Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 33 BASEBALL The Canastota High School baseball team started its season with many in- experienced beys who were eager to put their strength and endurance a- gainst the more experienced boys ol neighooring high schools. As the sea- sen advanced those boys learned to play as a unit instead of as individ- uals and as a result the scores were closer and more victories were gain- ed. Paced by Steven Cimino, Canastota's star batsman, the team ended its sea- son with an enviable record of home runs and extra-base hits which have been rather scarce in past years at Canastota. Vincent Rossi and Stanley Sweet newcomers to the team, did fine work on the mound despite their lack of experience and the lack of other re- lief pitchers. We deeply appreciate the loyalty of the student body and thank them tor their fine spirit and sportsmanship as shown at all the local games. Letter men: Stanley Sweet, Vin- cent Rossi, A. Gaiavotti, S. Cimino, J. Rinando, W. Stearns, P. Hamlin, A. New, F. Morano, R. Jaquay, T. Schir- mer, S. Ezzo, Manager Donald Dew, Opponents Canastota Canastota 6 vs .........Snerrill 7 Canastota 9 vs .........Hamilton 17 Canastota 14 vs ........Cazenovia 3 Canastota 7 vs .........Sherrill 6 Canastota 20 vs ........tiamiicon 1» Canastota 7 vs ........Cazenovia 8 Canastota 7 vs ........Cazenovia 9 Canastota 3 vs ...........Oneida 14 Canastota 3 vs ...........Oneida 24 —RODNEY JAyUAr BOXING The Canastota High School boxing team enjoyed a fairly successful sea- son this year, it won second place honors in league competitions and in the final tournament. Its outstanding rcat was to defeat Oswego High for the first time since the boxing league was formed. Since their inception, tne boxing tournaments were previousy held ei- Iner at Oswego or Fulton, but this year Canastota had the honor of be- ing host to the league teams. Four members of our team won first place honors in the tournament. They were George Sorgello, in the 115 class, Leonard Nichols in the 125 pound class, Buster Hall 130 and Bennie Sgroi in the 145 pound class. They were awarded with gold medals. Second place winners included Joe Russitano in the 95 pound class; Louis Fiore in the 110 pound class; James Rinando in the 135 class ana Cnaries Moore at 150. Silver medals were a- warded to the secona place winners. Others who participated in the tournament but failed to receive med- als were: Frank Morano, 105 pound class; Eddie LaBlanc in the 120 pound class and Bill Tanner in the 140 pound class. Tanner’s chance of winning a medal was very good, but he had the bad luck of receiving a cut over his eye, which prevented him irom fighting. With the June graduation many of the veteran boxers will be missed in next year’s line-up. These will include James Rinando, Gerard LeBlanc, Bill Tanner, Bennie Sgroi, Charles Moore and Ivan Walters. —JAMES RINANDO WRESTLING This being the first year that Can- astota has had a wrestling team, not much was expected from it, but be- cause of the fine coaching of Bill Ostrynski and me way the boys re- sponded, our team was a success. We won two matches, tied one and lost five. Some we lost were only by a few points. Tnis a good record for a first year team and shows promise of good teams in the future. Only Charles Moore and Gerard LeBlana will be lost by graduation. The individual record of each boy is as follows: 95 lb. Shumard won 4, tied 1 lost 1. 105 lb. R. Wilde won 2, lost 4. (Continued on Page 35)

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32 THE TOOT K. E. SOCIETY The K. E. Society has had an en- joyable year, with many activities, both social and financial. The first meeting of the school year was held at the home of the Presi- dent, Hesper Hoyt. Names of candi- dates for membership were suggested, and eighteen joined the Society, tne initiation being held at the home ot Mary Tibbits, on October 27th. Since the membership had grown to such numbers, it was decided to hold future meetings in the High School instead of the homes. The K. E. Convention was held during the Thanksgiving Holiday, at Jamestown, N. Y. Mary Jane Alban- ese, Patricia Wallace and Lillian Ben- ishek were our representatives. In November, Mrs. Damschroeder, the former Miss Eaton, resigned as Advisor of our Society and her place was taken by Miss Goff. Early in December, we sponsored a card party to raise money for the ex- pense of the Annual Ball. It was one of the most successful projects ever undertaken, netting us $26. December 26th, was the time decided on for the Ball, which was held in the gymnas- ium, the decorations being blue and white. Many attended and it was a very enjoyable affair. In January, the election of new offi- cers took place. They are, as follows. President, Mary Tibbits; Vice Presi- dent, Lorna Weimer; Treasurer, Mary Morecroft; Chaplain, Betty Smith; Recording secretary, Phyllis Woolsey; Corresponding Secretary, Barbara Gleason. No new members were initiated in January. The Mar-Mac Tea Room in Chitten- ango was the scene of our Annual Banquet, on the night of May 26th. Mr. D. R. McLean was the guest speaker. Miss Hesper Hoyt acted as Toastmistress, Mary Jane Albanese spoke in behalf of the old members and Doris Durfee for the new mem- bers. Dancing followed the dinner. We sincerely hope that the K. E. Society may go on to even greater glory during the next year. —BARBARA IMHOFE

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84 THE TOOT FOOTBALL Lack of material and inexperienced men for the backfield positions caus- ed C. H. S.’s football record to reach its lowest ebb in our history. Last September, Coach Schmidt met with the distressing problem of build- ing a team out of boys who were no- ticably lacking in weight and strength. A squad of about 25 candidates, of which 10 were veterans, spent the first three weeks under the direction of head coach “Pinky” Schmidt and Wallace Ostrynski, line coach, prepar- ing for their first game. Our team failed to click for various reasons, but as the season went along many of our faults were corrected. After meeting three defeats at Caz- encvia Central, Clinton and Oneida, we had our first home game with Lcwville. Misfortune overtook us in the closing minutes of the conflict to snatch the game away from us and give it to our opponents with a 14-13 score. Although we lost the next two games to Onondaga Valley and Fulton the boys kept on trying and taking it on the chin with the determination to do better in the next game. Our last game played here on an ideal Friday afternoon with Proctor of Utica, was a display of the old fighting spirit C. H. S. has been known for. Behind, at the half, the boys came back in the second frame to score the winning touchdown on a sustained drive from mid-field. Letter men are: Rudy Albanese, cap- tain; Jarvis Dew, Almon New, Vin- cent Setticase, James Rinando, Le- land Whipple, Herbert Wilde, William Tanner, Vernon Hall, Gerard LeBlanc, Charles Mcore, Clifford Osgooa, Tony Guifre, Donald Phipps, Ivan Walters, Reuben Halliday, Steven Cimino, Ben- ny Sgroi, and managers Ted Mero and Frank Morano. —HERBERT WILD 1 Virginia Allen: “You inherited your I Dominick Gatto: “No, I didn’t; he’s laziness from your father.” j got his yet. ”