Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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THI: SASSQMU 4 ISHS BASEBALL Front Row tl. to r.beJ. Lieori, J. Harper, M. Ileald, T. Amatai, R. Fitzgerald, J. Felch. Middl, Row tl. ti r.r-elf. Grassey, R. Stenzguist, C, lVlulfin, B. Downey, E. Bernard, B. Beale, O. Prescott. Back lbw 1l.to r.jfl,. Valle, ,V. Grupposo, R. R. Conant. J. Mann, L. Pharris. BASPIHBALI. The Baseball season for the spring' of Paul, T. Wyberg, G. Bouret, Coach Plausse, outstanding stars and the tciim will either win throrggh its united efforts or else once again suffer defeat regularly. Most of the candidates are working very hard and are attracting the attention of the coach hy their diligence and adherence to instruction. We hope that our enlarged schedule of sixteen games will furnish much sport and I .H . . . l.h..t is approached with lL'lll9l'lly hy some and optimism hy many. Practically the tniire team of lasi year has been grad- uated and m-:essarily we will miss heavy hitters such as Brennan, O'liea,Q'an and others, so that this 5ear's team must be huilt with the idea of placing: stress on 1 . many victories for Natick High School. :letense Instead of offense. '- The holdovers from last year who saw IJ-XSLBALL RECORD some service are Grupposo, Heddcrig, Fitz- Natick ........ 11 Nlarlboro . Qt-mimi. In-ist-.,1i, Ifelt-ii, spillei-, Casey ai.-1 Xaflfk - 2 Hudgfm -- ' . V . Natick .. 3 Dedham . Bregoli. Out of this group the only real Yativk H YOYWUC1 regular was tlruppnso and this year's Natick , 9 Dedham H , team must he hnilt around him. Natick . -1 Milford .. . . ' ' , V I Q -, The Base,-hall team of '38 leaves no record Nallllt ' 'T Mallbom ' ti he u :held as it won but one ame and Natick 10 Walliole ' 4 l U' I ' ' Q ' Natick . 0 Norwood . that lil' f0l'lf'il- Natick . 8 Needham . The candidates for this year's team wiil Natick . U Walpole M, Wm. w.M,n as fax. as Varsity play is Natick .. 10 Framingham .. H ,- Y Q Natick ... .. 16 Needham ..... concerned, hut man, will hate profited Yatink 5 Framingham by a full summer's play with orfraniza- Natick Hudson tions outside the school. There will be no Natick Milford

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, C 'F X 5' ' 'NN--v THI: SASSH 4U 0 IEIEEI 3 . s l 4 l FOOTBALL Front Row tleft to right! S John Felch, Vincent Grupposo, Walter Ilregoli, Robert Casey, Mario Manna, Francis Foley. L. A. Pharris. Second Row-Michael Morris, Ralph Florio. Herbert Hedderig, Burton Wright, War- ren Hanna, George Petro, Robert Fitzgerald, Tony Amato. Third Row-Mr. Charles McManus 4Assistant Coacht, Ross McPherson, Henry Ralboni, Carl Orcutt, Warren Langley, Charles Briiley tC.iachl. James Ligori, Kendall Benton, Paul Peterson, Gordon Bouret, Mr. E. Davis Woodbury tFaculty NIgr.J Fourth RowsGeorge Mitchell tManager5, Allan Biadford, Bernard Ilowney. Teddy VVyberg, VVilliam VVells, John Harper, Orren Prescott, Richard Rairil. Philip Quatrale. FOOTBALL We outp'ayed them, but they won. Thus in a few words might be explaincl the Natick High football record of ISVZY. Time and again the wearers of the blue and red completely outplaycd their oppo- nents and with victory almost in their grasp, would for some inexplicable reaso.i have a lapse of enthusiasm at the psycholo- gical moment to wipe out their gallant efforts of the entire day. However, the followers of this 12438 eleven had mucl. occasiin to be proud of them because of the sustained spirit, the unwavering perse- verance and on the whole, the good team- work. A glance at the record will prove that this club left much to be desircl in thi way cf a winning combination. Howevez if we were looking for reasons for its ap parent failure, many could be found, chicg of which would be the extraordinary num- ter of minor injuries to key players. Bu. since we do not care to waste too much time on such useless pleasure we will di- gress minly to say that while their victory column may be short, our boys were long on courage, character and true sportsman- ship. While it is expected that next year's eleven will once again establish the su- premacy of Natick in football, we realize that tht- ability ot' Captains Hanna and VViight, Fitzgerald, Hedderig, Manna, Bre- goli. Erskine, and particularly Vinnie Booth Grupposo, all ot' the class ot' 19219 will bg- greatly missed. These boys, who have had one or at the most, two years of varsity experience, seem to be just about arriving athletically speaking: it is un- fortunate then that they can continue their gridiron activities no longer. We who have had the pleasure to be associated with Natick High athletics look forward to th-' time when our school, like all of our oppo- nents will be abfe to be represented by the three clas'es of the Senior High School. pl: fl.-I

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Tl-Il: S'SSFl 4U 4 IEEE BOYS' BASKETBALL Back Row-C. Mullen, R. McDaniel, E. Barnard, J. Cummings, Coach Maffeo, L. Wentworth, O. Prescott, A. Bellofatto, A. Bacciochi, E. Grassey. Second Row-J. Ligori, C. Chala, J. Felch, J. Haddad, J. O'B1-ien, D. Cucinotta, E. Duffy, A. Parker, A. Bradford, L. bnecco. Front Row-C. Orcutt. H. Hedderig, G. Whitman, B. Wright, V. Grupposo fCapt.J, M. Heald, T. Keaney, W. Langley, R. Casey. BASKETBALL Another great basketball team repre- sented Natick High in the 1938-39 season. The newly-formed Bay State Basketball League proved to be easy picking for COach MafTeo's outfit, and they took the cham- pionship by winning all ten league conteste. Only once, in the final Framingham game, was the Red amd Blue pressed to win. The complete schedule showed thirteen victories and two defeats. By this tina- showing Natick was given an opportunity to compete in the Tech Tournament, but, in a playoff game with Needham, was dc- cisively beaten. Despite elimilnation from Tournament play, the Bay State champs turned in an enviable record and an unde- feated second team provided further encour- agement. Outstanding players on the first team were Captain Grupposo, Burt Wright, Malc Heald, Hedderfg and Tom Kea BASKETBALL Natick ........ 37 Natick ... 26 Natick ... ... 31 Natick . .. ... 32 Natick ... ... 42 Natick ... ... 41 Natick 38 Natick ... . . 52 Natick ... ... 36 Natick .. 38 Natick ... .. 38 Natick ... ... 34 Natick ... . .. 30 Natick ... ... 38 Natick 37 Totals 550 Natick ... .. 23 Captain-elect Warren Langley, Bud 5 . ny. RECORD Alumni . . . '75 Marlboro ..... 30 Milford . . 19 Wellesley . 29 Norwood . . 23 Walpole . .. 19 Dedham ... 18 Wellesley . 27 Framingham ZG- Milford ....... 17 Norwood . . 26 Walpole ....... 14 Stratford ..... 115 Dedham ....... 1'.' Framingham Z9 162 Needham .. .. '31