Cathedral High School - Orbit Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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The y Wanted li Int Un The W .S'ubiect...A ml I' ilzey Gut t! II' was people wifh inquisiliveness and a sense of experimenl in l'he early. slruggling days of Hamillon 'I'ha+ broughl 'rhe 'Firs-I' Iighling 'ro homes and 'FacI'ories. In a IiHle collage on Main Slreel. a family Ihal had been engaged in 'Ihe work in England, pr-oduced I'he 'lirsl sulphur malch in I830. Then fhe firs'I use of nalural gas as an illuminanl' in Canada was in Ihe Old Mill al Mounr Albion, on 'rhe easiern par'r of 'rhe mounlain. The Young brolhers of Hamillon +ook a role in if, loo, by following up wifh +he use of pelroleum in +he shape of a burner 'For 'Ihe family lamp - somelhing quile new for Canadians. ' Famous in 'rhis line was Charles Willson, a chemis+ of York S1-reel, who disc-ov- ered acelylene gas - one of 'Ihe more remarkable individual achievemenls in Ihe growing Iown. Willson had a small room over a blacksmirh shop and liked fo fry his +aIen+ in experimenls. THROUGH EXPERIMENT AND ORGANIZATION THE GREAT INDUS- TRIAL TRIUMPHS OF HAMILTON HAVE MADE ITS NAME FAMOUS . . . WITH IT HAS GROWN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR, NOW MORE THAN IIO YEARS OLD, AND AT A CIRCULATION FIGURE OF OVER l00.000 COPIES E ERY DAY. To be SURE of what you read - Be Sure Io read . E a Hamillllan Smrlallm SERVING CANADA'S GOLDEN HORSESHOE 'Eslalolished I846 ' I Page Twenty-six The Orlait, 1957-1958

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i The Orbit, 1957-1958 Page Twenty-five

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Front Row ll. to r.J - Pinnington, Hubbard, Meehan, R. Ben, Habros, Borsafo, Yachetti, Kosakowski, DiDomenico, M. Maza. Second Row Boyle J Ben Kuchynski Gravelle Carney Masotti P I - , . , , i 1 , ennyleg'on, Wilcox. Third Row - Nowachi, Sebastien, Mercury, Laush, Hayes, Grossman, Kirk, Mazza. Fourth Row - Regan, Father O'Brien, Granatier, Repa, Carson, Hogan, Mahler, Father Maftice, Don Dunn lline coachl, Mr. Tighe lhead coachl. SENIOR FOOTBALL Under the competent hands of hlr. Dick Tighe, the Galloping Gaels of '57 appeared, at first, to be a very inexperienced squad. The team was comprised of only eight members of the '56 squad, along with twenty-one rookiesg of these only eight graduated from the Junior while the remaining had never played organized football before. The inexperienced Blue and White reached their first objective-the cham- pionship game. This was a hard-fought game and unfortunately the Gaels bowed to a hustling Delta squad to be thwarted of their principal objective- the championship. Prior to the opening of the season, the Gaels spent three days at football camp where the rookies learned a lot about the fundamentals of blocking and tackling which were stressed by Mr. Tighe. In the pre-season exhibition game against St. Michaels of Toronto, statistically the Irish outplayed their opponents, but due to Cathedral miscues the game ended in a 12-12 UC. The season began with a surprising 33-8 win over Westdale. With nine players out with influenza, the Gaels provedthat they had bench strength .by The Orbit, 1957-1958 walloping Central 21-O. Cathedrals first taste of defeat since the fall of 1955, was a close 4-O loss to Delta. Due to sickness which deprived us of the services of stars like Habros, Borsato, Masotti, and Yachetti, the lrish lost two games. Westdale surprised the Gaels with a 14-6 victory and De La Salle walloped Cathedral 42-12. The team began to roll again with a 19-14 win over Central. The Gaels earned a bye into the senior 1-I.I.A.C. football final by thumping Delta 27-12. Cathedral, Delta, and Westdale were tied for first place but since Cathedral had the best for and against record they got the bye. At Civic Stadium the stage was set for one of the closest fought games for the I'l.I.A.C. crown in many years. When the gun sounded for half-time Delta had a close 9-7 lead and after the final gun Delta was on top 22-8. The Irish didn't stop fighting until the final whistle but the opposition proved too strong to be halted. The frequent champions tasted defeat and Hamilton had a new interscholastic cham- pion. Page Twenty-seven