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

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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

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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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Bon Habros, Denis Masotti, and Stan Kosakowski made the All-Star team. Besides the All-Star rating, Valuable Playern and the Most Sportsmanshiplike fullback Bon Habros received the leagues Most Playern awards. He was also the top scorer in the league. All-Star quarterback, Denis Masotti, led the Gael attack by using good judgment all the way. Stan Kosakowski, All-Star guard, was a boulder on defence and, on offence, he opened holes a mile wide. He was the youngest and heaviest All-Star. Halfbacks Armando Borsato and Roger Yachetti were given honorable mention when the All-Stars were chosen. Both played well on defence and on offence they gained valuable yardage. End Bon Granatier was selected on the All-Star team last year but this year he played with a painful shoulder which he dislocated last season. However, his blocking was excellent, opening up holes in the end for the back- freld. Centre Pete Carson fortified the middle of the line. Carson was moved from tackle to centre before the season got under wayg his height and ability strengthened the middle of the line. Ends Art Laush and Vince Hubbard returned from last year's squad and played fine ball. Bob Mahler. Walt Hayes and Barry Bepa, blocked and caught well at their end positions. The tackles, Phil Mazza, Art Sebastion, Bill Kirk and Emil Crosman, were big and rough. Crosman and Kirk tackled hard and rough on defence, Mazza and Se-bastion opened the holes for the backfield on offence. Len Kuehinski, Paul Hogan, john Nowaski, and Peter Gravelle filled in the guard positions. The four guards skilfully rushed, tackled and blocked the opposition. Bill Meehan, on offence, played centre but on defence he played corner linebacker with one thing in mind, Stop the ball carrier . Quarterback Basil Mercury replaced All-Star quarterback Denis Masotti who moved to halfback. Mercury proved that he was a fine quarterback mixing up and carrying the play exceptionally well. John Ben, Bob Boyle, Rudy Didimenico and john Pennylegion proved themselves as fine reserve backs. -Eif- fjgwsifff Page Twenty-eight Mike VVilcox handled the kicking for the team. The punt returners were Ted Carney and Bob Ben who did a fine job running back punts. Hats off to Mr. Dick Tighe and his able assistant Mr. Don Dunn. Mr. Dunn takes time off from work to coach the line and as usual did a tremendous job. Mr. Tighe had a busy season because of the inex- perience of his rookies: his task was done superbly. The managers, John Pennington, James Began and Murray Mazza, were always on hand ready to give their assistance. Next year with almost all the players back the Gaels stand a good chance of bringing back the Championship. f sv f ,, xi i i g.gg-4 fy 1 MW' Wig ' , jf Qzwf My N I 7 fi? ' :Ai sz if f 4. 3 L x we: f A i i im , f . z. I , 1 l I f' ffl l R z Q ff r H 7- if J HEAR l PAUL IIA IWEI1' TEEN'S CHOICE i DAILY 3.00 A.M. 900 CHML The Orbit, 1957-1958