Rye Neck High School - Scraps Yearbook (Mamaroneck, NY)

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UNIVERSITY OF' NOTRE DAME ATHLEJTIC Assocmrxox .QT NO!!! DANE, INDIA NA KNUYI K. ROCK!! emscvon or Aruslvlcs Mr. Raymond Lapolla March 20, 1931 President, Rye Neck H. S. Boys' A. L. 41 Jenson Avenue Mamaroneck , New York Dear Sir: I want to congratulate the boys of We lfeck High School for their very splendid year athleticelly and assure you that I am very proud of your success. Please accept nw best wishes for your con- tinued success in all lines of sports. lK:1-1' Sincerely ym haute K. Rockne Director of Athletics Knute Rockne Knute Rockne- maker of men. This phrase shows us exactly what the great Knute was. Not only was he able to produce ex- cellent football teams, but he could mould the character of his younger associates. To him all were of equal rankwno snobs or rich men's sons,-but all had to be boys who liked football and were willing to fight for their team to the last ditch. Probably no man was more respected by young and old than the great Rockne. Adults marveled at his results, while children revered him. Knute Rockne was all that we could hope a man to be. He had courage of steel and a heart of gold. Page Th irty-.seven

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,aa .. - . . A Ilinnthall As far back as the annals of football his' tory in Rye Neck go there are no records to compare with the results of this year's Blue and Black eleven. It is perhaps the first team produced at Rye Neck to finish a season with an unbeaten-, untied record, and, whats more with only one touchdown tallied against lt. Due to its excellent performance on the gridiron last fall the Rye Neck team was recognized by all leading newspapers in New York and Westchester. Rye Neck was one of the three Westchester teams to hand in perfect records and one of the ten in Greater New York and New Jersey. Of these ten unbeaten, untied teams seven played post' season games and through some quirk of fate or the strain, or a hard season, five of these teams were beaten, including Rye Neck, one was tied and the other two won out by the meager margin of extra points. The record made by the football team last fall will long dwell in the memory of Rye Neck students, alumni, faculty, and those who were closely connected with the athletics. Johnny Farrell, right half back, was by far the outstanding player on the team. He pranced across the enemy goal line no fewer than fifteen times during the season. By his splendid abiilty to get past the line of scrimf mage behind his interference and then burst into unusual speed and shift his hips to good advantage, he cut and whirled his way over the line from all positions of the field. Ray Mule Lapolla, the team's captain, though not figuring in the ball carrying as in past seasons played well in the center posif tion. The Blue and Black captain who was the only one to participate in every game last season played a roving game and he was quick in spotting opponents' plays. In the post season game with Harrison he scored the lone touchdown in the waning moments of play on a pass. Frank Holby was also an outstanding char' acter on the greensward last fall. Frank, who came to us from Blackstone Academy, Virf ginia, brought plenty of experience with him and he was a great help to this year's team. Page Thirty-eig'ht