Connellsville High School - Coker Yearbook (Connellsville, PA)

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ysical Ecluoation Classes lljlay 22 lln The Qrisp, We're off to East Park for' an hour of fun-and the last one there is a sissy! Vigorously fought soccer games brought good fresh air into our blood. The girls were thrilled with their new hockey equipment and set about learn- ing the game with much enthusiasm. 4

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VE SHS. W o won the games Iames Smyth - Steady, but tough: pepped up the line, good play solver. 5 Fred Rowe - New addition to the team, small but nervy. Bernard Shafsky - Hard-hitting end, known for his necktie tackles, Wiry and dependable. Harold Stefl - Replaced Mortinier after the Dunbar game and showed up well. Charles Shalala - Big and tough: retired by leg injury early in the season. Raleigh Graves - Terrihc interferer and blocker, retired by broken ankle. Paul Litavic - Sustained leg injury, but returned to play a great brand of ball. Garry Feniello - Shared left guard position with Rowe, stocky and tough on defense, good placement kicker. Richard Dilworth - Reserve end, good tacklerg dependa- able replacement. Richard Pitzer - Reserve fullback, scored several touch- downs, expected to make first team next year. i HERE'S TO THE CGACHES Three Cheers for our coaches! We wish to pay tribute to those two men who made this football season such a big success, Coach Arthur H. Ruff and Assistant Coach Edward S. Spotts. Since the Messrs. Ruff and Spotts came to us several years ago our football teams have made history. ln the past three seasons they have given us quite an enviable record of 21 wins, 5 losses, and 5 ties-which is something to be proud of. Both are masters of strategy and have a thorough knowledge of offensive and defensive play. We of C. H. S., therefore, take off our 'hats to these very capable coaches and their able assistants, Mr. Lasky and Mr. Barr. Scottdale he Scottdale Scotties really threw a scare into the Tigers, nearly upsetting the Cokers in a bitterly contested fray. The Scottdale aggregation started the scoring early in fi s uarter afterlr c ering a fumble. Soon afterwards cac i recgvereczalfmvble and set up a touchdown for cllfrdyer. After If time rest the Tiger roared down the field and Hart went through the line for a touchdown. After another Scottdale tally in the final quarter Lujack sewed up the game with a 77- yard touchdown run through the line although Scottdale still threatened as the game ended. Uniontown onnellsville's football team completely humbled its traditional rival on rain-drenched Campbell Field before a capacity c Wd. This wa the worst shellacking ever to be admi s red by e m to the other. Twenty first do were?'mad ' is game, one of which was made by Uniontown. The Ruffmen never had to punt or give up the ball on downs and only once was it necessary for them to use the fourth down. Hart, alone gained more yardage than the entire Raider team with his off-tackle slashes and long runs. Touchdowns were scored as follows: Schroyer 2, Lujack 2, Hart, Bieshada, Delligatti, and Pitzer. Vandergrift he Coker eleven walloped the Vandergrift Lancers for their eighth consecutive win. Schroyer played a sensational ga at fullback a d ained more than the entire Lance t am. Luja fk 'nie the first score after gains by Sch er an-d Hart. c royer and Lujack crossed the goalline in the second quarter after long drives. Connellsville hit its scoring peak in the third quarter when Lujack scored twice and Schroyer tallied once. ln the fourth quarter Delligatti reeled off the longest run of the game, 44 yards for the Hnal-counter. Brownsville n the final game of the season, the Cokers were dead- locked by the Brownsville thus being eliminated from the A A title race. This tie game was one of the most thrilling and hea b king ever wi e by Coker fans. The Vikings go erne plal duriri gt of the game through line buc s d passes. S N51 r played a spec- tacular game against odds. The Vikings scored the first touchdown on a line buck and then Hart sent an aerial to Lujack who ran 55 yards for the first Coker touch- down. Schroyer made the final Coker tally on a line smash from the 2-yard line. Brownsville scored on a pass to tie the score. A final desperate drive by the Cokers took the ball down near the goal line but the game ended before a score could be made.

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O o , utumn Qut:ot:lDoors ross Qountry unners om pete Cross Country The Connellsville cross-country team under the tutelage of Coach Lerew ran through a vigorous season which put them in good shape for a successful spring track season. Oscar Tissue and Nlarvin Sage were the outstanding Coker performers. The Cokers scored 81 points to place fourth in the W. P. I. A. L. cross-country championships at Schenley Park and placed fourth in the Western Regional at Schenley Park. Marvin Sage and Cscar Tissue were eligible to go to the State Meet. Sage finished tenth and Tissue came in twenty-first. if w.-.1 I H ,,..1, '-X-'t ty' 2 J 7 ' 1 -, .' X ' fy Q ' K ' F' 'I 3-1 f .Q V'-V . 7.91, qw' . . W.. fi ,af fy4bM4 Oscar Tissue is here shown char- acteristically catching up on his opponent! He passed this one and all others in all the dual meetsl This is one of the hnest photo- graphs in the book. It has, not only caught the runner with both feet ot? the ground hut has recorded the spent, exhausted expression characteristic at the end ot the race. Tom Herwick is the Speeclsterl