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

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Physical EducaTion, as you all know, is one oT The mosT imporTanT subiecTs on our cur- riculum. The Physical EducaTion deparTmenT, under new direcTor D. D. Gregg, has enioyed a mosT prosperous year. The program To build beTTer minds and bodies sTarTed aT The begin- ning oT school wiTh inTramural TooTball being The main sporT. BaskeTball, Tumbling and gymnasTics, drill and marching, soccer, soTT- ball, Track, speedball and boxing being TaughT. The Physical EducaTion program is designed To develop in iTs parTicipanTs a sense oT Tair play, honesTy, sporTsmanship, sTrengTh and To become well coordinaTed aThleTes. The pro- gram is exTensive and elaboraTe, so designed ThaT every boy can have an equal chance To learn new sporTs, become sTronger and healTh- ier, and have a chance To parTicipaTe in aThleTics. PicTured aT righT are: Top picTure: Bonny Carroll execuTes a side- vaulT on The horse in one oT The physical educaTion classes, The insTrucTor is Mr. D, D. Gregg who is poinTing ouT Bonny's errors To Harold Lewis, WalTer McDonnell, and Tom Fisher. Middle picTure: : LeTT To righT are Murray McClain, John Poorman and Jack Wiley par- TicipaTing in a dash under The physical ed- ucaTion Track Training program. Each year, The Training ThaT boys receive in Their physical educaTion classes in Track Tield and experi- ence gained by compeTiTion wiTh oThers helps Them To compeTe wiTh esTablished Track men Tor Their posiTions on The Team. BoTTom picTure: Jimmy Brinson goes up To Take in a pass in a TooTball game during one oT The physical educaTion classes. These games were The highIighT oT The year. as records OT compeTiTion were kepT and heaTed rivalry Tlared up To make Their classes each day more inTeresTing. Ilia vi. i .. , ,,. -5 . g .ave , 55,2 i as Nw . J . Q

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in T W M 15 Q The I949-50 Ponce Tennis Team, because oT The loss oT STaTe Champion Bill Merriam, high ranking Dick Murphy, and James Sandberg Trom lasT year's Team, was noT up To par wiTh The TerriTic Ponce neT squads oT The pasT. Al T'larum played brillianTly, supporTed by John Hires and Bing Seibold. The coaching reins were Taken over by Mr. Fred Wilson, a Tormer STeTson neTTer. David l-larum, Ed WhiTe, Tom Johns- Ton, and Billy Larson also played an improved brand oT Tennis Toward The end oT The season. l-Tires and l'larum represenTed Ponce in The sTaTe Tourney aT Gainsville This year, as did Merriam and Murphy lasT year. PicTured above is The Tennis squad Tor T949-50. LeTT To righT in The TirsT row are: Coach Fred Wilson, David lgianT killerl, Johnny l-lires, Bill Larson, Richard Bullman. Second row: David T-luges, AI l-larum, Corky Zorbaugh. and Tom JohnsTon. MosT oT The home ,maTches were played aT The Salvadore Park CourTs, buT a Tew were held aT The Coral Gables CounTry Club CourTs. IT is on The Salvadore Park CourT ThaT we see AI l-larum, in The boTTom picTure, showing his TerriTic backhand. AI has been ranked I3Th in The UniTed STaTes by The UniTed STaTes Lawn Tennis AssociaTion, The oTTicial Tennis associaTion oT The US. This is an honor ThaT Al and Ponce may boTh be very proud oT. , w-mvw-N me f, E I . .W . 1-M f,.. . , .. ,V i1xf,,,ggxg35X,s,gw

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