Dolgeville High School - Slippertonian Yearbook (Dolgeville, NY)

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f JV. Cheerleaders Football Cheerleaders Walker, Brereton, Hewitt, Bahr, Eaker, Lanphere DeLucco, Stewart Cheerleaders Add Pep EA, Dolgevillel Yea Team! and other familiar yells, led by these snappy cheerleaders, may be heard re- verberating through the gym, or bouncing Stewart, Newman, Verstracte, Eaker across the football or baseball field prac- Zimmerman. D01-UCC0 tically any time from September through June. Girls in grades 9 through 12 wishing to try out for cheerleading, spend weeks in early Sep- tember practicing and hoping. When the results of the try-outs are announced by Miss Childs, the ones with the best jump and the liveliest cheering voices have usually been selected. Net result..an unbeatable group of cheerleaders. ADVISOR, MISS CHILDS Varsity Cheerleaders I. Hewitt, C. Lanphere, I. Eaker, S. Baker, B. Bahr, P. Walker. 40

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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

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Row l Daley Ackles Beekman Brereton Hewltt Stec1ak Young Eaker Stankev1tz Row 2 Calderazzo Stewart Newman Darl1ng VerStraete Homr1ghaus Alhng Ortheb Eaker Ke1l Menge Sarac1no Row 3 DeLucco Gray F1sk,Ackles Mxller Goodr1ch DeLucco, Gray Lanphere Z1mmerman Eaker J'aros1ensk1 Ell1s DeLuca DeMay Durfey Call DGAA Sponsors New Leaderslwrp Club CHE D G A A 1S one of the newer organlzatlons yet lt 15 at the same t1me one of the most actlve 1n the school Although the members are obl1gated to play only the sports that 1n terest them there are certaxn athletxc rrunded g1rls who are 1n regular attendance at all sport practlces Carmehta and Lucllle DeLucco Llnda Z1mmerman Beverley Stec1ak Mar1am Daley Maureen Darl1ng and Judy Hew1tt play all sports and as a group form the ma1n spr1ng of the DGAA In 1953 54 the D G A A has sponsored the formatlon of a Leadersh1p Club 1n whlch all h1gh school g1rls are e11g1ble for membershlp The members of thls club w1ll help plan 1nte re st1ng Sched ules for gym classes lmprove the organ1zat1on ofthe g1rls'1ntra mural sports system and generally further the club's purpose of helplng others The year s schedule promlses to be a busy one for the D G A A 's members They w1ll compete w1th the teams of Fort Pla1n St J0hI1SV1l1E Cana-1ohar1e 1n volleyball basketball and softball and also w1ll take part 1n the Valley League playdays They hope to equal the1r 1952 53 record of no losses 1n volleyball and softball and better thelr last season's record of no wlns 1n basketball Malgglr jg, lv Newly Formed Prolechon Club ADVISOR MISS CHILDS Rowl Tyoe Muller Row2 Stack Azello Frey Klock Z1pp Ackles Spofford ADVISOR MR BELMONTE J . l n P 74. ,'0 'J F, : va Q A . I Ss - I, A A pl' I -1 , . T 1-X- S 4 Q, L 1 Nell ' r ' sf l 1-I' I I I 1 ,jr l Q x l l ' - sl 41 . . I .