Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Lengthening their lead in the final seconds of play, Edison's Big Ninei' championship team edged a dogged Ponce quintet, 40 to 27. With but four minutes to play in the game, the Lemon City slickers led by one meager point, 27 to 26. But experience told the tale in those trying moments and the Raiders came out on the left hand side of the ledger. Evenly-matched games may be fun to watch, but they're tough to lose. At least the Cavaliers thought so when they were jolted by Jackson 36 to 35 in an overtime thriller played at the Edison gym. Biggest upset of the season came when Kentucky Military lnstitute's crack cage quintet visited our perspiration-parlor and were rudely kicked 31 to 29. The K.M.l. basketeers led all the way till the last quarter, when the Ponce cagers got to work and shoveled twelve points into the bucket while tying up K.M.I. with six. Center Tilson scored twenty-two points for the visitors, while .lack Bras- ington swished the sphere five times through the ring to pace the home at- tack with ten points. Ponce's Baby Cavaliers, the BM squad, defeated a majority of their opponents, as did the freshmen, who reached the finals of the district junior high tour- nfllllent. Seniors leaving the team this year are .lack Brasington and Bobo Rath. Fred Gahr is the only HB squad member graduating. 98

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With only three lettermen returning, the Cavalier cagers completed a reasonably suc- cessful season. ln playing sixteen foes, Ponce took seven games for a .467 average. Our initial opponent was Redlands, whom we took into camp, 35 to 23. Boho Rath fiipped in sixteen points from all angles to lead the scoring. Next on the roster was Homestead's Growers. They downed us 4-8 to 26 in a hard-fought contest. Harry Bishop and Bob Sullivan of the downstate men were high for the night. Ft. Lauderdale's crack team proved to be too much for us as we succumbed 35 to 26 on the upstate court. The Ponce cage crew was in the rear the whole way but managed to close the gap slightly in the final period. With Bob Tesher throwing twelve points through the hoop, Miami Beach rolled over Ponce de Leon on the seaside Hoor 4-4 to 27. Jack Brasington tallied twelve points to lead the Cav attack. Edison's powerful juggernaut left another team in its wake Friday, January l9, at the expense of Ponce de Leon. '4Macky ' Mac- Donald poured nineteen points into the bucket to lead the winners. Ponce's shooting fell to a miserable low as the boys missed bucket after bucket. After four successive defeats, the Cavaliers turned the tables on St. Patrick s scrappy outfit on the Shamrock court, 34 to 25. An- other victory was added to the Fightin' Five's string in Lake Worth to the tune of 33 to 23. Jack Brasington outscored all op- ponents with seven field goals and a charity toss. Tallying three points in an overtime per- iod, the gay Cavaliers hoodwinked Andrew ,Iackson's green wave 27 to 24. Dick Cassidy, stellar Ponce guard, scored the winning points. Miami Beachis Typhoons rampaged on a seventy-point scoring spree Friday night, February 2, while holding Ponce to thirty- four tallies. The bay-side emporium re- sounded with the swishing of the net as 104 points fell through the ring. In the second home game of the season, Ponce held Homestead in check until the Bishop and Sullivan combine racked up A ONC A team ftopl-left to right, top row: Wright, Vogt, Montague, Cassidy, Trammellg bottom row: Kesler imgnl, Brasington, Rath, Westcott, Fandry. HB teameleft ta right, top row: Williams fmginl, Wright, McDonald, Montague, Wardg bottom row: Gahr, Keena, Raudenbush, Hollettg not pictured: Phillips, Craine, Pierce. twenty-five points between them. Then Gesu invaded our NC8llStll8l1iCS-C3SllB,7 and walked out with a 39 to 32 victory under their arms. The seven-point deficit in the Ponce column was due mainly to Johnny Grappois accurate twenty-point performance. ln another out- of-town encounter, the Cavalier quint de- feated St. Patrick in a return engagement. Coming back for a second helping, Red- lands Diamondbacks were beaten 41 to 2l by an inspired Cavalier foe. Redlands used a speedy offense, but were not shooting ac- curately enough to outsmart the Gables boys. 97

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Playing eleven night games here and six day games away, P0nce's baseball team encountered a record num- ber of opponents for any one year. Remaining from last year's squad were just five lettermen. They were Bud Smethurst, Dutch Kirkland, Ray Pierce, Dick Fandry, and Tom Day. Scattered around the in- field this year were Kirk Westcott on first base, Dutch Kirkland at the key- stone sack, Talbot Tram- mell at shortstop, and Ray Pierce holding down the hot corner, third base. Following are the games and the results: Against Ponce OPP- Redlands 7 0 Lake Worth 0 2 West Palm Beach 6 5 Ft. Lauderdale 5 4 Homestead 3 9 Edison 3 9 Miami High 2 6 Redlands 9 3 Ft. Lauderdale 6 3 Edison 5 4 Lake Worth 0 3 West Palm Beach 4 9 Miami Beach 3 7 Andrew Jackson 6 3 Andrew Jackson 13 l Miami High 1 4 Miami Beach 3 0 In the outfield were Dave McDonald, Jack Keena, Bud Smethurst, Julio Clarke, Dick Fandry, Fred and Rob- ert Scheiss, Ray Pierce, Tom Day, and Kirk Westcott. Stepping up to the mound this year were three new- comers and two lettermen. Bud Smethurst and Tommy Day pitched for the Caval- ier sackmen last year. These two lads have plenty on the ball and completed a successful season. Bill Dav- is, fresh from California, is a curve-ball specialist. A southpaw, he won three and lost three games this sea- son. Dave Callender, a right- hander, won one game this year. He has a nice hook and a swift ball. Vic Dacy, the other freshie, also played good ball. ' Dcmaldea Behind the plate was sophomore Jack Keena. Dave McDonald also caught sev- eral games. .lack Keena led the bat- ting with a .425 average: Dutch Kirkland seconded with 343, and Dave Mc- Donald batted .311. Top. left to right, top row: Keena, Day, Smeth- urst, Daniels, Vogt, Hartnett, Clarke, Ander- son, McDonaldg Bottom row, Dacy Callender, Westcott, Davis, Pierce, Wells, Trammell, Fandry. Lower left: Ray Pierce snatches a high one. Lower right: Bill Davis winds up.