McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Basketball Builds Coordination SEATED Stanley Macieiewski, David Florko, Gerald Brown, John Fisher, Lewis Barnrick, Richard Wolf, D i B th Ronald Fitscher orwn or , STANDING-Griffith Satrum, Eugene Bicz, Donald Gclmbacher, Norman Kazmark, Charles Mendola, Frank Bagarozzo, Raymond Fitscher, John Schweikhord, Mr, Keib Although McKinley's basketball team did not have a successful sea- son, the spirit ofthe fellows on the team won the appreciation of all. Our team this year was a young one and fairly inexperienced. We had a chance to win many games, but inex- perience took its toll in the nervous- ness and excitement when the game got close. Mr. Keib, our coach, is to be con- gratulated for the work he had done with the team. Thanks go to the squad for their interest and loyalty in attending practice and performing to the best of their ability. A word of gratitude is also due to the mana- gers for giving their services to the team. The latter group consisted of manangers Griff Satrum and Stanley Maciejewski, and assistant manager Ron Fitscher. Lewis Bamrick, Darwin Barth, John Schweikhard, Frank Bagarozzo and John Fisher have played their last game for McKinley. Fisher and Jahren try to get the hall

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Football Builds Strength FRONT ROW- James Schihl, Donald Jettries, Patrick Calabrese, Donald O'Hara, Peter Rizzo, George Hardy, Thomas Telesco, Paul Rizzo MIDDLE ROW-William Isaacs, David Florko, Paul Leone, Lewis Bamrick, Robert Gallant, Paul Tow- kach, John Dougherty, Roger Stiles, Robert Vogt, David Tessmer, Peter Jellinick, Terry Hawkins, Robert Kish, Robert Isaacs, William Hoch, John Fisher, Ronald Dolecki, Mr. Grundon, Mr. Lesniak TOP ROW-- Gerald Kordasiewicz, Robert McCarthy, Donald Huenniger, John Burns, William Sobczak, Joseph Gimbrone, Eugene Rokosky, David Dudkiewicz, Lawrence Worley, Donald Galmbacher, Richard Cuzydlo, Philip DiFiancesco The first day of the football season brought out about 50 boys under a new coach, Mr. Lesniak, and his as- sistant, Mr. Grundon. Led by co-cap- tains Bob Gallant and Dick Cuzydlo, the team met its first opponent, Riv- erside. It was a hard fought game and the final score was 20-7 for River- ff side. In the next game, we tackled Burgard, the latter coming out on top t 6-O. However, we will never forget how the Macks' line held against such a strong team. Next the Macks faced the champion Kensington Knights. Both teams were scoreless until the third quarter from which time it was Ken's game by a score of 26-6. Then we were badly beaten by Grover Cleveland, 20-O. ln the following game, we met South Park. The Macks took advantage of every break and finally came up with our first victory by beating South Park 7-6. On a rain-soaked field, the Macks couldn't get started against Technical and were beaten by a final Jelliriick trying to catch the ball SCOVG of in 64

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Baseball Builds Dexterity FRONT ROWfAnthony Domino, David Florko, Andrew Piazza, Allen LaVenture, Wayne Tomkinson, Harold Grant, William Isaacs SECOND ROW-Dominic Greco, Pat Calabrese, Richard Wolf, Raymond Foegen, John Fisher, Richard King THIRD RONV+Vincent Vara, Anthony Grisanti, Joseph Folsone, Gerald Brown, James Obringer FOURTH ROW--Paul To-vkach, Joseph Eichhorn, Frank Bagarozzo, John Stanley, Mr. Kerb FIFTH ROWw-Francis McQueen, Mr. Speck, Donald Sroka, Frank Marino, Robert Menter Frank Prezioso starred at the plate ond Jim Winger on the mound as Mc- Kinley opened its i954 defense of the Cornell Cup by defeating Emerson ll-8. Then, although held to one hit, ci single by Jerry Brown, McKinley with the help of walks and errors man- aged to outscore Lafayette 5-l. John Fisher pitched a three-hitter to win. McKinley was handed its first de- feat of the season by Grover Cleve- land, 9-4. Tied in the sixth inning, Grover came up with five runs to win. Sam Todaro paced the Macks with two hits. Next, McKinley ab- sorbed one of the worst defeats of the season at the hands of Riverside. The Mcicks were held hitless as Riverside won 5-O. ln the final contest, McKinley had to go nine innings before defeating South Park by a score of 3-2. In a playoff game for fifth place in the final standings, McKinley was beaten by Technical 7-2. We finished the season in sixth place in the final stand- ll'lQ U 3'3 record- Grisanti and Towkach warming up 66