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

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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

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Ouffi anal cgnnin be 8 4536 60119 of 166 KCLISQAULK Qaafwg M641 B4fe6ql! T Q I yv ' 19 48 Early rn the Sprlng of 1948 thnrty seven candrdates reported to Coaches Young and Blynn for baseball prac tnce For the frrst few weeks the Bomb er baseball team practrced at the Coal Bowl but when the days grew longer practxce was held at the hrgh school athletlc field The Palmerton n1ne faced a rough schedule of eleven games wxth Lehrgh Valley league teams The schedule was as follows Aprrl16 Lehrghton Aprnl 20 Whntehall Apr1l28 Stroudsburg April 30 Slatmgton May 5 Slatmg ton May 7 Northampton May 11 19 Whxtehall May 25 Emmaus May 78 Catasauqua As IH track the nucleus of the team w s a group of veteran senxors They were John jones thnrd base Wrlllam Mlkvy short stop Rxchard Wentz second base Mxchael Shrmko outfielder Steven Symanovlch pltcher and oseph Haylck catcher Senior managers of the team were Daud Has lam and Mxlan Suchon Y ' fa , f. Q ' 1. , f ' ' r uf-F U' 'J Aa. x- rx Vs! y R M Q ' ' f Mg' ,f if ff f f' 2 ' , ' 9 - ,' 'I' - 'Wx - 'Q' I ' , 9 , 9 f VL -e-'- e 5 Kg X. ' VE' A ' u Z ' . - bf 'h I Q ' 5. X .7 9 7 Q 9 . X - , ' p , , E Catasauquag May 14, Lehlghtong May Q ' ' ' s 9 , S y : ' y A - , - . - , u , 1 . 7, , a 13- . 1 by 'N , 'fs , Q ' v 'ff a . ' ' '19 N-1 .. ' . ' . q 3, '4, - , , A '-1 , J M ' - iwkw . ' ' 9 W . .- . ' . , U k - , ef? . , 4 J l - I if 1