Revere High School - Lantern Yearbook (Revere, MA)

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Fwst Row F' Fzore A Szgnore G Gajf F Taylor Co Captain R Paul Co Captain McManus J Fusco R D Eramo Second Row G Fmkelstem, Manager C Fuctllo J Kelfer R Balbom J Pztzz J Capo bzanco J Mefrullo R Seger Manager Thrrd Row F McGovern R Sena W Hansen E Jenkzns R Paul Basketball Among the lettermen returnlng for the 1955 season were Senlors Fred Taylor Ronald Paul Joe Polxdoro Rlchard DEramo Joe Fusco Jumors Everett Jenklns Rlchard Penn and Sophomore Edward McManus Revere at Chelsea An underrated Revere qulntet traveled to Chelsea to challenge our hottest rlvals The first game of the season was a close game whlch saw the lead belng changed back and forth until the flnal seconds when Chelsea on the a1d of foul shots nosed out our basketeers 50 49 Hlgh scorer for Revere WHS Fred Taylor and shmmg 1n all around play was sophomore Fdward McManus Medford at Revere The Revere Hlgh School basketball qumtet played thelr first home game of the season at the Lmcoln Gym Frlday January 7 but were unsuccessful ln trymg to notch thelr Hrst vlctory of the season as they were nosed out by a scrappy Medford team 67 63 Once more hxgh scorer for Revere was Fred Taylor w1th 24 polntss Twenty of hls pomts were scored on fxeld goals Runnerup was RODDIG Paul wlth 17 polnts scored, as he threw ln 7 pomts from the foul lme more than anyone on the team 'tlcltlanus was great as he cleared the boards for Revere Revere at Qumcy Revere was off to the Granlte Clty to play thelr thlrd encounter of the new season as they battled a good Qumcy team Tuesday mght January 11 Their effort for a vlctory was smothered by a 75 53 postlng Revere held lts own throughout the game untll the thlrd perlod when Qumcy forged ahead to trounce our Blue and Whlte High scorer for the Blue and Whlte was Freddy Taylor with 21 polnts Lowell at Revere Revere Hlgh played one of then toughest games of the new season as they squeezed out a 58 57 Wm ln the last few seconds of the thullmg game wlth Lowell Frxday January 14 Freddy Taylor again excelled thus tlme wlth 27 pomts Ronnle Paul played well and was credlted wlth 15 Poms Revere at Everett Oul hopes were high for a wlctory slnce the confidence and ambltlon of the squad had arisen to new helghts followmg thelr wlctory mer lowell Howewex our hopes were qulcklv dnmmed as we came home on the short end of a 67 41 defeat Revere at Somerville Revere Hlgh trneled to Somelsllle Frlday January 21 to play the unbeaten leaders of the Gleater Boston League but agaln the Blue md Whltes chnef' nemesrs once more thumped Revere thxs txme bv 1 cxushmg 46 '31 'erdmt Malden at Revere Our Beach Clty Pne reached the half way point In thelr Greater Boston League Schedule Tuesday nlght January 25 when they were mcked by the Nlalden Hlgh qulntet 65 62 The Blue and Whxte suffered then second defeat ln less than a week ns they lost thls healt breaker by three shoxt polnts The Blue and Whltes record now stood at a poor 1 6 as one hxlf of the season had elapsed But half of these defeats haxe been vely close and tough ones to lose A bretthez now and then fox the Rexere club would have probably cut these defeats ln half Sophomore Eddle Mcllanus became hxgh scorer for the first tlme thls season as he notched 18 bug pomts Dlckle DEramo and Fred Taylor followed close behind hlm with 13 points aplece 1 ' ' .' ' ' . . . . V . 1 ' , . , . , 1 , 1 , 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' . . , . , 1 , . , 1 1 1 1 I . , . . . . . 1 ' 1 1 1 - . ' V 1 . Y . - . ' '- . 1 ' . . , ' 1 . . , 1 1 1 Y ' , 1 1 . H - V- - . . . ' 1 , 1 1 ' 1, 4 . ' ' ' ' - u ' 11 1 1 - . ' 1 '. 1 1 1 1 - ' ' 1 1 ' . , . 1 1 ' . 1 1' ' 1 ' ' 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1' 1 1 1 - 1 ' ' 1 . , s 1 ' 1 1 ' 11' ' 1 1 A 1 1 .1 ' K 1 1 4 1 ' 1. 1 . ,Q . . . . I . . ,. ,. , 1 . 1. . , 1 . 1. 1 'Q , 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - 11 ' ' ' 1 , 1 ' - 1 1 , V ' . ' . . - . U .- 1, 1 . 1 1 ' xx 1 1 1 11: ' ..- 1 . 1 . ' Q , ,1 ' 1. . 1 1 1 -' 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 4 . , l Z . 11 . 1 1 1 1 l . . , 1 . . V. ' . .

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.llnnihnll Wakefield at Revere On October 16 Revere played host to a strong Wakefield team Both teams scored early ln the first period After the openlng kxckoff Revere scored when End Bob Powers blocked a Wakefield punt and fell on the ball 1n the end zone Wakefield came right back ind on the first play following the klCkOff Ralph Tropeano galloped 52 yards to even the score Wlth three minutes left to play ln the final perlod Wakefield marched 55 yards to a touchdown and gave Wakefield a hard earned 12 6 vlctory Revere at Watertown On October 23 Revere High traveled to Vlctory Fleld Watertown to play their first mornmg game of the season It was an unsuccessful bld f0r their first vlctory as the Blue and Whlte bowed to Watertown 19 7 At the end of the first half Watertown was leadlng by the score of 13 0 As ln the Wakefield game Revere s only score came on a blocked punt late ln the final period De Mauro scored the touch dovsn and DFramo converted Revere at Lynn English For the sceond consecutlve Saturday Revere Hlgh played a mormng game and for the slxth consecutlve time they were turned back This tlme Lynn Engllsh stopped our Blue and White in thelr tracks by a 19 0 verdict Lynn English scored thelr first touchdown after the openlng kick off A 15 yard penalty and a fumble set up the other two Lynn touchdowns 1n the last perlod Revere at Lawrence On Sunday November 7 Revere traveled to Lawrence ln quest of their first win of the season Once more they were turned back as they were stopped by a good Lawrence team 25 12 Late ln the game Russo scampered 40 yards off tackle for the Revere score Thelr second touch down was set up by a Lawrence fumble Five plays later Russo once more tallied for Revere Revere at Leominster The Revere Hlgh grid team played then last away game of the season Saturday November 13 previous to their tradltlonal Thanksglvlng Day battle They were completely outclassed by a tronger Leominster team and fell by a score of '34 7 For the first time this season Revere started movmg rlght from the opening klckoff In two mlnutes Reveres offense had driven for their lone touchdown and converslon This lead was soon cut down as Leomlnster scored three quick touchdowns ln the second period and one each m the third and fourth periods to romp over our Blue and Whlte St Mary's at Revere Our Blue and Whlte swept to their first victory of the season ln the postponed ThaI'lkSglVlI'lg Day t1lt whlch was played on the following Sunday afternoon Reveres first touchdown came after a sustamed drlve from their own 13 yard llne Gaxns by Russo Gaff and D Eramo put the ball on the Revere 35 yard stripe Then a Smyr' an to Gxff pass put the ball on the Revere 47 A few plays later with the a1d of a 15 yard penalty agalnst St 'Vlarys D'Eramo scored from 16 yards out for the tally Revere hit pay dirt again in the third period on a Smyrlnan to Gai? forward pass which cowered the last 38 yards Gaff was the standout back for Revere as he gained good yardage on the ground and his punts and punt returns also aided Reveres cause ln their victory Flhll score St Marvs 0 Revere 14 , . ' 1 A . 1 . 1 Y Y Y ! , r ' 1 Z ' .-, 1 '- , . . - , . v ' Y 1 . 1 1 1 ' l ' - . 1 ' 1 1 I l'. , . . , . . . , . , . . , 1 . . . , . '. , . . y , . 1' 4 . 4' 1 1 14. f , l 1 n .5 1 . . ' . . . . 1 . V. I . , I . , . . . '. . ' . . . . . , .

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Basketball Chelsea at Revere Revere Hlgh absorbed their seventh defeat ln elght starts as they were trimmed for the second time th1s season by the Chelsea Red Devils, this by a 65 48 count The Blue and Whlte and the Red Devils played nlp and tuck until the last four minutes of the game when unensea puueu me game out or me me lor LIIUII' win Revere placed only four men ln the scormg column and only two were in double digits as Taylor led the team with 22 pomts and Joe Fusco tossed ln 14 as runnerup Revere at Medford The Blue and White from RHS traveled to the Medford Hlgh Gym Tuesday afternoon February 1 to play the Mustangs ln the only afternoon game of the season for the Beach Clty Boys Reveres attempt to notch their second vlctory of the season was smothered as they were set back 1n thelr fifth consecutive game Freddy Taylor again led the club ln scorlng as he was responsible for 27 of Reveres 63 pomts Two other Revere players placed ln the double digits as Everett Jenkins hlt for 11 pomts and was closely followed by Sonny Slgnore who swlshed 1n 10 pomts Qumcy at Revere For the second time this season a Qulncy quintet once more stopped a hard fighting Revere five this time by an 86 67 verdlct The score would 1nd1cate that Qumcy had an easy time of it Friday night but it was Just the opposlte as thc Blue and Whlte were very much ln contention throughout the game The one thmg that hurt Revere was that they couldn t seem to get golng agalnst the Granlte Clty Hlgh scorers for Revere were Fred Taylor Wlth 25 points poured ln 111 field goalsj and Everett Jenkins with 11 pomts Revere at Lowell Victory starved slnce their fourth game of the season on January 14 Revere traveled to Lowell for their eleventh game and ended their long losmg streak Wlth a 57 47 trlumph Th1s contest was evenly played throughout the course of the game At the end of the first period the Blue and White had opened up an 18 8 lead which proved to be the most pomts which had separated the two teams throughout the evenlng In the second Period Lowell cut down Reveres lead as they outscored our boys 18 14 At half tlme the score board read Revere 32 Lowell 26 The th1rd stanza proved to be hard fought and close as Revere outscored the Lowell FIVE by the close margin of 12 11 and also built up their lead by 7 pomts as they now led 44 37 The game was clinched ln the fourth quarter as Revere bullt up thelr lead as they once more outscored Lowell by a 13 10 margin and thus won the game by a 10 point spread 57 47 Ronnie Paul and Freddy Taylor proved too much for the Lowell team as they reglstered in double figures 1n the scoring column Ronnie Paul had 24 pomts 9 field goals and 6 free throws whlle Taylor had 16 polnts scored 3 field goals and 10 free throws Everett at Revere The Blue and White Basketeers in less than two days scored thelr second consecutlve vlctory of the week as they turned in an upset on a good Everett team by the count of 73 59 Three of the Revere Hlgh squad tallied ln double dlgxts as Revere outplayed Everett throughout the entlre game From the beglnnmg of the game Revere had a commanding lead and at half tlme they were well out 1n front by a 34 24 count Thelr longest lead came about ln the third quarter as they were out 1n front by 15 pomts lead mg 51 36 In the final stanza Everett trled to rally but the Blue and Whlte romped 73 59 to keep the1r w1nn1ng streak alive Hlgh scorer for Revere was Fred Taylor w1th 22 pomts scored Q20 pomts on field goalsj Arthur Slgnore was runner up w1th 19 pomts scored Ronnle Paul scored 6 field goal shots Somerville at Revere Revere Hlgh s two game Wlllnlng streak was snapped by the league leading Somerville qluntet at the Llncoln Gym Tuesday February 15 as the v1s1tors scored a hard fought 94 57 win over our Blue and White The Revere team threw a scare 1nto the league leaders as they out scored them in each of the first two p9l'10dS and at half tlme trotted off the floor leadlng the Somervllle qulntet 38 34 Somerville forged ahead ln the third perlod to lead 64 45 Agaln Taylor was the blg gun for Revere scoring 34 pomts Revere at Malden The RHS Hoop Team traveled to Malden to close out their 1955 basketball campaign Friday February 18 by bowing to a stronger Malden squad Malden had complete command throughout the entire game as they led most of the tlme but the Revere squad fought back gamely trying to overtake the lead A twenty one pomt span separated the two teams as Revere Hlgh tasted thelr eleventh defeat of the campaign Flnal score Malden 79 Revere 58 Freddy Taylor as he has done all season was the big gun for the Blue and Whlte as he hit for 19 pomts He closed out the season w1th a fine total of 289 pomts scored for the 14 game schedule and with a fine average of 21 pomts scored per game The final record of the season for the Blue and White showed 3 victories 11 defeats the reverse of last season's fine record -1 1 ' 11 1 .1 l if . 1-11 1- I 11 1- 11 - 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