Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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CRIMSON AND GOLD HB00BbB86b000000hb0B00P qlrqlrqrurqrqrqrqrarqrqr'swrqr 'QP Q lF EN C TN G g l l - .J 1-1 'I ll ll'l1 -I 1l, II1'll Ii , Wm mifi illi ll tl l lll- llll in Hazrk, how the rteel ringr nzzzfiml! Mark how my point floatr, light ar the foanzfi Although Harris may be proud of many other teams, the fencing team, at present, is the only team in which Harris places absolute confidence. A team which can win the city championship and which can be estimated as a formidable contender for the regional title, deserves much praise. Last term our foilsrnen won the city title by decisively defeating every possible con- tender. This term, although the loss of Fuchs weakened the team, the remaining men are all veterans of many matches and can be depended upon to keep Harris high in fencing. ' Howard Wesson, the captain of the team, who has had a great deal of experience, is hrst foilsman. Moreover, he is the only man on the squad who fences in the Italian style, that is, using an Italian foil strapped to his wrist, and an extended arm guard and attack. Emanuel, our second foilsman, depends on his strength and his marvelous riporte, the rattler-like lunge that he often springs on his unwary attacker. Frank Schwartz is another reliable man who fences in the French manner, with his elbow close to his side and using a light grip. This style demands great speed, as the opposing man's blade is always close to his body. Soffel, the manager, is an alternate on the team, Although he has had less experience than the three regular men, nevertheless, he has distinguished himself by his cheerful willingness and sportsmanship. Weil, Abrams, and Samsonoff are undergoing their final training tests and will be the nucleus of the next term's team. As yet, they have had no experience in inter- scholastic competition. Townsend Harris owes the championship now reposing here to these men. They have worked with practically no outside aid. By sheer application and hard effort, they have won a championship. The best that Harris can do for these men is to give them public recognition. For, whatever others may say, in the annals of Harris athletics, they stand- Magna cum Laude. Page 0110 H1l7IdI'Ud Ttt'c11z'y-0110

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CRIMSON AND GOLD BBGBGQBBGBBGBQBDBGQQQ5 P-K qlrqlrnrsirsirsirsirCirsmrsir-'I1r's:r'21r'Q 'Q B A S lE B A lL lL Tl il -' -I l 'll 'll 'll ll 'll 'l -ll 1lI ill ill 2 E i M a a ri li Eleven veterans and a hne turnout of new candidates for the team, foretold a suc- cessful baseball season this term, even before the team had played a game. Further- more, Coach Martin, finding that he could not devote as much time to the team as he wished, procured an assistant, Mr. Adolphe, a college student who offered his services and undertook supervision of the team in conjunction with Mr. Martin. As our new baseball mentor is a physical training instructor by profession, and has had much experience in the game, his advice combined with Mr. Martin's coaching, offers the best baseball training that can be desired. First call for candidates was issued towards the end of February, and practice was begun during the following week. The great number of veterans on hand gratihed the entire school, but did not in the least decrease the flood of newcomers. 'iBruce Podgur, pitching for Harris for the third year, was announced captain, at the beginning of the practice period. The veteran group consists of Captain Podgur, pitcher, Oleck and Offerman, catchers, Katzelnik, first base, Machlis, second base, Rowland, shortstop, Baumstone, third base, Palitz and Caccia, utility infielders, and Bloom and Somerfield, outfielders. Among the leading new men were Sand, Hellerson, Sherman and Levin. According to the new P. S. A. L. arrangements, Harris is placed in the Upper Man- hattan and Bronx division and plays five P. S. A. L. games. Of course, Manager Gibbs has arranged many other games with various other schools not in the league or not in our division which will give the team plenty of action. Our ofiicial league games are as follows: Washington, April 21, away, Morris, April 28, home, Evander, May 5, home, Monroe, May 12, home, Roosevelt, May 19, away. This schedule is short, but it offers the most difficult competition possible to our knights of the diamond. Nevertheless, Harris has one of the Hnest baseball teams in many years in this term's aggregation, and a good performance is to be expected. Besides these contests, there are about six games to be played with such schools as Seward, McBurney, and others, which hll out the schedule and which offer our team a good chance to prepare for the league games. Page One Hzmdrtfd Twenty Three