East Side High School - Torch Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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the orient In 1924 he was a member of the track team and was just nosed out of a point scoring position at the city championship meet. A spike wound in his knee greatly handicapped him in the meet. This year he again played on the ball team and was one of its outstanding stars. Fred was forced to shift from second base to catcher, but this did not seem to affect his playing in the least. His best game was against Orange when East Side defeated that team. It was mainly due to him that Orange’s streak of eight straight hit games was broken. In this game his hitting was responsible for all of East Side’s runs- East Side loses a game fighter in Fred Landolfi. Paul Otto’s athletic activities commenced in 1923 when he tried for the track team. He was not successful in his first quest for the coveted letter, but with a never-say-die spirit he supposed that his time might come.” -In 1924 he again went out for track and this time he became one of the stars of the team. His high jumping that year was of the highest order. He won the Battin meet with a splendid leap of five feet two inches and three weeks later repeated his triumph in the Clifton meet with a leap of five feet three inches. In the 1924 Ironbound meet he again showed his heels to all comers when he captured first place from a large field of stars. His leap here was five feet two inches. This year Paul has been better than ever. His jumping has been of the sensational order and he looms as a strong contender for the city title when the city meet comes off. In the first meet of the 1925 season against Passaic he made an amazing leap of five feet four inches and won the event. In the Ironbound meet he again demonstrated his striking qualities by finishing in a tie for first place with a leap of over five feet. Paul Otto has been a splendid example of an East Side athlete and East Side is sorry to lose him. Ignatius Scarpitta is a fine example of a fellow who, without any especial qualifications for engaging in sport, made himself a first-class scholastic athlete and an East Side letter man. In was “Scarpy’s” stick-to-it-iveness that carried him to the fore. Every afternoon he could be seen in the school yard practicing at his chosen sport, the javelin throw. Day after day he con- tinued and his reward was third place in the city championship meet and his letter. East Side may have had better athletes, but East Side has never had harder working athletes. Chesty” Chester Zawadzki is another example of a successful athlete who went in for sports late in school life. For three years he was a quiet, unas- suming, likeable young chap who attended to his studies and took little in- terest in his school’s athletic activities. But watching the Bears play every afternoon instead of doing his homework made him take such an interest in baseball that he finally tried out for the team. He immediately became a XXVIII

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THE ORIENT singled, sending Ladolfi to second. Brack sacrificed, advancing each runner a base. With 3 and 2 and 2 out Landolfi attempted a steal home. The South Side catcher tipped Wagner’s bat which caused him to hit a bad ball. Mean- while, Landolfi had slid safely to the plate with the winning run. Wagner was thrown out at first which made three out. A dispute occurred. East Side con- tended that according to the rules when a catcher tips a batter’s bat the run scores and the batter goes to first. The umpire, however, asserted that he had not seen the catcher tip the bat and, therefore, could not call the play. By this time it was getting dark and when the teams went to resume the game they found it too dark to play. It was therefore called with the score tied at two all. LETTER MEN Philip Clark went out for few sports at East Side, but in those that he did participate he made a good record. In the fall of 1921 he captained the freshman basketball team, which finished second best in the school tournament. Two years later Clark went out for our gymnastic team. He captained that team in 1924 and 1925, during which time his team captured the gym- nastic championship of the city. This team was coached by the world s gym- nastic champion, Mr. Swinnerton. Clark specialized in the horizontal bar and flying rings, scoring points for our school in these events at the champion- ship meet. In the spring of 1925 Clark tried his hand at track. Soon he proved to our school to be a champ with the discus. In the first meet of the season, held against Passaic High School, Clark easily scored first place against their best men. He also proved to be an adept at javelin hurling, securing a place in that event. In the Ironbound track and field meet there was no discus event, so Clark tried the sprints, finishing a close second to Clarence Wilson, the best sprinter in our school. In the senior relay Clark passed all competitors and obtained a quarter lap lead for the senior team. In the South Side High School meet held at Weequahic Park. May 16, Clark again proved his versatility. He captured the discus throw, conquering the pick of the high schools of the State. His victory practically insured him to the city and State championships. Fred Landolfi started his athletic career in 1922 when he went out for the baseball team. His size, at the time, prevented him from getting the first team letter, but he succeeded in making the second team. The same year he went out for the cross-country team that had such stars as Cavicchia, Holder. Dondershine and Weiss and made a fine showing, but was forced to retire in mid-season due to a strained heart. The following year Fred left school and did not return until 1924. This time, with added weight and experience, he captured the keystone position, second base, and played a star game. In the eight times he played at second base he did not commit a single error- X X V11

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THE ORIENT SUGGESTIONS FOR COMMENCEMENT Ah! Sunflower” (Blake), presented by Miss Dorothy Goertz. “An Apology” (Morris), presented by Mr. Bruno Becker. Clear and Cool” (Kingsley), presented by Miss Lucille Littig. The Good, Great Man” (Coleridge), presented by Mr. Philip Clark. The Grasshopper” (Cowley), presented by Mr. Richard Miller (with illus- trations). 1 Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (Wordsworth), presented by Mr. High- land Beaman. The Lamb” (Blake), presented by Miss Mathilda Del Negro. My Days Among the Dead Are Past” (Southey), presented by Mr. Melvin Morrow. Ode On a Grecian Urn” (Keats), presented by Mr. Carl Riff. On a Lap Dog” (Gay), presented by Mr. Otto Kennedy. Cheerfulness Taught by Reason” (Browning), presented by Miss Cath- erine Oliva. “To a Mouse” (Burns), presented by Miss Mildred Hirleman. Sir Galahad” (Tennyson), presented by Mr. Leo Neiwirth. If I Leave All for Thee” (Browning), presented by Mr- Leslie Rohn. “Mark When She Smiles” (Spencer), presented by Miss Edith Sliter. On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three” (Milton), presented by Mr. Michael Windus. “On Sleep” (Drummond), presented by Mr. Joseph Sefack. Since There’s No Help” (Drayton), presented by Mr. Chester Zawadski. Take, Oh. Take Those Lips Away” (Shakespeare), presented by Mr- John Dinzik. The Tiger” (Blake), presented by Miss Regina Wolf. “Three Years She Grew” (Wordsworth), presented by Miss May Calcagno. To Althea From Prison” (Lovelace), presented by Mr. Leo Brach- Violet! Sweet Violet!” (Lowell), presented by Mr. John Weir. With An Armchair” (Lowell), presented by Mr. Fred Landolfi. Eleanor Makes Macaroons” (Lowell), presented by Mr. Norman Conrad. The Dancing Bear” (Lowell), presented by Mr. Oscar Buehler. “Absence” (Lowell), presented by Mr. Franklin Clancy. To a Sky Lark” (Shelley), presented by Miss Mildred Cohen. The Skeleton in Armor” (Longfellow), presented by Mr. Edward Burns. Ichabod” (Whittier), presented by Mr- Ignatius Scarpitti. “The Last Leaf” (Holmes), presented by Mr. George Golden. Drifting” (Read), presented by Mr. George Di Giovanni. The Fool’s Prayer” (Sill), presented by Mr. Clifford Morrison. Little Boy Blue” (Field), presented by Mr. Paul Otto. In the Hospital” (Howland), presented by Mr. Franklin Bruenig. The Chaperone” (Henry Bunner), presented by Miss Anna Begley. XXIX