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

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thu Hilltoppcrs wcrc climinatcd in thcir first match, losing to Ncw Haven Hillhousc, 2l 27. Howcvcr, in spite of thcsc sctlaaclcs, ncxz ycar's sqnatl proiniscs to makc a hcttci' showing, with tht- now cxpci'icm'ctl rcgu' lars. Flcischcr, whom Coach Rcilly called thc hcst hall handler on thc tcamu, Bcartls- worth, Markic, Rcilly, and pcrhaps Scpcr' ack forming thc nncli:us. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Unit junior Varsity games this ycar wcrc licltl tliirutly prccctliiig thc Varsity mccts. This bI.V. tcam at Camp CHS. was comf posctl ol' many ncwcomcrs, such as A1 Pao linc, l'ctc Tranquillo, Dan Rcilly, Rod Wiltlii1.nii, Etl Fay, and Dom Fcrrusi. As a wholly the tcam tlitl not tart' so wcll this past ycarg liowcvcr, through the practicc that thcsc hoys cxpcct to got this summer at thc Y.M.C.A., our tcam for thc ncxt fcw ycars can hc L-xpt-utr-tl to lvring much honor to Ccntral. HOME ROOM BASKETBALL Homc room haskcthall gamcs havc always hccn a liavoritc rccrcation of our usoltlicrsm at Canip OHS. Thi-y arc playctl aftcr sghool in thc gym on various days of th: wuck. Thu coinpctition was vcry kccn all suprcmacy was climaxcd hy a tic hctwccn rooms 223 and 125. Thr rivalry was ox- trcmcly kccn hctwccn thcsu two contcstants laccausc hoth sitlcs wcrc composctl of lvoys who played on thc Varsity tcam. This pcrpctual suspcnsc addcd to thc cxcitcmcn: of thc hattlc, and cvcryonc agrcctl that the Homc Room Lcaguc gamcs this ycar wcr: among the hcst cvcr playcd, ln the final homc room championship gamc, room 223 ross up in thc closing quarter to trouncc room 125 hy thc scorc of 37f24. Bcnnctt and Hannon showcd the way for the losers hut their cxccllcnt playing was of no avail Shamiss and Mackic dcmonstratcd cxccllcnt svason, hnt towartls the cntl the hattlc for hasltcthall stratcgy. if Q. A - ei -A Q it C b in b i its HOME ROOM liASKE'I'l!Al.L CHAMPS I Row: Sum Alnholt. il Row: l':u'l Wililmnn. .lam--s Mzwkiv, 'l'hvoiluru Shimltus. nnilinpzz Virloi' Mast roizxnni. Russell Dohlq-su-in, this ms. J. V. BASKETBALL Julius Frnm'hi. Asst. Mgr., Cliarlvs Puolini, Peter 'l'ranquillo, James Mvvnun, Jzwk lhlm-ilswortli, Ted Shimlaus, Dun Hn-illy, Art Smilhkowski, Frank Slinko. Asst. Mgr.

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VARSITY BASKETBALL Left in Right: Edward Reilly, Conch L John Strachan. Irving Fleischer, Red Benn:-tt, George Diet- man, Guido Marsezlia, Neil Kelly, James Mackie, Joe Delle Fontaine. Mizr. X BASKETBALL VARSITY BASKETBALL The 19421943 edition of the Camp C.l'I.S. basketball team, which started the season with the hope of emulating the feats of the 1939 statefchampionship team, fell short of that major achievement, but did complete another successful season. Although its season was opened with two impressive victories, Central's basketball team was handicapped from the very start through the loss of regulars Lennie Cocco TT 'V Vis KN 'R Fi mfg' 'juz A ' ,,,j,x'-f ui . X- :. - sl Me' ' -.p . M: . P 11- ---- 11 :f-ww ls ' N. 'li .,,, ,. ., ,, Y '-'----'-H 1 .. . , , stake , at .,,. H xii - pk, me Q... .Mr -hh. 'iw .f .fs-- ,. --,- - I ,v.,,,,,i 0 A, W I .en w ' Xi' in-,,,sff'1-a r 111' fm, g gf' .1 I fi fp' fr: I3 .. .N m.v,,f ...., t A I Q, 4 V -V w Q . :,5,sfr?f7' l 26 and Glen Hamlin, upon whom Coach Eddie Reilly had banked his hopes for the year. Nothing daunted, Coach Reilly, with his ability to shape inexperienced material into a smooth combination, managed to put to' gether a team which won six out of thirteen games. It must be taken into consideration that our team had very little practice, be' cause several of the boys were working after school on defense jobs. Coach Reilly built his varsity around two capable forwards, George Dietman and Guido Marseglia, who formed a good otfen' sive duo. Throughout the season, Coach Reilly al' ternated in the various positions with var' sity members Sam Battaglia, Irving Fleischf er, john Saccone, Paul Raucci, Ed Seperack, Jack Beardsworth, Neil Kelly, Haywood Clarke, jim Mackie, and john Wzillzice. Red Bennett, after a brief absence, came lback to the team and sparked them to a few victories with his fine ball handling. The team started i.s slate in an impressive fashf ion, 'defeating Fairfield in the opener, 4146, and crushing Norwalk, 47f16. The Reilly' men dropped one to Bassiek, 2466. and from then on went through the season in il seefsaw manner. In the state tournament, Il

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BASEBALL Opening the season with a victory over Fairfield, 6 f 4, the Hilltop nine went on to further victories on the diamond. Among others lost to Camp C.H.S. from the nine players last year were Carl Mufcherino, Emmett Curley, Larry Clabby, Fritz Luci' ano, Tommy Clancy, and john McCarthy. This year's squad was captained by Neil Kelly, who gave orders from behind the plate. The hurling assignments were given to frosh Pete Tranquillo, and Fauni Petrides. Frank Pinto held down first base with joe Delle Fontaine covering the key' stone sack. In the hot corner was Buck Buchanan, while Ray Hanson performed at shortstop. Out in the daisies Red Wildmaii and Paul Raucci alternated on the right. George Tiny Hein patrolled center, and jim Mackie covered the left field. In their second clash of the '43 season, the Reillymen defeated Stamford, 2 f 1, in a close, pitched battle. The general outlook for the 'baseball season at Camp C.H.S. was pretty gloomy, but Coach Reilly def cided that this was a poor time to drop any competitive sport, since our government stresses competitive athletics. So Camp C.H.S. issued a call for 'baseball candidates, and about ninety boys responded. After the usual weeding out, twentyfone boys were selected to carry the red and black colors. i 2 BASEBALL BASEBALL Row 1, Left to Right: Paul Ruueei. Peter Tranquillo. George Ht-in, Raymond Hanson, Francis Slinko. Row 2. Left to Rinzht: Coach Reilly, Joseph Delle Fontaine, Fred Pctrides. Neil Kelly, Frank Pinto, Richard Shannon. 'Row 3, Left to Right: Georize Brown. Raymond Milyo, Charles Wildman, James Mackie, Donald Champagne. A r t h u r Buchanan. Richard O'Connell. Richard Eddinger, Anthony Napoli, Edward Seperack. Since there were only three boys remain' ing from last year's squad, an entire new team was built. After the victories over Fairfield and Stamford, our C.H.S. players blew the Bassick game in the sixth inning after leading 4 f 0. Inexperience started to tell, for the freshman sides of the infield went to pieces and when the battle was over, we were on the short side, 6 f 5. The next game with Greenwich was .1 dandy up to the sixth inning when, one: again, inexperience entered the game and after tieing up the score and going ahead in the ninth, we fell down in the eleventh inning and lost 4 - 3. Although our season was not wholly victorious, our object, to build better Americans, was accomplished, SCHEDULE Central at Greenwich Central at Fairfield Stamford at Central Bassick at Central Central at Stamford Fairfield at Central Norwalk at Central Bassick at Central