Power Memorial Academy - Power Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SPOB'l'S What Do We Have? by James H Speakrng of Basketball as eyery one IS the ouestlon usuallv front and center IS wadda we Got? Well frrends vye re not loaded but yye ye plentv just the other day th1s same ques tlon popped up -Ks the noon whlstle blew I closed my jacket jerked on my book an rather closed my book jerked on my jacket and hurrred to devour my mustard smothered salaml sand w1ch Hemmed ln yylth the fragrant scent of potent salamr between rye I was Q in glad the conversation dr verted my thoughts to an enjoyable subject At the t1me my rather d1m1nu t1ve physrque found rt d1ff1cult to swallow fbecause you re famnllar wrth the cafeterra thls need not be ex plamed J Anyway, who pops up with a few grlps you bet joe Ixnow rt all joe lncldently just mlssed commg year or even took the lnterest to folloyy the scores but here s joe 1n thls pre season bull sesslon soundmg off I s drsgustmg Arch sald Joe we hay en t more than three good ballplayers rn the school for the varslty thls term Boy you can say that agam , sand Arch mth consent XX hen I heard thrs chat I coulont surpress a heartv laugh for I yyas ln deed surprlsed by the pesslmlstlc att1 tude taken Personal HSSOCIHIIOH yyrth the ballplayers has strengthened my behef that vye re gomg to rumble on to success Qulckly turnmg to the br1l rant parr at my rwht I saxd ll hat about Xaryyood Percudam Scally Brennan and Tetro just to mentlonafeyyg They naturally yyere qulte taken back and I chuckled agam as I sayy thelr red faces XX hy at thrs early stage of the season thlngs look pretty good for yeteran coach Ed Burns jerry Brennan re turns from the JO al squad to cap lIcCaffrex ta1n thus years qurntet Slowed doyyn at pre season yyarmups because of a leg 1njury he recely ed durlnv the sum mer jerry noyy looks feels and lS sharp There are brlghter llghts stlll when the l,6I'CUd3Ill Xarvyood rssue for Brother Ixostka s tlssuej comes ln reylew Duck and George are both ready and waltmg for the seasons opener Xl ahoo D1ck or the Xl 11d Indlan as he IS popularly known kept ln shape throughout the sum mer by plavmg 1n yarrous tournaments around the clty Xou can be certam at the concluslon of th1s current campargn Drck yyrll have bagged at least a half dozen more college offers the vyord IS that he has had four already The other half of last years young tyy osome known throughout the league as the Sensatlonal Sophs IS George Xarvyood Xou ve probably heard em say I m from Xlrlyyaukee and I ought to knoyy Xlell gents Im from Queens Xarvyoods terrrtory and I knots George lS one of the top teen a e ballplayers rn Queens Tyyo years back George headed a superlatrye ag gregatlon representmg that borough rn a natlon yyrde tournament at XX ash mgton On the court George has adapted a hard dr1y1ng aggresslye offense yylth the umque custom of bent knees and slouched shoulders Thls has proyed both adyantageous and beneflclal to has deceptrye UUHIIIICS but hoyy the oppo ntlon hoots and hollers Nlany spectators lmcludxng my selfj belreye George should take more hot but he 15 on the other slde of the fence yyhen xt comes to 1nd1y rdual ball play ers George IS a team man by resolye and practice The yy hole team rs startmf' to yyork l1ke the preclslon moy ement ot a Qyyl s yyatch So 1n the future the near future too yye shouldn t be surprxsed to rrnd Poyy er 1n 1ts old top slot November 9 19a1 George I arwood Power Photo Dzck Pt rcudam Power Photo 27 i O , , . ' A 7 l l ,- . - , ,- ' -I . - ' . , ' . if ' -- - . . , .Y . I H ' Q rw , rs ' l 7 7 Y d-7 . . . . ' ' , It ' ' ,V , . tr ' 'v ' r , v D . I ' I ' 'I 5 - V w u 4 1 Q A 7 , . .' 7 , ' ! 7 Y -' - I K., . -Y . , . . H. . ,, . Q Q v 1 ' ' ' ' v f with the crowd to the ballgames last , .. - ' , . Q . .l H . ' I 'V' - t 4'-v, ' y ' - . . U . H Y . j 5, ' I ' r ' V' rr ' ' - ,C V . .. . . .I V. . 4 e 5 Ri Y Q - l v' . 1 ' v v' . 1 . ' ' . . . . ' Y 3 b - I - r . ' V 1 I ' v Q I ' 'N v I . v l . . s' ' ' f l . . , I I A ' l Q l . 4, .1. ., . 1.5 t., i 'L 'M j I. - - , . ' ff - ' ' s s. 7 . N - A . -V . ' . ' ' cv, k. ' 1, v . rv sv -qu V - Ll '.S- I .-' I v . . I . f - U . ,, el, 5 . . 7 - . - . , J

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SPO RTS Cross Country Track Wmgfooted Panthers Newer before 1n Power s h1storx has there exer been anx th1nU l1ke them Some are SIX foot two others hte foot nothmg from 90 to 180 lbs of soakmg wet bundles of enth111asrn XX ho are thev' Xl hx Powers wlnfffooted Pan thers who are on the ramp'1ffe agnn seekmg new adxentures IH the realm of the Sports Xl orld An Unenvned Sport Cross Countrw IS the most unenwed sport IH exlstence Beffmmnff ID the earlv fall the act1v1t1es of th1s ters Splflted sectlon of the track world contmues t1ll the end of the school xear Though dreaded by most sportsmen lt ran be most relaxlng and entertammf' to partl clpants The ax erage frosh cons1ders the m1le and a quarter course a mghtmare a sort of phvs1cal barrler but to the average xars1tw sportsmen the two and a half m1le course IS looked upon as a test of ab1l1t5 passed w1th but 11ttle effort On the Cowpath The onlv axa1lable course ID the east IS at X an Cortlandt Park The startmg held the flats IS a lexel stretch of green grass In each race there are Cfenerallx between two and three hundred contest ants l111ed up across thls are1 at the sound of the gun the runner race ox er the quarter H1116 patch conxervmg on the narrow cow path leadlnff 1nto the h1lls 'Ihe course through the hwhlands IS remlnxscent ot a roller coaster TIQIDQ sharplx and descendmff unexpectedlx The path throuvh them 1 generallx cox ered wlth d1rt rocks and branches plus an OCCHQIOUHI tree or two Sou can be COI'lQld6'F6Cl luckx 11 on the dau of the meet xou don t hump 1nto a horse or two tor the course also rlouble as a brldle path Xt certa1n stave alonff the ro11te there are narow stretches w here onlx one person can pa at a t1me to further 1n crea e the obstacle Lan xou 1ma01ne all those x c ers on the path at the same t1me Mter commsf out ot the h1ll back onto the rlat xou adam tea t xour ex es on the r1ch ffreen pa ture wh1ch sur round xou as sou stumble and fall IH the md th1t coxtr the lonff wax home 90 come out to the meet brxng xour mend alone and xoull not be d1sap polnted The team needs tour moral support 26 ouA1'P-MK NSN Y BAD If ROMEW I, D mme: Z NHAT WAS 'IHAT 7 , 5g,4fOg' gao 1 nu.E fef37.S an mms RiCDP-0 aazmuue Rsmvs sooo svnursrrsa ' Dunn: mnsno ESTAB usual: Racoao snow WMP C C. u 22.0 RUNNER ll -ng BEANIE CAME IN ,5'rll ICB C C MEET -1-L lil .,, we START I 74,051 fgck :8f fw 7011-af THE wAY ll J Oo l'l '- oven DHLL Nw NLE Cnscounfn, 51 I-gf' i? ROMERO' .DA SH JACK AVARSITY SENIOR AND TEAM CAPTAIN IS THE r1OST PROL-IFIC 'HO AND SPRINT RE LAY MAN A RELIABLE seamrea AND STEADY PERFORMER' 1 c a Cf-asscountrq fffeef' H' ww 1 Cross G00 N'1' TRKP oven emo:-1 Gwen., BOYS ll 44 f S 3 Q 110 CHAMP I T e Power . . A V ABQ l .Y ' 'fy - - P - V . V ,' 's ' in l ' Nfl ' 1 t E 1 ' 5 1 A,n 1. bn 1 5 4 ' - S' 7 v '. - -r Al vt as ' , r , ' 1 1 A .rs ' . 5 C i' l ll ' . ' . Q 1 MN 4 . - 5. Gl I ..- T V . . A I I ' l - ' an -D - 19- 1 . , q v 1 2, pppppp e1 Q Q -- , .- - Q t-',fi 1 15 u ,: 1 in lop' ! .. jf ,NN - - ' h ,V l ' - vl., - . V V c ' i : is Q . Sz. , V 1 . ' X V j s 1 . A 1 M n no . .M . - F . .M. 1 H ' . ' ' 1 7. . A' ,M M ' M gag 1 A ', . . M l . 1 . N YD, 1 . . ' ,, ', s , . U ,, ssw ' H . 1 ' - s s s. , 1 if iv . ri. M S.- . . ' ' , ' ' 5 ' f - - K S. Y. . F, ' ' S Y. I. 916 t 1- A . X . A F S V . H - gs Wi ' -91.- s ' , ' 5 ' t QQ 7 , M, eg an ' pst , L 5 HT I, i . ppp 1 v X I I, U :. 7 1 A E S - -v ' - I r 1 -- I F AY . U 1 , ,KA if , - , I A 5 ?l5,f'n . '- h

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SPIIIITS A Dream Becomes A Realxty I often dreamed I d lrlxe to be Llke the athlete I often see I used to msh that I mv ht be Out on the court wx here crowds mr ht see A stxle subhme as I drue throuvh the Lex and 'Now thxs dau those dreams haxe come true, For here I am mth the xarsltx crevs The follovwmg sequel of plctures show the tasks and tralls that an axerage fel low meets when galnlng .1 warsltv berth Our model IS Sam Tetro .1 Senlor V-e followed by some IJI'aCllCC and back to praetlce 28 3 lll0IllCIll 5 PBUSC Our lu ro WSdlflll'- di the otlu-rs vsorlx cl few pomters QOIIIC lll0l'C llfdlll WOI'k lifmdrfl ' X IPOHIUOII A. Pour r Photos on the tram The Power . ,, , 1 f V ' ., S A 7 5 N V. .Y ' F' f ' v 5 .2 M 4 - , f ' I . A -I ' I ' ' 4 . ' z . Z A v' V ' 1, vl f 1 V . . I V . on ,, lv ' Tight laces insure a firm grip . . . f r ' , l , ,W , ,fl A 1 A ,l sb f ,ff-73 , npr I