Midwood High School - Epilog Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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That's The Way The Ball Bounces D For Ihe hrsf hme un Mudwood s husfory a l' graduahng class can look back wnfh prlde ' af The alhlehc accomplnshmenrs reallzed durung :Is four years In hugh school To quo+e an expressnon Ihal AI Smxfh Inlced Io use Le+ us examune The record I+ 'look eleven long dusappounhng years be fore one of our squads was able 'ro bring a :fy Champlonshnp 'rrophy 'Io The halls of Mud Q od However our I953 Iennus +eam lopped an undefealred season by whipping Sfuyvesanl' 'For Ihe ne'r hlle The Eusens'rad+ coached racqueleers conhnued 'lherr wnnnlng ways In I954 and copped Ihe Brook Iyn Borough Champuonshnp Nor unhl Foresf HrIIs edged Ihem ou+ un June 54 was fhear unbeafen slceun snapped Thus slrealc had exfended over almosl Ihree campargns Tnme Friday Ocfober I6 I953 Place Brooklyn College Fleld Opponenfs Ivludwood H S vs Manual H S Score Mndwood 2I Manual I4 Thar cold wundy affernoon ID mud Oclober saw a IH almosl' seven years TI'1a+ day and The wonderful rncal days rhaf followed wonf be forgoffen for a f' ng hme Bug huslcy foofballers calmed wnlh mud and In blood ran around Iussung and huggnng each ofher and crying for 'oy -. One real vncfory was all +haI' was needed Io puf new vum and vugor Info a 'ream which for so long had Inved on moral vacforoes Coach BIII Ensenberg prornnsed Ihaf The I954 season would be even beHer He was rlghr Thus pas? fall The Blue and O Whale grndders Iurned ou+ a 3 3 I record whnch nncndenrally ah ns 'rhe fmeslr ever produced by a M H S eleven They bear such EAJWEK Iradmonal nvals as Erasmus Madnson and Jefferson Ihns year IP 9 . gf' A y ' A .... , 1. I' Q' s . I vicfory-slrarved Ivliddie foorball Team win Hs Iirsf game . 07- !.'ffg'1' I , , I I , I 2 1 . -. . , . ', 1 , . . . Q . . rt I9 I ' ' 5 . . . . .. . In - ' - ' M I! ' 1 ' . . . - A I . I. . I

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and look forward lo a chance lo venf fhelr are on Manual Lafayefre and Lnncoln nexl year ln lhe pasl four years lhe M H S baslcelball leams have been consuslenf wanners and alfhough fhey never loolc league honors lhey were always IH fhe fhuclc of 'rhe baffle Gur bandbor gym seemed ready +o overflow on many a Frcday nlghf as Mud qurnlels played a good deal of hne and exclhng baslcelballl Courf menfor Herb Bernsleun now In his hrsl year al Jrhe helm loolcs foward an even brsghler lulure for has charges An ex Mudwood baslcelball greaf humself Herb ss a sfudenl of rhe game and a fine arhlefe The baseball and soccer feams have mel wzlh only fair success an recenl years However rhey shll pulled ouf an occa slonal upsef over al The local dusl bowl Wangale Fneld We can be proud of +he acomplssh menfs of many of our manor squads Allhough +hey never played before a packed gym or an overflowing grandsland They shll gave Theur all Remember when seculrve dnvlsuon champronshnps ard gym 'reams conhnued +o be among Jrhe besr rn lhe crfy The dream of a lvlndwood swlmmnng feam fn L,- ally became a reallly and l 'rhough lhe 'ranlcmen have been only medlocre 'rhey are a young and promnsung group Now every Mrdwood alh lele ns proud fo walk around wwf hls Jream Iaclcel on H wasnf very long ago fha? our foolball players used 'ro slznlc along en any avallable shadow Thus feellng of ac compllshmenl and pride IS Jrhe grea+es'r fhung Jrhal can be rnshlled ID an alh lefe I+ doesnf show up rn lhe box s ores buf rl can be easuly delecfed by anyone who loolcs for n+ I . . l I !'r 4, I , . l ' v-y l The bowling learnwon fwo con- 0 kj , 1 I M, S rr . . . I - X I .I . . X A lw - , l . h . . I , Q V Q ' - - .- O . D Cl ' X l