West Philadelphia High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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RACIIUH CHAMPS ti tl I0 ISV' ff Sm u 'BNI Front Row: Katz, Myers. Lakin. Cramer. TENNIS TROPHY The net-men of Western did it again this year. For the second straight year they won the Public High Championship. With the aid of Lew August and Ierry Myers- Interscholastic Invitation Indoor Champion and runner-up-the team was able to cap- ture the Public High Championship but lost the lnterscholastic Tennis Championship. The championship was the third in six years. Western has always been noted tor its outstanding tennis players. The boys ran into some stiff competition from various teams in the league, Ger- mantown and Olney seemed to give tl e most trouble. lt is hard to point out any one player as being better than any other, for all the boys played like champions. Lew August, Ierry Myers, Dick Katz, Paul Kantor, Martin Cramer, and Alan Lakin, however, achieved outstanding records. Ierry Myers gave his services to the Red Cross by playing for them in several meets. Many of the games that Western's net-men played were decided by close scores and by strokes which are the wonder of the league. Mr. Hurwitz and his boys worked hard each day and practiced till sun-down. As a result Western's name is once again among the names of Champions, and this time the credit goes to the net-men of Western who have done a great job and deserve a great deal of praise. Buck Row: Mr. Hurwitz, Coach: Kuntor, August. Notis. MR. HUHWITZ Coach

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MII. IH With only four returned lettermen from last year's squad and the rest of the squad made up of last years I. V. team, this term found Western facing one of its toughest seasons in a long while. Despite the fact that Western failed to pile up an impressive record in the victory column, she did succeed in showing her rivals that she had plenty of fight in her. The team started its season by losing to Lower Merion at Ardmore. This defeat was followed by five more before Western won a game. Western defeated Overbrook by the score of 13 to 7 to keep its old Iinx on the Panthers. Nipon, playing his third year on the Varsity squad, scored all of Westerns 13 points. Most of Westerns passing was done by Ed Medzarentz. With lurman playing center on offense and backing up the line on defense, many a team found the going tough through this spot. Ioe Baker was a constant threat to the opposition, for when he got loose he was hard to stop and thus Western gained ground because of his winged feet. It can be said that Western could have won more games than she did if she could have gained only a yard or two where needed. For, time and time again, the team moved in long marches down the field, only to be stopped and denied a score by failing to gain one or two yards. Although defeated 25 to O on Thanksgiving Day by our traditional rival, West Catholic, Western played a great game. Over the years the score in games is tied at ll games each, with 3 ties. Because of experience gained this term, prospects for next season's Hackmen are bright. lHl PISSKI 4- J' Q4 . V . .mf . ww -, P ' ug., - ..- A X 3 xx.- .4 -- vi it rl ff Q ' ' - 'I V 1 4 iw , l 1' , v