Belleville High School - Monad Yearbook (Belleville, NJ)

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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.

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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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TRACK Th B ll ville Hi h Tracl: Team does more 'Phan +ro+. Among The usual evenils ihai' ialre e e e g place during a meei- are +he broad iump, high iump. sho+ puf, discus fhrow and relay evenls as well as 'The runs and dashes. The l955 'leam represenied by all 'Four classes had 35 boys, 7 of ' ' II ll ih 'l lc ma wiih his whom were seniors. One senior. Joe Mignon, has really pu'F Be evi e on e rac p poini'-winning dashes for ihe pasl' Four years. During +he season ihey mei' nine 'limes wi+h reams 'From surrounding schools. Having begun ' hr Fi' E fer vacarion under Mr Winilca's coaching, fhey were in meels all +heir season rig a er as . 'Through May and climaxed fhe year wirh 'lhe Sfaie Championship Meer in New Brunswick during June. QM rougAf fAem auf do ar an macle fhem frof do quiz: . GULF These Few boys under 'lhe direclion of Mr. Wische pracfice ai' Hendricks Field Golf Course in preparaiion for rhe mafches wiih ofher schools in New Jersey. This season, nine marches were scheduled wiih such schools as Bloomfield, Nulley, Monfclair, Sainf Benedic+'s, and Blair Academy as well as +l1e S+a+e Tournament Alfhough golf is a minor spor wi a . fhe responsibiliiy of represen+ing Belleville High 'ihroughoui' 'Phe s+a+e. From leff fo righf: Coach Wische, Tom Jennings, Ernesf lppisch, Rod MacPherson, Donald Morano, and Anfhony Gaefa. f 'fh scanr following fhese boys are enfhusiasiic and carry