Cazenovia Central High School - Owahgena Yearbook (Cazenovia, NY)

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Basketball The Cazenovia Central School basketball team, while not able to main- tain as high a percentage of victories as the two other major sport teams, nevertheless gave a good account of itself throughout the season. Several strong teams such as Manlius, Hamilton. Chittenango. Canastota and Sher- burne met defeat at the hands of the local quintet and so the name of Caz- enovia was far from disgraced on the basketball court. Our team was highly erratic however. At times the boys looked like the proverbial million dollars but at others they looked like a disorganized mob getting nowhere fast. Inability to win games off the home court also proved disastrous to our boys as they failed to win a single game away from home. On the home court, however, they had much better luck and dropped but two games, one to Morrisville High in an upset and another to Onondaga alley of Syracuse. Cazenovia also had the honor of being invited to play in the class C Sectional tournament. The team accepted the invitation and played Sher- ill in the opening game of the tournament. The local boys, however, had 'double getting used to the large Sherrill court and when the smoke of bat- tle had cleared away Cazenovia was on the short end of a 34-20 count. When the season opened it appeared that Cazenovia would put a team of veterans on the floor composed entirely of Seniors. Some of these men, however, did not measure up to their expected form and as a result several youngsters were given opportunity to break into the lineup. The newcom- ers, Wager, Hanlon, Don and Dan Kennedy should form a nucleus for a strong quintet next year. I he captaincy of the team was held by Stanley Jillson who played both forward and guard throughout the season. Charlie Gregg at center was the team’s high scorer and the defensive ace was Warnie Gardner. These three men were the backbone of the team all season and all will be missed next year. Others who saw considerable service this year and who will not be eligible another year are Klmer Bar her. Don Ca llahan and Tom Ryan. The season’s scores: Clinton Cazenovia 15 Opponents 29 Morrisville Cazenovia 27 Opponent 42 Hamilton 18 12 Manlius 27 19 Morrisville 17 30 Canastota 16 28 Sherburne 20 26 Sherburne 22 21 Manlius 8 25 Canastota 23 22 Valley 18 24 Chittenango 20 30 Chittenango 20 18 Sherrill 20 34

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Howard Lieurance and Cliff Means, the heaviest men on the team, played the entire season together at tackle and either would have been very difficult to displace. Dan Kennedy and Warnie Gardner both performed sensationally at ends throughout the season. The triple threat ace of the baekfield was Merritt Means who did the punting and passing as well as bucking the line. Joe Otvos at left half was the defensive ace of the baekfield besides reeling off his share of yard- age on off tackle plays. At the other halfback positions Eddie Clarke and Rill Feidt alternated throughout the season, both being deadly tacklers as well as fast, shifty, swivel-hipped runners. Men who will be lost to the team through graduation include Capt. Gregg. Bill Feidt, Don Callahan, Cliff Means, Warnie Gardner and Phil Thomas. Though these men will be difficult to replace, the remainder of the squad, together with last year’s reserves, should form a strong nucleus for another season. How decisive this victorious season was for the local team is shown by the fact that they made 58 first downs to their opponents’ 26. Few passes were thrown but the record in this department shows 10 completions out of 17 attempts, while opponents were able to complete only 10 passes out of 51 attempts. The season’s record: Cazenovia 0 away Cortland 25 Cazenovia 6 home W. Winfield 0 Cazenovia 2 away Oxford 0 Cazenovia 12 home Greene 0 Cazenovia 7 away Moravia 0 Cazenovia 30 home Sherburne 0 Cazenovia 18 home Skaneateles 0 75 25

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Baseball inning ten games and losing only four, and also winning first place in tlie Madison-Chenango County Scholastic League, the 1933 baseball squad achieved a fine record for future teams to strive for. Possessing a fine in- field. which was well balanced as to hitting and defensive strength, a fair group of outfielders, and a capable pitching staff, the Cazenovia team out- classed practically every team it played. The team was captained by Joe Keating who played a bang-up defensive game all year at second base. Joe was the most dependable man on tbe ,quad in a pinch and his fielding skill more than oflset his lack of punch . 1 the plate. First base was adequately cared for by Don Doyle. Perhaps the outstanding pla er of the team was Cordon Chaphe at shortstop. Besides being its most dangerous hitter he came through with countless sparkling plays afield. Charlie Gregg was stationed at third base and defended the hot corner” admirably in every game. The outfield was shifted about considerably as the season wore along, the only man seeming certain of his job was Sid Means who held down center field throughout the year. Sid was a constant threat with the wil- low and batted in the cleanup position in batting order all year. The other men who shared the outfield duties were Joe Otvos, Warnie Gardner, Kenneth ye, Tom Ryan, Art Davies, and Elmer Barber. The main burden of the pitching was carried by Bill Goff and Art Davies. Goff was perhaps the better of the two but both turned in their share of victories for the Blue and Gold. The difficult job of catching was ably taken care of by Phil Thomas, who, besides his receiving skill, also carried a threat at the bat. The season's record: Cazenovia Opponents Cazenovia Opponents Georgetown 12 3 •Georgetown 8 5 Morrisville 11 1 •Morrisville 11 1 Cortland 23 IS Manlius 4 7 •New Woodstock 2 7 New % ood stock 5 10 •DeRuyter y 3 DeRuyter 3 V •Manlius 4 » •South Otselic 15 5 South Otselic 6 5 New Woodstcok 8 1 Gaines at home. 1»L ttfTWt