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

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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

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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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SP0llTS --119 Ditk Nlartm clears tllf liar ,l llorri W Gallr lur 'll IPR011113 mal ,I Howlc beaten Cardinal Hayes Fordham Prep bt Helena St Augustine St lhomis Nlanhattan Prep, and Xayier while hay ing lost to Rice St Xnns and -Xll Hallows The team has ay eraged better than 45 points per game igarnst the opposition s punch IJ Bohan leads the club with 169 points in sixteen games, R Hughes has scored 113 points Tom Dailey has thrown in 139 points in fourteen games P Ahearn, Ix O Brien and VK Boylon are leading the squad in assists with their exceptional ballhandling., The team as a whole looked great in their last game agalnst Xayier, whom they outscored 74 47 They led all the way and their lead was neyer in danger D Bohan was high with 22 points Encouraged by this fine showing of teamwork and spirit, those associated with the club foresee a successful future for the youngest Panthers Track C H S A A Meet The dismal gloom and musty atmos rr lf it ilu 121111 btrut I'0llI is phere of the 69th Regiment Armory was pierced by the constant pounding of feet on the wood and the rafters re sounded the fimrlar cry they re Colors were fay spirits hi h and com petition lyeen for this was the Xnnual C HS X X Rcliy Q 1rn1y1l lyeryyyhere gold amonf the colors and confusion The Pow erites Iirst set of medals came early in the meet The mile relay started with plcturesque jim Nforrxs followed by A Anleyas NI Twomey andj How lev coming home a commendable third They wert followed by the sweepm yic tory ol the tro h 440 yd rel ry of Bohm Barrett Shel ind Iannuaai Ihey left their nearest competitor Hay es 40 yards in the rear Not 1 bad way to start the season on ri ht was it Spiked Shoe Meet On January 12 Iordham held its an nual qpilyed Shoe Nleet on its outdoor board track after issuing inyrtations to 17 leading hi h schools After a good 1 X L-1,1 U 1' 'f Qc! Po pits y print 1 and Joe lll'1f'f41 oycr Ilif- show in the C H S A X Rel ly Carmyal 'XIr Humphreys planned an ey en better display of Power talent Laclymg in num ber but not in spirit we placed a good nfth with a combined total of 1412 points Records galore were broken by thc greedy I anthers first by the sensa rett Shea and Iannuazi who broke their record by Z seconds in 1 minute and 47 seconds Ihls happens to be yery excel lent time so we should be hearing a lot about this combination in the near fu ture Our jr sm lap relay of Coffaro Dor sey Xl eber and Nlartin nosed itself into a third place tie Our up and rapidly coming yarslty mile relav NIorr1s, -Xnie yas Iwomey and Howley just were barely nosed out of third place In the High Jump Power attained fourth record NIart1n diyision with a jump S3 joe Nlaffal placed fourth 1n the Senior d1y1s1on and lN1ey es third 1n the 'Nhdget event lncxdently breaking the existing on the achieyements of Dick who placed second in the Junior Powpics The Alumni Xarslty tame lat December 73 brought the bt t oi our current carers igalnst former lowtr nt who now play for Manhattan St Johns and Iona lt wa nt really .1 tontt 1 but rather Iour quarter ol how to do ll a thc Alumni imparted tarloads of game info Like true port men they allow td the outclaxed Narsity to win 90 The Power K g n, ' D- I 1 ' V V 1 ' X D ,., 1 L ' .1 7 l l .5 1 . A tt . ' .L Z' 1 1 V ' I --A. 7' 'mn ,.- ., ,an 4' a . ,gy f. A Q I -: ay fue ' ' Q ,sr wa Q 1 A bmp. - ' '1'. :'g.1 s, W. '1gx.,.' ' 1 . 'Vs ' i1gg' ,1. V ' . llu l - 1 - ' -2 g 1 l.. l l 1 l V 1 'J ,l A Y I - - - 2 ' . v y , . -' 5 ' ' ' . - 'Q ' . . ' - f' - ' , . . ' . , z '. offf' - , ' ,. f- . ILM .. .gl - ,- - , X . . ,- ' 'V Y ' vc, I ' I v V ' 1' aff' Q ' '.5 '. . 1: ' L 1 . 'I' ' ' 1 ' -A - 35, which proves the team's scoring could be seen the familiar purple and tional frosh six lap relay of Bohan, Bar- . . ' ' ' 'i f J l . 1 ' ' ' x V Y ' H li il I . I c l . D v . Q , . . V Y l i U ' - y . . . . - - ' i i 7 V V . . . ' . . , . V Q ' . ' s ' . z ' 1 , -'Y ' A . hz 1 ir., V- y ' , . ' V V ' i L . I . ' Y v V1 ' r A . A - 0 V . v. . ' ' . ' h' L . l Y 1 ' ' ' H 'rr ' ' 9 ' l , - ,, . . U . y . . . 7 1 y Y . I ., '. I . i . v. . X y. . , ,, , . . . . . ' C 'Q ' ' ' ' ' ' V' ' . Q . .U Y. Y . . . g g . . . , P I TQ' ', ' ' - V Q - A V ., ' , . , ' ' , 1 -. . -.Q V . , . ' ' ' WS ' .V I- . - .5 . V . ' V . Q ' 1- V ' .5 . I ' ' . , -. . ,. ' - '