Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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20 THE TOOT ences and animosities. For when one engages in sport of any kind lie must lay these aside and fight for common cause. I am writing this with one idea foremost in my mind, and that is the value of cooperation and unity. If I can impress this up- on the 1928-29 basketball team I can rightly feel that I contributed to their success though absent. The team next year will be built around C. Cappai- reli and Wm. Dew and the flock of substitutes coming up from Junior High look very good to me. In clos ing I hope that success may be en- joyed by both players and coach for 1928-29. —Arthur C. Fritz. Block Letter Men 1928-29, Divencen- zo, Captain; Capparelli, Moore, Fritz R. Dew, W. Dew, Sayers, Robison, Klock, Gustafson, Kneeskern, Mana- ger. BASKET BALL RECORD C. H. S. 13 .............Hamilton 16 C. H. S. 12 Most Holy Rosary 17 C H. S. 11 ....Nottingham High 15 C. H. S. 11 .... Morrisville Aggies 30 C. H. S. 18 ...............Alumni 17 C H. S. 17 ...Morrisville High 27 C. H. S. 14...Cazenovia High 20 C. H. S. 27 ...National Guards 6 C. H. S. 10 ........Sherrill High 19 C. H. S. 30 ....Chittenango High 8 C. H. S. 20 ......Sherrill High 30 C H. S. 38 ...Cazenovia High 18 C. H . S. 21...Morrisville High 23 C. H. S. 20 Morrisville Aggies 13 C. H. S. 14 ..Rome Free Academy 12 C H. S. 16 ......Nottingham High 10 C. H. S. 28 Chittenango High 13 C. H S. 22 ................Alumni 21 C. H. S. 13 ..Cazenovia Seminary 29 C. H. S. 23.. .Cazenovia Seminary 26 C H. S. 19 ................Holy Name 20 C. H. S. 26 ...............Holy Name 18 C. H. S. 20 ..Rome Free Academy 30 Totals 433 Totals 438 FOOTBALL Last September about twenty-two candidates reported for football. Most- ly raw recruits and considering the material at hand Mr. Schmidt cer- tainly rounded out a very fine team. We have to take our hats off to “Pinky.” Some of the boys showed up fair- ly well the first two weeks and the outlook for the hard schedule ahea:t wasn’t so bad. The first game of the season took place with our ancient rivals Oneida. The game was played in Canastota and a large crowd attended the game. For the first half the ball see-sawed back and forth across the field with neither side having any advantage ov- er the other. The half ended with the score 0-0. In the third quarter Oneida blocked one of our punts and scored a touchdown. We were unable to score the remainder of the game and it ended 6-0 with Oneida on the big end. After the Oneida game our squid dwindled down to about fourteen un- der these conditions we were forced to complete the strenuous schedule. Some of them were forced to play with injuries because there was no one to take their place and in this manner the team derived the name of “The Iron Men.” In order to tell just how good the team was last fall we will compare it with the games between various teams in our schedule. Oswego beat Oneida by a score of 26 to 0 and Ful- ton beat both Oneida and Oswego who were conquerors of the strong R. F. A. team. The prospects for the team next fall are rather bright and in about two more years I think that Canastc ta will have one of the finest teams. The block letter men for the pa'd year are: Torrey, Cady, Fazio, Rob-

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THE TOOT 15» BASEBALL 1928 Under guidance and coaching ot William Schmidt who is Athletic coach of all sports of C. H. S., the baseball team won three games and lost six. Although this record is no. what we wished it to be we accom- plished something by forming a team for the coming season. As we only had four men with experience on t ie team we considered it a good season, and the players who were working with Coach Schmidt every day found that he was a coach that appealed to ail of the fellows and for this reason the fellows gave all they had. His mo to seemed to be “Everything to gain and nothing to lose.” The fellows w io will return next year are all willing workers and with them we expect to have a strong team on the field. Those who will return for next sea- son are: “Holly” Gardinier, our old reliable right hander and “Lefty” Shaffer, Spadafora, Catcher; Gustaf- son, Armstrong, Bertelero, CappareUi, Grilli, and Damico for the infield. For the outer gardens Ken Clark, Ayers, Coleman. Pretta. One who will be missed is Harry “Lefty” Carman who pitched good ball for the team but had hard luck thru the season. The feature game of the year v« s with Cazenovia Seminary; We wron this game after a battle for eleven innings. Gardinier pitched nice ball all the way thru the game. The game ended 7 to 6 in our favor. Cazenovia used three pitchers but all fell to the licking of the local boys bats. We have one more game to play and that is with the Camden High School at Camden, and we are going to fight to the last to win. With Coach Schmidt back for next year and eight regulars Canastota looks for a great year on the diamond So we all take our hats off to Coach Schmidt and the boys for a great sea- son. —H. Moore The following is the schedule for (he past season: Away, Cazenovia Sem. 9, Canastota 3 Home, Rome Free Academy, 18 Can- astota 10 Home, Cazenovia Sem. 6 Canastota 7. Home, St. Aloysius 11, Canastota 0, Away, Minoa 3 Canastota 8. Home, St. Aloysius. 11 Canastota 0. Home, All-Canastota 3 Canastota Hign 1. Home, Minoa 2 Canastota 12. Block Letter Men include the follow- ing players: H. Moore, H. Carman, F. Gustafson, H. Armstrong, V. Grilli, C. Ayers, C. Capparelli, Capt. K. Clarke. R. Dew, F. Rommel, Manager. BASKET BALL Of the twenty-three games played on the court. C. H. S. emerged vic- torious in ten. This is not an envi- able record by any means. We hail everything that is essential for a winning team a gymnasium that is second to none in this vicinity, plen- ty of talented players and last but not least a fine coach, yet we could not reach the five hundred mark. There was one force working against us that prevented our winning many more games than we did and that force was indifference. I hope tb- t next year this factor will have dis- appeared along with all petty differ-

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TH£ TOOT 21 inson, Dew Scud, Dew F., Ackerman, Gutafson, Garrafolo, Capparelli, Ran- som, Rommel, Campbell, Mgr. The scores for the games are as follows: Oneida 6-0 Canastota. Oswego 20-6 Canastota Sherrill 6-0 Canastota. Fulton 0-0 Canastota. Utica 20-0 Canastota. Morrisville 12-0 Canastota. T rack Track was revived this year after having been abandoned for several years. But experience at Colgate taught us that a track team isn’t made in a year. Nevertheless the boys ar interested and want to try again next spring. GIRLS BASKET BALL The girls basketball season came to a close February the 25th with five victories and one tie to their credit and seven against it. The season was fairly successful and a great deal of credit goes to the coach “Miss Uke.' We must not forget either the credit due to the team itself. The team had four veteran players, Captain Sorci the smallest player, nevertheless out. of the best players. Mary Sicilia, our local Jack Dempsey and crack-for- ward, Alice Greiner our lanky center and Sarah Dailey, M3ry Sicilia’s side kick and forward. The rest of the team was composed of Jennie Mae Eaton and Veronica Capparelli. Due credit must also be given to the subs who stuck faithfully getting all the hard knocks. Charlotte Church, Helen and Ruth Greiner, “Peg” Cady and Eudora Sykes are the ones who de- serve this credit. We must not omit our manager Gurtha Talley. Th' team appreciates her efforts in seem- ing games for their successful sea- son. The team encountered many super- ior teams and fought hard for many of its victories and defeats. The team loses the four veteran players and everyone wishes them success in their future work. The games and scores are as fol lows: Canastota 26 .....“ Holland Patent ”7 Canastota 26 ......... Morrisville 17 Canastota 23 ..........“ Cazenovia 18 Canastota 15 ...............Alumni 8 Canastota 38 ........... “Sherrill 1 Canastota 33 ..........Chittenango 1 Canastota 33 .....Utica Y.W.C.A. 16 Canastota 13 .............Sherrill 23 Canastota 17 ..........Morrisville 9 Canastota 24 ............Cazenovia 21 Canastota 21 ..........Chittenango 7 Canastota 28 ....“ Utica Y.W.C.A. 33 Canastota 29 .....Holland Patent 22 Canastota 17 ... .‘Cathedral High 17 342 236 Road games Tough Enough “Grammar is most confusin’ thing” remarked Cassidy to his friend. “1 never can remember whether to say ‘It is I’ or ‘It is me’.” “I can give you a good rule on thal” replied his friend. “Just say over to yourself this rhyme: ‘It is I, said tae spider to the fly” and there ye are., A few days later the friend met Mike and inquired if the rule hau been of any help. “It would have been only for war thing,” replied Cassidy. I couldn’t for the life of me remember whether your rhyme was; ‘It is I, said the spi- der to the fly’, or ‘It is me, said the spider to the flea.” —Bbston Trans- cript. Uplifting Thought While you were reading this, Hemy Ford made ten dollars.—Harvard Lampoon.