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

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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

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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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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