Linton High School - Lintonaire Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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l,wI2ocwgluxpeA ITTTHNQTTQTMT LINTON'S RECORD-7 WINS, 4 LOSSES LinTon 3 MonT PleasanT 4 LinTon 7 Troy O l.inTon 5 Albany 2 LinTon O Albany Academy 7 LinTon 6 MonT PleasanT I LinTon 7 Troy O LinTon 2 OneonTa 5 LinTon 7 Albany I LinTon 2 Albany Academy 5 LinTon 6 HeaTly I LinTon 5 Hudson ISecTionalsl O I959 TENNIS LinTon High Schoolls Tennis Team improved on lasT year's record by posTing' under Alex La- Rocco's second year oT coaching, a 7 win 4 loss record. The pealcs oT The season were The meeTings wiTh TradiTional rival MonT PleasanT. ATTer losing The TirsT maTch To MonT PleasanT in a close 4-3 duel, LaRocco's boys came back sTrongly To posT an impressive 5-I vicTory. Also highlighTing This year was The copping oT The SecTional Championships. This came via a 7-O win over Hudson. The only blemishes on This year's record, be- sides The loss To MonT PleasanT, Tell aT The hands oT a powerful Albany Academy squad and peren- nial SouThern-Tier powerhouse, OneonTa. This year's young squad gave each of These Teams a real baTTIe scoring 7-O, 5-2, and 5-2. Seniors Barry MaleTzlcy and John BarTleTT were senT To The InTersecTionals aT Garden CiTy, Long Island. WiTh The loss of only These Two boys Through graduaTion, LinTon's '60 Team, wiTh Tive ouT of seven refurning, can look Torward To im- proving This year's record. Besides The Tive varsiTy reTurnees-Jim Cirincione, Ron Backer, Richard Sahr, WalT Harp, Doug Ille-up Trom The junior varsiTy are Bob Bowers and Jerry Connors. ' . Varsify Tennis-FronT Row, leTT To rigI'1T: Barry MaleTzky, Richard Sahr, Zachary Hannan, Ronald Backer. Second Row: Coach LaRocco, Douglas llle, James Cirincione, WaI+er Harp, George Miller, John BarTIeTT. Junior VarsiTy Tennis-Fronf Row, leff To righT: Richard Sahr, RoberT WhiTaker. John Rylrowslci, Gerald Connors. Second Row: Coach LaRocco, Douglas llle, RoberT Bowers, James Callahan, Charles Hanrilen, Philip CogneTTa. 'Fri I 1.

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wild Nm Oni Umm I959 BASEBALL For The second year in a row, LinTon l ligh's baseball Team ouTclassed iTs compeTiTion and ran OTT wiTh The secTion ll class A championship. Coach Przybylo's nine showed a league slaTe of seven wins and only one loss. The overall record was Ten wins and Two losses. The lone loss oT The non-league braclceT came aT The hands OT 5coTia in a 6 To 3 duel. LinTon avenged The loss To ScoTia by whipping Them I5 To O. The Team, which was composed primarily of seniors. had a very successTul season alThough They played wiThouT The services oT STeve Bucheim because of an injury he had received. STeve was The previous year's TinesT piTcher posTing a record oT 5-0. Coach Przybylo had counTed heavily on him Tor This season. The season was highlighTed BASEBALL-I959 by greaT Team and individual eTTorTs. The Team high spoTs were a 6-O vicTory over arch-rival MonT PleasanT, a IO-I win over Troy, a I3-O win over AmsTerdam, and I5-O and 2I-6 vicTories over ScoTia and Draper. The individual peak OT The year came in The Albany game when LinTon posTed iTs second Triple play of The school hisTory. This Tabulous TeaT was accomplished by a ground ball hiT To Barbieri who Then Threw To ColTer and in Turn Threw To Connors. Besides showing a Tine season, The Blue- Devil mound corps esTablished a new sTrilce-ouT record. The player who perTormed This was Billy Connors wiTh 68 sTrilce- ouTs. The baTTer who led The Team in hiTTing was Jim Barbieri wiTh a .422 baTTing average. l-le was Tollowed by Billy Connors and MarTy Dwore wiTh .4OO each. Junior VarsiTy Baseball--Fron+ Row, leTT To righT: Michael Ryan, TimoThy Lawless. Benson King, Richard T:eTTer, John Reilly, Richard Brazell, Edmond Abdella, Coach Bob Ludwig. Second Row: Richard FosTer, William King, Paul Lawrence, James Lane, James Crossley, John Cocca, John YaTes, Joseph JasTrebslri, Lawrence Finnegan, savif' LinTOn Opp. 4 Draper 3 . O lv1onT PleasanT 2 IO Troy I 3 ScoTia 6 7 Albany O 6 AmsTerdam O 6 MonT Pleasan+ O 7 Troy O I5 ScoTia O 5 Albany 4 2I Draper 6 I3 AmsTerdam 0 Class A Champs IO-2 Varsify Baseball-FronT Row, leTT To righT: James Barbieri. PeTe Fen- Dwgre, Edward Rollins, Ben Winslow, Bob Murray, Karl Heiner niclcs, RoberT CoulTer, Manager Allan ShuTz. Second Row: Coach W. Przybylo, William Mascucci, William Connors, Dave Mullarlcey, MarTin Donald Deluca. i 6 i L.-vil..lflTif B

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my ,. 3 X Qmocxx Track Team-FronT Row, lefT To righT: Coach Leonard, Male, De- Trzeca ec a o mn S PM OTH PCCGFC3 CON Grd Flippo, Sfipano, RaeThka, T'lackeTT, Baron Bailey, Za'ondeck Lelzlore FourTh R rame u a eo R cc Te o Lohes LockhersT ox Volpe, Negro. Second Row: Doc ClemenTe, Ivlangino, Berger Trues- M59 Gram MQTT dale, Killian, 5TcwarT, Zalondeck, Bianchi, EaTon. Third Row: Torre TRACK-T959 Leonard's Trackmen sTarTed The season againsT Hudson Falls wiTh a 75 To 20 win. LinTon Then losT To Tv1onT PleasanT 86 To l8. LinTon came back sTrong in a 65 To 30 win againsT Glens Falls. LinTon Took eighT TirsT places and made a clean sweep in The 440 yard run and The discus Throw. AT The New PalTz relays, LinTon enTered seven evenTs and placed in six of Them: Two TirsTs, Two second places, and Two TourTh places. The 2200 yard medley Team, comprised of Jim DePasquale-440, Dan O'Rourke-220. Dan I-lackeTT-660, and Joe Male--880, Took TirsT place. Barry Kramer Took TirsT-The high jump. The Two mile relay Team wiTh Dick ClemenTe. Garry Bailey, Tom Finnegan, and FausTin Baron copped a second place. ln The shoT puT Dick Brainard Took anoTher second. LinTon scored TourTh place Tinishes in The 880 yard relay and in The pole vaulT. On our own Track, LinTon beaT Albany 53-42 in a hard foughT meeT. LinTon scored seven TirsTs againsT Albany's Tour. wiTh LinTon Taking TirsTs in all evenTs excepT The sprinTs, sprinT relays, and low hurdles. AlThough LinTon losr in The secTionals. FausTin Baron wiTh his 4:37 mile. Tom Finnegan wiTh his 2:02.I half mile and Dan l'lackeTT wiTh a 52.9 quarTer mile earned Themselves represenTaTion Tor This secTion in The inTersecTionals aT Cornell UniversiTy. 86