Thomas Jefferson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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During fhis season ainovel carnival nighf was inaugurafed wifh fhe proceeds fo go fo a war charify. The confesfanfs in The inifial program were Seward Park l-ligh versus Thomas Jefferson l-ligh, and an all-college lvlifchel Field feam versus a feam of Jefferson All Sfars. Our varsify feam was vicforious buf fhe All Sfars were defeafed in a wild and frenzied game. This sef-up will be repeafed annually. A paf on fhe back musf be given lvlr. Schoenfeld for his parf in puffing over fhis grand new idea. This season, I944-l945, fhe feam shapes up well on paper wifh lrv Rosenberg and Ronny Garshag expecfed fo be fhe big guns. lf is ,pre- dicfed fhaf fhis feam will live up fo fhe fine repufafion builf up by fhe preceding ouffifs. This year's senior class has seen some excellenf feams represenfing fhe school. Sporfs in general are af a very low ebb, buf we look fo a brighfer fufure wifh fhe refurn of foofball, baseball, and fra'ck. ivifuzviu AusuBEL THE PIGSKIN PARADE l.ef's go Jeff! l.ef's go Jeffl We wanf a fouchdownl Fighf feam, figh+! The shrieking voices sfill echo in my mind. l-low l used fo yearn for Safurday so l could see my heroes frof ouf on fhe gridiron .... Jeffer- son vs. Boys, Jefferson vs. Tech, Jefferson vs. Manual, Jefferson vs. Lincoln, and Jefferson vs. Flushing, buf alas, no Jefferson vicfory. l-low- ever, fhaf didn'f maffer. We were all hepped up over fhe coming baffle wifh fhose ferrible, brufal Tildenifes. Whaf a nafural: Jefferson vs. Tilden. Bofh feams vicforyless and ouf fo baffle for fhe Coal Bowl Championship. The game drew ifs usual capacify crowd af Boys l-ligh Field and we finally chalked up a win by defeafing our arch rival, Samuel J. Tilden l-ligh School, 24-O. Due fo fhe onsef of fhe war, November i942 was fhe lasf fime fhe Orange and Blue senf a feam info fhe fray. The sfudenfs of fhe school wanf fo refurn fo fhe field, buf because of fhe war sifuafion, fhe delay is prolonged. Our principal has promised fo reinsfafe fhis sporf on a big-fime scale immediafely affer fhe ferminafion of fhe world conflicf. We, fhe members of fhe Senior Class of January I945. will waif earnesfly and hopefully for fhese normal days when we can again see our boys in acfiong win or lose, fighfing for dear old Jeff. MARVIN AUSUBEL 24

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AY BACK IN '45 BASKETBALL Year in and year ouT The Jeffmen have had vicTorious combinafionsy The Posnacks and Shuckmans of The 2O's, The Garfinkles and Kaplinskys of The 3O's, and The Boykoffs and GoTkins of The 4O's. Jefferson has been gifTed wiTh brillianT players and wonderful coaches: Mr. John McNulTy, Mr. Ed Delaney, Mr. Mac l-lodesblaTT, and now Mr. Sam Schoenfeld. These men are To be Thanked for Their parT in keeping Jefferson in The baskeTball limelighT. Our senior class enTered The school in February, l94I, in The midsT of a hecTic baskerball season. ln The Jeff lineup were The famous David and GoliaTh combine, l-larry Thigh pockeTsl Boykoff, 6' 9 , and l-ly GoTkin The 5' 8 spark plug, Kelly Broffman, Dave Simon, and Larry BarneTT. This guinTeT, coached by Mr. Mac l-lodesblaTT, was a powerful one, wiTh plenTy of heighT, speed, ball handling, and good seT-shoTs. l-lowever we losT To Jackson lin a sudden-deaTh Thrillerl aT Madison Square Garden before a capaciTy crowd. We were deeply grieved aT This loss. The fuTure looked black, especially since The compleTe firsT five and numerous reserves graduaTed ThaT Term. However, fighfing againsT heavy odds, The new coach, Mr. Samuel Schoenfeld, builT a formidable ouTfiT around a nucleus of Co-CapTains Lenny Fried, Leon Girshek, and Joe KornblaTT. The l94I- l942 season saw diminuTiveJoe KornblaTT reach sTardom, and wifnessed The rapid developmenT of Two laTer' heroes, Sid Tanembaum and Max Zaslofsky. The Jeff Team ended iTs schedule wiTh a Tie for firsT place wiTh EasTern DisTricT, buT losT ouT in a playoff conTesT, 3l-30. V ln l942-IQ43 we had six seasoned veTerans in Sid Tanenbaum, Max Zaslofsky, Leon Girshek, Ralph Greenberg, Jack Gordon, and ArTie Rosen. As The season progressed, The Team added anoTher capable reserve in Jack Williky, and we won The divisional crown, alfhough we losT in The guarTer-finals To Madison, 38-29. Sid Tanembaum deservedly earned The all-scholasTic raTing besTowed upon him. The T943-T944 squad wenT To The fronT wiTh The highly TouTed Cap- Tain Max Zaslofsky, Jack Gordon, and Jack Williky. Playing againsT some heavily favored clubs like Boys, Tech, and STuyvesanT, The Nicklemen really showed greaTness and deTerminaTion by Thoroughly defeaTing all Three opponenTs. Zaslofsky was sensafional, averaging over fifTeen poinTs per game, and 'showing wonderful Team play. 23 Q 1

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SOCCER ROUND-UP AlThough The JeTT soccer Teams may noT have been oT champion- ship caliber during our Tour years in high school, neverTheIess, The booTers may be crediTed wiTh having conTribuTed a Tair share oT exciTing games, exhibiTing excepTionaI skill, and briIIian+ Teamwork. During The '42 season The Clarkmen succeeded in Tying Two games while suTTering an equal number oT deTeaTsg The '43 Team chalked up Two vicTories and was vanquished Three Times by The opposiTiong and during The presenT season The T J-ers have Tied Two games buT have added Three oThers To The IosT column. I-Iowever we musT noT be Too harsh in our condemnaTion oT The soccer Teams. We oughT insTead To keep in mind ThaT This is The only Torm oT TooTbalI IeTT in our Alma MaTer as we deparT Trom iTs memory-Tilled walls. A I-leading The lisT oT sTars who have conTribuTed brillianl personal per- Tormances during The above-menTioned period are Carl MoskowiTz IrecipienT oT The January '43 AThIeTic Plaque Awardl, Dave Carlin, Johnny BuTurIa Iwinner oT The June '43 AThIeTic Plaque Awardl, MarTy Cohen, Larry Ginsberg, Max Osen, and Sam Becker. The IaTTer has paid The supreme sacriTice TighTing Tor The land oT The Tree and The home oT The brave. Our haTs oTT To him. UnTorTunaTeIy, The names oT oTher greaT perTormers have To be omiTTed due To a lack oT space. The TalenTed graduaTes oT The presenT Team include WaITer Roskowski, Ruby Zelenko, and Joe Durans Iwho is now serving in The UniTed STaTes Navy and will receive a war diplomal. IRA BARTFIELD HEARD IN THE GIRLS' LOCKER ROOM Say, Ellie, did ya hear ThaT ShirIey's sailor is home on leave, and I iusT saw her, and she Told me ThaT They wenT To The . . . WhaT does my boss expecT me To do, work all The Time? IT he geTs Too smarT I'lI leave him and his iob nexT Time heIgeTs so smarT. I-Ielp, somebody, I can'T geT This sweaTer over my head. I-Iope I can Tinish my lunch beTore The whisTIe bIows. I-Iey, who Took my sneaker? Did you hear SinaTra's program IasT nighTq he was iusT Too, Too . . . AT This poinT The whisTIe blows and The sTraggIers rush To The girls' gym. LEATRICE MILLER 25