Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys - Bostonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Row 1 Walter Smith, John Grooms, Allen Furey, Albert Rue, Robert Winbush. Leonard Sorin, Donald Duggan, Row 2 Steven Slotnick, Mgr. Robert Jones, James Bacon, Robert Miller, Samuel Mitchell, David Whittaker, Michael Underwood, Mr. Keane. Washkethall Memorial’s 1959 basketball squad, lacking height under the backboards and experience in two positions, had a respectable record in a City League where competition was keen and spirited. Though not the league leaders, our boys were the only club to beat the English powerhouse, and we won two-thirds of our games. Co-captains Albie Rue and Len Sorin, along with Don Duggan, were the returning first-stringers. The two remaining positions were eagerly competed for throughout the season, with Winbush, Furey, Grooms, Under- wood, and Whittaker trying to outdo one another as Mr. Keane juggled his players to match his strategy. Miller, Smith, Jones, Mitchell, and Bacon in reserve gave some idea of what kind of team Memorial might have been able to put on the floor another year. The wise coaching of Mr. Keane and the spirit of the players combined to give a thrill- packed season of basketball to those loyal supporters who followed the team all over the city, since we were allowed no home games in OUr Own gym. .

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Row 1 Robert Fine, Ralph Munichiello, Burt Norris, Leonard Sorin, Kenneth McKinnon John Farrell, Harold Hector, Row 2 Mr. Keane, Steven Slotnick, Donald Duggan, Robert Jumper, Therman Brown, Mike Underwood John Burke, Mel Toon, Lawrence Prag, Mr. Campbell Row 3 Charles Munroe, Orrys Williams, John Grooms, Roger Mathews, D. Potosky, Michael Herman William Kennefick Was cbal [ This year has been a year of building for Memorial’s baseball team. With most of the lettermen gone, it will be a hard year. As in the past, Mr. Campbell had to dip into his J.V. Returning were our hard hitting captain Lennie Sorin in the infield and Ralph Munichiello at first base. In the outfield we have Harold Hector and John Grooms. Sharing the pitch- ing duties were Lennie Sorin, Burt Norris and John Farrell. As a result this year’s team was made up mostly of J.V. talent. Let us not forget our ever capable manager, Larry Prag, who not only kept the scores of the games but gave the team infield practice before the games. This year our manager had an assistant, Bill Verrocchi. In the spring every boy’s fancy turns to baseball. This year’s team regardless of the record had another good season under the able coaching of Mr. Thomas Campbell, whose loyalty to Memorial and affection for the school have combined with his fine qualities as a coach to make him as close to the school and the boys as he was in the years when he taught here.

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Row 1 Mr. Keane, Orrys Williams, William Kennefick, Paul Carlson, Don Duggan, Burt Norris, Donald Jenkins { Row 2 Louie Block, Charles Frederick, Lenn Hamilton, Robert McKinnon, Stephen Floyd, Philip Pacino, Mr. Moran Row 3 Melvin Toon, George Clark, Ralph, Munichiello, Richard Steele, Edward Gaugahn, Harold Hector, Carl Showstead Tete dl This year, due to the decreased population of the student body, the school saw the small- est squad both physically and numerically. Nevertheless the boys showed a determined spirit and a willingness to play football. The majority of players came from our shop division, with the sophomores dominating the positions. The twenty-five player squad by sheer perserverance and determination achieved its success as a football team by defeating Dorchester High in the annual game by a score of 20-6. This victory climaxed a season in which the boys progressed from beginners to experi- enced players, who will help whatever team they play for. The Green and Gold will not engage in com- bat on the field of football in the years to come. The many great and near great warriors Sontag, James Bacon, Kenneth of the gridiron of Memorial High will be happy memories of days gone by. For here at Memorial High, coaches and players both past and present must accept the fact that the old order changeth. sips nes aot arenertentene ne ns eens we wtsibees