Lowellville High School - Echo Yearbook (Lowellville, OH)

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the line, hard and furious power. Always keeping the boys playing to the best of their ability, Eddy himself played toughest when the going was roughest. Without him our blue and gold machine would never have been complete. The team made no mistake in choosing him to lead them. Memory: Eddy in the Boardman game, with his eye cut and bleeding furiously, encouraging the team to stop the determined Boardmanites from scoring. ROBERT JONES: Center, '5' 10 , 150 lbs., Senior One of the most important parts in a machine is the fuel line. In our machine it was Bob Jones. Bob, playing one of the toughest posi- tions on the team was always calm. Jones, who had played guard the previous year, handled the pivot position like a veteran, seldom making a bad pass. Memory: Stopping the big Struthers backs in the center line on every play. ED. GALEY: Guard, 5' 11 , 160 lbs., Senior The weight of a machine rests on the axle. In our machine the weight of every play rested on Big Dutch Galey. Ed, who was a running guard, always opened the hole for our backfield men. Ed paved the way for many spectacular runs. Big and rugged Big Dutch performed his duty admirably. Memory: Ed blocking two Hubbard defensive men enabling our halfback to pick up the much needed yardage. BENJAMIN TAMBURINO: Fullback, 5' 8 , 160 lbs., Senior In our little Blue and Gold machine Benjamin performed the duties of the cylinder, creating power and furnishing an outlet for this power with his line smashing abilities. Having suffered from an injury in his first year of football, Benjamin refused to be dismayed and came back in his Senior year more powerful than ever. Memory: Hitting the Bessemer line hard and picking up two or three first downs in succession. COONIE DE PAUL: End, 5' 6 , 130 lbs., Senior A machine without a distributor to keep it running smoothly and in time is lost. Coonie was vital to our machine for this reason. Al- ways calm and quick thinking Coonie always was ready to help his team-mates iron out difficulties. His opponents always found it hard to gain little if any yardage around his end. Coonie also did the punt- ing. Memory: Coonie kicking behind his goal in order to keep Board- man out of scoring territory. FRANK CARCHEDI: Tackle, 5' 5 , 140 lbs., Senior In every machine an essential part is the starter. Frank started our machine and kept it running smoothly. One of the smallest tackles ever to don a blue and gold uniform, Frank was by no means handicapped by his lack of size. His opponents were always amazed at his speed and stamina. Carchedi's pet aversion was chasing wing backs and bringing them down from behind. Memory: Frank rushing Newton Falls passers causing them to throw hurried, inaccurate passes. l52l

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FOOTBALL Lowellville High School football team? Better the Senior Class football team. Seventeen Senior lettermen! The entire first team made up of Seniors! In all our four years of high school, surely foot- ball must be the loudest echo of them all. Memories that were made this year will remain forever in the hearts of most of us. It's interesting to point out the difference between the memories that an ordinary person has of a team and the memories that the players have themselves. The spectator remembers only that which he sees happen in the games. He realizes that Lowellville had a fairly good team and he appreciates the fact that we won games. The players appreciate it, too, but they appreciate it more, because they were the ones who Worked for it and made sacrifices for it. The members of the team are able to look back with pride on the fact that they didn't give up when, after the Canfield game, everyone had lost faith in them. They look back and remember all the hard weeks of practice they went through in order to prove that they had the makings of a good team. And then they look back and view the results of their hard work and recall all of the thrilling moments of the games that will remain with them forever. They will recall that long breath-taking pass of Ginger to Coo- nie'? that put us in the lead in the Newton Falls game, and that last quar- ter when they were fighting desperately with their back to the goal line trying to stave off the enemy's aerial attack. They will recall the Hubbard game and how time after time they marched the ball up the field through the strong Hubbard line. It was a powerful team, just discovering its power. They will recall Eddie's great defensive play- ing in the Bessemer game, Coonie's long kicks in the Boardman game. Ginger's hard running in all the games, and many others. These are the things that count. Memories that will lastg never to be forgotten. This year's was a good team that won the hard way. Getting off to a poor start, they convinced the town of their ability by coming back and winning, proving that they weren't washed up. They were deter- mined to win that Newton Falls game. Determination can accomplish a lot. They did win from Newton Falls, and not only that, but they kept on winning, ending up with the Inter-Valley Championship! This year's football team can easily be pictured in the minds of its followers as a machine. A machine, with each part taken individ- ually, meaning nothing, but when the parts are assembled they form a highly efficient smooth running machine that was oiled and fueled by the patience and sincerity of Coach Haines and his assistants, Mr. Reed and Mr. Jones. Here are the parts who taken individually were just high school students but when they were assembled brought to Lowell- ville High School its second Inter-Valley Championship in three years. CAPTAIN ED. PRIMAVERA: Tackle, 5' 10 , 195 lbs., Senior The man who could be called the generator in our machine was Ed. Primavera. Eddy was the man who generated all the power in l51l

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JAMES CALDWELL: Halfback, 5' 1l , 175 lbs., Senior Every machine must have a steering mechanism. Ours was Jim Caldwell., Jim, because of his football ability and knowledge, was called upon by Coach Haines to act as field general and steer us through a tough course. Jim carried his burden well. He never failed to detect and to take advantage of a weakness in the opponent's line. A hard runner and an excellent passer, Jim always had an extra ounce of reserve when it was needed. Memory: Jim refusing to admit defeat, battering ceaselessly the Canfield line literally smashing it single handed. BANANAS IUDICIANI: Guard, 5' 5 , 145 lbs., Senior In a machine the device that produces the spark and the energy is called the battery. Our battery was Venanz. Bananas produced the spark and the energy in every game. Always out-weighed but never out-fought, Bananas proved to the Lowellville fans that courage means more than size on the gridiron. Memory: Bananas in the Struthers game breaking through on every play and bringing down the runner from behind. EUGENE CARBONE: Quarterback, 5' 9 , 145 lbs., Senior . To start a machine a key is very essential. In our machine Eugene Carbone was the key man. On every play Buck caried out his blocks with skillful precesion. Playing his first year as a regular quarter- back: Buck performed his task like a veteran. He seldom carried the ball but this did not lessen his effectiveness. Memonry: Carrying the ball twice at Canfield fthe first time in his high school careerl and making a first down. SAM DiCl0CClO: Halfback 5' 5 , 125 lbs., Senior The gears in a machine must fit together and work smoothly in a machine. Sam fitted in perfectly as a running mate for Jim Caldwell. A fast starter, Sammie swept his opponents' ends with a speed that amazed them. Sammie always performed his duties as a safety man to the best of his ability. Memory: Running back Hubbard's kicks to midfield, dodging the opponents ends who were much bigger than he. PAUL CENTOFANTE, End, 5' 10 , 145 lbs., Senior What good is a machine without a bumper? Paul Centofante served not only as a spearhead for the attact, but also as a good means of resistance to any opposition Happy-go-lucky and easy-going most of the time, it was easy to detect when Paul was getting mad! Many a pair of backfield men have found themselves cursing the day of their birth and thinking of going back to learn the fundamentals on block- ing ends, again. Paul got as much enjoyment out of smashing through the-opposition as he did of eating. Memory: Paul's submarining in the Hubbard game that proved that bumpers could be made of harder stuff than steel. In a machine, spare parts often are very essential and necessary. Our reserves never failed Coach Haines when he sent them in to replace a tired or injured player. To such players as Bill Ondra, halfbackg John DeMarsh, center, Jack Maloney, end, Joe Marg, tackle, Albert Stefano, halfbackg Mike Marzetti, guard: and Domenic Tomasino, half- backg goes a great deal of the credit for a successful season. - E531 XXXXXXXXXXXN ........ ...4yg.x,yyx.yygay........... XXXXX 'X X NNN XXXXXXX xl N XXXXXXXXX QQQQXQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQooooooaooooooooo XX X XXXNX ' ' ' NYYYYYYYYYYY N ' ' ' NN ' -v XX 'N'NYX oo NfN