Curtis High School - Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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Curtis' second game was a test of ability to overcome a strong opponent. Stuyvesant High, regarded as a sure winner by many Hexpertsf, scored first. Curtis retaliated with three successive touchdowns. The final score was 19-9. After this victory the Somma Men were well on their way to another championship. The Curtis players, with new confidence in themselves, over- whelmed their next two opponents, Jefferson and McKee, 34-0 and 39-O, respectively. Curtis, fifth game proved to be a tough one. It was contested with Curtis' traditional rival, New Dorp High School. Although the score was only 6-0 in Curtis' favor, New Dorp was Upushed all over the lot. Curtis gained a total of 387 yards and made 22 first downs. Seward Park was the next unhappy visitor to Thompson Stadium. The East Siders put up a game battle but were overcome by the Staten Island boys, 12-7. The seventh and final game was an intersectional contest. The team from St. Gabriel's High School, :cout Pennsylvania way, faced the Curtis football squad in one of the most evenly matched games in the history of Curtis football. But the Saints and the ucity slickersf' as the Curtis players were called by the jesting Pennsylvanian boys, fought to a scoreless deadlock! The White Wfarriors of Curtis remained undefeated in sixteen starts extend- ing over a period of three years!

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WW 44 We The White Warriors of Curtis opened the 1941 season undefeated in their last nine games. Determined to keep the hall rolling, the boys played hard and Well with that Well-known competitive spirit of Curtis teams, winning six out of their seven games and fighting to a scoreless tie in their last game of the season. The team from Roosevelt High School was the first to fall victim to the onslaughts of the Curtis eleven which won 12-0.

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The praises that should be sung about the individual members of the 191111 football team would fill up many pages, but lack of space forbids this. We can- not, however, pass on without singling out a few of the Curtis stalwarts who gave their all for dear old Curtis. First there is Captain Ralph ufludgen DiStasio, a faith- ful leader and a brilliant quarterback. Marty Jurkops, a veteran of three years, comes second, having earned a position on every all-scholastic team in the metropoli- tan area. Then there is Tony Caeta, running guard and captain of the 1942 squad, who played a bang-up game all season. The first-string forward wall was completed with Dick Bergendale, Bill D7Eugenio, Tony Ferrara and Dan Monohan.