Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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75 72 ' 6 57 3 4. This Counts ! 3. A1 and Bill. 6. Captains Courageous, 7. Carry On, Swifty ! pp ' K C » 1. Fearless Owls. 2. For A Touchdown. 3. Cheery Leaders. 8. Wow, Is He Big! 9. Down, But Not For Long! 10. Sir Larry.

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Ashes to ashes and dust to dust If Concord doesn’t beat you, Clinton must.” That was just one of the many problems Vin Was- sel, new head coach, must face. It has been a long time since Maynard has beaten either of these clubs, but the Owls of ”49” may change this. The squad is headed by Co-captains Scoop Viola and Chris Rudolph” Cutaia, two of outstanding ability. When this magazine appears before your eyes, the following boys will have become men: Bobby Holly, Frank Case, Archie Rogers, Chris Cutaia, Billy O’Toole, Ed Ro manowski, John Perillo, Dickie Alberi, Danny Dintino and Scoop Viola, all a line group of boys. Good luck gang, from the student body. Maynard 32 — St. Mary ' s (Brookline) 7 September 25, 1949 The Owls opened their season by crushing the Saints 32-7. Dickie Alberi scored three times and your boy and mine, Scoop Viola, tallied once with Rogers converting one and O’Toole getting the other. In the first period, Alberi scored from the 5 and a little later Viola scored from the 16. In the second period, Dickie Alberi again hit paydirt, this time from the 21. Scoop Viola scored his second touch down in the second period, also as he bulled his way over from the 11. In the fourth period, Dickie Alberi ended Maynard’s scoring by going over un- molested from the 37. In the third period Smith scored for the Saints’ only score. This looks like a glorious season for Viola, Alberi, and Rogers. Maynard 13 — Hudson 6 October 1, 1949 Stan Bondelevitch’s outfit put up a good fight, but Scoop Viola led the underdog Warriors to a breath taking 13-6 win. Scoopie” tallied both touchdowns on runs of 17 and 65 yards in the first and second periods respectively. Archie Rogers converted after the first one. Hudson was trailing 13-0 in the final period when it finally appeared that the Orange and Black were too tired to hang on. Bobby Rochelan broke away on a 48 yard run to hit paydirt and the score was 13-6. Hudson quickly got the ball again and started once more toward the goal. Just when it seemed evident that the Hawks would score again, Gee Creepies” Jarmulowicz recovered a fumble and Maynard still had the ball when time ran out. The Owls played a very good ball game and you can just imagine how Coach Wassel must have felt. Concord 20 — Maynard 0 October 8, 1949 The Wassel Warriors dropped a heart breaker to Concord at Emerson Playground to give Coach Megin’s boys their thirty second win without defeat. In the first period, Maynard started rolling, but a fumble on the five gave Concord possession. In the second period, Ryan scored on an end sweep and King passed to Leo Bayeur for the conversion. Just before the end of this period Jackie King, fading back to pass and hemmed in by five opposing line men, broke away and went forty-five yards to scoie. In the third period Chipper Pierce scampered 55 yards to score, and Jimmy McKenna converted to make it 20-0. The Owls played a good ball game, but this just wasn’t their day. Maynard 33 — Wayland 6 October 15, 1949 The Maynard fans were let down by the loss of Bill O ' Toole who was hurt in the Concord game. Charlie Wattu, a Junior, filled O’Toole’s shoes very well. Wayland kicked off. Maynard marched down the field to the four where Tommy Cocco plunged over. An exchange of punts and that was the first period. Maynard came back at the end of the first period, marched down the field where Alberi took the leather over. A march by Wayland was choked by the Owls. The Wassel men then started to march again but they in turn were choked off. At the end of the second quarter the score stood Maynard 13, Wayland 0. Maynard started the second half with the loss of Romanowski, who was hurt in the second quarter. He was replaced by Perillo. In the opening minutes of the second half on his 50 yard line Perillo rifled a pass to Dick Alberi in the end zone and Alberi galloped for a touch-down. Rogers converted ; the score was now 19-0. Wayland lost the ball on downs. Captain Scoop Viola” then hugged the leather 54 yards into pay dirt. Rogers again converted making the score 26-0. Wayland then began to roll. They brought the ball down to the third where Don Place of Wayland carried over, Maynard 26, Wayland 6. Dick Alberi then went 20 yards for the finale, Rogers converting for the final score Maynard 33, Wayland 6. Credit should be given in this game to Charlie Wattu, our two Co-captains, Chris Cutaia and Scoop Viola, and to Scoop’s running mate, Dick Alberi. (i5)

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Maynard 12 — Ashland G October 22, 1949 Warren Smith and Co. gave the Owls a scare be- fore dropping this one. At the end of a knock-down drag-out first period there was no score, but mid-way in the second period Tommy Cocco tallied from the twelve yard line to make it 6-0. Paced by the run- ning and passing of Warren Smith, Ashland moved down field, with that same Warren Smith scoring from eight out. At half time it was a 6-6 deadlock, with the Ashland fans clamoring for an upset, and the Maynard rooters talking under their voices. Early in the third period Maynard started an 87 yard march that ended, believe it or not, on the Ashland one foot line. This certainly did not stop the Owls, at least not Scoop Viola and Bob Holly, for on the next play, both these boys broke through the lines, Viola knocking the ball to the ground and Holly falling on it to give the Orange and Black a 12-6 victory. With a season record of 4-1, the Owls start on the toughest half of their schedule, still hoping to take Midland League honors. Maynard G — Natick 25 October 29, 1949 Powerhouse Natick just can’t be beaten. The Owls gave it everything they had, but Natick had reserves and that was the story. Scoop Viola spear-headed a drive to the 5 and on a quick opener, Scoopie” bulled his way over. Natick tied it up in the second period on a long aerial from Joe Kane to Ted Piers. Just before the half ended, Charley Sticka scored for Natick from the 1, and Wally Montgomery converted. Prom here on in the Owls fought with everything in their power, but the aforementioned reserves were too much. In the fourth period, a Kane to Mont- gomery aerial made it 19-6, and then Johnny Crisa- fulli scored from the 20 to make it 25-6. It was the Owls’ second loss of the year, their first in league competition. The Warriors really put up stiff com- petition, but like that Lucky Ole’ Sun, Natick just keeps rolling along. Methuen 12 — Maynard 0 November 5, 1949 The Owls made another long journey to Methuen this time and it was the ride, not once beaten Me- thuen, that bowled over the Maynardites. In the third period, trailing 6-0, the Warriors put on a march which seemed over as Albcri scored from the 5. The play was called back and Maynard tried in despera- tion to move it over, but lost the ball on downs. An- other time. Scoop Viola broke away for 60 yards but was tackled and Maynard couldn’t put the ball over. Late in the third period, Viola ran 45 yards, but fumbled when he was hit and another scoring threat was over. In the last period, Bob MacCurder caught a pass in the end zone to make it 12-0. That ended the scoring and the Owls’ record now stands at 4-3. Marlboro 39 — Maynard 13 November 11, 1949 The Hilltoppers dood it again, this time paced by their two and a half backfield aces, Drummey, Dona- hue and Jolie. Donahue scored 18 points, and Jolic 9, while Masciarelli picked up 6 along with Jimmy Drummey. Maynard was trailing 14-0 at the end of the initial period, but Scoop Viola scored from the five and Rogers converted to make it 14-7. Just before the half, Ed Romanowski peeled off a 55- yard run to hit paydirt only to have it called back and Maynard penalized. At the half time the score was Marlboro 20 Maynard 7, but that was as close as the Owls came. Don Jolie started hitting his pass re- ceivers and Marlboro scored three quickies. Scoop Viola hit from 15 yards out in the fourth period to end the day’s scoring. Maynard 40 — Milford G November 19, 1949 The team finally showed what it had been promis- ing all year by belting Milford 40-6. In the first period Danny Dintino broke away and raced 47 yards to score. Archie Rogers converted to make it 7-0. Just after the next kick-off, Ed Romanowski inter- cepted an aerial and returned it 65 yards to the Mil- ford 11. From here, Dickie Alberi scored and O’Toole converted to make it 14-0. In the second period, Jim Giamarco caught a pass in the end zone to make it 14-6. Dickie Alberi took the second half kick-off and raced 84 yards to score. In the fourth period, Maynard broke the game wide open. Alberi scored from the four and O’Toole converted to make it 27-6. Bobby Viola then intercepted a Milford pass and brother A1 took it over, with One Play’’ again converting. The next time Maynard got the ball Perillo heaved a 30 yard pass to O’Toole on the twenty, and Billy outraced the Milford secondary to score.