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

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Ponce de Leon's Red and Black warriors, successful in tive contests, completed a season filled with spectacu- lar games both at home and away. Jack Brasington and Bud Smethurst, co-captains of tl1e '44 eleven, were outstanding in their leadership and ability. Jack has been bestowed many honors since his enrollment at Ponce, hut reached his pinnacle when he was awarded Little All-State recognition. Fred Gahr, pass-snagging end and Jack's running mate, was accorded Little All-State and city acclaim. For being the most improved player on the squad, Fred received an award from the athletic department. Frank McNellis won the annual cup for heing the hardest worker on the team. Defeating Andrew Jackson and Miami Beach, the Cavaliers waltzed away with thc Little Three title under their' burly arms. These seniors made up the hulk of our team, and we hope that Jack Brasington, Bud Smethurst, Fred Gahr, Robert Rath, Walter Pierce, Frank McNellis, ' Judge Welch, Jack Mueller, Sam Daniels, Al DeFoor, Raymond Brown, Dave Keele, Jimmy Veber, and Doren Maxwell will have added success in whatever path they may follow. Pictured at left are co-captains Jack Brasington ftopl and Bud Smethurst. Left lo right, top row: Klotz, Scott, Cassidy, Smethurst, Gahr, DeFoor, Mueller, McNellis, Weaver, Dacy, Welch, Miller. Brown, Kerdyke, and Manager Barnett, middle row: Brasington CNO. ll, McDonald, Maxwell, Fandry, Westcott, Raudenhush, Montague, Rath, Veber, Cox, and Managers Kesler, Williams, and Kent, bot- tom row: Wilkins, Hunter, Hebert, Fulcher, Ansley, Wilcox, Taylor, Pierce, Daniels, Stevens, Wright, and Marx. 93

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l lklx Cggc C4 JG? ... ll! 0 1 We ft CX' If 'NJ My do .ff r- ta Moving with the speed of a frightened Negro in a graveyard, Coach Gramley's grid machine ran roughshod over most opponents on last year's football slate. Meeting Fort Lauderdale in their first encounter, the newly clad Bed and Black pigskin crew of Ponce de Leon were given a rude awakening 13 to 6. Highlights of the game were Captain Jack Brasington's 60-yard dash to the Lauderdale 5, and Roland Hodges' 70- Cf? yard touchdown sprint in the waning moments of the game. Miami Beach then felt the stinff of U G G 5 6 the Cavalier onslaught. Dave Keele 6 CZ 67:6 passed the seaside boys dizzy as the 5' Zgfg Gableites racked up a 25 to 0 win. Q iid The Typhoons drove into our stalwart G6 5 P line four times within our 1-yard line, 5 Q? 6 but were repulsed on every attempt. 2520556 Traveling upstate for their first out- ' 564 of-town tiff, the Cavaliers were am- bushed in the closing minutes of the contest with Lake Worth, 20 to 13. A Keele-to-Cahr-tmBrasington combine paid off twice for touchdowns. Crahbing a long pass from .lack Brasington in the final period, Fred Gahr scored the deciding marker in dawned Upper left: Doren Maxwell throttles a Ft. Lauderdale hack just before he reaches the Ponce goal. Upper right: Dick Cassidy and David Keele chase Billy Joe Leavitt of the Flying L's downfield. Circle: .lack Brasington winces as four Wildcats from West Palm Beach smother him. Center left: Another Wildcat gets set for the kill. Center right: Doren Maxwell cuts around a would-be- tackler. N-4. Below circle: Dave Weaver and Bobo Rath charge in. Lower left: Ray Pierce, Jack Brasington, Doren Max- well, and Dave Keele discuss hackfield strategy. Lower right: Kirk Westcott bumps a Palm Beacher as ,lack Brasington crosses the double stripe unmolested. Ponce's 20 to 13 victory over the claw- ing Vllildcats of West Palm Beach the following week. A savage battle fea- tured this Orange Bowl clash, but Ponce managed to eke out a win. Next opponent was Gesu, whom we trounced 32 to 0. ,lack Baudenbush started the fireworks with a three-yard plunge into tl1e Promised Land, and from then on in it was retreat for the Purple Shirts. Three days later, the Cavaliers pulled another 32 to 0 rabbit out of the hat on Danials pasture. The Bulldogs were completely stymied as Ponce scored in every period. Following these two crushing victor- ies, Ponce met Ft. Lauderdale's power- packed outfit and succumbed 21 to 7. This victory clamped the lid on the Florida East Coast Independent League tighter than a pair of new shoes. .lack Brasington returned a Central High kickoff eighty yards to produce the Cavs' lone tally. Piling up nine touchdowns that counted and two that didn't, an in- spired Cavalier eleven buried the J ack- son Generals a good six feet into the Orange Bowl sod. With the Little Three crown just out of reach and needing only a victory over the Generals to grasp it, the lads overdid things a bit. The scorekeeper contracted a terrific case of writcr's cramp in tabulating a 58 to 7 tally. Dave Keele fired a 57-yard touchdown aerial into Fred Gahr's wait- ing arms to give the fans a glimpse of the most beautiful pass thrown in the Orange Bowl all season-but it didn't count. .lack Brasington scored 33 points on runs of 70, 71, 65, 13, and 2 yards, tossing in an extra point here and there, to make the largest total of any prep player in this district for a single game. 95