street before. All of the boys and girls of Lincoln have found the playground to be even better than was expected and wish to thank those who helped to get it for us. 60