New Utrecht High School - Comet Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A scuffle in front of the Utrecht cage resulted in a score for Tech when one of their forwards Cstill unidentifiedj happened to kick it in. The Utrechtites avenged themselves, however, with a 2-O trouncing of Manual, They then went down to a l-U defeat before a Textile onslaught, but rose up and smashed Iackson 3-O. The following battle was a scoreless deadlock with lamaica, and at the time of this writing we were waiting for a return match with Brooklyn Tech. Hollanders argue that they played KOWF before the Scots- KOWF is Dutch for club-P. S. we're talking about GOLF. While at Texas Christian, Sling'ing Sam Baugh, threw the pigskin a distance of over two miles. Iames I. Braddock was the first heavy-weight champ in the history of the ring to go into a title bout on the short end of the betting-in his fight with Ioe Louis. First sacker Harry Davis wore two uniforms in one day. He played a double header and was at first base for the Giants in the first game. He was traded to Pittsburgh between games and played with the Pirates in the second game. Basketball-Coach G-oldberg's boys may not have the ability possessed by their predecessors of the '38-'39 season, but they certainly have the fight. The two season-openers, both non-P.S.A.L. resulted in a 33-31 triumph over Boys High and a 28-20 victory over Seward Park. Madison was next on the list and we certainly must give the Black and Gold the credit they deserve, for in their 44-23 victory over the Big Green, they showed us CI brand of ball-handling far superior to anything we've ever seen before on a high school floor. The next P.S.A.L. battle was more of a rout, for the hoopsters squelched Manual Training by a 47-35 count. Lincoln and Erasmus, two traditional enemies of ours, followed soon after. The Coney lslanders halted the basketeers to the tune of 28-23. The winning goal in the Erasmus game was scored in the last twenty seconds by Captain Nino Presti, on a one-handed western shot. The final score was 25-23, in the Greenies' favor. Although the Erasmus tilt was the closing of the terms' schedule there are still four more games left on the P.S.A.L. calendar, which come during next term. 1, -. L-f fl ,.f1 I if I 49 Ia V ix S .gn , Qaida- I' s I 'Zz TI-1 AT ELUSIVEL GIHK Twenty-five

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The longest relay in history was run by runners carrying CI f01'Ch' symbol of Olympic Games, from Greece to Berlin in 1936, Arthur Nehf beat the Yanks in a World Series game by pitching opposite to Iohn McGraw's instuctions from the bench. Track-Although, at the time of this writing, the Bensonhurst speedsters had only battled in two meets, it certainly looks as though they're on their way to a successful season. ln the opening Stuyvesant meet the pine-boardmen collected a total of lil points to finish in third place behind DeWitt Clinton and Bishop Loughlin. Iimmy Lombardo was New Utrecht's fair-haired boy in this meet, actu- ally walking away with the 880 yard novice event, finishing 25 yards in front of his nearest rival. The Knights of Columbus meet was the next chance the tracksters had and in the only high school event held at the meet took second place behind Bryant High. This was the 220 yard relay in which Cohen, Goldwein, Wise, and Caridi represented the Big Green fa deadline on this story prevented news of the Dickinson meet, held on lanuary l3, from being published hereinb. Ioe Louis knocked -down Stanley Poseda 3 times for a total count of 38 seconds. First count, Poseda was up at nine--second count lasted 19 seconds due to fact that Illinois boxing rules allow fighters 20 seconds to get back into the ring. Final count of ten came a few moments later. The first forward pass ever tried by Yale beat Harvard in 1906. Kansas City beat the Rainbow A. C. 234-2 in a basketball game in 1924. Soccer-Winding up second only to an undefeated Manual team, the booters led by Captain Al Schraeter and aided by coaches Boss and Kaye had a moderately successful season. They opened up in high gear when they drubbed Boys High 4-0, but their next opponents were a little tougher and so they were held to a l-l tie with Erasmus. They then dropped a 2-0 decision to the Manual champs but came back to take the important Lafayette game by l-0. They closed the season with an unimportant 3-l defeat at the hands of Eastern District. 2 - The game between Philadelphia and Chicago played in 1922 was a pitcher's nightmare. Score-Chicago 26, Philadelphia 23, and no errors on either side. Iackson Haines, a Chicago lad, originated and taught the style of figure skating which the Europeans are now teaching back to the Americans. He showed them how in 1864. Hockey-The puckmen started off with a 3-0 triumph over lackson that barely showed the calibre of the squad Coach Feely turned out, but their next encounter was with lamaica, former champs, and it was really a corker. The Bucs led by Captain Bud Crutchley let loose with a scoring attack that netted them four goals to the lamaicans one. lt was in this tussle that the Greenies first gave the world a glimpse of their puck prowess. The blademen tackled Brooklyn Tech next and lost on a heartbreaker. Twenty-four

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A reddish mist across the sky, A heavy earth that's far from dry, From heaven sho-ot down crystal streaks, And each slants to the spot it seeks. Some drop in cans. Some choose to dwell Atop a tree, or in a bell. One may perhaps wish to relax Beside a box of colored tacks. A tiny ball of purest rain Came sliding down a window pane. So slow but sure it reached its goal, And fell into a flower bowl. Each drop is destined. All must land. Some make oasis in the sand. Huge clouds store, crystals, sums untold, To quench a thirst the earth does hold. M6666 New Utrecht High, the school I love And cherish with a loyal heart, I aim to treasure and secure Your life-long beauty ne'er we part My precious days within your walls Will ever be a guiding light, To seek my fortune near and far, To know the wrong: to know the ri To show the school my gratitude: To show my gracious attitude, I plant a root, a sapling dear, Dorothy Forman-lst Prize winnyzfi The hand of God first planted trees The hand of man then tore down these He covered all with hard cement Now our time would be well spent To plant again that living beauty Now indeed it is our duty. It seems as though that act to me, ght. Would transform from a factory A building, dreary, cold and bare, To one with ivy covered walls so fair Then warmth and light would come once more And make a New Utrecht to adore To sprout and grow throughout the year. A New Utrecht of which we'd all be proud And then would sing its praise aloud To bloom cmd blossom with God's might Beautify New Utrecht! Happy thought With precious fruit grown strong and right, Then one day, not far away To beautify our Alma Mater For New Utrecht will come a new day With arts and plants of human nature. Viola Penzel 3rd Prize Fred Feder-2nd Prize Twenty-six