Sayreville War Memorial High School - Quo Vadis Yearbook (Parlin, NJ)

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3L u ears LETTER MEN RUFUS ANDERSON WALTER ARDENOWSKI WILLIAM BAILEY NED CALLAHAN NICK DIBIASE JAMES DOLAN ROBERT DOLAN ROBERT GEIGER STEVE JANNOS JOHN KOTARSKI WALTER KWITKOWSKI RICHARD LIT ROBERT MACTARI .AN LOUIS MACIOROWSKI GILBERT MILLER ARTHUR NOWAK ANDREW PAPROTA ARCHIE PR! 'SAKOWSKI JOSEPH PRUSAKOWSKI EDWARD RAJEK VICTOR ROSKOWSKI THOMAS WISNIEWSKI In September, 1940, Coach Abbatiello, with the help of Assistant Coaches Reese and Hof- kin, inaugurated football into the realm of Sayreville High School by putting forth a call to all candidates interested in the sport. After weeks of grueling work on the part of the. coaches and players, the team was ready, at last to enter actual scholastic combat. 1 he accomplishments of the team, although not spectacular, proved to be very impressive to the supporters of Sayrevi lie. Tl ie team rounded out tlie season with a record of “) wins, ) losses, and I tie, which may well be called excellent for a team of one year s standing. I he fall of 1941 was a season of great expec- tation. With the exception of a lew players, who were ably replaced by some very promis- ing newcomers, the team was composed of the 50

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F Cliumpionsliip Style hardened veterans ol the previous season. Coach Abbatiello and Assistant Coaches Reese and Currie drilled the hoys in tackling, block- ing. punting, and passing. After the usual con ditioning period, the newly termed “BLUE BOMBERS’ set forth to conquer all foes. Savreville 19— Metuchen 0 In tl le lirst scholastic clash of the season the Bombers encountered the grid forces of Metu- chen High. Spurred on by the shouts and cheers of encouragement from their many followers, the team came through with a 19-6 victory. Savreville 6—Key port 0 I he following week Savreville came out on top of a 6-0 decision over the pigskin brigade of Key port. Both teams were slowed down by the mid summer-like heat but the Bombers again hrered on b their ever increasing band of supporters, downed the Red and White forces. Savreville 0—Malawan 0 After a week s lay off. Savreville again took to the striped battlefield to ma tch blows with the Maroon and Cray ol Malawan. 1 lie in- vaders lound the Bombers on an off day. how- ever. and succeeded in holding our boys to a 0 0 tie. Savreville 21—Point Pleasant 6 Anxious to make up lor the scoreless dead- lock of the previous game, the Blue Bombers again got into formation to batter a fairly strong Point Pleasant eleven. I lie boys, led In Fomim w isniewski and Johnny Kotarski. with the sig- nal calling ol Noobs Kwitkowski. went on amid cheers to trounce the shore grid machine. Savreville 45—Wharton 7 W ith a standing record of one tie and no defeats, the Blue and ( »rav forces took to the gridiron to mangle a weak Wharton eleven. After this game, the team and its many fol- lowers began to realize the chance for an un- defea ted season. It was about this time also, that it became known that Savreville had a contender for the title of h igh scorer in onr section in Tommy Wisniewski. Savreville 9—Dunellen 6 I his game was one ol the best of the season. Effective blocking and tackling on the part of the line, and cool, calm determination of the backfield were shown throughout the entire battle. The game was held at a 6-6 deadlock until Big John Kotarski executed a remark- able field goal from approximately the 28 yard- line to set the Bombers ahead 9-6. Savreville 6—Passaic Valley 0 The day had arrived. Wlietl ier or not Savre- ville s squad of Bombers would realize their hopes for an undefeated season was the ques- tion at hand. Steadily increasing numbers of loyal followers were at the Hercules Field to encourage the team on. E ndaunted. the Bomb- ers took on the powerful and favored Passaic Valley eleven, and with our hard charging line and the precision like backfield executing their plays, the big ( «reen and White machine was turned back. I he boys had done it! An unde- feated season for the second team in the school s history! O 4 31