New Utrecht High School - Comet Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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arm, atnmer the championship in rather sombrous colors, due to the fact that our opponents have retained their stars of former years. As formal practice has not been com- menced and is starting about the seventeenth of February, Coach Frankel stated that can- didates are yet permitted to report. He ap- peals to the students to come out for hand- ball, if they wish to see it maintained in New Utrecht High School. F OOTB ALL X f . WITH the University I i of Southern Cali- fornia's victory over Tu- lane, New Year's Day, the curtain was rung down ,on the 1931 football season. From the viewpoint of a Ut- recht student, the season was not altogether successful. True, the eleven won five out of seven games played, but the two that were lost were bitter pills to take indeed, for the simple reason that they were admin- istered at the hands of the Green and White's staunchest rivals, james Madison and Boys High. New Utrecht opened her season with a most successful onslaught against Thomas jefferson, Ben Roskin leading the boys so a 14-0 triumph. The next game was what is known in the vernacular of sport as a breather. The Bensonhurst eleven took an easy one to the tune of 20-0 from a scrappy Lincoln High School eleven. The next two games will long be remem- bered in the history of Utrecht sport. The Green and White team had the eyes of the scholastic sporting world focused upon them, as they upset the odds two weeks in suc- cession, beating Manual Training and Brook- lyn Tech, 12-6, 6-0, respectively. On November 14, Utrecht traveled to Boys High stadium to meet the team rep- resenting Samuel Tilden High. The team was greatly hampered by playing on a strange Held and also by weather conditions. The result being that Utrecht managed to eke out a 6-0 win over the Silver and Blue team. THE following Saturday found the boys still dog tired from the pounding of the much heavier teams of Manuel, Tech and Tilden. Nevertheless, the Utrecht eleven had to face its rival, james Madison. The stands were jammed to capacity and were a pag- eant of gorgeous colors. In the field, the Black and Gold band and cheer-leaders were vieing with the music and cheering of the Green and White stands. From the opening whistle, it was apparent that Utrecht was in no condition to play a team as strong as Madison on that particular day, but Ut- recht fought gamely until the end. Time and time again, the line held desperately as if their lives were at stake, on the 1 or 2 yard lines. But no human body can as- similate punishment forever. Twice the Black and Gold managed to wiggle through the lines for touchdowns. When the final whistle had blown, the Green team lay in the dust, with a 13-0 defeat chalked up against them. Coach Warchaizer then set himself to the task of preparing his team for the final Thanksgiving Day clash with Boys High. Carl Dosic, captain of the cheer squad sug- gested a pep rally as a means of strength- ening the boys' morale. This plan was agreed upon, and arrangements were made to hold the rally in the school auditorium. When the day of the rally dawned, out of the 8000 students in the Bensonhurst school, not more than 100 students attended the gathering which showed the eleven that they no longer Nineteen

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UDB QLUUIZI BASKETBALL IT gives us great pleas- ure to announce through this medium that Mr. George Ross, popular mentor of the basketball team has de- serted the realms of bachelorhood and re- cently betook unto him- self a bride. Congratu- lations, Mr. Ross!!! lf WS - l We are also pleased to announce that the New Utrecht Five has rosy prospects for another borough championship. Many of the brighest luminaries of the past two seasons will have been graduated by the time the regular season starts. Ratzan, Esposito, Hoff- man, Bonavita, Pruzick, and Roskin are among those who will not see service this year. The nucleus for New Utrecht's hopes is centered upon the persons of Capt. Lulu Handweiler, Julie Robbins and Whitey Rosenthal. When the whistle blows to start the regular P. S. A. L. season, the first team will probably be made up of Robbins, Hand- weiler, Rosenthal, Cantarella, Krivitsky, and possibly Vinacour. Supplanting these men, one finds Schwartz, Silverstein, Gennis and Krasner wearing the Green and White. As is customarily done, New Utrecht en- gages in several pre-season encounters. So far, the basketeers have met two of the strongest teams in the city, and performed valiantly although they lost. Utrecht dropped a close one to jefferson, 26-22, but it was a grand encounter from the start to finish. Textile, probably the greatest team in the city, beat the Green Five 36-21. These games have no bearing however on the P. S. A. L. basketball race. The managers, Reisner, Pearl and Good- Eighteen stadt, are at work engaging more practice games to get the boys in shape. When interviewed, Coach Ross predicted a championship for Captain Lulu Hand- weiler and his boys. HANDBALL HANDBALL in P. S. A. L. circles has taken remarkable strides in the past few seasons. From a rather meager number of five Brooklyn High Schools equipped with handball squads, a full-fledged P. S. A. L. sport has grown with divisions in each bor- ough of New York City. At present, Brook- lyn alone has eleven teams. Next spring starts the second season during which hand- ball enjoys P. S. A. L. standing. Because of the growth of the sport, the P. S. A. L. authorities have changed the rules so as to allow more competition amongst a greater number of players. To the existing schedule of three singles games and one doubles is to be aded another doubles contest, thus necessitating a seven man team in lieu of the previous teams of f1ve members. New Utrecht's representatives, last spring, compiled a rather fair average, in emerging victors in six contests while tasting defeat in five. From that squad of last spring, Coach Frankel has lost four valuable members, Captain Fine, Fox, Segal and Finestone, by graduation. To replace them and to act as a nucleus for next season's team, are Ray Brick, singles and doubles star of former campaigns and Si Silverstein. Mr. Frank- el who is devoting all his spare time in coaching the newcomers in the intricacies of the wall game, sees embryo stars in Stan Simon, Shepp, Shapiro and Axelrod. Mr. Frankel refused to comment on the team's chances in the approaching campaign although he did paint its opportunities for

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dtbe Qtumer had the support of the student body. So, when Thanksgiving Day arrived, the team that faced Boys High was thoroughly broken in spirit, besides being bruised in body. Despite Roskin's touchdown, and the playing of Conte, Cerevalo, Segal and Rag- gazino, Utrecht was overwhelmingly defeat- ed 32-7. With the close of a football season, var- ious all teams are always picked, and 1931 was no exception. Phil Raggazino, joe Ceravalo and Marcus Segal of the Utrecht eleven were honored by all-Brooklyn rating. HEREWITH is the lineup of the 1931 edition of the Utrecht football season. Ends: Dan Lesselbaum and Danny Del Vec- chio, two of the finest all-around ends play- ing football in high school today. Tackles: Red Mangiamelli, Cassaza and Cheriak. who have been keystones in the powerful Green line. Guards: Phil Raggazino and Mug Migliachio. Phil was the unanimous choice of the sports writers as the outstand- ing guard in Brooklyn scholastic football cycles, need more be said? Stalwart Migli- achio was an impenetrable barrier to all who face him. The work of Phil and Mig rivals that of the Damon and Pythias pair of two seasons past, Gewant and Simnowitz. Centre: Marcus Segal, generally considered the best center on the New York football horizon this year. Segal could kick, charge, hold and do a dozen other things that are required of star linesmen. The backfield consists of Ben Roskin, the nearest thing to Albie Booth to ever cross the portals of New Ut- recht, Conte, the most spectacular and most dangerous ball toter and kicker we have seen in action this season. Joe Ceravalo, plunger, passer, leader extraordinaryg Cris- afulli, a steady, dependable back that any coach would thank the heavens for, and last but not least, Hy Picker, the life of the team. Every eleven needs a spark plug, and Ut- recht's carried the label Picker . Picker is a triple threat man, besides being a fine fel- low on the field and off. mffsqjfvd fl ve-'limb 'SDK ,N 5615? 6351+ ,Qu 4 W Twenly Iv gzjfivf ,Sheff :lyqgi i f '53 if,