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

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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

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Riding the crest of that triumph over Jackson, the Red and Black Gramley-men strolled into the Burdine Stadium Wednes- day, November 15, and were bounced all the way back to Coral Gables, 21 to 20, by the Beach Typhoons. Trailing by one touchdown in the last quarter, the boys across the hay rallied to score two markers. Ponce crossed the double stripe once more just as the final gun sounded, but failed to convert. Following the Beach tragedy, the Ponce- ites traveled to the Land of the Lakes, and were held 13 to 13 by the Orlando Tigers. The entire team bowed out of the ,44 season in a blaze of glory. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Since the outset of hostilities in Europe, the United States armed services have asked schools to stress physical training. Ponce is fortunate in having the most fully-equipped gymnasium in South Florida. Among the apparatus are gym horses, several sets of parallel bars, and a trampoline. Boys who participate in our physical edu- cation program learn to march in formation, do calisthcnics to develop endurance, and play games to improve coordination. Shown below are members of our gym classes in action. 96 1