Bishop Timon High School - Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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f Av As you read the account of the l959 season in the following pages you will of necessity wonder how a team that has lost three straight games could come back and win the next four in succession. The answer to that is simple. the team knew they were better than the record of their first three games indicated. Being possessed of the right outlook. that the past is past and it is the future that counts. they went on to prove themselves. It is easy to be proud ofa winning team. but you can be doubly proud of a team that has been counted out of the race but yet picks itself up from the grime of defeat and proves its real worth. No better compliments can be paid a high school student than the fact that he has now become a man and the 1959 Varsity Football Team of Timon be- came men by the courage and the desire they showed on the football field. A good man-a real man--can never be held down. Thishne turnout of Tirnonfans at the St. Joe's game gave evidence to the fact that the spirit among the rooters was as high as the spirit among the team. CARRIED THE COLORS . . J. Ryan, Mgr. J. Malvey. Third Row: Moderator, H. Linus, Line Coach, Mr. James Gibbons, J. Dono- hue, R. llfliller, J. 0'Connar, B. Collins, D. Lee, J. Slack, J. Kerber, D. Danahy, G. Stevens, J. lvlalinow- xki, J. Bears, J. Stanley, B. lvluellcr, D. Zasada, J. C onnors, J. I-'itzpatrick. J. Danahy. Head Coach Mr. Gene O'Connor. , . , .v ' 'Q - -. . , - - .. V 1 ' ' '. -, f - ' f 4' .1 - . .- A 'f' N- '-' ' 'f'1. ' lf'4'-.t.+- 1 4-517' , . s 4. e , v. ' ' V ' 4- . 'J 4 -. ,. . , .- -M 4- -f, Y .. ' .Y . - fee.. 37

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Footb'1ll is 'tdmittedly '1 popul'1r sport 'md proxed no exception this ye'1r of 1959 'ts the Timon vtrsity prepwred ttsell md the students looked forw 1rd to m my 1 thrtll A Hood turn out ot tlmost 1 hundred boys was encour tems: to the new eoxchma sttll' conststtna of Gene OConnot 1nd Jtmes Gtbbons But three weeks ts 1 shott ttme IH whxeh to put 1 tetm together As 'Vlr O Connot put tt tn spetlung to the student body Our Ie un ts tnexperleneed but defenstxelx we should be re ldx For the hrst three weeks these proxed to be prophettc words ts the te tm held the opposltton to very smtll x 1rd we ts thex themselxes fuled to score tt ill But tn three weeks tume the term yelled ollensnelw 1nd thu went on to wm four struaht two ol these ts the underdovs FOOTBALL Coach Gem 0 Comm: 4 xplzunv a harkfmlrz' mont to haHbbac'A Al Smllont 'VIEN OF THE GREEN AND GOLD TIMON S 1959 VARSITY FOOTBALL TFAM Front Row P Holbul J Holm: P Shim J Slum J Bari J lurht J Munn K Rllpptll U lklllllllllllll D D4lB4!lo D Ernsl D Roof Vg: K Cunmmzgs Seeond Row Mgt XI UcHalt J Haxlzmsl L Imlznomlu 'V Sumo 0 IIICIHSIKI L' HCIIIIIAQUII J Bcagcr T Ovmzlorfj Au abonxltl J Jackson A Smllom J BIICIINIIKII1 Btfxanr O I ., , ll -Ag .. . OO A' .' I , fs '--1

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Dan Danahy pulls down Ray Paske of St. Joe's as Murry Regan streaks to assist him. Ea' Hennigan of Timon gets the frst shot at a Canisius back as an unidentU'ied player moves in to help out. 38 ST. JOE'S 13-TIMON 0 With only three weeks of practice under their belts, the Tigers undertook a herculean task when they encoun- tered St. Joe's at Civic Stadium, who at the time were riding high on the crest of a 25 game winning streak. These were the champions, and no one had to remind the Tigers of this. On a perfect day for football, Coach Gene O'Connor's inexperienced Tigers clashed head on with The Champs. For three quarters the tenacious Tigers and the Marauders fought to a standstill. In the fourth quarter the experience of St. Joe's paid oh' as they pushed across two touch- downs. The linework of Dave Ernst, George Syzamanski, Dick Zazada and Ted Overdorf was outstanding. The Tiger's defensive unit played brilliantly. ln the Tiger backfield Jack Horner, playing his first varsity game, was also a standout. OF THE SCHOOL, VALIANTLY . . CANISIUS 7-TIMON 0 After playing such an outstanding first game the Tigers suffered a slight let down for the second game. On the other hand, Canisius was fired up for the game against their Southside rivals. The Crusaders managed to engi- neer only one sustained drive all day but they made it count when they pushed over from the Timon two-yard line on a fourth down and goal-to-go situation. Almost the entire game was played in Canisius terri- tory. Four times the Tiger attack stalled inside the 20- yard line. The Tigers just could not seem to come up with the big play when they needed it and were contin- ually hampered by penalties. Once again the interior line play of the Southsiders drew praise. Even though-they were upset and had yet to score the Tigers' spirit remained high as they set their sights on the Duffy game.