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

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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

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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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INTER-CLASS FOOTBALL Front Row llefi' io righll - Thomas Fleming, Philip Murphy, Daniel Donegan, John Hand, Robert Moreifa. Second Row llefi to righil - John Ramaci, Fred Welch, Ralph Viviani, Daniel Rogan, Edward Fitzgerald, Charles Furey. Third Row llefl lo rightl - James McCann, Pa+riclr Mason, George Gagan, John Lyons, Roberi' DeMar+ini, Eugene BarsoHi. Don Feeney's 4A squad, second place win- ners, and Class 3B, led by '4Lippy Giardini, offered a strong challenge to 3A, but suc- cumbed to Paddenls erratic but effective speed pitching and the superior hitting of the 3A i'Bumsf' In Division Two, Captain Aversa's 2B Club completely outclassed the Freshmen teams and defeated the only challenger, QA, by a good margin. The superiority of the Division Two crown winners was due to the excellent pitching by Longmuir, Aversa's big league fielding, heavy hitting of the Kissane brothers, Neville and Cooney. The School Championship game was the feature of the season. Class 2B held an early lead of 3-l until the third inning, when the batting power of the older 3A team finally proved superior. Home runs by Fidler and Marchiony, and two base hits by Alsheimer, Higginson, Padden, Pou, Fidler, Joseph and Kleber accounted for the difference. Final score: 3A-20, 2B-3. 1947