McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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Tennis Builds Skill i-RONT ROW-Terrence Gorman, Melvin Mikolajczak SECOND ROW-Eugene Cybulski, Robert Isaacs, Roy Jahren, Ray Kessler, Charles Speakman, Thomas Pawlak THIRD ROW-Mr. Schwegler, Carl Soby, William Wieszczecinski, Robert Mutter, Joseph Bardak, John Schweikhard The tennis team opened its I953- l954 season under Mr. Schwegler as coach by meeting Grover Cleveland. We had expected an easy win and wound up losing by a score of 2-3. The second game, against Riverside, resulted in another loss, 4-l, with our first doubles, Fred Byledbal and John Alexander, bringing in the only score. The same doubles and Bob Haas as first singles won two points in the game with Burgard, who won by a score of 3-2. Our losing streak continued in our games with Kensington, O-5, Lafay- ette, 2-3, Bennett, 2-3, and Technical, 2-3. Finally our luck turned and we won over Emerson by a score of 3-2. Mike Cmor, second singles, and the doubles of John Alexander and Fred Byledbal, Charles Speakman and Ray Kessler, brought in our score. Picking up spirit, the team met South Park and defeated them 4-l. Our third victory came when we met Seneca and defeated them 4-l. In our final game against East, we lost by O-5. Our boys played well, but luck and the Members of the tennis team at practice l'0ln5 were 0Q0ll'lSf U5- 67