South Philadelphia High School - Keepsake Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Baseball Play Ball started the 1943 season lor the Ram nme which under the gurdance of Dave Dabrow ended the season W1th exght W1ns three losses and a t1e Although pltcher Tappata and short shop Pepe wrll graduate Southern can st1ll expect a fme season W1th Pendlno Graz1ano and D1 Nardo the prtchmg staff seems well rounded out The hard h1tt1ng outfleld Nasutt1 Cudemo and Sllbert w1ll more than equal the loss cf Iohnson last seasons slugger The fast capable 1nf1eld left over from last year w1ll be 1n there f1ght1ng Although th1s semester IS the perlod for the crosscountry act1v1t1es 1t would be best ln lh1S space to otter our predlc t1ons about the commg track season Mr Arthur Gentlle w1ll probably res ume hrs superv1s1on over the Speed sters W1th such fme harr1ers as Gold stem Smrth Weston and Callara all members of last years squad we should not have any trouble 1n belng among the foremost teams ln the ent1re C1lY There may be qulte a large number of excel lent prospects among the freshmen of next term Heres hopes that the 1944 track team puts South Ph1ladelph1a I-hgh School 1n the spotllght Track and Field r., W W. W -,, .,.,,-, ,N , ,,, ,..,. , ,..T. W..-, 11 11 - 1 1 1 1 A 1 , - 1 1 1 . . . . 11 . 1 1 . 11 . 11 1 ' ' - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 - I - 1 , . . . 1 1 1 '

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Basketball Thrs season the qumtet wtll be under the supervrsron of Coach Davrd Dabrow who W1ll p1nch h1t for last years Co Coaches Howard Trautwem and lay Srnlth Coach Dabrow IS very confrdent that hrs prcmlsrng team w1ll appear rn the playoff and retake the champronshtp whrch has left Southern for a perlod of C2 or 'Pl seasons The Rams w1ll probably construct the team around two stellar regulars from last year namely Lerner and Fox W1th the adchtron of Goldman who saw a lrttle actlon last year W1th Felnberg and Bellack who are two new but capable replacements the team IS well rounded out Although the A Class w1ll graduate before the season gets well under way they feel certa1n that th1s 1S the season for the South rn qulntet not only to quallfy for the post season play off but to capture the Publrc Hlgh Champlonshlp armed forces rmmedrately after graduatlon w1ll all be eager to hear whlle m tra1n1ng of the success of the Red and Black qurntet Good Luck Coach Dabrow' The Varsrty Club w1th Mr Gentlle as 1ts advrsor has th1s term accompllshed 1lS purpose of enlargrng the reputatlon of Southern rn sports and promot 1ng school sp1r1t for attendance to sports act1v1t1es Bob Brew ton the crashlng tackle IS the presrdent of thls organlzatlon composed of boys who have recelved frrst team awards Reds Bellrs IS the v1cepres1 dent and lay Goldstem IS 1ts secretary treasurer 45 , . G . . The many members of the graduating class, who will leave for the . .

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ross Country These members of lh1S team are fellows who labor unfllnchlngly to wln V1ctor1es over the opponents They practlce dally and many a t1me on week ends untll they have reached the pomt of perfectron Then they comm nce runnmg on the course at 33rd and Dauphm Streets Thls season under the gu1dance of Coach Dabrow the Ram Harrrers came through 1n frne style A few of the many outstandmg personages on th1s team were Goldstern Grlmore and Colllns Sam Korth d1d a frne Job as manager Although we d1d not reach the hrghest mche rn the frnal standrngs each member should be lauded by all Cheerleaders The man power shortage of the year hrt the cheer leadmg squad There were only two fellows both senror classrn-en These fellows Rocco Dltaranto captam cf the team and Erman Gentlle were out there every game keeplng those surprrslngly large crowds of fellows and g1rls cheermg The fellows were assrsted by those b autres across the way of the Grrls School They were V1v1an Vrto Iosephrne De An gelo Carmel Zappazodr and Nad lene Malarfsky The fellows w1ll never forget those motrons grven by the g1rls to that cheer Iurcy Frurt 47 C - 1 . . C . , V 1 1 1 1 - -f 1 5. ' ' . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . 1 I - I - . 11 . . 11