Essex County Vocational Technical High School - Craftsmen Yearbook (Bloomfield, NJ)

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gil-v-1 + Clfifl g FCLC Track whlch IS the newest sport m this school was started 1n the sprmg of 1949 by Mr Hank Ryan At that txme Mr Ryan was teaching Health In our 1n1t1al season he came up wlth a good start wmmng 3 out of 6 dual meets The team won two meets from Our Lady of the Valley and defeated East Side I-hgh School for the1r other vlctory The three losses came at the hands of Barrlnger Umon and Nutley Hlgh Schools In June 1949 Mr Ryan transferred to Irvington Tech and Mr George OConnor replaced hlm as the Health Teacher and Coach of the Clnder Sport Durmg hls first season he came up wlth a team that fimshed w1th 2 wms and 4 losses Fne of the meets were dual Two reasons for thns poor season were that Mr O Connor had a small number of boys on the team and we took part m field events agamst other schools Our boys had no ex perlence wnth field events but they declded to take a chance We made out good nn the runnmg events but the polnts scored agamst us m the field events was the difference ln the final outcome Thls season Mr O'Connor expects to have a larger team and he hopes to have access to the Boys Park for practlce nn the field events as well as runnmg. fl! 'X ,fi- , A . , ' X 1 'T j f ff , rf, , . Al: 1 i 431' - . , ,mu A' Lf, ' vt, emi f 2 S '- X C! L , ni L E 1'i:4Vl' - ?f' T,,,,,i-Q, .J X . X, ff ' , , f K ' fl' I ,47 V, if ' I , ',f'X,,f,Lf' 4 ,f I X I ,f , riff, K ,f f' 'f 9 y ' ' . , . ' 3 , . . . ' 9

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X S S as +g'dAl74' vt! TWD ff V? ?!6U':5 l fy gadedaf QCUWI, Baseball was not a regular sport 1n th1s school untll 1944 when Mr Charles Welsenbach formed the first team He coached the team untxl the end of the 1948 season wnth Mr Krumwlede as coach of the J V s In the Sprlng of 1949 Mr Welsenbach retlred as Varslty Coach He was replaced by Mr Krumw1ede who handed the Jayvees over to Mr Harry Baxter Durmg the two seasons that Mr Krumwlede coached the teams came up wlth a won and lost record of 6 86 8 and 10 86 5 Thxs year s team shows sxgns of a better season w1th most of last year s men back and some of last year s promls mg J V s commg up The men back from last year who are Semors are Bxll Bryant 3rd Base Gene Cornsh lst Base Ray Hauser Prtcher T Della Sala Pxtcher George Lewxs Catcher Benny Jeannette Pxtcher fe-1 9 1 -. If nf 1, ' , B1 r I - N ff' 1 f V s N I K N 2 1 , 52 l 1 I fm +4 9 Ks A f ff 3 Q 4 AM vlrlf- B 'sl ,QQ . f- V ' A ' 'W I : Www :Il 27 1, I lf, it ? , . . I8 N1 71,! l y . . . . . 7 3 9 '

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ML Cfufllgky is a 6'4 center who played for the Varsity Basket- ball team three seasons and' scored a total of 309 points. He is one of the better all-around players to play for this school. .szerman porfer made the Varsity Basketball team in his second year after a season with the jayVee's. Although he was not a regular starter Sherman was awarded two Varsity letters. annie Jeanneffe earned his Varsity letter last year as a pitcher on the Baseball team. He won two games and lost none and should have a good season this year. gene Coriok won a Varsity letter in Baseball last year as a first baseman. Gene who played only seven games last season will probably start at Hrst this year. He will also be one of the long ball hitters of the team. 3011? mega Safa became a member of the Varsity Baseball team last season after playing with the JayVees. Tony hopes to see more action this year and should better his last season's record. 'lflifhe Egan: won his Varsity lcttcrs on the diamond during the ,49, '50, and '51 seasons. Bill stole fifteen bases last season and batted .382. Willie was selected as a second string third baseman on the All-County Team.