La Salle Academy - La Sallite Yearbook (New York, NY)

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i VARSITY BASKETBALL Leff 'Io right: Andrew Cordial, Patrick Corrigan, Charles Furey, Charles Dragcwifz, Gerard Smith, James Lyons, Thomas O'Halloran, Edward Padden, William McManus, Gerald Prozzo. Joseph Morse. phy, who upon graduation will find them- selves on the verge of meeting the world with its cunning and treachery, face to face. How- ever, we are sure that they will meet obstacles as they did when on the cinder paths at their Alma Mater. FOOTBALL 4B's powerful grid machine swept past all of its worthy adversaries to capture the first annual D.L.S. Intramural Touch Football Tournament. After winning the senior divi- sion title by shading 4A in a close contest, the powerful seniors trounced 2A, Winners of the junior division by the lop-sided count of 20 to 0. The reason for 4B's highly regarded success was the formula of a rugged line bulwarked by Gagan and Moretta plus a tricky aerial attack spearheaded by Furey, Lyons and Fitzgerald. The most valuable player of this tournament was 4B's Charley Furey due to his spectacular work on both offense and defense. 'I947

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Mr. Michaels and Brofher Leonard a number of solid hits. jerry Smith, Joe Morse and Myles Keenan, provide an adept outfield combo in both offensiveand defensive departments. This year's squad has both the Mr. Cunneen and Brother Leonard personnel and the spirit to come out on top, and with a few breaks Mr. Cunneen is con- fident they will do so. VARSITY TRACK In the past year, a small but sturdy squad of men picked its way through a most success- ful season. With Brother joseph as the Track Moderator, the squad has been whipped into a team capable of carrying the Red and Blue of De La Salle with honor. Hard work and a will to win on the part of Brother joseph and his charges has been the key to their fine showing in the past season. Special tribute should be paid to the third year contingent of our track squad. Headed by Frank Smith and Pete Callahan, they did more than their share in the active support of the team. We are confident that next year a bigger and better squad will be organized for a bigger and better showing. The team will greatly miss such stalwart members as Tom Fleming, jack Magnico, Bob Organ, Danny Donegan and Phil Mur-

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i IUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL First Row, I. to r.: Vincent Aifamura, George Disch, Dennis Behan, Richard Clifford, Peter Liptrof, Ronaid Fisher, Timothy Connors. Second Row, I. 'ro r.: Henry Hyde, James Torres, Robert Frappier, Jay Roiheim, John Murphy, Rodrigo Poriuando, James Coois, Dennis Horgan. BASKETBALL 2A's surprising basketball aggregation pulled a sensational upset by downing 4A's mighty quintet in a squeaker 28 to 26 to capture the intramural basketball tournament. An indom- itable fighting spirit plus the sharpshooting of Frank Donnelly paved the way of victory for the sophomores. While 2A breezed through the junior division the plucky seniors had to fight tooth and nail all the way to come out on top of the senior division. 4A Won the right to participate in the finals by beating 3B in a tense playoff game due to the sparkling efforts of O'Leary and Mc- Grath. The choice of the outstanding player in the tournament would be a tossup between Frank Donnelly of 2A and Ray McGrath of 4A. Such results offer good promise for '47-'48. SOFTBALL Under the expert tutelage of Mgr. Higginson play in Division One, capturing the pennant and Captain Joseph, Class 3A dominated the by decisive victories over 4A, 3B and 4B. FIDES