Bridgeport Central High School - Criterion Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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FOOTBALL SQUAD Sitting, liz-ft to Riizht: George Hein, Louis Sorrocco, Georlre Kish, Leo Tsokalas, Paul Mucciocca. Co- Capt., Charles McCarthy, Co.iCupt., John E. Sullivan, James Meenan, Arthur Smitkowkki, Paul Haut-ci. Kneelinix. Left to Right: Julius Franchi, Asst. Mgr., Fred Trumbull, Joseph Marzulli, Sidney liriilirv- forth, Russell Dolxlests-in, Gus Maxzgi, Ralph Avallon. John Charland, Arthur Buchanan. Edward Gordon, H'nrry Dolny. John Ilrannelly, Richard O'Connell, William O'Connell, Frank Slinko. Asst. Msrr. Standinir, Loft to Right: Oscar Rosenstein, Mgr., Edward Seperick, Charles Wildman. Francis Ruben, Phillip Curley, Jack Beard:-zworth, Donald Champlain, Edward Monks. William Reno. Fred Klein, Raymond 'l'usku, James Mackie. John Whittle, John Saccone, Asst. Mgr. team, which rallied in brilliant fashion, out' gaining the favored Reillymen hoth on the ground and through the air, to triumph 20 12. Greenwich fell easy prey to the Central squad, still 'smarting as the result of the Stamford sctfiback, losing 13- A7 to the rugged Reillynicn. Tlhis game gave Central undisputed possession of the Fairfield County A championship. The climax of the season came as usual in the annual Turkey Day classic, which proved to he one of the best games in the long and always hotly contested series. In the fracas, over 8,000 wildly cheering spec tators saw underdog Central hold the powerful favored Presidents to a scoreless deadlock, in a battle in which every minute was more thrilling than the last. Try as the powerful Harding squad might, it could not score. As a result of this, Harding was eliminated from the State Championship race, thus making it an indirect victory for Centralfa fit conclusion to a good season.

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FITNESS Toughen up! is the cry in the army camps. Get tough or else is the warning. And in sports is found 'the ideal medium for toughening and developing bodies, not by dull gymnastics, but in a recreational manner. In sports is developed the com- baiive, fighting spirit so necessary for pref servation on the battleffieidsg in sports is laid the development of topfnotch fighting men. As General Douglas MacArthur' once wrote, Cn the friendly fields of strife are sown the seeds that, in other days, on other fields, will bear the fruits of victory. FOOTBALL Opening the season against Roger Lud' lowe, the powerful Central High gridiron warriors finally came to life after being out- played badly for the first three periods, and overcame a battling Fairfield eleven 640. The winning tally came in the final stanza, Fullback Ray Tuska cracking over into the pay-dirt after four line thrusts, climaxing a hilltop march of thirtyftwo yards, marked by the line plunging of sturdy Tuska and the running of willfokthefwisp Charlie McCarthy, co-captain of the eleven. In their next game, the Red and Black powerhouse really got rolling, walloping Crosby 38fO. Central scored in every period, three of the touchdowns being made by Tuska on short bucks through the line, and by Right End Tom Szymanski, once on a blocked kick, and again on a for' ward pass. The Reillymen then encountered Nor' walk and scored an easy triumph, winning handily, 13fO, and keeping intact their season's record of not having been scored upon. Halfback Bill Russo was lost to thc 'team for the rest of the season as the result of a fractured leg suffered while making a tackle. After being held to a scoreless first half, the Red and Black crushed a bruised and battered Bassick eleven in the latter half, 13-0, Tuska bucking over for both tallics. The highlight of the fray was a sixtyfeight yard return of an intercepted aerial by fleet McCarthy, aided by beautiful blocking. Hertofore undefeated Ansonia fell next to the Hilltopper Juggernaut, the Central' ites grinding out a convincing 6fO victory. .The Reillymen's winning score came in the second quarter on a halffyard plunge through the left side of the line by smashing Ray Tuska, after Central had marched twenty'six yards, in four plays. In chalk' ing up its fifth straight victory, the Central eleven remained unscored upon, and moved up to the front rank in the race for th: State Championship. The Hilltoppers' dreams, however, were rudely erased by an inspired Stamford FOOTBALL TEAM Right End, Charles Wildman: Right Tackle, William Reno: Right Guard, John Whittle: Center and Co-Capt., Paul Maecioccag Left Guard, Sidney Bridgeforth: Left Tackle, Ralph Avallon: Left End, Thomas Szymanski. Backfield, Left to Right: Charles McCarthy, Co-Capt., Gus Mamzi. Raymond Tuska, Edward Seperaek. I ve.

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