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

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SPIDRTS On the court Perkx lS on t1re scor1ng four qulck baskets before he fouls out Our fr1end s stomach gets uneasx to see Perkx leaxe but 1 basket bx Xarwood puts the I1 ht b1ck IH l'lll11 The score 1 an 32 w1th about two m1nutes left I 70111 The tremor of anxtetx and ex c1tement 15 rafmg through the crowd as Xarwood sets shoots and Its good Obserxmg our onlooker hes so tense he cant bear the s1,.,ht and h1s hands cox er1ng h1s ex es On the Hoor nerxous ness surges through the ballplax ers and Hayes loses possess1on Xl 1th hfteen seconds remammg the ball IS taken out h1mself for a hook shot and s1nks lt txlng the game X fut1le attempt by Hates to score IS unsuccessful puttmg the game 1n ox ert1me The Powermen go w1ld our spectator along w1th the rest lhth the beg1nn1ng of overt1me every th1n d1es down to a hush broken abruptlx when Ixund1ch fouled h1s hfth e shot 1 ood lflfl Hixes tikes e X ll htppcx a mlratle an other hook shot bx X arwood g1x1ng low cr the lead lhen Scallx scores a foul shot mak1n the score JS wo Our ob serx er IN hoarse and speechless he can t behexe lf XX 1th 13 seconds to go Star wood fouls out mak1ng the s1tuat1on look bad and our spectator gloomy Hayes scores the foul but fa1ls to get the ty1ng polnt Sea Power w1ns 98 :7 Phew' ll hat a game' Kaydets Clmch It Set 1n all th1s glory a catastrophe oc curred when we bowed to the XHVICT Ladets 39 S4 Xhth two tough games won we seemed to neglect Xavler who has been up on top of the league ll hen our gxpsx team dropped th1s game we were 1n th1rd place IH the league at the Powpw Slow and easy does the trlck ln the Frosh Fordham game PW PIC Powp1c Pat Dundas watches closely as T Padlan drnes rn Peppw Plres and Tom Braun seem to be tSuonds later he scoredll outdnstanced ln tl1e race for the hall Powp1c Bob Suarth tllllllllfw down court 111 tht Qt hllll s game 88 mercy, It seems, of the other teams If thex lose and we w1n It s a t1ght chase for champ1onsh1p gold Perky and Yar wood were up to the same old tact1cs scor1ng 39 po1nts between them J V Basketball More Games As the season reaches ltS m1d po1nt the hlghlx touted JN squad lS ascend 1ng as expected w1th only one short commg to deface a fine record of SIX VSIHN although the whole team has been molded 1nto a coord1nat1ng un1t, NIC luernan Nlelsopp and Braun are dom 1nat1ng the scene by the abundance of scores they have contr1buted The J V be1ng better than the X ars1ty by record w1th sw and one they have shown the1r best ball 1n the three major games aga1nst Stepmac, Loughlm and Hayes Agamst Stepmac, they asserted them selves by a SO to 25 rout In th1s fray Nlvers led the scor1ng w1th 4 buckets for e1ght pomts, w1th Nlelsopp count1ng for 6 Hag. es was another stepplng stone for the l1ttle Panthers, an unta1nted 45 to 35 jaunt, Braun scor1ng 10 and Rlce 9 The th1rd a complete runaway aga1nst Loughlm, pros ed the squads h1gh scor 1ng percentage Braun also led the way 1n th1s one sw1sh1ng 12 and Dundas was first mate w1th 11 These three The Power . ' ' :- ' I ' ' f Th , 's g 1 11' 3 z ' s th 'j ' ' 2 ' 1' ' lead. . gain ' 1 sts. ' ' ' 1 . ' - A 'Li 2 . . ' ' - V . 5. . ' . ' .' 1 ,- IS -' .' 1 v ' . 1 1 I 'T T , iv is Y ' A . , . v . V. - Q , v ' V' s.ty r I L v 7- ' . . vi. , - M . Y , , , ' ' I . ,' ' ' and passed to Yarwood who fakes. poises - . . I Y . V 1 . 7 . , v ,V ' Q V. Y V ' 1 p Q- . v . V Y g l Y r' 1 I cw ' f ' , Y ' ' , - sa V91 - rv T 7 . . Y . V - ,. .H ,

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SPOBTS Varslty Smooth Sa1l1n g Thlngs began hoppmff when we con quered a great challen er B1shop Qtep 1nac 96 43 IH a real thr1ller The nr t quarter gaye the appearance of what seemed to be a real squeaker w1th a t1e score 16 16 -Xfter a pep talk Pow er went out to proxe that they weren t to be fo1led m the1r quest for the gold cup In no t1me at all they took a 10 po1nt lead and from then on It was smooth sa1l 1ng wlth Perky ID l'11s fam1l1ar style scor1ng from all four corners of the court ll hen It ended he was at the top of the scor1ng column w1th 22 poxnts to h1s cred1t Game ofa Llfehme Ah yes, The Hayes game ll hat a game' Can th1ngs eyer happen aga1n to equal the happenlngs of the even1ng of january llthg Let us take just one spectator and portray hrs outlook wh1le y1ew1ng the game The hrst quarter was played Wllh noth1ng unusual happemng Xklth the blow of the wh1stle for the second quar ter Power really went to town scor1ng 23 pomts and took a yery encouraglng lead of 11 pomts -lt th1s our spectator began to get bored and sat wrth h1s hand on h1s chm, senously th1nk1ng he should leaye but dec1d1ng not to The Hay es fans started a regular rally 1n the th1rd quar ter and spurred on the Cardmals who came from beh1nd to take the lead 44 38 Powplt XY rong was m. Nlr Brennan' February 18, 19:32 t,lanc1n mer at our spectator we see hun t1nd1n eyes flarmff and ho er 1 1t the top of h1s XOICC Come on Power Ihmv really vo w1ld as the ball 1 t1kcn out tor the Iourth quarter It a contet between lower and Haxe ee who cheers the loudet tour e our 1r1end 1 grung a he p1nU hand if lun: I 'lBl 1 Nilldll Qtretell Kunfllcll tu lm under the lnackhoards Po pu Rlce makes a last desperate attempt to block FIIZSIIIHIIOIIS one llander Pow p1c IXlllltllCll u-e- rear attack to get ball 111 a sue-ce--ful maneuser 87 ' , ' . ' U - , . , . 0 P5 M . . g. V' ,1 ' N 11 - .VMV . V . VH . , rw l V ' ' ' m5 ,lc V ' g . S V - s z'- ' ' ' , '5 ' ' V 'V ' . ' V ' S . X ,5 . 1 . , ,V. S ' ' to ' ' OI My y , , , V S .. .S I . O v . v v ' . y ,f , . . . ly q, . . ' 5X 5 . , . V V . V A . VV . . 4' 1 3 . V . ' f . . k v 'Z . V V . V. V. V . N 1 C V V '. - fx 7 V VK v Y 1 , VV . 1 ax Y ' xy 1 1' ' .. 1. w . V .V M ., Y . VV . , . A . as ' . . V . . ,

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LaBu.1 D Bohan scores two with perfect form games speak predominately of offensive concentration, but the deficit in the score proves the JV plays a very efficient defense Playing stingy possession, and having a congregation of accurate shoot ers, they are adept at opening comfort able margins, encouraging themselves and keeping Brother Kostka s blood pressure down In speaking for their only defeat, an maccurate sortie, of bad shooting and weak guarding, though a defeat, as the close scoring 1nd1cates, it was no disgrace So, should the squad continue at their present pace, it would excite great enthusiasm for next years Varsity The team possesses and dis plays the marks of further success They lack helght with john Rice the biggest at 6'2 ' but this IS compensated by level headed shooters True many games are won and lost on the backboards, but if a club can sink a better than average percentage of their shots, a big man IS noticably lacking only on the defense This is proven by the fact that Braun, Melsopp and McK1ernan, none of whom are over S 11 have played the major roles in offensive excellence Frosh Basketball What They ve Done Its review time for Frosh basketball as the second half of the season looms near Until now the young Panthers have had their ups and downs but have, to a degree been successfully co ordinated through the efforts of Brother Kelly. So far this season they have won eleven games during which time they ran off a tive game winning streak. The record now stands 11 to S. They have February 18, 1952 Vxs F Qs of 5' ,wif 3 fa if SP0ll'l'S ff peowlg