Binghamton North High School 1947 Yearbook (Binghamton, NY) - Full Access

Top left, Golf- Bock row : Robert Pierson, Donald M olls, Ed Ferenczi, Dick Wiseloqel, Volentine Horvath, Mr. Donald Roehm. Front row : John Hepworth, John Zulick, Ambrose Z iots. Top roght, Bull's Eye: Fofty girl archers with Eileen Stevens, Vovoen Wright, and Mary Ragon as ladies paramount hove improved their pos– ture and co-ordination during cur– rent season. Second left, Tennis Bock row : James Cociola, Richard Bussom, Ev– erett Kimball, Robert Whopple, Jock Hannay, John Thomas, Coach Sosi– nek. Front row : Raymond Livingston, Lewis Evans, George Butts, Rol:ert Gitchell, Darwin Lindsley, Kenneth Konsor. Foreground : Charles Atwood. Second right, Tennis Tolly: Learning fundamentals of tennis has been the object of this year's non-organized ~fo~s~f~:f~~y ~~~~- under direction Third left, Bordoe Batters : partico– pot ong in three tournaments, thirty– six girls played nineteen games dur– ing badminton season. Third center-up and at 'em : Every year basketball proves the most popular girls' sport, ti"e 1946-47 season drawong 150 girls onto two leagues of six teams each and o t oto I of forty-six games. In the playoffs Marjorie Smith's team, A league wonner, defeated Jean Ket– t le's, the B league victor. Third right, Springtime Swingtime : For the softball season two leagues were formed, Notional and Amer– ican, with eight teams under man– agers Rita Detrock, Jean Kettle, Grace M astrooiacomo, Nancy Me– Lennon, Isabella Hutchongs, Doris Landers, Blanche Dedrick, and Marge Smoth. Lower left, Ping Pong Paddles: Top four of t he twenty-two gorl Ping Pong ladder tournament were Mari– lyn Transue, Isabella Hutchings, Jean Kettle, and Marilyn Bostwick Lower roght, Fight! Team! Fight! : North's school sporit soared at foot– boll and basketball games under pressure of her perfectionist cheer– leaders. Ten new Jayvee members were selected from one hundred in– terested Injuns at tryouts. J.ll Sorts ofSports'IV!ports Golf was introduced at North in 1939 by Mr. Donald Roehm. Lack of interest and experience has kept North off the fa irways four seasons out of ten . In all weather this spr:ng the golf team, again coached by Don Roehm, could be seen swing ing away out on the fairways. Though defeated most of th is season the boys got valuable experience for next year's sessions. SCHEDULE North 2 Y2, Ithaca 12Y2 No rth 8Y2, J . C. 9 Y2 No rth 14, Norwich 4 North 2 Y2, U. E. 15 Y2 North 3Y2, Cent ral 14Y2 North 2 Y2, Ithaca 15Y2 North 11 , Norwich 4 North 0, Central 18 North 8, J . C. 7 North Y2, U. E. 17Y2 North-Elmira, cancelled North-Sectional Meet 'Tennis Tennis made its debut at North in 1939. Coach Joe Norm ile worked hard with the net boys for four years and then Harold Gillespie took over. In 1945 the doubles team of Hoeppel and Bennett came in second in the sectionals. With a large squad in '46, the racket boys put in a fair season . With John Sasinek as coach this year, the bays del ivered an average North record. But, the prospects for next year a re bright with the expected return of most of the squad. N :>rth 0, Norwich 5 No rth 2, Ithaca 1 North 0, Central 10 North 4 , Oneonta 11 North 6, Ithaca 3 SCHEDULE North 0, Central 9 North 2, Norwich 6 North 2, Oneonta 5 North-Sect. Meet, Norwich Cheerleaders " Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors you can all try out! Report to the gym at 3 :30." Th is competitive basis was established for the cheerleaders in 1938 under the supervision of Mr. Raymond Merchant. During the ir first decade the cheer– leaders have made up the vast number of cheers, songs and yells that Indians use to vo ice the ir support of North. Under Mrs. Irene Hartung, the ranks increased from seven to eleven, and Mrs. Wilma Kern, present adviser, reor– gan ized the activity and created a Jayvee squad first headed in 1945 by James Keefe and Donald McNitt. Mem– bers move up to the varsity as vacancies occur. Following the precedent for a senior to be chosen head cheerleader, Barbara Hagaman was fall leader and Leo Phillips, spring leader. B Awards are presented for two years' act ive service. 73