Flushing High School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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The Football Team Captain FRANK MAMBUCA Coach MR. BALITSOS Left to Right: First Row: J. Payton. N. Diomede, D. Comel. F. Mambuca. R. Palladino. A. Robinson, H. Norman. J. Termo Second Row: M. Foxson. D. Albrecht, M. Lassman. C. Khouhesserian. J. Schmerer, V. Rumore, R. Miranda. A. Howard, J. Adams. P. Sammon, M. Schreiner Every school has its fighters and our school was no exception during the past year. Our football team, under the direction of Mr. Balitsos, proudly displayed the school colors and proved that the title of Red Devils was well deserved by placing first among the high school football of our borough with a borough record of four games won and none lost. The team thus earned the triumphant title of Queens Champs. Out of seven games played throughout the city, our team was victorious in five. Much of the success of the team can be attributed to the fact that most of the players were on last year's team. In order to attain their splendid record, the team did a great deal of sliding through the mud in scrimmiages in a succession of rainy and muddy playing fields. Victory. the keynote of the season, was first sounded in our opening game which started the season exuberantly when we romped Curtis to the score of 19-7. Frank Mambuca was the team's spearhead. for he made the first touchdown of the game, but his efforts were ably supported by two touchdowns of Pape Lukk and Ralph Palla- dino. With last year's defeat by this school avenged, we were ready for more games and victories. Tile team's luck faded slightly when we lost to Dewitt Clinton, l3-0. This loss was more than made up for in our third game in which we edged out Taft by one touchdown, the score being 18-13.

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We dropped the fourth game of the season to Monroe by a very slim margin, the score this time being 26-19. After this game, however, our winning streak began in earnest and was to continue uninterrupted to the end of the season. Our football team trounced Far Rockaway, 13-6. Palladino and Mambuca continued their great football record by scoring one touchdown apiece in this game. One week later on November 12, the team triumphed over Evander Childs to the score of 19-12. This game saw brilliant playing by Joe Payton, who scored two of our three touchdowns, the third one having been made by Mambuca. After a 12-12 deadlock at the end of the first half, Payton came up with a magnificent dash around the left end for a touchdown that broke the tie of the first half and helped to win the game for us. Excellent offensive playing was displayed by Lukk, Palladino, and Albrecht, as well as fine defensive playing by Bill Croene, in this game. This game continued our winning streak and put us on the doorstep to the title of 'iQueens Champs. Our scheduled game with Stuyvesant was postponed twice and it finally became necessary to cancel it altogether. Thanksgiving Day certainly gave us plenty of reason to be grateful, for it was on that day that the final game of the season was played and it proved to be a fitting end and climax for the football season. Our team smashed Adams to the score of 14--0. Frank Mambuca gave a truly brilliant exhibition of a field play by intercepting a pass on his own forty yard line and, cleverly evading many of Adams' tacklers, ran all the way down the field to score a touchdown. Another touchdown was scored by Palladino in this game while Adams was held scoreless. Thus ended a truly great season for the Red Devils and for Flushing. Among the many heartening results of the fine football played this season was the fact that a number of our players were honored in various ways for their good work. Palladino was honored at a dinner sponsored by the Boys' League honoring the P.S.A.L. Player of the Week because of his brilliant performance in the Adams game. Frank Mambuca was the highest scorer in Queens for the season. In connection with this, we are most happy to announce that both he and Don Albrecht were awarded scholarships to Dayton College in Ohio because of their outstanding athletic records. Don Albrecht also made the 'gAll City Teamw sponsored by the N. Y. Journal American. Thus, our football season was a jubilant, victorious one, to be envied by any school. We wish equal success to next year's team and the best of luck to those that made this year's glorious victories possible. Nov. 15 Jamaica lost 163-481 Home Nov. 23 Jamaica lost 161-531 Away Nov. 29 F. K. Lane lost 166-4-91 Away Regular Season Dec 2 Cleveland lost 146-431 Home Overtime Dec. Bayside- won 161-481 Away Dec. L. l. City lost 153-511 Away Overtime Dec. Newton won 155-501 Away Jan. 5 Bryant won 169-421 Home Jan. Forest Hills won 146-421 Home Jan. Edison won 165-421 Away Feb. Cleveland won 149-4-61 Away Feb. Bayside won 142-401 Home Feb 1.. l. City lost 142-411 Home Feb. Newton won 150-391 Home Feb. Bryant lost 145-381 Away Feb Forest Hills lost 184--581 Away Feb Edison won 160-591 Home