McArthur High School - Mustang Yearbook (Hollywood, FL)

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FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Larry Meeker, Leon O'Quinn, Rich Reynolds, Mike McElwee, Leon Register, Marty Villurose. SECOND ROW: Ari' Joswick, Ron Prevelige, Ray Balukas, Fran Collins, Mickey Lucas, Vince Mangio. THIRD ROW: Bill Phillips, Bill Clark, Waller Grimes, Sieve Cairns, Frank Gosseif, Ray Moulton. While the Mustangs fought hard and played to win, inexperience again proved their downfall in a los- ing capaign for the 1962 season. With only one regularly- playing senior and a large number of sophomores on the varsity, the team ran up a 1-8-1 record in scheduled games. The first tilt of the year pitted the Mustangs against Archbishop Curley on September 14. With a cheering home crowd behind them, the Knights were held in check throughout the game except for three long runs resulting in touchdowns. The lone McArthur score came as end Steve Cairns picked up a loose ball in the first quarter and raced 20 yards for the tally. The game ended 19-6, in favor of Curley. In a Lockhart Stadium battle, the Fort Lauderdale Flying L's crushed the Green and VVhite, 38-0. The big- gest drive managed by the Mustangs was seven plays and 24 yards long. Deepest penetrations were to the L 46-and 41-yard lines. Four pass interceptions also helped the Lauderdale effort. I. N. McArthur Stadium was brightly lighted as a lively crowd watched the first home game of the year. Within a 33-second period during the second quarter, the Miami Beach Tides scored 13 points. A 60- yard pass for the first score and a 26-yard TD play run after a Beach defender recovered a McArthur fumble found our team behind 13-0 at the half. In a fourth- quarter drive, the Mustangs traveled from their own 15 to the Tide 9, but an ensuing penalty made it second down on the 24-yard line instead of first down on the 2. On the next play, a T ideman intercepted a pass and the game ended, 13-0. With an 0-3 record, the team again made the trip to Lockhart Stadium, this time to meet Stranahan High. Although the Dragons were held pointless for 20 minutes, they scored three times in the first half and once in the fourth quarter to win, 27-0. There was much jubilation in the Mustang camp following the game against Miami Military Academy, as the scoreboard showed that victory was once again ours. Final score was 48-6 as Leon O'Quinn led the attack, scoring touchdowns of 5, 46, 68, 20, and 57 yards. Vince Mangio and Skip Arent each crossed the goal line once, with Paul Pologruto going 6-for-7 in PATs. The Mustangs did not lose a yard from scrimmage, nor did they have to punt. The West Hollywood Vol- unteer Fire Department set off skyrockets after every touchdown and Mighty, the horse, raced up and down the field. It was a hectic night, and gave a sign of things to come in future years for McArthur High. 103

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Alhlelic Di rector Louis V. Morelli FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Skip Arenl, Bob Dunbar, Jim Ferguson, Bernie Devlin, Jim Test, Dennis Pisseri. SECOND ROW: Paul Pologrulo, Mike Kahn, Fred Andrews, Dan Kinzly, Rusty Cook, Randy Slricklin. THIRD ROW: Tom Smith, Jeff Stark, Jerry Haiek, Gunnar Paulsen, Jack Conway. Rendering many valuable services to McArthur High School, Athletic Director Louis Morelli is ap- proaching the closing of his seventh year at MHS. DURING 1961-62, Mr. Morelli was given Sabatical leave to continue his studies at Southern Illinois Uni- versity in Carbondale, Illinois. There he secured his Masteris Degree in Physical Education. He also served as a physical education teacher and as an assistant coach in football and tennis. One of Coach Morelli's more outstanding accom- plishments was serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, representing the coaches in Broward, Dade, and Mon- roe counties. He also served as Vice President of the Cold Coast Conference in 1960-61. Coach Morelli re- signed both of these postions when he was given Sab- batical leave. In 1961, Mr. Morelli was appointed as representa- tive of the South Florida Coaches to the National Coaches Convention held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When asked how he liked serving as Athletic Director, Coach Morelli simply replied, I love it!

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As Head Coach Dick McElwee began his third year at McArthur, he was joined by two new staff members. Backfield coach jim Caldwell from the Uni- versity of Mississippi and line coach Dick Lombard from the University of Kentucky were greeted by re- turning assistants Claude Dent and Ed Hartman dur- ing late August scrimmage sessions. All five men were out on the field every afternoon during football season with the varsity and' junior varsity teams. Under the direction of Coach McElwee the boys ran, tackled, passed and kicked. However, these were not the only fundamentals taught the team. Principles of sportsmanship and fair play were also discussed, with the result that the Mustangs had fewer penalties called against them than the opposing team in every game played. With the promise of championship teams at Mc- Arthur in the near future, Coach McElwee and his men are to be congratulated on a rebuilding job well done. Head Footbcll Couch Richard McEIwee TWO NEW COACHES JOIN STAFF FIRST ROW: Dick Lombard, Jim Caldwell. SECOND ROW: Ed Hartman, Claude Dent. Against Pompano, the squad played their best three quarters of the year before losing in the fouth. The score was 12-7 with 10:20 left in the game when the Tornadoes scored on a fourth down. On the first play following the kickoff, Pompano intercepted a pass and scored again. McArthur's tally came on a 61-yard pass interception and runback by Brad Baker in the third quarter. At game's end, the scoreboard showed Pom- pano ahead, 26-7. In the big game of the year, the Mustangs and the South Broward Bulldogs clashed at McArthur Stadi- um for the Sun-Tattler trophy which had been in Broward's hands since last year's game. However, victory was not to be had as the Bulldog quarterback com- pleted one pass during the game and set up the winning touchdown. South Broward scored with 3:20 left in the first half. Final score was 7-0, but McArthur came away with a moral victory as they held the heavily- favored Bulldog squad to one touchdown. The close-