Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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24 THE TOOT C. H. S. BASKETBALL TEAM 1st row: Clark, Perctta, S. Tornatore, Spadafora, Damico; 2nd. row: Gustaf- son, Peach, Capparelli (Captain), Shaffer, C. Tornatore, V. Kneeskern, (Mana- ger), Russo, Wood, H. Kneeskern, Kiock, Emml, DiMaro, Coach Schmidt. Block letter men for the year are as follows: D. Torrey, J. Ackerman, C. Capperelli, W. Dew, R. Coleman, W. Welcn, V. Grille, G. Gustafson, H. Norton, L. Lake, D. Grenier, G. Kiock, E. Burke, K. Clarke, S. Wood, E. Nichols, Manager T. Spadafora. The scores of the games played were: C. H. S. 0 Alumni 6 C. H. S. 0-------------------Rome 20 C. H. S. 0-----------------Oneida 27 C. H. S. O Morrisville 18 C. H. S. 6 Sherrill 18 C. H. S. 6-----------------Phoenix 0 C. H. S. 13------------St. Aloysius 6 —R. Coleman BASKETBALL Our basketball record this year is not an enviable one; yet very encour- aging to the eyes of the devoted fol- lowers of C. H. S. The basketball sea- son started off with the prospects for a fast combination to uphold the Al- ma Mater. Then due to ineligibility and injuries, several of the seasoned men were lost; leaving a willing, yet unseasoned group of boys to pick from. From only this material Coach Schmidt molded a fast team which finished fifth in the North Central New York Basketball League. Many of this year’s letter men will be available for next year; with the result that C. H. S. ought to have a winning team. Block letter men for the year were: Capt. C. Capparelli, G. Gustafson, F. Peretta, C. Tornatore, S. Tornatore, G. Shaffer, K. Clarke, C. Damico, G. Kiock, V. Kneeskern, Manager. The scores for the year were: C. H. S. 8----------------Norwich 13 C. H. S. 10 ---------------Minoa 15 C. H. S. 20 St. Aloysius 24 C. H. S. 23----------Chittenango 13 C. H. S. 9-------------Hamilton 29 C. H. S. 13 Fulton 11

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THE TOOT 23 C. H. S. FOOTBALL TEAM 1st Row: K. Clarke, J. Reed, S. King, L. Waldo, (Asst. Manager), C. Dentler, E. Burke, F. Verro; 2nd row: C. Capparclli (Captain), H. Norton. L. Lake, R. Coleman, G. Klock, E. Welch, VV. Dew; 3rd row: H. Kneeskern, (manager) D. Greiner, S. Wood, G. Gustafson, E. Nichols, W. King, V. Grilli, Coach W. C. Schmidt, Jr. FOOTBALL The 1928 football season as a whole was a success considering the acci- dents which happened to the team. Three of the players were injured in the first of the season, and Captain Torrey was absent—these were great misfortune to the team. Coach Schmidt although he had a squad of 22 men at first, had to build a team out of last year’s Junior High team and a few veterans. Football “dope” was upset when in the last game of the season, we de- feated St. Aloysius. St. Aloysius had defeated Rome, and this team had de- feated us in the first game of the sea- son. This last game showed the kind of team we had, and what Coach Schmidt could do with a squad of in- experienced men. Our first four losses were due to the fact that Canastota had for the year to build a team out of a squad composed mostly of men who have never played football before they came into high school. This makes it very difficult for the coach to produce a winning team until the season is most over. If every boy who comes into Junior High would go out for the Junior High team and learn the rudi- ments of the game, when he comes into high school the coach would have more of a chance to make a winning team. At the end of the season the team was given a banquet; block letters were given out, and John Ackerman was elected Captain for 1929. Much praise is due Mr. Schmidt for the work he accomplished this year, and we all hope with his continued efforts and our co-operation next year, we will have a team that Canastota can be proud of. The prospects of Canastota’s having a winning team next year are bright, for most of this year’s players will be back.

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THE TOOT 15 his notes around and to converse with the teachers for him. Mrs. Smith—Who teaches physics, algebra and biology. Who also, for a side line trains leaping frogs, legless tadpoles and barking dog fish. She is known by those who went to Wash- ington as Aunt Vera”. Although her classes are large they are always quiet. Miss Colton’s—specialities are home economics, interior decorating and management. Her aim is to make the world safe from divorce. Miss Mackey—Our History teacher for the past three years. She is known for her daily speech, “This is Ameri- can History, not kindergarten.” Her smiling face and cheerful manner have been a great asset to her his- tory classes. CLASS PROPHECY A few days ago as I was strolling down the Riviera I chanced to meet an old school mate of mine. It was Don Greiner all dolled up like no- body’s business. I asked him what he was doing and he replied that he was now proprietor of the Madison Theatre in Oneida. He also said that he was running a special matinee for all the boys and girls wishing to skip school. I told him that I was now superintendent of schools in Canasto- ta and this led to general gossip a- bout dear old days in C. H. S. Having taken leave of Don I set sail in my yacht, which was com- manded by my trusted captain, Char- lie Capparelli. I had as my guests on the yacht the famous “Jazz King” Max Freeman and his wife, who was formerly Gladys Fritz. We arrived at our destination which was Hamburg, Germany comparative- ly soon and heard Martin Gruber in a great concert hall, playing as ac- companist to the prima donna, Iva Keller. After the concert we congratu- lated them on their success and they invited us to dinner with Richard Coleman, the great dramatist as an- other guest. The next next morning we set sail for Sweden, where we found that George Gustafson was teaching Eng- lish (or what he considered English) in the Swedish public schools. Having talked over old times with “Olle” we renewed our voyage with South Amer- ica as our next stop. Here we found Marguerite Morrow, Marjorie Relyea and Jessie Mott runing an orphanage for crippled dogs. Having rounded Cape Horn we headed for Australia where Rosario Patane and Sherry Wood had just re- turned by air plane from their sum- mer home in Canastota. They spoke of the old friends they had met and told us that Marie Roberts otherwise known as “Fatso” is now running a beauty parlor in Whitelaw. Eetty Mus- acchio, they further told us is the head nurse of Canastota Memorial Hospital with Dr. Edward Nichols as her chief and nurses Santa Ponticello and Anna Kolar as her assistants. We thanked Rosario and Sherry for their information and proceeded on our journey. We reached the Philli- pines and docked our yacht at the boathouse of Floyd Wilson, who was now a millionaire merchant. That same evening we met Vernon Knees- kern who was in the Phillipines as a United States government surveyor, with Harold Williams as his assistant. Vern told us that Thelma Harrington was raising strawberries on an es- tate outside of Manila with Marjorie Homan and Martha Calhoun as her partners. On our way back to America we stopped at Cataline Island and found that Edwin Welch was directing a large moving picture company with Dorothy Braun as manager. When we reached home we each went back to our positions feeling that our trip had been a great suc- cess. We felt sure that the public would receive a great deal of benefit in one way or another from the pres- ence of every member of the class of 1929. —Elsie Williams