Richmond Hill High School - Archway / Dome Yearbook (Richmond Hill, NY)

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The past year has been one of the most critical in athletics in many seasons. Several sports were abolished, others were threatened with curtail- ment, and still others fared poorly in competition. ln addition, there was a tightening up in the regulations of the Health lfducation Department, as a result ol. the war. lfurther cooperating with the war efliort, the department is sponsoring aliter-seliool recreation in various sports, in keeping with the national policy ol' physical fitness. l irst Aid instructions have been given in hygiene classes, amd Nlr. llarley Thomas, member of the Health Education Department, has been training a group to serve as a First Aid unit in emergencies. llillites are being ollered many opportunities to keep their health up to it high standard by adequate exercise. There are two bowling groups, which meet several times during the week. Students so desiring are permitted to complement their regular P. T. classes with activity in swimming. There is also a Leaders' Club, under the direction of T Mr. Harley Thomas in the absence of Mr. Hugh Hutchison. This club has met every Thursday during the term. Members make use of the apparatus in the gymnasium and improve their health with varied exercises. Basketball results were not up to par. After two close losses to Bayside and Long lsland City, the squad fell apart. They showed no sort of form until they met Far Rockaway in an engagement on the home hardwood and gained revenge for an ear- lier defeat at the Rockets, hands. The final figures were Richmond Hill -11, Far Rock- away 37. The Hillites, playing a return contest against the city champion, Andrew Jackson, again showed promise when they held the vaunted Hickories to a 31-21 count. ,lim Stephans, the one player besides Captain Jim Brennan and George Kaiser to receive a major letter, is the only starter of this past season graduating. Hopes, , therefore, are at a high level for next T T season. , Mr. lsidore Mabel was fortunate in fond

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xoar having a quintet of veterans return to the tennis wars. The veterans in order of their standing on the squad were Bert Olton, Bob Wendt, lliek l'iasterlin, Don Weeks, and Ray Roser. Warren ,Iuchatz played in the number six spot. lid Slater and Bill Freund rounded out the squad. ln their first two outings, the team was swamped by Newtown and Forest Hills by 5-0 scores. Don Weeks shone in defeat. Following a borough curtailment of inter-school swimming competition for the first half of the past year, because of a lack of coaches for all the schools, the mermen set out in their quest for the city championship. The team was again coached by Commodore John Hoffman, who previously piloted Lion aquatic squads to five successive city victories. The beginning of the season was highlighted by the swimming of Captain Tommy Byrne, Gene Traiteler, George Pappas, and George Yan Uormorlen. However, Byrne was forced to withdraw from competition for several weeks, as he punctured his left ear drum. Van Dor- ' , A .. ' morlen effectively filled this gap in the , absence of the captain, who is recognized A ' .5 as one of the ablest distance men in the i ' g V- .. ' city. Pappas shattered the pool breast- 'Q 1 31. stroke record in the Jamaica meet and s ,,. , q continued his fine work all season in the s Q A A ' an team's quest for a city title. Traiteler was I the team's high point-getter in the 100- yard dash. This season's baseball team was not as- sured existence until Easter vacation. This turn of events was brought about because the G.O., having lost money on basketball, was unable to sustain similar losses for the diamond game. A successful sales campaign was highlighted by a monster rally in Hazen Hall. The necessary 1500 tickets were sold and 300 more. The squad was composed mainly of rookies, with veterans George Diehl, cap- tain, ,lirn Brennan, pitcher, and George Kaiser, outfielder, used by Coach George Schmidt to steady the boys. Cleveland, last year's champion, was beaten in the season's opener by a rousing 8-0 count.