East High School - Exodus Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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47 as 45 aa as is 4,3 Qi24fQ ! E-ffV3fQ,yQA,.,,7 an Seem .2 'V si? '23 '19 0' Q33 -'Fqg ' . I Coach Corbo, Okulovich, French, Simakis, Tsantilas, Pae, Constantine, Sobel, Zerblni, Piunno Petroff, Coach Ocker, Strong, Fitros, Prelock, Mcllvaine, Kilbane, Unick, Richiak, Kerman, Mgr. ram, h, Czyzynski C rra,o, Kane, Klucari? bile, Fatica, Plavcan. M 66? M e.wa5'iwffLVfAffY?T... 2 4 ,baud 6 4-KW' jj-A 0 My 347 we ' aff GWWM QQJQRZYHWQM W M famffwf The slap of leather, the clang of the blocking machine, pains of calisthenics and the sore bruises of scrimmages were first felt by Ed Kilbane, Tony Fatica and M Pae three years ago. These three tenth graders braved that su1nmer's blistering practice sessions. For their first year, they understudied the big juniors and seniors. Of the three, Red Kilbane showed the most promise, earning a first-string defensive line backer spot. Tony was doing a fine job as an up and coming guard while jim spent most of his time at the tackle spot. After a season of exciting thrills the boys hung up their pads and cleats until the following fall when more practice sessions marked the beginning of a new football season. Big Iim, Tony and Red repeated again. This year Ed was shifted to left tackle and Big lim went to the back- field. The best news came with the announcement that Tony Fatica was to pilot the team for the '50 season. Under the leadership of Tony, the Bombers opened the season with a 19-19 tie with the Shaw Cardinals and gave us a thriller at Mansfield. Ken Mcllvaine worked with the Jay Vees for a few weeks in 1950 to get into shape, and then he became the fourth member of our class to make the varsity and strengthen the backfield. When the final game came to an end, our three stand-by's had earned letters, Mac just missing by a few quarters. Now came our big senior year. Red Kilbane now was a full time end, Tony still played guard and Mac was the full-time left half. Jim Unick, another member of our class, made it five from the 12A class to earn a football letter. Jim played line backer on defense and alternated at offensive fullback with Jim Pae. Ed Kilbane was elected co-captain of the squad and proved worthy of the honor. However, in the Collinwood game, Ed suffered a broken wrist and had to drop off the team for the rest of the season. In his absence, Tony was re-elected and carried on in true East High fashion. Our last year was now complete, and the football records showed four wins and four losses for the Blue Bombers. 28

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I No longer are girls called tomboys when they take an active interest in sports. Today each girl has the same opportunity as any boy to create a.nd develop athletic skills and become recog- nized as one of the finest athlete's in the world, by representing the U. S. A. ln the Olympic games, the height of athletic competition. In our senior class, several girls stand out as the athletes of our class. One out of every six girls in the entire graduation class is a gym leader. Six of these gym leaders are in Miss Lacy's homeroom and three in Miss Markus's. They are Patsy Dreier, President of Gym Leaders, Rae Davis, Johanna Leposky, Sally Riley, Betty Schaser, Mary Ann Somich, Loretta Brandt, Sach Fujamoto and Shirley Schafer. Miss Lacy's girls are the proud holders of the Blue and Gold Girls Intramural Trophy. For the past three years they have never dropped a game, basketball or volleyball, to any other homeroom. Trounclng Mrs.Wllson's 10B's by a score of 17-2 they gained the tenth grade volleyball title. In the 10A, Miss Lacy's girls won a 29-19 victory over Miss Maher's 11B's. In the 11B Volleyball opener they walloped Miss Perkin's homeroom 40-20 and later chalked up another victory 30-17 over Miss Lackey's 11A homeroom. Miss Lacy's girls have never been tied or defeated. Representing Cleveland Forest Hills Temiis Club, Patsy Dreier went to Detroit to participate in the Tri-City tennis matches being held there. Patsy's skill is not only confined to the tennis courts, however, for her speed and natural ability ls shown on the basketball court as well. Patsy captalned a girl's basketball team, named the Wolfgals, to victory in the '50-'51 season in the A. A. U. and the Daisy Mae basketball tournaments. She also distinguished herself by winning a championship cup for foul shooting, in the Daisy Mae Tournament, hooping 9 out of 10 tries. Betty Schaser also won a gold statue for the foul shooting contest held in the A.A. U. Tourna- ment, netting 13 baskets out of 15 tries. Patsy Dreier and Betty Schaser helped lead their team in points, both averaging 20 points per game. Ruth Stevens, another member of Miss Lacy's championship squad, took part in the local Junior Olympics competition and, as a member of Sa.ndy's Athletic Club. Surviving these trials she traveled to Berea for the championship. In the track meet, Stevie repre- sented Cleveland ln the hurdles. People from all over the country were there, including our own G. G. Dales, former East track coach. After winning first place, Stevie was presented with a headpiece made of olive leaves, a plant and a bronze medal, similar to those given to Olympics stars. From Berea, she traveled to Chicago and New York for other meets. At New York, she came in fourth and re- ceived a medal as a member of an outstanding relay team. Thus, sports and physical development have had thelrbegin- nlngs at East and, even more important, the girls themselves have found joy and benefit from them. 4 . Y. lx N 8-

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fgaedet gall In the cold January of '49, a group of 10B boys eagerly answered a notice posted by T. I. Corbo for new jay Vee basketball players. Of the group that tried out, six of our boys showed enough ability to be kept on the squad. Wally Alps, our 6 foot 5 inch center, was immediately placed on the first string and soon showed that he deserved the honor. Tony Fischer, lim Pae, Walt Guzik, lim Unick and Ed Kilbane were other members of our class on the court. All told, the boys played in only five games, but the experience and spirit gained was worth a full season's practice. These same boys came out for the Jay Vee team again as l0A's. Alps had dropped out of school to join the Navy, so Jim Pae and Walt Guzik alternated in the center spot, while Kilbane, Unick and Fischer made commendable guards. Ed Kilbane was named captain of the team and, as the season progressed, proved to be high point man of the quintet. The following year the schedule looked rougher than ever. Our old faithfuls tried out again and Big jim and Tony succeeded in landing berths on the varsity squad. 1 The Blue Bombers of the hardwood opened the season with a heartbreaking loss to Bedford's Bearcats 61-62 but bounced back a week later with a 44-32 victory over the Green Waves from Holy Name. Tony and Jim, pgged big helps in these and other games throughout the season. With another year of experience and more competition under their belts, the boys put away their tennies and began to look forward to next November and another chance to shoot two for old East High. I Quit . I I I b 1: I nl, 5:- 'i ' Eneix, Coso, Elloitt, Yesolowsky, Petroff J-'P' Kovacic, Bly, Richlak Coach Krakowiak, Rocco, Drabovic, Stoyko, Okulovich, Kane, Mgr. Hendrix. n