A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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Anyone who saw the large turnouts at Howard Field on the afternoon of a football game could hardly fail to realize that this was the most popular sport among Davis students. Whatever we lacked in other fields, we made up for it in spirit on the gridiron. It is by this spirit that we distinguished ourselves from other schools. Those who saw the New Rochelle game will remember that we had as many rooters at New Rochelle's field as did the home team, and we certainly made as much noise as they. This popularity was shown in the turnout for the team REMEMBER THE DAY? . . . 'tBruiser Billipp held off the whole Pelham team? for at least two of themlj Ourline play was really spectacular this season. With Gilbert, Mellis, Graney, and all the other boys in there on every play, it is no won- der our team was one of the best in the county! . . . Caledonia got out of hand and romped about the gridiron? This was the first season Davis had a mas- cot, and he was really appreciated by all. By the way - Caledonia! What makes your big ears so long? . . . Mauro Valentine was finally brought down after one of his usual long runs? flf you look closely, you can see lVlauro's left leg sticking out of the pile.j As usual, Big Tom Kloberg QZIJ was right in on the play in case of any slip-ups. at the beginning of the season, when Coach Doyle was mobbed by more than a hundred hopeful football stars. Among this group were players who formed the back- bone of the team, such as Mauro Valentine and Sandy Sokoloff. It was men like these who could lead a team on to victory. Last year our team needed just a little more work to be top team in the county. However, we finished with a good season average. Next year looks very promising.

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OO gps X . 4 .. :G l.? f ' y gsm f Top Leftb IDENTI FICATION Rofw 1: D. Neave, F. Mellis, R. Clune, D. Buhler, M. Valentine, H. Ramsey, S. Sokolof, T. Kloberg, B. Bil- lipg Rofw 2: Tucker, G. Spruck, B. Roberts, R. Vio- lino, R. Petrillo, A. Carideo, K. Kirgen, H. Boone, R. Sen- no, Rofw 3: R. Tucker, R. Smith, C. Gedney, M. Sig- norelli, E. Bank, M. Actis- Grancle, L. Hackett, Meyers, Rofw 4: Hayden, Mr. Palombella, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Oswald, F. Brockway, R. Auerbach fBottom Left? IDENTIFICATION Rofw I: Wilson, D. Blay- more, A. Kaye, Siegel, Hafner, G. Lang, B. Fowler, Rofw 2: R. Valentine,KV. DeVittorio, hir. Addis, M. MacEachen, Mr. Childs, G. King. H. Ruscher, T. Popper fTop Rightj IDENTIFICATION Rofw I: Posner, T. Neely, T. Zuk, W. Dubin, Mil- ler, Mr. Childs, L. Goldberg, R. Leon, V. Zupa, A. Zuck, A. Kyman, R. Karasick The success of a team depends on the men who play on it. The football season has been over for many months now, but many probably still remember many of Davis's players. Une of the most outstanding was Mauro Valentine, our fullback. Mauro and quarterback Sandy Sokoloff were the hub of many of our plays. They did most of the passing. Running plays are as important as passing plays, in this field we had Angie Carrideo and Herb Ramsey, while Mauro also made several end runs. FOOTBALL SCORES Davis 6 Mamaroneck ll Mamaroneck Davis 26 Roosevelt 13 Roosevelt Davis 19 Gorton O Davis Davis 19 Yonkers 6 Davis Davis 7 Pelham 12 Davis Davis 7 Portchester 18 Portchester Davis 14 New Rochelle 33 New Rochelle Davis 13 Edison 19 Davis SCOREBOARD SQUAD

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SUPERMEN GF THE GRIDIRON Do these pictures bring back memories? Remember the Pelham game, when Herb Ramsey made that 60 yard run, with only about five minutes left to play? And then there was the traditional Edison game, in which our boys put up such a good fight. We donlt like to think of the time when Chuck Graney broke his hip, and we prob- ably would have made higher scores if he hadn't been injured. In the other pictures We see Bob Clune, Frank Mellis, and some of the other men who contributed so much to our team.