Abbey School - Evergreen Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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a ATHLETICS EDWARD CHOPPER KORISKY, B.S., M.A. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Coach Ed Chopper', Korisky is not only the Director of Athletics here at Abbey, but is also the football and baseball coach. Mr. Korisky is a native of Hartford, and has made the city very proud of him. In 1935 Chopper', Was elected All-District Center when he played for the Bulkeley High School. In Villanova College he played first string center for three years, playing under the famed Clipper Smith, now coach of the Boston Yanks. At Villanova he was voted the Most Valuable Playeri' award, and in 1941 he was elected as the Associated Press All-American Center. In 1944 he played center for the Boston Yanks, and signed with the Los Angeles Dons in 1945. Coach Korisky Qstill recovering from three major operations performed on him within the past yearj at present is the Instructor of Biology as well as Director of Athletics here at The Abbey. This is his third year of coaching, and last year he had an undefeated season here at Abbey.

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Dani will anh Uratamrnt pf thr Gllaaa nf 1548 We, the Class of 1948, of The Abbey School, The Town of Simsbury, in the State of Connecticut, beinfg of unsound mind and about to face the destinies of life, do hereby, make, declare, an publish this, our Last Will and Testament. U F irst-To Mr. Whittey, our Headmaster, we express much gratitude and sincere appre- ciation for his guiding hand during our years here at The Abbey. Second-To the Faculty we give thanks for the patience and understanding and their unstinting aid. Third-To the Lower Classmen we leave our best wishes and hope that they follow the example we have tried to set. Fourth-We do hereby declare our individual bequests: SENIOR HOUSE . . . . . .... Leaves peace and quiet and a dog to Mr. Howard Allen ............. Barry ........... Adeckofcards HisspeedtoFran Craemer Butler . . . .... The power to study to Kaesmann Cieri ...... .............. H is poise to Mort Connolly .... .......................... L EAVES Cross ..... .... H is address book to the Class UL '49 Donohue .... .............. S ixty pounds to VanBi ber Dunphy ..... . . . His way with women to Mr. Hanrahan Garvey ....... .... H is watchcap to Wentworth Hamilton Geetersloh .... .... A t least his shoes to the punter ol '49 Cilhooly .... ....... H is frigid room to some Es imo Head ..... .... H is weekend passes to McDonough Hickey .... .... ......... H is coke machine to Ed Foley Hoyt ...... .................. T hat marriage certificate to Mr. Sceery Johnston .... ....................................... A smile for Kelley Ioyce ..... Original blueprint of Simsbury National Bank to Anderson Kane .... ................ H is Sears Roebuck license to Patty Whittey Leary ..... .................... T he sombrero-magnificov to Timm LeRoy ........ ................ A comb for M cGrath McCormick .... An electric bell for Mr. Whittey Milliott ..... ................. B rother Donald Mur hy ....... ............ A Sandwich for Dusty Nicoletti, F. . . . .... A full beard to Miles O'Connor Nicoletti, P. .... The key to Mr. Carneyis heart O'Hare ...... ............ H is quiet manner to Kelley O'Neill .... ......................... A Hudson taxi Phelan .... .... A fondness for rules to future boarders Pieper .................. A uniform to be filled Raneri ...... ................ A uniform to be filled Reichold .... .......... H is English notes for LaMarre Santorso ..... . . . Those sun glasses for Dennis McCarthy Scott ...... ........ S ome passing technique for Gafney Simeone ..... .... A padded cell at Wesleyan to Wes eyan Suits ...... ............ H is excuses to Ierard Carne Sullivan . . . ................. His jolly smile to Bill Wight ..... .. . His Model An to Chopper', Koriskz Wood ....... ................................... H is ad-libs to the mild and meek Woodhouse Some footage for Pedro Wutsch .... 'the' for thinner slices of baloney

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Kneeling, Z. to r.: P. Nicoletti, Murphy, Dunphy foo-capt.j, Santorso, Allen, F. N icoletti, Cilhooly Seated: McCarthy, Head, Simeone, Pieper Cco-capt.D, Barry, Johnston Standing: Cross Csports agentj, Mr. Howard, Asst. Coach, Connolly, Ricketson, Kane, Wight, Kendall, Wood, Wain, Coach Ed Korisky, Mgr. O'Neill FOOTBALL The 1947 Abbey football team will long be remembered by the students. Aside from the due credit deserved by the players a great deal of credit belongs to our coaches, Edward Chopperv Korisky, former Bulkeley High and Villanova University star, and assistant coach Tom Howard. Opening their schedule on Friday, October 18, Abbey encountered powerful Admiral Billard at New London. The game was played under lights. The Billard team had played three games, whereas the green and white was untested. However, Abbey came through by winning, 13-6. ln their next contest the Green and White played East Haven at the latter's field in another night ame. Simeone was lost to the team because of an injury received in the Billard game, but the loss was strengthened by the addition of two stellar performers, Bill Pieper, West Hartford Star and Fran Nicoletti, an all-state center, from Bristol High. Abbey once again won, this time 19-6. Standouts were Kaesmann, Barry, Pi er, and Head. On October 31, 1947, Abbey started up against their big test, the Wesleyan V.'s at Middletown. The Green and VVhite went into the game the decided underdogs. In this contest the scoring was done wholly on long runs. Abbey Won with a smashing score of 20-O. Standouts in this game were the seven Shafts of Steel composed of P. Nicoletti, Connolly, Allen, Santorso, Dunphy, Kaesmann, and Gilhooly, F. Nicoletti and Murphy. With three games now in the victory column, the Abbey eleven finally met defeat as they played a big Arnold College I. Vfs team at Milford, losing by a score of 12-0. Abbeyis next scheduled game was with Marianapolis Academy of Thompson, Conn., one of the strongest prep school arrays in the country. The Thompson team proved too much as the Abbey team got off to a shaky start, and lost 24-7. As customarily done, Coach Korisky did not elect captains at the start of the season, but chose game captains before each game, a method that worked very well. In a post- season election of honorary team co-captains, Bill Pieper and Bill Dunphy were elected. This Abbey array can be stamped as one of the outstanding teams in our sports history. VVC are proud of their record, their determination and their sportsmanship.