Irvington High School - Sunnyside Yearbook (Irvington, NY)

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 0.i. -fi . 1 J. Herlihy. FOURTH ROW-O. Smith, R. Bottaly, H. Wells, J. Bell, J. Ringland, F. Pfaff, D. Tewey, M. Wall, N. Bernardine, B. Patterson. l3 ootlall 1951 yu Coach Bjornstad Co-Captains Nick and Howie. The law of averages finally caught up with the Green and White football teams. For many years I.H.S. squads have dominated the Western Westchester League and have also consistently rated an enviably high position in County Class C circles. Therefore, it was only natural to expect a lean year after so many prosperous ones. Since graduation had practically wiped out last year's great team. Coach Bjornstad was faced with the job of starting from scratch. A shortage of fast and durable backs developed during the early part of a rugged schedule, so thafthe Bulldogs did not have a powerful offense against teams that were at their peak this season. The team showed up well in all the games but looked particularly good against their old rival, Dobbs Ferry, whom they defeated by a score of 13-0. That in itself made the season a successful one. The outstanding players were Co-Captains Howie Mc- Cabe and Nick Gulli. Others who played good ball were Hook Thornton, Don Costello, Louie DiGiorgio, Jerry Buck- hout, George Hibbard, Dickie Fariel, Bobby Brown, Dick Nemeth, Charlie Phenix, and Jiggs Cady, who was in- jured early in the season, but returned to duty and in the later games was a great punter. With a year of experience behind them, next year's team should fare better.

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Dickie, Hook, Nick Fred, Don, Louie Les, Buzzy, Charlie Rich, Al, Bobby

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 Jracli 1951 FIRST ROW—N. Gulli, E. Carrozzi, P. Shaw, D. King, R. Taylor, R. Sherrier, M. Grccnburg, A. Reiser. SECOND ROW—R. Thornton, R. Carrozzi, J. Voletlo, W. Pateman, R. Foster, N. Powell, P. Nolan, G. Robertson, P. Robertson. GEORGE and PETE ROBERTSON Co-Captains Even though the Green and White track squad did not fare very well during the early meets of an am- bitious schedule, they wound up the season in a blaze of glory by nosing out a powerful Chappaqua team in the Class C Section 1 championship at Pough- keepsie. Lacking strength in the sprint events and the pole vault, the team gained experience while being snowed under in dual meet competition against Hackley, Chappaqua, W. I. and Hastings. The only victory was over Croton. In the W. W. League Meet, Hendrick Hudson captured the top honors which Irvington had practically monopolized for the past three years. The other highlight of the season was the amazing showing of two I.H.S. relay teams at the Schenectady Sports Carnival. There the two-mile outfit (Phil Shaw, Don King, Joey Di Chiara, and Pete Nolan) placed second in a blanket finish against strong competition from much bigger schools; the shuttle hurdles com- bination (Cha Cha Pateman, Johnny Veletto, Bob Thornton, and Jimmy Gaffney) won the third place belt buckle. Outstanding performances were also turned in during the season by George Robertson, ace shot- putter, Pete Robertson in the discus, and Nicky Gulli in the broad jump. 60