Ferris High School - Wheel Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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The Memorial game was postponed because of rain and was played the following Tuesday night under the arc lights at Miller Stadium. True, the game ended in a score- less deadlock, but the fact that Ferris was superior in every department of the game stamped them as the outstanding performers of the evening. The scene of the following contest was at Elizabeth where the team met a powerful Thomas jefferson eleven. The Jeffs persistence in intercepting Ferris passes and returning them for touchdowns led to the Bulldogs downfall to the tune 38-0. The next weekend the team again went on the road and this time they met the un- beaten, untied and unscored upon team representing Carteret. The Ferris team was outscored but it left a glaring blotch on the Carteret record. Trailing 7-0 in the second period, Vic Falango, nimble-footed quarterback, took one of Corbalis' passes, side- stepped a man, let his interference form, and then sped forty yards for the first score on Carteret all season. The half ended with, a 7-6 count but after that it wasn't even close, Carteret pulling away to win handily 27-6. November 7 was an open date and with the results of the last two games lurking in their minds the boys began to prepare for the tussle with Philipsburg, 1936 New jersey Champions, to be played at Philipsburg. The Bulldogs were no match for their larger and more experienced opponents but they fought with dogged persistence and held the Champs to a 12-0 score. The Union Hill game saw another capacity crowd jam Montgomery Annex Field. The Orange and Blue aggregation was a heavy favorite and expected to win in a walk, but they didn't reckon with the Ferris fighting spirit. The first three periods were scoreless with the Bulldogs bottling up Charley Coniglio, Union backfield ace and leading County Scorer, and seeming to hold the upper hand on the offensive. The ice was broken midway in the last period. It looked as though the Hillers would finally score. They advanced the pigskin to the Ferris eleven but here Suminski, Venutolo, Hencken, Inverno and Slodowski formed a solid wall and held for four downs. Corbalis stepped back into the end zone and boomed a punt down to the Unions 30 yard line. Unable to gain, the Hillers kicked and Walt Dzitko carried the ball back to the 35. Corbalis pulled a surprise pass on the first down to Baratelli on the 25, the latter reversed his field, twisting, spinning, side-stepping his way past would-be tacklers until he crossed the payoff stripe with a Union tackler around his hips. A short time later, the Bulldogs were in scoring position aided by Baratelli's twenty-five yard jaunt. Three plunges took the ball from the eight to the three, and on the last down Vic Falango, substitute quarterback skirted right end for the clincher. Final score 12-0 St. Peter's failure to stop Dickinson threw cold water on Ferris hopes of a City and County title. Perhaps they were disheartened by this fact when they met Lincoln in the season's finale. Griffin plucked a Ferris aerial out of the snow filled 'ozone and scampered forty yards for the first score. Slashing line bucks, short passes and end runs gave the Lions another six pointer in short order. After this first quarter barrage, the Lincoln attack petered out and there was no further scoring. The struggle ended with Ferris on the short end of a 12-0 score. Lincoln being the only County team to cross the Bulldogs goal line. The Green and Gold with their seven towers of stone on the forward wall always provided a rock-ribbed defense. In the backfield, Falango, Corbalis and Dzitko were always in the spotlight, with Schultz, Baratelli and Manzo showing occasional streaks of sensation. No praise is too high for the gallant band of Bulldogs and their coaches for the showing it made against City and County opponents. WILLIAM FLANAGAN. Page Sixty four

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FOOTBALL Coach -v..--..--........... ...v.....,.,...................... L ouis Lepis ASSlStal'1t C0aCl'l ........ ....,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A I James CO-Captains ........ ...... L awrence Schultz, Guido Baratelli Student Manager .,.. ............,.,,......,,,,.,..,., H enry Stelmach Faculty Advisor .......................................,.............. William A. Miller Ever aspiring to the heights in football, the Ferris gridiron aggregation has continued in its second year of competition to build for itself a name that will be both feared and respected in scholastic circles. This has been the plan of the coaches to build slowly and wisely, that the ascendant star will not flare for a while and then return to oblivion. For the season of 1936, the Facuty Advisor, instead of scheduling opponents, in the teams class, opponents that our boys could easily beat and establish a name for themselves in that way, booked schools with a reputation. Such teams as Carteret, Lincoln, Union Hill, Thomas jefferson and Philipsburg, 1935 State Champions, were to be found on the Ferris schedule. The squad was the first County team to start its season, and the last to close it. On the third Saturday of September, the Bulldogs inaugurated their grid campaign against Roselle Park, at the latter's field. The teams fought evenly for the greater part of the game, but a fourth period break gave the Parkers a victory. Corbalis, standing in kick formation on his own three yard line, dropped a low pass from center. Roselle. Park recovered, and in three plays, capitalized the break into a 6-0 victory. The following Saturday, Ferris tasted the contents of the Victory Cup when they travelled to upstate New York to do battle with Port Jervis. A blocked kick in the first quarter gave the Bulldogs the ball on the opposing team's forty yard stripe. On a pass, Corbalis, to Boguszewski, the ball was advanced to the six yard line. Two plays later, Al Manzo fired a pass to Baratelli in the end zone for a touchdown. The game was devoid of further scoring until the last quarter when Guido Baratelli intercepted a do or die pass. The boys in Green and Gold marched to the ten yard line in six plays. On the following play, Manzo went wide around his left end and galloped over the last chalkline standing upg and to wind up a perfect day, he tossed a flat pass to Corbalis for the extra point and a 13--0 win. The home coming games with St. Peter's Prep was a gala affair with the team out- fitted in new uniforms and the school band making its Hrst appearance. The game proved to be an exciting one and an equally strong line of both teams repelled what scoring opportunities presented themselves. In the fourth quarter Ferris marched to the Prep three yard line but a determined Petrean line staved off the touchdown. The St. Peter's quarterback then took the situation into his own hands and piloted his team well into Ferris territory. From here, he managed to shake off one of his running mates loose and with perfect blocking, the Prep back found himself in an open field, but he tripped and fell on the eight yard line. Now it was the Bulldogs turn to put up a resistance and they did just thatg fighting as if their very lives depended upon the game, they held for four downs and then kicked out of danger. The game ended a short time later, a score- less tie. The next game was at the newly erected Lincoln Park Field against Park Ridge. The day of the game dawned dull and gray, a steady and heavy rain fell all morning and, at game time, the field was a quagmire of mud and water. Due to the condition of the Held, the playing of both teams was below par. The first half was uneventful, except for the fact that the Bulldogs failed to materialize a scoring opportunity in the first quarter. However, the last quarter told the story, a steady rainfall in the previous quarter made the field wetter than ever and after the Bulldogs had stopped a goal line march on the seven yard line, they elected to run the ball back. The first play lost four yards, and on the next, Corbalis fumbled the elusive and slippery pigskin on the one yard stripe. An alert Park Ridge end dove on the ball and his momentum carried him through the mud and over the goal line. The plunge for the point was good. Page Sixty-three

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,M CHEER LEADERS What are games without cheer leaders? As a band needs a leader, so do the crowds who attend our many games. Cheer leaders brighten up our games with their cheers. With their inspiring effort and support, we have tasted victory many times. Encouragement is needed to carry our teams in all their sport activities to victory. With the help of the cheer leaders and the rooting of the crowd a stronger fighting spirit is communicated to our boys. Many times victory brought to us through the help and support of the students. The squad is composed of eight members: Faculty Advisor ........ .................... .,... M r . W. Miller Captain .,........... .... Thomas Damato Mary Chajnocki Mildred Nagel Mary Maloney Mildred Zingara Rita De Stefano Yetta Silverstein William Cieri Page Sixty-,ive