McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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Swimming Builds Stamina FRONT ROW-Allen Canfield, Donald Fratini, Joseph Nolan, Thomas Mikulec SECOND ROW- Mr. Grundon, Robert Slocum, Charles Strait, David Tessmer, Joseph Gimbrone Ready for the race The beginning ofa new competitive sport was undertaken during this school year. After several years of talking and hoping, a real effort was made to organize a swimming team at McKinley. The fact that we do not have a pool at school was a big drawback and great credit must be given to the boys who turned out for the team and willingly traveled away from school for practice sessions. lt is hoped that more such fellows will turn out next year so that we can have a team of which we can be proud. We believe we have good pros- pects for a good team next year. The team has been practicing at Riverside pool on Tuesday afternoons and at Lafayette on Friday afternoons. The boys have been developing their starts and turns together with kicks and power strokes. The team hopes to be in competitive swimming meets next season to try its abilities against real competition. Our coach, Mr. Grundon, is a fine instructor and has worked hard in trying to get up a good team. Let's back this new ef- fort in every way possible.