Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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l I THE HOUR GLLASS 1 BASKETBALL TEAM Basketball 31 I 1 Hopes for another c-hampionship basketball team were very slim when the squad first reported to Uoaeli McWilliams. From last year there were left t'Zipl Dunn, 'fTed Phillips, Frank lVood, H Dukel' Fitzgerald, sind 4' Dick Bacon. This quintet proved to he the one which later brought the Monroe County championship to Fairport. The reniainder of the squad was made up of Lee Clifford, t'Russ Dunn, H Don Holtz, Hllarleyn Young, and Paul Page. iliuss Dunn proved es- peeially valuable. Vase and Sullivan were also on the squad in the first part of the season. The 4'Crimsons started out by dpwning Vietor 25-18, al- though they did not show what the elass expected of them. VVith the Brighton game, Fairporti started on a four-game losing streak. Brighton, the first league opponent, handed Fair- port a had setbaek 22-17. On the following night, Speneerport did likewise, heating the t'U1'i111sons ,23-18. The next week Fairport inet notgonly loss but disgrace, letting Pittsford do a very unusual thing, beat Fairport 24-30. The next night Fairport put up a goodi game but was beaten by Aquinas 13-19. 3 Page Twenty-Eight l

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THE HOUR GLASS as though it is always raining or snowing when Fairport and Albion clash. The boys from Albion were too big for Fairport and beat the Crimsons 13-0. Brighton, a new team on our schedule, was next. 'This was another easy Fairport victory, the game ending 18-0. Holtz scored two touchdowns and Streppa the other in the win. Webster, our old rival was next. The game wasiplayed on the VVebster gridiron. Fairport showed their power, before a large crowd, and downed their old enemies by a 14-0 score. Streppa scored one touchdown and Wood scored the other touch- dow11 and both extra points. The following Saturday, Mynderse Academy gave Fairport its worse defeat of the season. They downed Fairport with little difficulty, 21-0. The final game saw Fairport and East Rochester, long tra- ditional rivals, meet at East Rochester. Fairport entered the game as heavy favorites, but also entered without its star passer, Don Holtz. The result was a scoreless tie. 1 ' However, in spite of this tie Fairport again annexed the Monroe. County Championship. The following men were the most instrumental in bringing the cup to Fairport: Cn the line-Capt. Fitzgerald, Gazley, Sherman, Nicosia, Page, Dinse Malcolm, Sullivan, Murphy, Hare and Wilson. In the back- field-Streppa, D. Holtz, Wood, Phillips, Clifford, Rogan, C. Holtz, and Pomponio. Edwin Knight managed the team this year and proved a very capable one. At the meeting of the lettermen, Allen Sullivan, clever guard, was elected to lead the 1932 team for Fairport. Football Record 1 931 SUMMARY Fairport .... .... 0 Auburn .... ..... 1 2 Fairport .... .... 6 Caledonia . . . 0 Fairport .... .... 6 Palmyra . .... 6 Fairport .... .... 1 3 Aquinas ..... 14 Fairport .... .... 0 Albion .............. 13 Fairport .... .... 1 8 Brighton ............ 0 Fairport .... ...... 1 4 Webster ............ 0 Fairport ............ 0 Mynderse Academy . . .21 Fairport ............ 0 East Rochester ....... 0 Won ............. 3 Lost .... ....... 4 ' Tied .... ..... 2 Page Twenty-Ssvan

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THE HOUR GLASS WVebster, the next league opponent, met defeat by a smooth- working Crimson team 21-11. This was Fairport's first league win. ' During Christmas vacation Fairport High broke even. The Alumni, led by Mike Barrett and Roy Saporito, beat the school boys 20-28. Aquinas, however did not succeed in gaining a second win over Fairport. The game was close throughout and Fairport did not obtain the winning margin until the last minute of play when 'tZip Dunn sank a long shot. The game ended in a victory for Fairport 15-16. Then came a big disaster. East Rochester beat Fairport at East Rochester, 21-15. Fairport's fans turned out in a great number but were disappointed. The following weekiagainst Honeoye Falls the Crimson just managed to squeeze out a 24-25 victory in an extra period. Tl1e next night the Red and Blue tossers traveled to Geneva and lost a hard-fought game to a good team, 21-19. . The next game was with Irondequoit and with this game' me t'Crimsons started on a nine-game winning streak. Ironde- quoit put up a good game but the boys from Fairport could not be denied and carried off a 23-16 win. The longest trip of the year came next. That trip was to Corning, when the boys took on Corning Northside High School. Although the underdogs, the Crimson passers conquered 20-27. Tl1e boys remained over-night in Corning and only joy of winning the game was equal to the fun the boys had that night. Brighton was next on the schedule. With Phillips throwing them in from all angles, Fairport won another game 20-27. The next night in a non-league game with Newark, Fairport, through the efforts of Russ Dunn, who scored two long shots in the closing minutes, won by the score of 20-18. Pittsford, a return game with Corning, and Webster were the next three on the schedule. Likewise they were three more victories for Fairport. East Rochester, who had defeated Fair- port earlier in the season, came next. Before one of the largest crowds ever to see a game in Fairport, the Crimson tossers swamped East Rochester 41-16. Wood led the scorers with 13 points. Honeoye Falls came next and was again a victim. Fairport won 29-11. Spencerport then ended the winning streak of the locals by handing them a 21-19 setback. Then in the final league game of the year, Fairport defeated Irondequoit 23-17. On the same night, Webster defeated Brighton, thereby giving Fair- port the championship. Page Twenty-Nine