McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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Track Builds Speed l FRONT ROW-Stephen Kurbiel, Neil Merkling, Michael Schnellinger, Stephen Hrab, lrwin Frawley, Darwin Borth, William Gabler, Charles Thomas SECOND ROWgJohn Dougherty, Robert Eccles, Anthony Nero, Ronald Bachan, David Tessmer, Joseph Bak, Valentine Herod, William Gagnon, Norman Heppel, Robert Gallant THIRD RONV--Mr. Lcsnicik, George Roberson, Martin Graziadei, Andrew D'Amato, Donald Galmbacher, William Schneider, Richard Fonfara, Thomas Mikulec, Charles DiSalvo FOURTH ROW-V-Gene Maracle, Louis Group, Gilbert Spence, Robert Shanahan, Norman Kazmark, William Edwards, Charles Mendala, Griffith Satrum, William Patterson, James Connors, Charles Strait, Frederick Tarantino, Herbert Kick ln our first meet of l954, we com- peted against Riverside and Grover . M ,,,, Cleveland and came out on top with a score of McKinley, 58, Riverside, I9, Grover Cleveland, l8. George Woods won the l8O low hurdles and the high jump. Other firsts were Charles Thomas in the lOO yard dash, Richard Borycki in the broad jump, Leonard Harlos in the pole vault and John Faliszewski in the shot put. Next, McKinley met Kensington and Lafayette and suffered a loss. The score was: Kensington, 57, Lafayette, 29, McKinley, l3. We had only one first place man, Leonard Harlos, who tied for first place in the pole vault. We met Technical and Burgard on May 20 and again suffered a double loss. The score was Technical, 45, Burgard, 32, McKinley, 22. At the All-High trials, four Mc- Kinley men qualified. They were George Woods in the l8O low hurdle, Irwin Frawley in the mile, Leonard Harlos in the pole vault, and John Tessmer jumping the hurdles Faliszewski in the Sl lO'l' pllf. 68