East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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 BASKETBALL Reading from left to right, first row: Charles Kehoe, lack Bradshaw, Paul Kolach, Coach William Fleishman, Robert Stakolich, Steven Lesiak. Second row: Monte Erwin, manager, Don Smith, Dick Kliever, Milton Sahlgren, Francis Moitus, Jack Farrell, Robert Pryatel, and Paul Tepley, manager. FOOTBALL Reading left to right, first row: Jack Zebkar, Joseph Somich, Richard Pritchard, Coach Frank B. Seiller, Coach Greg Conly, Coach Earl J. Ocker, Carl McSween, Oswald Zappa and Paul Kolach. Second row: Paul Tepley, manager, David Suguichi, Bruno Cappy, manager, Edwin Podolski, John Hribar, Lee Webb, Louis Ralston, William Denham, Pat DeFrancesco, Philip Kovalchuk, Tom Krantz, and Monte Erwin, manager. Third row: Carl Viviani, Raymond Grabowski, Robert Center, Walter Simpson, Anthony Ventresca, Grant Sarver, Casmir Cwalinski, William Mallory, James Tassie, Earl Eaton, and Daniel Hric.

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OUR HIT PARADE OF ’48 Dick Krajec Eugene Andrews Norman Petite Bob Keiter Bob Misch Charles Noll Bob Lynch Charles Groudle Andy Folkman Gilbert Jones Carl Viviani Paul Papcum Gerald Yarnold Wally Simpson James DeFabio Pat DeFrancesco Rudy Mariano Phil Kovalchuk Jim Tassie Frank Shimamura John Richardson Ray Heisner George Skenzic A1 Samperisi Lewis Snider Robert Nezu MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED HAPPIEST VOCALISTS SWEET AND SHY NIGHT-OWLS BRAINS FASHION-PLATES NEATEST BEST TALKERS BUSIEST BEST DANCERS GIGGLERS BIGGEST SMILE NICEST FIGURE PRETTIEST EYES NICEST PERSONALITY VERSATILE MOST ATHLETIC WITHOUT A CARE SLEEPIEST WORM'S EYE VIEW BIRD'S EYE VIEW CLOCK WATCHERS NICEST HAIR BASHFUL DREAMIEST Jean Chandler Janet Spumey Mary Pitterman Jean Weiss Frieda Vartabedian Evelyn Nicholls Rose Christopher Dorothy Briar Nancy Carbone Norma Fasciano Eva DiPippo Stella Klaich Mary Crooks Mary Valentine Nola Bailey Vera KanarefI Lois Merkle Verjean Kuivenen Albina Mongelluzzi Helen Mukavetz Josephine Turcoliveri Vera Sosa Eunice Martin Joanne Boyd Mary Sbroglia Dolores Anglovar Mary Jo McMahon Don Vanderhoff CLASS BY THEMSELVES

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FOOTBALL Although the '47 East High football club could not find the proverbial silver lining of the cloud that enshrouded the scholastic circuit in Cleveland, it was more effective than the scores indicated. The boys on the squad taxed their physical and mental capacities to the utmost in an effort to win. Ample proof of their exertion was the brilliant first half performances of the team. The lack of experience and depth, the scourge of the Conlymen through- out the season, was apparent in the annual opener which Shaw won, 34-6. The lone Blue and Gold tally came in the last period, a 70 yard march. In the following exhibition with Mansfield, the Bombers established a six- point halftime lead. However, the downstaters' replacements ripped the fa- tigued Deckerites for 28 markers in the final half to van, 28-6. East opened its Senate schedule with Central on September 27. Statistic- ally the Conleymen won, but mathematically the laurels went to the Trojans, 6-0. Three times the Bombers were halted within 10 yards of the end zone. On the successive week-ends the Eastites were outclassed 51-0 by Cathe- dral Latin and then 36-0 by Benedictine. The Cleveland News focused its scholastic spotlight on the East-John Adams game, played October 23. This see-saw contest resulted in a 6-0 triumph for the Rebels. Eager for victory, the Bombers engaged Glenville in a battle for the cellar status. The 19-12 victory of the Conlymen was the result of an underdog eleven refusing to accept an inferior rating. The Blue and Gold's only '47 session triumph occurred when Left End Wally Simpson passed 27 yards to Left Half Paul Kolach, who raced the remaw • ing 45 yards to paydirt. This erased a Glenville six point lead. Then Right Iialf Phil Kovalchuk circled right end for the extra point which gave the Eastites the unrelinquished lead for the remainder of the contest. Touchdowns scored on a 24-yard aerial play with Quarterback Joe Somich hurling to Left End Jack Hribar and a one-yard plunge by Somich increased chances of victory for the Conlymen. When the Eastites closed the season with a 27-6 defeat by East Tech, the scholastic gridiron careers of Jim Tassie, Carl Viviani, Phil Kovalchuk, Wally Simpson and Pat DeFrancesco, five members of the January '48 class terminated. The '47 football season rings down the curtain also on the successful coach- ing career of Gregory Conly, head football mentor at East High for a decade. To the football team and Coach Conly the January '48 class says, Thanks, men, for a nice try. Although the season was lean it nevertheless provided many thrills for everyone. Among the top remembrances are—'the referee biting the dust after being blocked out by Tassie in the John Adams game—the brilliant fire- work display in the second half of the Mansfield contest—an Eastite sports scribe knocked into the air on a roll-block thrown by Kovalchuk that was in- tended to stop Earl Gentile, Latin flash back—the hooded appearance of Mr. J. C. Coughlin, when he was walking up and down the sidelines at the Glsn- ville tilt, with a blanket wrapped around him. The musical harmony on the bus enroute to Mansfield—the magnificent performance of Left Tackle Jack Hribar when he backed up the -line in the Mansfield scrimmage—that wonderful feeling after the Glenville game—the spontaneous cheers—«Tassie's swan dive over the Rebel's line when he blocked the placement for the extra point—Kovalchuk's tricky maneuvers when he went 48 yards to score on a pass thrown by Somich in the Mansfield contest - the big smile of Right End Lou Ralston when he recovered a Latin fumble— and—.