Most Holy Trinity High School - Triad Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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1946-194 His quiet efficient play helped win many a ball game for the Williamsburgers and never-to-be- forgotten are the games against St. Francis and Cathedral won by his last minute field goals. Other players include scrappy Jim FitzCuerald, Herb Rossman, Sal Villani, Bill Casey, Jim Cal- laghan, Tom Donovan, Frank Kelly, Tony Cal- abrese, and Frank Winkelman. The fact that we can be justly proud of our team at all times is due to the untiring efforts of our coaches Chick Keegan and Joe Geary and to the efficient administration of Bro, Paul Boeckerman, athletic director. A tense moment on the bench. Going down the line from the right we see T. Donoyan, H. Rossman, J. Rose, F. Winkelman, F. Kelly, Bro. Paul Boeckerman, Coach Keegan, and Coach Geary. COACH ...' i Q. , it st 9 f,fk 'i '. is IP' - ' MR. JOSEPH GEARY Freshman Basketball J. V. Baseball Intramurals HST.--41 CATHEDRAL--33 The Wililamsburgers had to come from behind to overcome Cathedral. I'l.T.--53 BROOKLYN PREP--32 Brennan, McGraw, and Rossman collected sixteen, thirteen, and twelve points, re- spectively as Trinity beat the Prepsters. H.T.--40 ST. FRANCIS--38 ln the most thrilling game of the season, Captain Ed McGraw scored two tield goals in the last ten seconds of play. R. T.--45 ST. JO!-iN'S PREP--49 Playing with a leg injury, Torn Brennan was unable to lend his usually dependable support and the Tigers bowed 45-49. H. T.--32 LOUGHLIN--50 Despite Tom Brennan's sixteen points Laughlin pulled an upset. H.T.--39 ST. MICHAEUS--37 The Tigers were just able to gain the margin of victory. H. T.---55 BROOKLYN PREP--35 ln this 55-35 triumph, Cook McLaugh- lin broke the individual scoring record for one game by gaining thirty-one points. I-l.T.--35 ST. AUGUSTINFS--37 Handicapped by a very poor court and playing conditions, the Tigers lost to the Lancers 35-37. H. T.--42 CATHEDRAL-40 Captain Ed McGraw again provided a thrilling finish, coming through in the final seconds with a right handed push shot. H. T.--34 ST. JOHN'S PREP-40 The Reclmen managed to stop the Tigers for the third straight time to eliminate them from the Haggerty Tournament. H. T.-32 RICE-40 Mcl.aughlin's seventeen points went to no avaii as Rice ousted Trinity from the Knights of Columbus Tournament 32-40. Sal Villani slips through St. John's to rack up another deuce. Bill Casey breaks the ice inthe sea- son's opener with a beautiful lett- handed lay-up. 9 Herb Rossrnan watches his shot zip the net for two points against Cathedral.

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McLaughlin leaps high tor the ball in the Haggerty Tournament. Brennan tbl and McGraw 138i are ready to take it over. BASKETBALL ISPLAYING a blend of excellent teamwork and expert coaching, the Tiger quintet had one of the most promising season openings in years. But injuries and player losses broke the magic formula and the team slipped down into fourth place in league competition, ending the season with a total of fourteen wins against seven losses. Cook McLoughlin, who mer- ited a coveted place on the All Scholastic team, was high scorer of the season with l97 points. Treetop Brennan scored l86 points from all angles on the pivot line. Captain Ed McGraw, our Most Valuable player, scored l39 points. H.T.--29 De La SALLE-27 The Tigers scored their first non-league triumph by defeating De La Salle 29-27 in a thrilling game. H. T.--29 XAVI ER--23 Trinity held the lead by a large margin for the first three quarters, but they found plenty of opposition in the final stanza. H. T.-40 POLY TECH J. V.--24 The tigers easily trounced the Poly Tech J. V. McLaughlin and Brennan shared the scoring honors. H. T.-39 ST. FRANCIS--32 Showing real team spirit the Tigers edged out St. Francis in the last quarter of a furi- ously fought league opener. H. T.--47 ST. MlCHAEL'S-29 Connie the Cook cooked up nineteen points as the Tigers easily beat St. Michael's. H. T.--41 ALUMNI--32 Trinity's Varsity triumphed over a substitu- tion ridden Alumni team. Larry Diebner won the pre-game foul shooting contest. H. T.-38 ST. BENEDlCT'S, Newark-33 Coming from behind to tie the score at 27-all in the third quarter, the Tigers forged ahead and finally beat the New Jersey team. H. T.-30 ST. JOHN'S PREP-50 St. John's upset Trinity in their third league tiit by a large margin though the score was close until more Tigers went out on fouls in the final quarter. H. T.--31 LOUGHLIN-25 The Tigers bounced back from defeat to overcome a fighting Loughlin five. H.T.-37 ST. AUGUSTINE'S--42 Big Tom again led the scoring with four- teen points but to no avail as the Tigers lost to the Lancers 37-42. COACH MR. FRANK KEEGAN Varsity Basketball Varsity Baseball Cook McLaughlin makes an easy lay-up against Rice in the K. of C. Tournament. Big Tom Brennan runs into diffi- culty in that famous second game with St. Francis. Fitz FitzGcrald making a hook shot against St Johns Tsk, tsk, who's shoving?

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BILL CASEY Forward gg, TONY CALABRESE TIG II '46-'4 JIM FITZGERALD Guard CAPTAIN ED McGRAW Forward Most Valuable I FRANK KELLY Guard 4. I X5 ., I an - I I I 14 X