Belleville High School - Monad Yearbook (Belleville, NJ)

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CREW -gAl'0lUl'l auf fo Aea Coaches Bill BenneTT and Ray Smifh viewing The boys from The doclr of The boaT house on The Passaic River. Ready, all row! This picfure was Taken as The Bellboys were working ouT on The river. The Passaic River. The 1955 Crew, alThough lighTer Than The crews oT The pasT Tew years, has The power To win. The varsiTy eighT wiTh coaches and manager Travels all along The EasTern seacoasT Trom MassachuseTTs To Philadelphia as well as remaining on The Passaic Tor races. l-laving as iTs home dock The Nereid BoaT Club, The Crew pracTices daily on The Passaic River. The club is The place where The Belleville and NuTley crews lceep The shells and equipmenT. This year Bob BarTleTT is managing The boys and Bill BenneTT and Ray SmiTh are coaching our Team oT l-lowie lrving. bow: l-larry Glass, 2: Jack Con- nollyg 33 Harry Reynolds, 4: Bob Lane, 5: 'Tom Dolan, 61 Howie Taubin, 7g Bob Greene, sTroke: and Gene Hopper, coxswain. The Crew has raced againsT college Treshmen and oTher high schools. Among Them were M.l.T.. KenT, RuTgers and Columbia, as well as La Salle, NuTley, ArlingTon, Roosevelt and Poughkeepsie high schools. The high-ligh+ OT The season was The NaTional Schoolboy Cham ionship race on The A 'formal shoi' of The VarsiTy EighT VarsiTy Four, and subs aT The clock on Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. 4 if ,47-ti-r4M,v 'Q fi 1 , f 1, I 1 A If .' '-1 X, S. uf fi' I llj' 3 ' ,.,. Af 1- 1 v X ..,.,, , Q,L,,,,f - . ,- up-v The varsiTy 'Four shell crew wifh bowman, Gerry Gilroy Harold Hollisferg Johnny Seazholfzg sfrolce, Walfer Schick ram: and coxswain, Bob AssanTes.

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h lr + B ll 'll d ' The Junior Varsify Tournameni' Joe Long driving around Nu+ley's defense for an An aclion s oi' fa en a e ev: e urmg . easy lay-up. Piciure was loaned +o us ihe courfesy of The NEWARK NEWS. 340 gfea JUNIOR VARSITY The Junior Varsiiy +eam, under +he iraining of Coach Ray Smiih, had a successful season wiih 8 wins and 7 losses. ff 3- FRESHMEN Coach Herman Knuppel was ihe di recfor of 'this impressive Freshman Bas- lcefball Team. 67 fhrough Belleville losi' fo Orange, 65-bl. f won er id fhaf fierce id anyone LH ague. i I - 3 Ji 1 1 is i 1

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K ef fo 9011! I9 C1605 - ana! fha game Egan. H BASEBALL The l955 VarsiTy Baseball Team posed by Kondreck STudio. PiTcher John Bar- Tell, second from righT in The Tirsl' row, made baseball hisTory by piTching a no- hiHer againsT Columbia. The Belleville High Baseball Team of l955 puT in many hours of pracTice aT The sTadium in preparaTion Tor Those grueling games wiTh neighboring schools. The season began auspiciously when we won The opening game againsT Co- lumbia on April 20. Led by CapTain Joe Orlando, The Team consisTed of TirsT base, Richard VeiThg second base, Ted Nichols: Third base, Joe PrieTo: shorTsTop, Joe Long: leTT Tield, Happy Menarguez: cenTer Tield, Joe Orlando: righT Tield, Jim Apple: caTcher, James Landon: and piTchers, Joe Tor- Torella and John BarTell. The boys played enThusiasTically and leTT a good rec- ord Tor Their season, Thanks To The coaching oi Mr. Berlinski during The I8 games. Mr. Konclreclc Tool: This formal picTure of The Junior Varsi+y Baseball Team. Coach MacAr'l'hur uses a line-up of seven sophomores ancl Two freshmen. Many of These boys are evenfually on The VarsiTy Team, having gained valuable experience againsl' rugged opposing Teams. - af.f,'g,fQ. 'ff . X 2 2 Q - sf-ff ffif ,f,.. -f 24 ,-, if if, V ,..2,, 431-rv., K my B 'S - , ,V f Q f RlCl'll6 VEli'l'l, GUI' All-S+a+e Whaf 5 gwingl JQQ baslcefball sTar, also does Orlandg belfg oufa a fine iob on The baseball long hif. Team. Belleville High will miss The experience of These players nexT year. The seniors on The Team are Ted Nichols, Joe Orlando, Don Grucock, Richie Veiih. and Roger Guglicelli. Hi5iaTi ' E25 - . ,.,, , . wfiang.: li 4 , ,V f 'fs-,:-1, y , ,ff mg, ,eh I 5 1 B zfff ,v aff Q TW s 2 f f I V ZX H igqxltzffil . 7 I ,wg , af .w ',-' ' W. f gk' ' z Q 5 4 e 4.672 f A fv 9 4141 pf '15 fi 'rw m K 2:2 we K we' . ., . is 6 f A X x' ff 'Q M 1 X B X iw' f f 412' 4 , 5 Siu ,fl f if 4 M , f f in y W 1 ' ' rr I f'?ffa,'f4 7, fly: .1 ' I fi ' a 2. f. Q-wif' Q' 1 lj f -'P 7., W , 4 Va sf-'uf -9: ref of , ,W r ps' ff Q 4Z ?5K-73?W? 4 '4 v 'Ufa'5F P651-55' H f.-wm.r4!:.2'?'13:- - 'TFCJ3' f74m,,:.? 9+ 'W.g.fe,-a,.w.1w KI, , Pi 4533 4 . M ,A 4, , a 4 1 i P ' 4.