Rice High School - Edmundian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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TALKING ABOUT what they'll do to their opponents are hand- ballers Al Berotti, Angelo Greco, Bob Rodriquez, Jerry Valdes, Pete Moran and Richard Consigli. Pictures on these pages were taken indoors because of poor weather. Too, the handball FOUR TOP PLAYERS, below, huddle before a practice match. They are Frank Sanchez, Dick Consigli, Pat Russell, and Dan Murphy. All except Murphy are Seniors and all played last season. T. fi.. season begins towards the end of May, lasts only a few weeks, and is always too late for yearbook deadlines. The graduation issue of the school paper contained complete results. REDHEADED JUNIOR Al Berotti, below, charges in to kill the ball. Berotti was big and fast-one of team's best players. s t DAN MURPHY and Joe Farro both go after the little black WARMING UP-Ray Duran and Anthony Garvey go through ball. When weather was good, the team practiced at courts their paces for the photographer's benefit. Both have been near the school. Players kept in trim by playing in their playing for several years. neighborhoods.

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EUGENE KEARNEY, a Freshman, above, appears parallel to the water as he practices his diving. Eugene was one of the best Frosh divers-won many points for Rice in inter- school meets. FRESHMEN SWIMMERS for '58 are: Left to Right-First Row: Dennis Lydting, Benito Torres, Eugene Kearney, Gabriel Mar- tinez, Timothy Mclnerney, James Gormley. Second Row: James 0'Connor, John Higgins, Patrick Halloran, Ralph Valvano, Thomas O'Gara, Richard Seller. LINED UP for the medley relay against Power, below, lead-off man Thomas O'Gara gets ready. Behind him- from r. to I.: Ralph Valvano, Patrick McCartney and Jim O'Connor. Rice won this race but lost the meet to the powerful Powermen. Our pool was used for most of the meets. .M X ., M THE SENIOR SWIMMERS GATHER on the diving board. They are: left to RightfFrank Malaney, Daniel Roig, Patrick Leavy, Thomas Reddington, Patrick Nealon. All said exercise kept them trim. JIM 0'CONNOR LEAFS from the edge of the pool the instant his partner touches, below. This was in a Frosh meet against St. Augustine's which Rice won.

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Ilandhall FRANK SANCHEZ, above, a Senior, has been playing hand- ball since grammar school days. He's tall and fast, works well with partner Ray Duran with whom he has played for three seasons. Frank learned the game at St. Cecilia's, the Brothers' school on 'l06th Street. RAY DURAN, a Senior, below, goes high in the air after the ball. Ray played handball at St. Cecilia's before coming to Rice. He's been one of the tearn's best. PLAYING DOUBLES against the gym wall are top Senior players Frank Sanchez and Pat Russell, in front, and Ray Duran and Anthony Garvey, in back. Uniforms consisted of green shorts and Rice T shirts. PAT RUSSELL, above, a Senior, was one of the best on the squad. A member of the swimming team also, he practiced handball in between swimming contests. Handball Tryouts attracted the usual small group ot devotees who have played the game in parks and against uncornplaining building walls for many years. Brother Bradley, team's coach for the past tvvo years and an excellent handballer himself, held early in the year rehearsals until the cold weather called a halt. In early spring, the squad organized again and held practice sessions at the l29th St. courts. They entered the annual C.H.S.A.A. tourney late in May. Re- sults ot this affair are in the FOUNDER. At this writing, some inter-school meets were scheduled, also. Br. Bradley expressed hopes ot a winning season. With some three year veterans on the squad this year, there was every indication that Rice's team would do well against the best of thern.