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

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SP0llTS Basketball s Growlng Palns by James McCajj'rex Basketball has come a long way smce the days of Dr Nalsmlth s peach basket Yet we cannot say rt has reached the end of IIS long road of development Many kmks are yet to be lroned out Basketball has reached the top of wrnter sport popular1 ty, desplte the annoymg fact that 1ts rules change radrc ally every season Apparent ly the huge crowd of avxd fans who enjoy xt, and the ten mrllxon who play lt are above such petty consxdera trons A sport of speed strength and stamlna, of CXCltlI'lg scormg and play 1t has en thralled the lmaglnatlon of all sports lovers We must not thrnk however that lt IS a slmple game It may ap pear so to the spectator, but to the sweatlng player on the floor It IS a dlfferent story He alone knows the toll lt took to perfect the passmg and floor play whxch thrxlls the gallery The SCIEDCC of wmnlng basketball IS a sub ject etched 1n hrs memory by many long hours before a clrcular hoop that often d1dn t seem Wlde enough Even w1th the grant strldes made 1n offenslve play and defens1ve zones basketball IS st1ll 1n the experlmental stages Years back they ehmmated the center Jump after each basket 1n an effort to speed up the game Th1s man euver was successful, so much so that 1t accelerated play to the extent of makmg a l1m1ted use of the center jump a necessrty The w1den1ng of the foul lane and the rntroductlon of the ten and three second rule d1d much to ellmxnate the rough edges that stlll ad hered to the game Currently the sports world has been rocked by a SCYICS of basketball scan dals that have not shown the game 1n a very favorable hght Idols have fal len all over the natlon but have no fear frrends new ones wlll ar1se to frll the vacant nxches and basketball w1ll prove that It IS made of much sterner stuff than the few weakhngs It has harbored Ixaturally these dlsasters cannot be overlooked nor w1ll they My grlpe however does not concern them, I have one and only one the over zealous use of the whlstle Th1s may seem llke a knock at the referee the one person always blamed but thls IS not the case Behlnd hlm IS the lnevrtable rule book whlch blnds h1m to IIS use To lllus trate let us take a college ballgame played last year A hlghly seeded club came to the Garden to play one of the local schools Thexr of fense centered around one particular hlgh scorer who was currently burmng up the cords Early 1n the fxrst quarter he was bagged for four personals Thereafter he was reduced to merely an lnterested but useless bystander He was well aware that one more mxscue would earn hlm a nlce cold shower He be came a statlc phenomena somethmg l1ke th epetrrfred forest Somehow , lt was later descrlbed 1n the sports col umns, he managed to escape banlsh ment fdlsquallficatlon on a fifth foulj but for all the good he was under the boards he mlght as well have been takmg that shower A llttle modera t1on 1n the use of that whlstle mlght have enabled the crowd to see what they came to see a basketball game yet the referee was only followrng the rules Obvlously the weevrl 1n thls partrcu lar boll IS the rule book, not the poor officral who must bear the abuse for 1ts shortcommgs Glven a httle en couragement he would gladly forego whrstle solos ln the mterestmg parts of games, ln fact he would gladly do so Thrs however IS rn the future, a thxng apt to come Let us hope that the future we speak of IS not far off Ile must however commend the basketball leglslators for the Cllfllllla t1on of the offenslve three mmute rule whrch bhghted hoop play during the 48 49 season Thrs part1cular rule whrch prouded one or two free throws and possesslon for a plaver fouled IH the last three mxnutes caused more 111 feellng and roughness than any de c1s1on called by any referee an where Therr prudent actron rn th1s matter shows that the sp1r1t IS w1ll mg but slow to act At the IC B Meet Po p c Lee Voulgarls and 0Connell ldle tlme before the event Powplc wl11le the manager lugs Jackets across the flats Powp c Later Dlck Nlartln IS pooped out Powprc as Gu Amex as crosses the fimsll lme 9 ' 0 0 0 0 Y . - . . , . . . ' 7 , . 6 I I a I ' , - . - wi . g . , v . ' 7 . ,r 1 ' 1 l ' Y Y - , y A s . . . . . M ,, , , . . . U . - ' 1 lx a u v I 1 N 1' I 1 7 ' , . . . ,, . - 1 , 4 1 ar o u 7 7 , , .. y - . . , 7 . . . . i , , , . W . . . , , . , I ... A, .. . I 7 . , , .Q . , - A 7 , . , . , 7 v - 1 - . . . . al ' -fo' v . . . . . K ' - . . . V N .. . . - , a ' A . ' ... S ' ,

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SPOBTS the fresh carbon monoude from the Army tractors below But twlte 1 week thex fo to Nlmhattm Colle e md rxte around tts outdoor board tr rtk He xx ent on to tell me that all tlme trrals for m door meets are held out of doors at Co e e ' when all the coaches shox eled the off the track so the1r teams could pete The weather doesnt stop a sprmter But 1ust as he xxas about to start h1s fourth oratlon Br Rx an blew the whlstle and sax ed me future angulsh snow com goof If xou w1sh to learn more about the explo1ts of our teams ask anyone of tts members when xou haxe an hour or three to spare Track Manhattan Champlonshlp Power second to none IS the motto of the frosh squad as thex agam won leadlng the fleld agarnst ten other schools Oxer a group of erghty contest ants, Shea led the glory seekmg hrll and dalers homeward rn 6 40-good for fourth Porter took hfth wlth 6 41 Ca hlll copped seventh and Barret exghth These paced the team whrch scored the hrst five men 1n the first ten for a trophy and a set of sw medals Track Letters For outstandmg contrlbutlons to the fullest extent of thelr abllltx thls season there were iw irded hxe Xar rtx Nlerrt t er srx xir ltx letters aong, xxrth ex en lro h letter Ihe reclplents of the hr hest awards were X kmexa j Nlcllermott T Rxnne R Lee and I Xoul a s The secondarx award went to jack Hoxxlex team Captun Xl0fflS B Romero J XX helan I- Nlul hgan and R Nlartln The Ireshman Nlerxt axxard goes to john Shea 307 whlle D Bohan joseph Lahlll John tahrll john Barrett -hm Porter and Gerard Lrrbbln are recrptents of the secondary awards L1Bua Brother T Y Rx an I'CCl'llllS two more for Handball QQ A 3 Pow plc Brother Delanex racmg through last mmute mstructlons wlth some of IIIH boxs before a lug meet 58 'I rack I C B Trophy True to form the Power sportsmen haxe upheld the standards establlshed bx thexr predecessors On Xoxember 1 1930 our souad led by john NIcDer mott ind Tom lynch comprled enough pomts to upset Rlce m a stunnlng 24 35 vlctorx In order to retam the champl onshlp the team th1s xear agam romped ox er fme teams from R1ce Xll Hallows, scent of hrs prexrous performances James Porter coxered the m1le and a quarter course m 636 to place second The malnstavs Shea Bohan Cahlll and Cr1bb1ns tlmshed fourth hfth sexenth and tenth respectlxelv Ihe X arslty d1d splendldlx dCSp1tE the fact that most of them arent slated as Lross countrv runners -Xugustln -Xmevas coxered the two and a half m1le course rn 15 06 to place srxth He xxas followed bv 'XIcDermott nmth Romero twelfth, Nlartm fourteenth, Xolgarrs twentleth and Hoxvley twenty first to obtaln an addxtlonal PIVC medals Remodelmg The hardenlng of soft backs and legs and the tralmng of sharp ex es are part of the rough tough Job undertaken agaln thus year bx Brother T X Ryan lxexm Conway a Junior and the only newcomer from thlrd xear has not de cxded between smgles or doubles as yet and has talent for both J Rexach and J Rane are the sophomores who Wlll plax doubles The one and only Delaney of 308 IS the lonesome freshman who xx1ll be the star representatlxe of hrs year Rubrecht Obert captam and last year s Umor Tournament s1ngles champ IS returnmg to handball for h1s thrrd year R Nlorales IS plax mg stngles along wlth P NIcConnell, who plax ed sub last xear but who xx1ll now be IH there fight mg as a regular J Santos and I Gublln xx1ll play doubles Goubles, although only a newcomer xx1l1 play as a regular Oldtlmers J Daly and P Hannon are back once more and anruous to start competrtron The Power 4 -, , 5 .. .'. 1 . - , 2 .L s v -R S. v A . ,' ,I - 2 ' 2 fl 2 2 ' I.-tt ts and 'z s' I' - l 1 ' 1' ' Q ' 'gl - v h Q A ' , S. I f k ' lumbia. He x' n related an incident ' A . . ' ' ' ' A ' - S' ' ' V I V Q y L . g' r1:. y' ' s . , , . j . - ' . - . , 1 . '. . . . . ,. . - I . - 3 1 . A v, M Q I it g V ' v 1 . ' l 7 2 v ,: v V V' I ' ' . . ' . Iona and Blessed Sacrament. Remini- : W i 1 W 1 1 6 y . . . y - 3 Y I O l ' . v , .4 ,- r . - 44 , ' y'-'y - V rl Y . 7 - ' . , . ' 2 1 ' . f, - g A u . r A . , V . 7 . 1 - . v . ' - ' 7 V X I . ky s ly ' V Q ' ' -1 r' ' 1 '

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These flashy showrngs put the score SP0ll'l'S December 21 1951 Dear Xlen of Power lNow that the basketball season rs rn full swrng rt would be well to make a sober observatron on sports here at Power Nlemorral Our great school rs steeped rn glory as our trophy case well attests But regardless of the num ber of rnanrmate cups and statuettes the true greatness of Power teams rs that rntangrble rnherent characterrstrc known as sportsmanshrp To every true Power athlete sportsmanshrp has meant farr play a srncere applrcatron of the golden rule Though our squads have delrghted rn vrctory braggrng and gloat mg or any form of drshonesty have had no place rn therr make up To every athlete and to ex ery observer rt rs absolutely essentral to note that the cardrnal prrncrple of athletrcs at Power rs the lack of favorrtrsm We have no fraternrtres we care not for natronalrtres socral or financral standrng Whatever student comes to our Academy and can play basketball he rs our man Our five best wrll make up our first team Furthermore to make the Power team the athlete must do as he rs told The young man who rs not reasonable enough to see that the team counts for more than the rndrvrdual rs not worth worryrng about One of the greatest factors rn garnrng success rs team sprrrt A team must thrnk as a unrt rt must be resolved that whatever an rndrvrdual does he does for the good of the whole There rs only one purpose rn placrng a squad rn competrtron and that rs to wrn to wrn wrth superror play farr play good sportsmanshrp and to prt bram agarnst bram X rctory rn such fashron and rn no other way develops the finest characters Characters are molded for good or bad by those rntrusted wrth the de velopment of the young Over the past four years the basketball teams have been molded by Mr Edward Burns In thrs age of go getters he rs a go hrmself to hrs charges by the charm of hrs personalrty hrs sense of farr play hrs sympathy and consrderatron for hrs players and above all by the grvrng of hrmself for the benefit of others Men of Power yours rs a great school Those rn charge of your athletrc department are devoted to the marntenance of that greatness on the field of sport Whether we wrn champronshrps or not remember we have grven Power our best efforts Do you lrkewrse Srncerely, Are They Washoutsl' Confident but undermanned the P M A tankmen packed therr trunks and hugh tarled rt to our home tank at 28th Street for the frrst meet of the com mg wrnter season Wrth hrs team hardly dry behrnd the ears moderator Brother Lawrence srzed up the years prospects after the clrckrng stop watches had checked rn the last man rn the final re lay Only two pornts behrnd up untrl thrs pornt farlure to turn on the steam rn the final lap of the relay put the Power swrmmers on the short end of a 32 26 score A poor turn at the far end of the pool thus tossed the confident but rll prepared tank men rnto the losrng 60 BROTHER KOSTKA column The drmrnutrve moderators comment lNot enough practrce You dont learn the art of turnrng over nrght' Its hard to whrp up rnterest rn thrs damp and chrllrng sport Dropprng the first meet hasn t helped the srtuatron rn the slrghtest The old story of a drs heartened squad game but wrth all the zrp gone seems on the verge of berng repeated Checkrng the frgures on the meet shows that the story need not be so Speed and talent are there are practrce and hard work the majorrty what s not at least for clocked rn A snazzy Medley Relay 1 16 4 shows that Paul Holfelder f507J Peter Daly 14041 and Ray Osborne f403l have what rt takes to whrp rnto shape a cracker Jack team Wrth Hol felder duplrcatrng hrs success and john Carroll f6OSJ churnrng the water rrght behrnd hrm the water borne lanthers hrt the finrsh mark of the 100 vd back stroke rn the first and second slots Rackrng up the pornts lrke that rn any meet should put any well balanced team rn the blue chrp class KN hat grves wrth the Panthers? Thrs was the first trme rn the week that some of the team members had been rn the pool even though practrce had been scheduled for three days dur mg the week Wrnded by the hard pull of swrmmrng rn competrtron some had to be practrcally hauled out wrth a boat hook One observer wryly commented that a few of the fellows would have drfficulty makrng the far srde of a gold fish bowl Not so wrth James Gallagher C5065 and Thomas McMahon f403J' Break rng beautrfully at the crack of the start ers gun therr arms and legs were rn motron before they hrt the drrnk Lrttle up and out before the others were rn harlrng drstance of the frnrsh mark Clocked rn 1 04 and 1 04 4 respectrvely they copped first and second rn the 100 yd freestyle at 28 26 wrth the final event yet to come A wrn rn thrs relay would have put the Purple and Gold two pornts ahead of the opposrtron and would have brought home the bacon rn thrs the openrng round of the season At thrs pornt however the teams group weakness was the tellrng factor The prevrous achrevements went for naught as the result of a poor showrng rn thrs final event CLack of practrce arded and abetted the srtuatron J Dropprng the meet rn thrs fashron was gallrng to those of the team who knew where the trouble lay Outscored as a team but not outclassed rndrvrdually the harder workrng members knew that the story could have easrly been a drfferent one lxo matter how fine a showrng was made they felt that second place doesn t satrsfy If only we had l Those turns l A brt more practrce and the story would have been drfferent Thats what hurt The Power , 7 , . . . , . . . . . . 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