Christian Brothers Academy - Cadet Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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Cnoss COUNTRY Firsl Row, left to righ1+T. Myers, G. Mat timore, D. Maloney, R. Davis, F. Lloons J. Nlcllarthy, W. Gould. Second Row-E. Burns, M. Harte, W Toomey, T. Harrold fllaptainj, E. Carty, J. Gagnon, W. Evans, A. Kilmartin lMan- agerb. Third Row-Rev. Brother George Clloachj, D. Hickey, T. Ryan, M. Ryan, J. McGar- rahan, R. Konis, T. Harrison. Jlflixsing from Piflure---T. Brown, D. Lutey A. Loring. CROSS COUNTRY The Hill and Dalers of C-.B.A., who were coached by Brother A. George, had a very success- ful season. Besides compet-ing in a duel meet against Mount Pleasant in which G.B.A. lost by a 25-30 margin, the team ran in several open meets and fared well in all of them. Six men formed the nucleus of the team and three of them will return next season. The six men included Tom Harrold, Captain of the '48 tcamg Ed Garty, a junior who was number one man for C.B.A. in all open meets this year, Tom Brown, who pressed Carty all season and therefore finished well in every meet, Don Gavin was his usual dependable self. while Dave Lutey and Don Harte were consistent. G.B.A. placed eleventh at Utica in an open meet and followed this with nineteenth place in the Manhattan Open. third in the Whileshoro Meet and fourth place in the Grout Memorial. Then, to add to a successful season, the harriers captured third place in the Prep School division of the National Finals at South Orange, New Jersey. In this meet, the Purple and Gold encountered the toughest competition of the season. The boys came through with flying colors as Garty was sixth, Brown seventh, Gavin eleventh, Harrold thirteenth. Harte fourteenth and Lutey fifteenth. Some of the other boys who were up there were Bill Toomey, Jim Gagnon, Mike Ryan. Dick Davis, John NIcGarrahan and Dick Konis. Lfff I0 Right-fD. Lutey, D. Gavin, li. Ciarty, T. Harrold lllaptw, T. Brown, D. Hart.

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ltezl, lef! Io lighl- R. Schiller, ll. ter, TV. Niuldcrry, Rivers, R. Fortuna. Standing--Rev. Brother A. Michael K oach , H. Barr, T. Kicilarthv, FRESHMAN BASKETBALL The freshman basketball team. under the able coaching of Rev. Brother john. had a very success- ful season. They not only won a majority of their games, but they also won most of them by com- fortable margins. The team featured a close-built defense and a good scoring punch. Brother John entered the team in the Times-Union tournament under the name Seabees and trounced their opponents. i'The Hoopstersu. 46430. Hickey led the team with 12 points. The team thus advanced into the semi-finals. where they beat the Baby Lionsw. 38-22, to qualify for the tournament finals. O'Heaney. a versatile freshman. led the team to victory by scoring ll points. The team entered the finals with everybody very tense and nervous. The scoring was kept at a minimum. with the score changing hands often. At the termination of play. the score was tied. ln the overtime. the i'Red Chiefsl' emerged victorious. 18-17. The bright spot in the event was that O,Heaney was awarded a trophy for being high scorer in the tournament. although tied with another player. TVith stalwarts like Hickey. McVeigh and O'Heaney. just to men- tion a few of the freshmen. The Purple and Gold of the future is going to be hard to beat. Pxiznus Seated. lejl to right W. McVeigh, O'Hcaney, Pulco, L, Joyce, T. Rivers, V. Paulson. Slflilrlirzg U. Mattiinore and TV. Gould IfXIgrs.J, Kfurphv, F. Phelan, W. Hunt, C. Bogiages, D. Hickey, Rev. Brother Bernard John Klloachl, MIDGET BASKETBALL The midget basketball team had a successful season under the capable coaching of Rev. Brother Azarias Michael. The team finished the season with a .667 average. winning ten out of fifteen games. At times they were pitted against much taller boys, and in most eases they cut their oppo- nents down to their own size. The team was led offensively by Barr. His hustle and fighting spirit seemed to be the little extra something that urged his teammates on to greater team play. The midgets thus learned. in spite of their handicap of lack of size, a great deal of self- assuranee and poise. with great promise of making the varsity in future years. This season was marked by several interesting games. among which we saw the midgets rebound from a 26f25 setback at the hands of St. James to trounce the same team, 43--30. As in most of their contests. Barr led the scoring, this time collecting 18 points. Brother Michael and his team of Mighty' Midgetsii should be congratulated on their very successful season. Minor-:Ts Evans, fl. Roche, TV. Prime.

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'UR if eel, v 'V' . ,MW TRACK SQUAD First Row, left to 1ightfJ. Conway, D. Maloney, J. Noonan, D. Lutey, R. Tommaney, D. Hart, R. Daum, Pelgrin, G. Fisher, R. Goulty, Ravella, P. Kane, F. Lasch. Second Rott'-fJ. Brennan, F. Mulderry, R. Burke, Kavanaugh, A. Loring, H. Schafer, H. Shannon, H. Nolan, W. Kavanaugh, Miller, J. Ferraro, H. Fronk. Third R0w7A. Kilmartin fMgr, 1, D. Williams, D. Gavin, J. Powers, J. Murtagh, E. Angell, E. Carty, R. Zangrando, R. Raum, T. Paffenback, T. Brown, C. Doukas CMgr.l. Fourth Rott -J. Gagnon, W. Toomey, WV. Cashin, H. McGuigan, T. Harrold 1Capt.j, M. Ryan, J. Bottleberger, J. Joyce, G. Deyo, G. Murphy, McGarrahan, R. Burns, J. McEvoy. Fifth Row-N. Fiscarelli, Donohue, R. McNamara, R. LaLonde, R. DeStefano, J. Kavanaugh, J. Okonski, W. Glavin, D. Fitzgerald, W. Massad, W. Burt, T. Grifiin, R. Filkins, J. Reed. TRACK The 1949 edition of the varsity track team has a big job on its hands if it intends to equal the record of the thinclads of last year. But with Brother George, successful cross-country moderator, at the helm, it is very possible that he and the varsity will again retain the City Track Championship which C.B.A. has held for the past four years. Our lone loss in dual competition last season was to the highly touted Mont Pleasant squad. which won its twenty-first consecutive dual meet in a three year period. Records for both schools were broken as Ed Barber. Pleasant's National scholastic champ, tossed the twelve pound shot 54 feet 5 inches for a new school record. It was so good Rt v. Brother A. George talks with track men Nb that C.B.A.'s Joe Bietka had to top his schoolls mark with a 47 feet 8 inch heave to take second place. Tom Scherer. C.B.A., set a new school mark in the broad jump with a leap of 22 feet 3 inches. Our wins in the 100. 440. mile. broad and high jumps were not sufficient to offset the points gar- nered by Pleasant in the 220, 880. hurdles, relay. and the remaining field events. Mason was victori- ous for C.B.A. in the 100, while McGill took the 440. and Harrold the mile run. Tommy Scherer, winner of the broad jump. also outclassed the field in the high jump. The hnal tally: Mont Pleasant 61. Christian Brothers .Academy 43. Following the Mont Pleasant meet. C.B.A. ran a dual meet against Albany Academy and really made a field day of it. The Purple and Gold made a clean sweep of the 100. 220, 440, discus. and the high jump. In winning the shot put, Bietka tied the record he had made the week before. and a sag in the cross bar was the only thing preventing the 6 foot 4 inch record set by Tommy Scherer in the high jump from becoming official. Clark, Levitto and Hinkel were 1. 2, 3, for the Brothers in the 100 yard dash, Levitto and Hinkel teamed up with McGill to sweep the 220, the 440 sweep was made by Mason. Roche and Bfurphy. It was in this event that Mason ran the 440 in 53.2, his record for the season. In the discus, Batkiewicz, Zan- grando. and Bietka were triumphant. while Scherer. Mason, and Boice took the high jump. Ed Harvey, Dennis Murnane. Tom Scherer and Ed Angell were victorious in the mile. 220 low hurdles, broad jump. and pole vault respectively. When the final score had been tabulated C.B.A. had 83 1,3 points to 201.8 for the Cadets of Albany Academy.