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

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IN T E SWIM Once again lellerson has won a borough championship in swimming. For the third consecutive time we stand undefeated. For the third consecutive time we have beaten Brooklyn Tech to clinch the borough Hag. Now we move on to the City Championship. The mighty opponent we must vanquish now is Evander Childs High School. lt's going to require a mighty effort but the boys on the Jefferson swimming team feel that they will wing at least they are going to try very, very hard. Tn the Tech meet this year, victory see-sawed back and forth till the very last event, the 200 yard relay. Our leadoff man, Harry Farber, broke out a lead for us. Wle lost a little of it by the time the last man was to swim. Through some brilliant swimming, Ed Zawaclaky, our anchor man, held the lead by just enough of a margin to beat Tech and give us the championship. The man responsible for building this great team of ours is Coach Doo, Shapiro. XVe shall never forget him. VVho are our senior swimmers? Co-Captain Ed Lichtman, a great per- former in both freestyle and breaststroke, the city champ for the 100-yard breaststrolaeg Co-Captain Walter Pesetslcy, a main-stay on the team for three yearsg Manager Abraham Tager, affectionately called Obbie'l by his teammates Che has competed in all eventsDg Martin Spieglman, called Old Reliable Che was always there when we needed himlg Joel Hillman, who never would give up. EDDIE LICTMAN

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T E NIU ELMEN Every student in the class of January '53 has the right to be proud of the lellerson basketball team. not only this year but every year, for line basketball teams are the rule rather than the exception in Jefferson. In the past few years the Orange and Blue have consistently taken line regular season records with them into the playoffs, only to lose in the quarter or semi-linals. ln the last three years this has happened every time. ln the 49350 season with such all-time lei? greats as Dave Gotkin, Boris Nachamkin, Jimmy Grant, and others leading the team we lost to Boys High in the Garden although we had beaten them twice in regular-season play. ln l95O there was no basketball team due to the stoppage of extra-curricular activities. The 'Sl-'52 season found leijrerson with another hne team that captured 13 out of l4 league games. ln the hrst round of the playoffs they edged out New Utrecht in an exciting game. 5958, but lost to Boys in the quarter-Finals, 59-SO. Tommy Hemans. lePt's great center. led the team in scoring with 340 points in 15 games and broke the school scoring record not once. but twice, with single game totals of 39 and 40. This year the Nickelmen are once again the class of the league. The Tommy Jeijts have one of the most powerful teams in the city, with such players as Al jones, Nurlan Tarrant. Irwin Friedman, Bernie Tiebout, Ronnie Klazzilli, Harvey Salz, and others. leijrersonians have no worry about getting into the playoffs all right. There are only 2 seniors on the varsity: they are big Al Surkont, who with his 6.7 inch height, is one of the best rebounders on thex team and Xlazzilli, who is the outstanding ball handler on the team. DANIEL EREKIIX L, it

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Look, Mo The 1952 season started out with a Ieiferson team winning its opening game for the iirst time since 19-17. The 1ePfs p1ayed a hne game with Barry Hantman starring on the oijfense with 3 touchdowns: Don Schwartz scored the other and made 3 conversions. The fina1 score: 1e11erson-lf: Kiidwood-13. The second encounter was 1ePf's hrst taste of defeat that season. Wwe 1ost to Manua1, 13-12. The Teilf-Boys High game was a c1ose game a11 the way and ended up in a tie, 13-13. Vinnie Quinta of Boys High kicked a he1d goa1 with seconds 1eft. and the game was dead1ocked. Hantman and Cohen scored the 1ast goa1 on an SO-yard run. Wie trounced Par Rockaway 31-21. hut were defeated by Erasmus. We then went on to heat Tech. 14-13. This game was a thri11er. Barry Hantman scored both TDs and Don Schwartz kicked hoth points to pu11 the game out of the hre. THE SEXIOP1 PLAYERS Phillip 1111111011 tfcaptain, Pu11hack1 Phil has heen on the team for 3 years. This hard-running ball 1ax'er .uts his heart into the mine. Q P , P Q 11'f11ter Cohen fHa1thackf Walter was one of the key men in 1e11's hopes for a successiu1 season.