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

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lb emtomg Team T THE outset of the terms campargn the Fenclng Team for the first trme rn the hrstory of the sport 1n Harrrs, looked ahead wrth doubtful hopes Its omrnous expectatrons were fulfllled when If lost two consecutrve matches to Morrrs, and one to Washrngton Regarnrng lost prestrge, however, Captarn Abrams, representrng Harrrs at the crty champronshrps, captured ten consecutrve bouts and advanced to the final round, only to meet defeat at the hands of jungman, a comparatrve new comer from New Utrecht However, begrnnrnv wrth Barrrnger, the trro frnally roused rtself from 1ts lethargy to complete an otherwrse credrtable season The trro th1s term consrsted of the veteran Captarn Irvrng Abrams a marnstay for the past three terms, Henry Karlrn and Leonard Le1ght Manager Francrs D1 Franco, rn addrtron to h1s managerral dut1es has proven hrs use fulness by ably substrtutrnff on several occasrons As usual a host of lower classmen has been learnrng the rudrments of the art at the hands of Captarn Abrams But srnce Karlrn Le1ght and D1 Franco w1ll contrnue at Harrls another term the team wrll remarn rntact Manaver D1 Franco succeeded 1n arrangrng a very rnterestrng schedule whrch rncluded matches wrth Morrrs, XVHSh1HgIOH, Barrrnger Central Textrle, Morrrs Evenrng and Boys ,...- . ,. -... ..... --.W 'X 0 , . 4 . Q 1 O 1 Q 7 . . , - Z3 ' 7 . , N , . D . u . N 9 7 . . , Page Om' Hundred Eighteen r

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ii-hir Track Team URDENED wrth the tradrtron of belng one of the few Harrrs teams that could hold therr own avamst any opponent an unexperrenced track team sorely depleted rn ranks by graduatron thrs term set rtself nobly to the task before If of carrymg on a spotless record But rt found out early rn the term that If was no match for the other crtv Hrgh School teams Undaunted by therr drsmay upon findrng that no matter tests therr efforts were of no avarl the cmder pushers kept doggedly on entermg every meet contmually hoprng that by some une pected stroke of luck they would be repard for all therr troubles Among the many runners of promrsrng abrlrty uncow ered thrs term Wrlson appeared to have the edge over Zrmmerman rn the 440 Whrle Pruchansky Vrsaper Rosenfreld and Cutler have vred wrth each other rn varyrng degrees of success for the honor of best century runner In the 220 yard drstance Edelman and Kern have shown outstandrng abrlrty B - D 1 , - , 7 , , . how long they practised or how much they strove to place in any of the con- . . 7 . 7 . . . V , A . . . . I . . 7 7 1g'0v111f'1sf'f-

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Golf T the beginning of the term the absence of golf addicts was the sole drawback to the undertaking of pre season drrll and for a while the forming of a team was dropped However at the suggestion of Coach McEwan Lester Feinstein the manager nnally issued a call for candidates To hrs surprise he found the meeting room packed to capacity by as enthusi astic and hopeful a group as ever tried out for a Harris team With this show of encouragement a hasty eliminative tournament was started the best pill chasers at Harris The team practised regularly at Van Cort landt Park while a schedule was drawn up with several city high schools Although the golfers steadily improved their game which at the beginning of the term neighbored in the hundreds was gradually lowered until 80 became a common occurrence they could never overcome the handicap of their early season inactivity The schedule for the past term arranged by Lester Feinstein included matches with jefferson Roosevelt Clinton Evander Childs Boys Columbia Grammar Textile and several others r n ..., , - .... A ' ' 9 . , . 9 7 7 ' 7 - 7 . . . U From these trials Teytmeir, Hecker, Rosen and Feinstein were selected as , . i 7 , , I 7 7 l 7 l 7 9 1 7 7 ' Page Om' Huurirmr' N1'ur'lmu