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

Page 27 text:

GRIDSTERS To quote my predecessor Thts past season Coaches ferry Shaw Ray Puppelh and Ben Vltale were at the helm of a rather rnexpenenced football team To quote Mr Shaw Th1s comrng season we wlll be at the helm of an even more lnexperrenced football team By the end of Iune the Whole ftrst strrng wtth the exceptron of lolsn Cangelosr wlll have graduated Those graduatrng thrs term are Backs Ed Romeo Al Ersenberg and lrwm Koslk Ends Al Dorfman and loe Palumbo Tackle Sonny lngahnerr Guards Paul Rosenfeld and Frank Federrco Cen ter Ralph Cretella Mr Shaw expects to bulld next years team around Cangelosr Fred Prtone Pat Am1rat1 Tony Negrr and last term s 1un1or varsrty The coach 1S not overly opt1m1st1c about h1s teams chances but he expects rt to lmprove as the season progresses and the players acqulre more expenence Wrth regard to the problem of student support Mr Shaw hopes attend ance at the game w1ll rmprove smce all the games w1ll be played rn Brooklyn thrs comrng year DIAMOND DOINGS Coach Abe Pelcher has once agatn come up wtth a team that has a good chance to take the PS A L baseball champronshrp The team wtll play mne league games wrth the toughest competttron expected to come from the Madfson and Llncoln nrnes Outftelder Captarn Vmny Ascrolla shortstop Seymour Solomon flrst baseman Frank Incontrera prtcher Max Housenbold and catcher Anthony Castelll form the nucelus of thls year s team All are returnees from last year s squad that won srxteen of erghteen games before lostng to Ttlden rn the playoffs After th1s term Ascrolla Solomon lncontrera Housenbold Castellt and Paul Rosenfeld graduate leavrng Mr Felcher wrth a rather lnexpertenced group of boys to Work wrth NATATORS Coach Prank MacDavrtt was sorely drsappornted wtth h1s team s showrng last term Mr Mac had hoped that wrth added expertence and practrce the team would develop 1nto one of the best Utrecht swtmmtng teams IH recent years However the pool had to undergo repatrs wh1ch lasted unttl December Graduatlng thrs term are Captaln Dave Napelbaum Stan Horowttz Sey mour Cassorla Charles Henry Mrke Se1gelman Ralph Cretella Marty Lerner and Ronnle RGIS Also graduatlng thrs term 1S Manager G11 Cassorla Next years team w1ll be bu1lt around freestylers Henry Landau Mlke Berloff Howle Gold Trevor Engblom Thomas Marano Iames Rerss and Fred Solomon Backstrokers Ed Cardrnale Al Montague and Barry Webman Breaststroker Howard Shaller and DIVGIS lrvxng Brothman and Anthony Fazzese Mr Mac hopes for a marked 1mprovement rn h1s team s showlng KEGLERS Somethrng new has been added to the Utrecht sport scene thts term Un der the able gurdance of Mr Croohe a bowhng team has been orgamzed The team won frve of 1ts etaht encounters wtth the opposltron ftmshtnq tn a t1e for frrst place They lost a playoff to Erasmus by Just thtrteen ptns The team s record came as a pleasant surprrse to Mr Croche The prospects for the future are very bllxftllf wrth th1s vears squad re turnlng en masse The returrees W1ll be Captarn Paul Stlngo lo In Acterno Vmcent Balduccr Godfrey Tedescnt Sal Marztghano Donald Hasse lra Trast and Barry Webman 23 tt - 1 1 11 ,, . . , . . ,, , 1 , . . 1 I 1 1 ... I Z I - . , . - 1 1 1 1 - . . , . , . . 1 - ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . , , 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . , . , . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . , . . , . 1 g , i , . 1 - - 1 - 1 - - 1 . , 1 . . , l , . , ,. . . 1 1 1 1 1

Page 26 text:

A 9 El f 11151112121 101 If zcnb an O Hllfblllg xt gl t mjele Zllfb 3 Il Ogden Nash SPORTS NOTES HOOPSTERS After l l3 of the second and sudden death overtrme the Utrecht noopsters walked off the Madrson Square Garden basketball court wrth a 54 52 vrctory over Flushrng f-hgh School and thelr ftrst C1fY P S A L basketball champronshrp The Utrecht aurntet had gone undefeated rn regular season play before headmg for the playoffs The competrtron was rough but the hoopsters downed Madrson Lmcoln Taft and Iefferson tn SUCCSSSIOP to move 1nto the fmals where they met Flushtna for the champronshrp More than 2000 Utrechtrtes came to Madtson Square Garden to watch therr team play tn the frnals They wttnessed a contest that was tremend ously excrtmg from start to f1n1sh The regular game ended rn a 49 49 t1e necessrtatrng an overtrme pertod However the overtrme penod also ended rn a tte 52 52 throwrng the game rnto a second and sudden death overtfme The Utes won the tap worked the ball untrl at the l l3 mark brg Mrke Parentr grabbed a pass from l-lerb Mark man and took a short Jump shot that dropped through the hoop wrnnrng the aame and the champtonshrp for the Green and Whrte Mrke Parentt was Utrecht s top scorer and rebounder settmg smgle game and playorf scormg records Mrke was fed beautrfully throughout the play offs by Shelly Brodsky and Herb Markman whtle Herb Kesten starred on de fense Danny Berlm s all around play was a brg l1ft to the team Parentr Markman Kesten and Berlrn of hrs startrng frve and hrs three top reserves rn Zack Manrckas Iack Grmbelman and Marv Bashner Bonnle Bets manager of the team for the past two years leaves also Next year s team w1ll be burlt around ace backcourt man Shelly Brodsky and p1votman Harvey Kozrtsky Other returnees wrll be Marty Chodroff Allan Wemberg Sam Wrnograd and Walter Chrrstlan BROWNIES Sparked by hfgh 1ump1ng ferry Bernstem and therr crack l 200 yard relay team the Brownres took second place rn the clty mdoor track champronshrps Bernstem won the crty hrgh 3ump champronshrp wrth a leap of 5 9 The l 200 yard relay team composed of lesse Bergerwttz Ed Romeo Phrl Barnet and foe Barone won therr event rn a trme of 3 20 l Phtl Tesorfero took second rn the 220 Srd Scharf placed second rn the l 000 Charlre Montalloano took fourth m the shot put to account for the other Utrecht pornts The Brownres lost to Boy s f-hgh by only three polnts At thrs wr1t1ng Coach Iackson Browne has hrgh hopes for hrs team tn the crty outdoor track champronshrps After thrs term Mr Browne w1ll lose Co Captarns ferry Bernstem and Srd Scharf plus half of hrs champronshrp l200 yard relay team rn Iesse Berger wrtz and Eddre Romeo through graduatton Also graduatrng thts term are Al Ersenberg Gene Levenstern Paul Mrnettt Allan Brooks Sal Fazzr lack Durso and foe lorro Next season s mamstays w1ll be sprlnters Phl Tesorrero Phrl Barnet foe Barone and fake Levy shot putter Charlte Nfontalbano hurdlers Lenny Guran and lack Neharna and cross countryman Anthony Mastronardr 22 IH e.. ' fl W 1 or e. ,yr r' . , l 5 ef? 1 'o I ' 0 , I I A I . . 1 Turning to the prospects for next season, Coach lrving Goldberg loses , , , , I - I I I I ' I , : . . 1 A I I 1 - , ' A z ,

Page 28 text:

I X rf' , ,, rf -WWYQ 'ff A X lx ,QTQSR3 Q ,., f., ' 'fm Q . f' 1 , ifx, 'fx vu 1 sr- , ,wg X f 1: -w as -of -1 2 . I . ,, ., .. .,,,. , -, JX