New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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1953 SEASCDN Two stars and a cast of featured players gave Coaches Cipolaro and Petrillo the needed material to fashion the championship team of 1953: undefeated in six contests and tied in one. Jim Roach and Pete Newell were the stars in the backfield, providing a punch that only one opponent could match fwhen Newell was sidelinedj, and from right end, Capt. Ted Gibbons led the team with a fine example of scrappy play. The first game with Eastern Military Academy showed that the somewhat uncertain squad had what it takes. This was no easy game but the 26-0 score revealed future greatness The next win over valiant Middletown High 13 0 was again engineered by Roach and Newell with Capt Gibbons playing a strong game at end Union College Freshmen came to Cornwall on the following Saturday and proved the old adage The bigger they are the harder they fall Despite thelr advantage of weight and age the college freshmen could not stop the sp1r1ted Colden Knights The 200 score set the Engineers home wondering what the Cadets had The answer was again Newell and Roach The fourth game with Newburgh Free Academy drew the biggest crowd of the year but this season NYMA was up and NFA down Roach and Newell made their spectacular runs, with Sam Adam, Tom Foster, and Fred Touchstone adding to the backfield power. The Cadets rolled up a 47-0 victory, although Coach Cipolaro cleared the bench in the second half. Sam Adam booted five conversions. The game with Brooklyn Prep. was played in a driv- ing rain, but the mud did not stop the team and the rain failed to dampen the fine spirit of the Corps, who travelled with the team. The sparkling backfield was just as fast as ever and tackles Tom Mason and John Patter- son had a good day in the soup. The score was 39-0 and dinner at the Brass Rall boosted the already high morale of NYMA V1Ct0fY at last eluded the Cadets at Pearl River when a 27 27 deadlock pierced the uncrossed goal line The loss of Pete Newell proved his great value especially 1n backlng up the line although Brahm Greenblatt did a good Job as substitute The Golden Knights came back to win over Albany Academy the score of 50 6 showing that the early snowstorm could not slow their attack Last year Albany ran wild but this year only Alan Steiner ran going 66 yards to prevent a whitewash Once again Newell and Roach were unstoppable .lack Murphy returned from Contmued on Page 135 The Brg Two ln Action on Memorial F leld' ...ull 133 7 Gi ?3 9 a . . . f s ' a 7 - I ' SG 1 - . 5 ' 5 - as ' - - - . 1 ' 9 , , . . 7 - . Y . . , , v 1 9 , , . 1 9 - - as - as - - - - ' , 'S' 1 . W W 1, J . C J ' 7, , 6 , is M v . P ' -aw., , ' a t If ' f ,, 'W'-fu Nm 'V ' f ww MQ-.Af a f. , 7 we Mt ,?, , J s ' u rr .. 'Yam .f ' .Y eh l T ' A . -:fin . . . - A ' PQ, ' f ' ' 'H . I . I A . . 7. .. -. ,

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an earlier lnjury to alternate with Dlck Kroehler at left end Every man played up to the hilt w1th guards Guy Fay and Joe Palumbo doing a great Job along Wlth Larry Van Etten center Newell was equally strong both offensively and defensively Fred Touchstone scored on a lateral from Roach on the one foot l1ne and Greenblatt ran 92 yards for the final score on the final play of the 1953 season Three men who were never 1n the llmellght deserve a lot of credit Coaches Clpolaro and Petrlllo were responsible for the success of the team Capt elect Art Leone who was put out of action IH the first game was always on the field 1n sp1r1t and the team will never forget his encouragement And so the 1953 football season came to an end w1th an undefeated team turning 1n the1r unlforms many for the last time and worthy reciplents of the coveted Alumni donated gold footballs Men of the gr1d1ron the Corps salutes you' IUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL In daily contact UD w1th the Varsity the NYMA jayvees put together an undefeated season of the1r own Greenblatt scored twice Steve Orseck once Storm King JV s were overpowered 35 O when Cambra Green blatt Herrlngton W Fox and Daley tallied In the last two games of the regular season NYMA took a scrappy hard fightmg St Agnes School team 256 Four sustamed marches by the Cadets pa1d off Against Highland Falls JV s Greenblatt talhed IWICC 1n was the NYIVIA IV fplus Newell and Roachl vs NYMA Vars1ty lmmus N 81 R The score 9 411:31 to I Who won? NYMA' Of the 1953 lVs Coach Ralph Petrlllo said Th1s IS one of the Hnest JV football teams I have ever had the good fortune to coach The I V s heading for pay dirt' 135 ' 7 NFA ,lV's were toppled in the first contest, I8-6, as a I4-0 victory. One of the unrecorded games of the year I , 9 ' 9 7 ' I D T J' ' ' s 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 , D 97 9 ' - 9 ' , . .