Lynn English High School - Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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RFU AND fPAH BASKETBALL TEAM

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Enqllsh Basketball English had such a fine basketball team this winter that it was inuted to plav IH the Boston Tech Tourney against the finest high school teams in the state In recogmtlon of their ability the boys were pitted against Durfee High of Fall River favorites to win in the tourney The team vsas jittery ln the first quarter and spotted Durfee a ten point lead early in the game Later in the third quarter it closed the Durfee lead to tvso baskets and when Louis Ts1oropoulos Essex County s All star center and guards Billy Whelan and Bob Llcare were removed from the game for five fouls in the fourth quarter Durfee lengthened its lead a a1n to ten polnts winning 45 to 35 English had earned its place 1n the Tech Tourney by finishing a close second in the Essex County League averaging fifty points per game English would have won the County title lf it had not been for some almost unbelievable luck as Johnny Kapnls sank three half court baskets in the second meeting of English and Salem Up to that time English had outplayed Salem ln the entire game Other than the two defeats at the hands of 8alem English defeated each of the other six teams in the league twice Most enjoyable of these English possessed the best offensive trio in the league Our team s highest scorer was Lou Ts1oropoulos who was selected as all star center of the Essex County League He scored 195 noints and finished third highest in the league behind Bob Southwlck of Peabody with 212 points and Martxnelll of Lawrence with 195 points The other two of the trio vs ere co captains and forwards Don Brothers and Mike Carr Brothers scored 183 points to be fourth hlghest of the league and Cair scored 179 points to take fifth place Pete Laganas saw a great deal of service as an alternate forward The guards of the team were Billy Whelan Russ Dunn and Bob Licare The season s record 'English English English English English Enghsh English nglish English English English English English English English English 'Enghsh 34 Quincy 27 54 Gloucester 37 41-Salem 59 41 Lawrence 39 60 Peabody 45 42 Beverly 22 43 Haverh1ll28 59 Gov Dummer 44-Salem 46 Lawrence 30 Peabody 39 Beverly 26 Haverhill 27 Classical 47 Gloucester 37 Classical 39 Durfee 45 ' Not league games 14 RED AND GRAY Academy 58 l . 7. . , , 7 nu 4 - , - , . . . , . . , . 1 ' ' ' - 9 . 7. 5 - Q a u , 3 , - . , - . 7 . . . F . v . - K , I I sets of victories was a pair of victories over Classical. . .V . . , . , . . I I n s, . - I n , . K 9 ! 7 ' . . V - . . , n - A 9 . 9 ! . ' 7 . 'E ' - . ' 44- ' 48- ' 57- 46- ' 53- ' 51- ' 60- ' 35-

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Enqllsh rack Engllsh had an excellent track team thls yeal moulded around sllc SQHIOIS who sy ele yeterans from the preylous year They were Cap taln Nell Smlth a hurdler Bob Ross runnel Ill the 1000 yard event Jack Hurst runner ln the 600 yard event two relay men Les Locke and Carl MQSSIHQQT and Blll Drlscoll shot putter I' or the first tlme the Engllsh track squad was able to practlse at home A badly needed lndoor banked track was made by clty carpenters Thls overcame a great dlsadvantage suffered by preylous lndoor track teams The track coach lb Mr Carl Palumbo better known for hls splendid football coachlng Hls asslstants were Mr Paul Ierardl football llne coach Mr Mal Blllows a former Engllsh track star and Mr George Cos roye a member of the En llsh faculty Fngllsh took part IH the Northeastern Interscholastlc Meet at B ston Carden besldes lts sln le meets wlth other chools Jack Hurst took Engllshs only first place ln the meet by taklng the 600 yard run Nell Smlth took thlrd place IU the hurdlcs Bob Ross mlssed fourth hlgh man ln the dash the 300 yard run or the relay Fngllsh came ln fourth for oolnts scored IH the State Meet Nell qmlth came ln second IH the hurdles Jack Hurst took thlrd place IH the 600 yard run and Bob Ross took thlrd ln the 1000 yard run Engllsh also took fourth place ln the undergraduate meet by complllng nlne polnts In the Bowdoln Interscholastlc Meet at Bowdoln College Jack Hurst won the 600 yard run Bob Ross took fourth place ln the mlle run anl Nell Smlth dld llkewlse The relay team was nosed out of first place by one tenth of a second loslnff to I aSalle of Rhode Island The relay team recelyed an lnyltatlon to partlclpate ln the Penn relays Thls lndoor relay team conslsted of Nell Smlth Les Locke Jack Hul st and Bob Caulfield yyltn Fl ed George as a spare man For outdoor track Enffllsh had two relay teams The quarter mlle tc 1m COllS1Qt6d of Nell Smlth lack Hurst Les Locke Bob Caulfield and Fred Geolge For the half mlle relay E1'10'l1Sl'l had Bob Ross Charlle Harrls Bob Walfield and Charles Crowley En llsh won most of lts lndoor track meets vslth nelghborlng Cltl6S track teams Notable among these ylctorles were those oyer Lynn Classl cal and Lawrence Hlgh 16 RED AND GRAY I l I . v Q ' 1 kv A S ' 4 v 1 y A . ,' , . - . ' l ' 11 1 . V 7 s --y Q 1 v ' , . , , , j Y 1 n 1 - - . . u , , , . . , L c u A nn L A u ., ' . . l , . l. . . , l , 1' 'g 7 v gl ' - J . 1 s I , K 1 . . , , . , . . - 1 f Qs- L x olace ln the 1000 yard run by one second. Enfrllsh falled to place a 7 7 ' , .1 . , K L I . 1 x .. , . . , . 1 , 11 . . , L . . 1 . . ' D I , 1 D J r . 1 y 'w ' 1 1'1 ' ' .. . l V . . , , 11- 1 1 y' ' . 1 1 1 I , 1 , 1, L 1 1 'v 1 y 1 - ' Z, . . ,r v' ' ' 1 1 1 L 1 L I , e L , - , , n - . . . ' 9 D 7 Y 7 ' On. . . y .... . , D T - . .