Mount Holly High School - Red Oak Yearbook (Mount Holly, NJ)

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THE RED O Basketball Mount Holly High opened its basketball season by defeating Riverside by a narrow margin in the last fifty seconds by a foul shot by Jessie Simpson, colored guard for Mount Holly. The second game was another victory for Mount Holly. Mount Holly then went on a losing streak, losing four straight, Pemberton, Pennington, Bordentown, and Moorestown. Mount Holly went the rest of the season undefeated, winning two games in the semi-finals of Group II South jersey Tournament only to be nosed out by Wildwood in the finals. Paul Bridegum was the most outstanding performer of the year, averag- ing 135 points in sixteen games for the honor of high scorer for the year. Herb Horner was a close second with 127 points in fourteen games, being absent two games because of a sprained ankle. Other players that are due credit for Mount I-Iolly's string of victories are Jessie Simpson, Santo Porto, Frank Aaronson, George French, Paul Leary, Abbott Hendry and Norman DeLong. This year Mount Holly's basketball team surprised everyone by coming through with eleven victories against five losses and reaching the Finals of Group II Championship of South Jersey. The Junior Varsity also had a suc- cessful year by coming through with ten victories against three defeats, show- ing promise for next year's team. SCHEDULE Mt. Holly Opp. Mt. Holly Opp. Riverside ........... 20 25 Pemberton . . . . 45 23 Moorestown Friends 21 ll Pennington . . . . . 30 29 Pennington ......... 27 29 Bordentown . ...... 32 17 Bordentown . ........ 29 42 Moorestown Friends 23 20 Moorestown Friends 23 41 Allentown .......... 36 21 Allentown .......... 2125 23 Cape May .... . . 39 17 Riverside ........... 37 26 Riverside .... . . 30 26 All Stars ... ... 41 36 Wildwood .. .. .. 18 50

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1111 lil D OAK Football The Mount Holly Red Devils opened their season by defeating Lang- horne by a score of 40-6. Mount Holly kept up this winning streak for the next six games. These teams included Woodstown, Trenton Catholic, Ocean City, Hammonton, Central Evening, and the 171st Infantry from Fort Dix. The most exciting of these six games was the Ocean City game, which Mount Holly took by a score of 13-7. Mount Holly then met its first defeat at the hands of the Moorestown boys by a score of 19-13. Up to this itme Mount Holly had won fifteen straight games. The Red Devils finished the season by defeating Bordentown by a score of 42-0. The Co-captains of this year's squad were Arthur Croshaw and Charles Johnson. The Co-captains for the 1941-42 season will be Edward Nixon and Bill Cotton. The Mount Holly boys were awarded the South jersey Group II Cham- pionship, an honor which they well deserved. This is the third championship Mount Holly has won in the last Eve years. Following is the 1941 schedule and scores: Mount Holly Opponents Langhorne ...... . ..... 40 6 Trenton Catholic . . . . 21 6 Central Evening . . . . 13 7 Woodstown ...... . . 34 G Hammonton .... . . . 30 6 Ocean City ... . .. 13 7 Fort Dix . 32 7 Moorestown . . 13 19 Bordentown . . . 42 0 238 64 58

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THE RED OA K 4 - . 3. Baseball Mount Holly started an excellent baseball season with fine weather and a winning game. Although several of the varsity players were out due to illness, the team kept up its fighting spirit. Santo Porto, one of the best pitchers Mount Holly has ever seen, excellent record of fifty-five strike-outs for four games. Names of the Players Arthur Croshaw Earl Harker Santo Porto Abbott Hendry George Mingin William Cotton Albert Fowler Walton Davis George French Arthur Durand William Webster Frank Robert Parker Robert Ried Samuel Still William Goldy David Goodman William Pettit James Cutts Everett Mickle Harold French Paul Leary Donald Crane Kenneth Olsen Smith Robert Entwistle Ridgway Woodward James McClintock Jack Gerry Joe Willitts ' Managers Scorekeepers Theodore Pytel Miles Powell Hammonton Hammonton Bordentown Riverside . Moorestown N. J. S. D. Moorestown Friends Allentown ........ Friends N. J. S. D. ....... . Pleasantville .... Hightstownt .. Bordentown? .. Riverside? ........ Pleasantville ...... 'f Denotes League g Alden Elberson Thomas Ackrivo Mount Holly Opponents 3 2 .. 7 4 ....12 2 ...18 10 ...11 2 .. 8 4 8 2 12 3 ...13 7 ames. 60 has an