Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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i'i l THE HOCKEY TEAM Ifirxl Row: Filpi, Czlrmody, Rosenthal, King, Lathrop, Rice, Kozack, Grover Smith. Serum! Roux' Icardi, Olinto, Kellar, Nicholls, Coach Carmody, Roach, Gahree Stillman. Carry. 10

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Basketball THE 1939-1940 basketball season was opened auspiciously by a 48-33 victory over Lee. Next, Adams fell before our boys, losing a hard-fought battle by a 29-2 1 score. After defeating Lenox 4 1-29, the Purple, led by a barrage of baskets from our two lanky forwards, McGill and Moynihan, overwhelmed Dalton 45-19. Williamstown proved more difficult, but succumbed finally 37-32. The Stewart- men continued to win, beating St.-Ioseph's of North Adams 3 1-27 and Bennington 31-25. However, our winning streak was broken in the first game of the City Series when St.,Ioe won 25-16. Then, a smooth Drury quintet nosed out our team 32-29. After losing an exhibition game with Searles 27-2 1, we suffered a defeat at the hands of two spirited North Berkshire teams, St. joseph's of North Adams setting us back 26-21, and Williamstown trouncing us 30-28 in a thrilling over- time game. Next on the slate was Drury. The Tunnel City boys stopped our quintet again, this time 46-29. The defeat suffered by Bennington at our hands earlier in the season was avenged as the Vermonters romped to a 45-31 victory. Following a 27-20 loss to Adams, Pittsfield regained the win column when they overcame Dalton 45-31. Our underdog but determined team again met St. joe., the undefeated leaders of the North Berkshire league, and as a result of a grand display of team work, highlighted by a brilliant exhibition by joe McGill, they emerged victorious with a slim margin of 30-29. In the third and deciding game of the series, however, St. joe came back strongly to win the city title 23-15. So ended an entertaining, if not spectacular, season. The team was made up of the two consistently high-scoring forwards, joe McGill and Captain Frank Moynihang the dependable guards Iohnny Grady and Gene Quirky and center, Carl Heidel. THE SEASON'S RECORD Pittsfield Lee St. joseph fN.A.j Pittsfield Pittsfield Adams Searles Pittsfield Pittsfield Lenox Williamstown Pittsfield Pittsfield Dalton Drury Pittsfield Pittsfield Williamstown Bennington Pittsfield Pittsfield St. joseph fN.A.j Adams Pittsfield Pittsfield Bennington Pittsfield Dalton St. joseph Pittsfield Pittsfield St. joseph Drury Pittsfield St. joseph Pittsfield

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H ockey FTER only two days of practice the Pittsfield hockey squad journeyed to Springfield, where they were trounced 15-1 by an experienced Cathedral sextet led by the versatile Angelo Bertelli. Some much needed practice before the second game, however, enabled the team to blank the Albany Academy jay- vees 3-0. Holyoke then stopped us 2-1. After beating Philip Schuyler High School of Albany 4-1, the squad turned in another victory over the Albany Acad- emy Jayvees by the same score as the first game, 5-0. We next dropped a 4-3 overtime game to Darrow. Berkshire Industrial School proved an easy victim succumbing 6-0. In the following game, Holyoke repeated their earlier win by holding us scoreless while they pushed over three goals. The final game of the season took the form of a victory over LaSalle 2-1. The consistently fine work of Roche, Olinto, Kellar, and Smith, to name a few, was a big factor in increasing the popularity of hockey among the other sports in Pittsfield High School. Ski Club UCH interest has been shown among students in the increasingly popular sport of skiing. For the second consecutive year a large ski club was organ- ized under guidance of Mr. john Leahy. From this club a team was chosen to represent the school in inter-scholastic contests. Captained by William Eckerson, the team included Robert johnson, Wesley Ashley, Richard Pomeroy, and Albert Polito, president of the club. The first meet, in which several schools participated, was held at the Pitts- field State Forest. The Pittsfield A team emerged with top honors. The out- standing performer was Captain Eckerson, who carried off individual laurels. As a result of this victory the school was presented a plaque by the Greylock Ski Club. The weather permitted only two more meets, which were taken by Adams High and Berkshire School. Besides participating in these three competitive meets, the entire club spent many enjoyable hours on the well covered slopes and trails of Berkshire County. 105