Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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18 THE TOOT C. H. S. BASKETBALL TEAM Front row, Grilli,, S. Tornatore, Russo, D’Amico, K. Clarke, De Mauro. Back row. Coach Schmidt, C. Tornatore, Spadafora, Lake, Shaffer, Fritz, Dinneen, Mgr. BASKETBALL Out of 25 candidates on the basket- ball squad, Coach “Pinky Schmidt turned out a team which ended one of the most successful seasons in the history of the school. For the first time in seven years we defeated our old rival, Oneida. Out of the ten lea- gue games played we won six and lost four. We were tied with Oneida for second place in league and Oneida refused to play off the tie. Block C’s will be awarded to: C. Tornatore, T. Spadafora, L. Lake, S. Tornatore, T. Russo, G. Shaffer, V. Grilli, C. D’Amico, J. DeMauro, D. Fritz, K. Clarke and Manager J. Di- neen. Individual points scored are: C. Tornatore—109 S. Tornatore—69 L. Lake—97 G. Shaffer-39 T. Russo—37 C. D’Amico—10 J. DeMauro—6 D. Fritz- 4 K. Clarke—2 T. Spadafora—68 V. Grilli—12 Record of Games Canastota 12 Minoa 10 Canastota 16 ------------Sherrill 11 Canastota 17 Alumni 8 Canastota 20 Nottingham 32 Canastota 43---------------Fulton 51 Canastota 29 Hamilton 11 Canastota 32 Oneida 15 Canastota 26 Cazenovia 30 Canastota 24 --------------Oswego 38 Canastota 20 Rome Free 14 Canastota 32 Minoa 23 Canastota 19 Sherrill 14 Canastota 13----------Nottingham 23 Canastota 25 --------------Fulton 20 Canastota 21 Morrisville 26 Canastota 19 Hamilton 18

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17 THE TOOT C. H. S. FOOTBALL TEAM Front How left to right, Verro, J. Robison, Weimer, K. Clarke, DeMauro, Ol- cott, Herlan, Farnach. Second row, Dougherty, M. Hough, Grilli, Shaffer, Coach Schmidt, Lake, Maloney, A. Robison. Third row, Keiler, Burke, Bellamy, Nor- ton, F. Clarke, L. Hough. FOOTBALL When Coach “Pinky” Schmidt issued the call for football in September, the response wes the largest in his four years as Coach of C. H. S. Nine letter men end sixteen new recruits were the b°sis of the squad. The team had the best record in his- tory of the school. For the first time Oneida did not score upon us in foot- ball and the game ended in a tie of -0. Of the eight games played we won 4 end lost 2 and tied 2. The only teams that defeated us played for the sectional championship. The following men will receive Block Letters: “Art” Robinson, “Bay” Clarke, “Ken” Clarke, “Jim” Maloney, “Laddie” Lake, “Pidge” Norton, “H” Bellamy, “Sammy” Finnochario, “Ed” Burke, “Roundy” Hough, “Vic” Emmi, “Vinnie” Grilli, “Half-pint” De- Mauro. The outlook for next year’s team is very promising and next year they will beat Oneida. The football scores for the season were: Canastota 0 Hamilton 6 Canastota 0 ..Rome Free Academy 18 Canastota 0 Oneida 0 Canastota 2 Fulton 0 Canastota 6 St Aloysius 0 Canastota 6 Phoenix 13 Canastota 13 Manlius 6 Canastota 0 Fayetteville 0 C H. S. 42 Opp. 43 —Herbert Norton

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 19 I IK TOOT JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL TEAM Front row, Caglia, Bartholomay, Luccarelli, Farnach. Back row, Gardner, Davis, McLean, coach; A. Masucci, Murphy. Canastota 16 Oswego 21 Canastota 13 Cazenovia 12 Canastota 17 Rome Free 16 Total 435 417 — Herbert Norton JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL The Junior High basketball team coached by Mr. McLean turned out a name for Canastota that will stand. The boys all interested in basketball composed three teams. By the perfect playing each team was as good as the one preceding. The teams played 16 games and won twelve having an av- erage of .750. Canastota Jr. High Basketball Minoa 10 C J H. 31 Reserves 6 C. J. H. 7 Oneida 13 C. J. H. 13 Oswego 20------------- C. J. H. 14 Reserves 15 C. J. H. 19 Rome 4 C. J. H. 16 Minoa 15 C. J. H. 18 Sherrill 10 C. J. H. 18 Reserves f4 C. J. H. 8 Oneida 22 C. J. H. 23 Hamilton 10 C. J. H. 19 Oswego 15 C. J. H. 13 Rome 19 C. J. H. 21 Fulton 13 C. J. H. 6 Hamilton 10 C. J. H. 15 Total 196 241 Canastota Jr. High Football The Junior High football team that Mr. McLean turned out was a clean, hard fighting group. Although they lost all their games the experience gained was worth their efforts and next year Coach Schmidt will have some recruits that will know some- thing of the game.