Dolgeville High School - Slippertonian Yearbook (Dolgeville, NY)

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Rowl R Le1n D Pye B Keller G Randall D Boone Row Z G Jones T Fehlner J McCarthy K Metzler R We1nschre1der J' DeLuca QAbsentJ C Pierce COACH BYNON MGRS R LAMBERSON L BYNON Basketball Looks Ahead HIS year basketball whxch 1n the past has been the major sport 1n D C S has had to take a back seat for football The Varslty Bas ketball squad 1n splte of hard and fa1thful work on the part of both coach and players Justhasn't been able to play the brand of ball theyhave been str1v1ng for At t1mes as 1n the Fort Pla1n game they have shown flashes of the old gen1us only to fall back 1nto the pattern of defeat 1n the follow1ng games Row l B Sm1th J Nagle D DeMarco K Harper Coupled w1th the magor problems oflack of he1ght and confldence the Vars1ty has m1ssed that f1ne sp1r1t of unlty that marked the play of the football team Thrs 1S very hard to under stand s1nce so many of the players were also members of the football squad The J' V 's although only shghtly better than the Vars1ty scorewlse have shown a lot off1ght and determ1nat1on to play a closely kn1t team game that may brlng champ1onsh1p form backto Dolgev1lle 1n the years Just ahead Th1s younger group f players composed ent1rely of Fresh men and Sophomores needs exper1 ence and technlque but those two by slnce they have the sp1r1t wh1ch 15 the most essentlal element DHS VARSITY SCORES OPP Mayfleld Mayfxeld Fort Plaln New York Mxlls Canajohane Frankfort Ihon St Johnsvxlle St Mary s Fort Plam Canajohane Row Z F Borst H Ostrom D Harper K Ashe Row3 S Handy C Mosher D MacArthur P Klock A Z1pp E Delaney J' Ackles Row 4 R Trumbull L Br1ll R Da ley L Relnhardt COACH BUCK MGRS E NARDO J BORST : . ', . , . , . , . . : . , . , . , . , . ' ' , . , . .,.. , . . . can , . , . . . . . . ., , . , . Y . . . . , . . i ' I D I Q . i 1 . . ' . ' o I D things should not be hard to come P 51 ' 60 52 ' 67 64 ' 58 42 ' 57 30 ' ' 44 55 57 64 ' 78 75 . ' 36 61 . ' 45 w '1 63 ' 84 : . ' , . , . , . . '72 ' ' 65 : . , . , . , . . : . , . , . , . , . l , . , . . : . , . ' , . - , . - . , , ., 4 , . 38

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fi From left to nght K Metzler G Iones D Pye B Keller B Srruth D Boone C Noonan D Lamberson D Harper D DeMarco F Borst T Bowker R Trumbull D VanVa1kenberg R Fazlo I Hayner E Delaney L Brxll P Dunderdale D DeMarco K Ashe K Harper J Mlller I Yanney J Ackles J Nagle W Dodge C PICICC J DeLuca R Wernschrelder I McCarthy DOLGEVILLE SCOREBOARD OPPONENTS Canajohane Frankfort New York M1115 Rxchfleld Sprlngs Holland Patent Sauquolt West W1nf1eld C. Pierce I. Del.uca R. Weinschreider G. Jones I. McCarthy F. Borst L. Brill D. Delviarco K. Metzler 37

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JI B. Brill, P. Iohnson, C. Pierce, J. DeLuca, A. Cuda, D. Pye, G. Jones, K. Metzler, B. Miller, J. McCarthy. ,. lx n The Upsvving FTER the long wintry months, spring sports are welcomed to the spotlight, with the advent of Baseball Season. The bats and other gear are conditioned for service, the uniforms are lifted out of moth balls to await the call of candidate and veteran alike, and the young athletes eagerly await the bulletin-board call to spring practice. In spite of the fact that Dolgevi1le's outlook at the start of the 1953 season was rather dim, due to the loss of four seasoned players, the Blue Devils managed to salvage a creditable .500 record in league play. The 1953 season was marked by outstanding pitching on the part of Keith Metzler and Brian Miller, with John McCarthy taking most ofthe catching assignments. Joe DeLuca's efficient coverage of the short-stop position, Ant Cuda's spectacular catches in right field, and Doug Brill's solid hand- ling of the second-base sack all helped to start Dolgeville on the up- swing baseball-wise. The Blue Devils ended the season with four wins and four losses to their credit..which was far from a bad record in view of the pre- vious season's performance. We know that championship baseball teams are not made in one season, but with the loss of only three players to graduation, and with the new men such as Gary Jones, Cliff Pierce, Dave Pye, and Frank Borst beginning to shape up satisfactorily, a championship team should not be too far away. 39 DHS SCORES OPP 8 Fort Plain 9 4 Canajoharie 3 10 St. lohnsville 0 2 Fort Plain 3 0 St. Mary's 9 17 St. Johnsville 6 12 Canajoharie 8 5 St. Mary's 4 D. Boone D. Lamberson D. DeMarco R. Daley F. Borst K. Ashe