Stephen S Palmer High School - L Annuaire Yearbook (Palmerton, PA)

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gl fgfffgd The l9+ H bislsctblll se1son sus one of Orut success ind arcompllshmcnt for Qouh Brll Wfllhelm and the Blue Bombers ot Pllmerton H1 h Lcd by Cxp tun Blll lNlllxVy stclllr 1ll stltc renter the Blue ind Wlmlte rm up an enxnblc strlnv of twenty one ch 1lNPl0flSl1lP Uunes lor Couh Wlllmcllml lt mlrltul thc ucnth yur th lt Ins tum hul won the lCllIL,ll Vlllcy lcymze title ln tan yclrs 1s he ul coull of l,llII'lLf'fOI'l h1Lh snhool 'llus xx IS also the first time a Palmcrton son sthulule xxlthout 1 drfe ll In Blll Mllny the Blue Bombers h ul lerhlps the grutest plrycr excr to rome out of PllI'HLflOI'l Hrs lmclerslup on thc floor vus superb 1nd lus scoring, power was scnsatronll Durrncr, the regular sm son Blll scored 502 points ln 20 glmes tor an axcrage of oxer 75 points per tgame 1 record that mll stand m the P H S books for 1 long tnme In both playoff games nn which Palmerton phycd Mllny tame out hlzgh scorer forthe games On the fnrst fue with Mllxvy were Bob Romlg George Kurtz ohn ones and Manuel Munnz Romrr, who tlso strrrctl for the Blue Bombers Kurtz mtl Mumz mll 1ll be back nexrye1r vxlule ones md Mlkvy are seniors IXUIIILU Gael A Ie: Ibe BJ!! 19 48 V V ' - ' .J ' ' 4 Q 'J U 'Z ,V 1 'ff c ' N f ' K ' '. I Q A L ' 2 . A K I x L f 7-t n . ' , ,, , , - f ' - ' f ,- . 5 . . H .. 'B 'Az 4 'A 2 ' ' 4 ' Y 1 . .L . ' s ' , fx L- ' . 'L ' 1 ' a ' Q' . team ever went through its regular sca- ,B f ' 'I 4 ' 'L . , 2 K- K, ,L 2 . ,, Y , li .1 .1 ' n f' . 7 V' - . I h - . l 74 . A V I YA V - D Y L I V. Q U f n I V A n 1 'v fl 'I' K . 'v B .7 .N L I

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'Ilac remainder of the varsuty squad with tlae exceptuon of um Clarlc wull all be back next year to try to accom plush as much as tlaus year s team 'lhe Bombers played sux games in December as a xx arm up for tlae lcl ue season Of these tlae one which meant a great deul to all Palmcrtonuans was the 49 to 15 auctory oxcr Huclton hugla school Thus wun over .a team axlaucla us always good ummeduately put Palmcrton hugh on tlae lust of Pennsylyanuas formidable hugh school teams Palme-rton then proceeded to whurl through the Lelaugla Valley lca ue .at a tremendous pace with vuctor ues oaer Northampton Immaus Whitehall Slatungton Stroudsburg Lehufthton and Catasauqua During these games tlac Bombers aycraged almost 60 points per game ts they dad throughout the entire season The second halt of thc league season was sumply a repeat perform ance of the furst half lor their furst playoff game un the distract eleven tutle race the Blue and White luned up agaunst Mahonoy Cuty Blaclc Diamond lea ue champions and highly rated out the entire first half and most of the second half the uust leblblq on A tl u ml' Naalflf I iffy 7' 41105. 0126 li! Blue Bombers rallued and beat the Maroons by a breath talcung 37 36 score Ihcn on tlae thirteenth of March Palmcrton high school s cyuuntet yourneyed to the Penn Palestra un Phila dclplaua where they met thc Red Hurricanes of Betlale lacuaa hu h school un tlae dustruct eleyen championship aune Eught thousand screamun fans vuatched the Bombers put on a duzlung show un tlae furst half and lead the Blue and Red by a 29 to 24 score However un tlae second half the l-Iurrucanes usung two excellent substututes un order to keep a fresh team on the floor ran tlae turun Bombers ragged and funally won 61 to 48 Ball Mllcsy ended laus hugh school career un basketball brullu intly as he vuas easuly the outstanding player on the floor Hus fancy ball handling bewildered the Bethlehem boys many tumes and hus 19 pounts were hugh for the game All un all the season was one of great glory for Coach Wilhelm and hus boys and vue hope tlae team next year wull go as far benuor managers vaere Mulan Suchon and ohn Husaclc Mr Wulhelna xx as ablv assisted by Mr oseph baaeutzer who acted as V Coach durung the regular season 0 1, 1119 1 I If ' ' S 1 ' ' ' ' ' . . 'a a 7 2 'X i u ' c . h ' I s V . , K . , ' , L. . D 'L ' , - i' t A' r 7 ' is 2 Ar - it -ls , 1 - , ' y s u 'ng 'f 1 . .' - '.' ' ' K . 1 L f, , 7 . x .B '. ' b . 2 .4 af. . 7 '.' 4 - z . . f ', W 1 I . Y . 4 ' . ' ,R . - 1 Y . .1 K . T '- D . 'c D ' - I' '. ' 1 ug: ' ' candidates for tlae district honors. After trailing through- h .V L I 14 -1 K ' r l A . ' . L I Y . V . .K J ' . 2 - . 'L V . . s i sg ,- , h - ' '- '- , , ' I- ' gn -. ' . gg 1 ' A c 6 L, 7 C S ' .1 . , L v ' - 8 y , ' .V ' .K ' B c . , .' 7 ' ' L ' I i iq Y i . A . . , . . , A i Ai a .N ' fc . i 1 Q 7 I v L . Y . 4 'K In . A 1 Y L 7 V . 7:1 1' y . . 0 s A . A tty 4 L I Z , 4 J N n , . - . . U ' '. . ' . . Y Y