Seward Park High School - Almanac Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SOCCER TEAM Seward Park wenl oul' rhal' allernoon and lilerally showed 'em. They oulran, oufgamed, and oulplayed lhe doughfy warriors oi John Adams High School, as Jrhey did every orher opponenl on 'rheir suicide schedule. Led by lean, lcniielilce slriding John Kam- merer, fhe Easl Siders commilled modified mayhem on Monroe. Curfis, Sruyvesanf, er al. Big, bruising Seymour Cohen al' cenfer, mighfy mire of dynamife Tony Mancuso al Tullbaclc, Tossin' Ted Walculinslci, canny Jaclc Fine, all par? of lhe greal Seward machine +ha'r blazed a golden 'frail across lhe scholasric globe. And fhen- a new baffle cry swepl like wildfire Through fhe halls of The Easl Side seal ol learning. From classroom fo newspaper oiiices lo alh- ci-iEER LEADERS 1' QU'

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BASKETBALL TEAM previously been a bullpen now housed lorry blue ierseyed afhlefes. A grim figure paced in measured sfrides before fhe assembled gridders, and 'rhen in a sharp, nervous voice, Adams is big. Adams is good. Adams is smarl, Bul Adams fhinlcs +hey're facing a sefup loclay. ll +hey're big--we're bigger. Il 'rhey're goodiwere belfer. If lhey're smarll-we're smarfer. Tha? crowd ou? 'rhere loday doesrfl seem +o 'rhinlc we have a chance. Seward? Bah! Bul we can? lose, il we won? lose. Well, wha+'s lhe answer, boys And wilh lhal, Coach Jerry Warshower slrode away amid, Yeah. we'll show 'em. So lhey were Queens champs, were lhey? They'll ?.. be chumps lodayl Huh! Smarl are +hey, big are 'rhey F E N C l N G T E A M Q ae, u

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lehc held resounded fhe mrghfy challenge Mram: here we come' Bu? no Florida moon shone lor 'rhe lads of The Blue and Whrfe The youfhs who had elzlecluvely muzzled lhe bug guns of Roose vell' Commerce and Brooklyn Tech louncl lhal New York Slale s mercurral runners booming kuckers hard chargrng lanesmen had loo powerful an aflack 'ro be sfymued Coach Worshower s conhngenls losl 'ro fhe Rules and Regulaluons Eleven of New York Buf The learn whuch had been so valranl nn vlclory was as gallanf nn deleaf Tha? was lhe hugh ponnl of a campaign replele wnlh Thrnlls where courage rode af 'rhe helm danger IH The cockpuf and fhe guudnng nnslrumenl was Tale s delucafe pendulum dancung an a maddenung arc Tnme was when a krd reporler kayoed Chemuslry scored a decuslon over BaHlnn Geomefry and oulpocnled Kid Huslory Twas IH The Cubulslcl by name crashed The headlines IH no uncerfaun manner The Pulvernzlng Pole spelled his middle name F l G H T and bas kefball was King ol Sporls wn'rh a blonde hanred chunk of dynamnle heralded a llamung leader ol song and slory Tnme marched on buf rhe name and explolls of a golden era lnnger forever Fencung soccer swummung loo have fheur share of plahnum lined memories whrch sland oul' as vlvndly as The walls of a new born babe In has mofhers arms Soccer fhe dean of Seward sporfs packed drama In every knck nearlragedy nn every save and comedy by 'rhe carload Fame ns lleehng rn lhe world ol sporl buf nof from an lnsrclers ponnl of vrew SEYMOUR WEINTRAUB THE OTHER HALF same year, I938 A. S. lAHer Shermanl, fhal' an unknown scrub, Joe