Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SOCCER This year fifteen boys reported to Coach Symancyk for the varsity soccer team. The team as a whole was very good this year, but a few of the players were out- standing. George Klocko was the fifth highest scorer in the Hampshire League; Tom Prucnal, Connie Pelis, and Mitch Backiel were superb in their passing and scoring; and Tom Romanowski, Billy Korza, Harry Lizak, and Giles Kellogg were out- standing for their defensive work. An honor was given to two of our players as they were chosen on the Hampshire League All-Star Team. Billy Korza was chosen as an all-star fullback and Mitchie Backiel as an inside. This was a true honor and our boys should be congratulated. SCORES 1st half: S.A. 1 Hopkins 6 S. A. 2 Easthampton 5 S.A. Deerfield 5 S.A. 1 Holyoke 1 2nd half: S.A. Hopkins 2 S.A. 3 Easthampton S.A. 1 Deerfield 3 S.A. Holyoke 1 S.A. 1 Smith ' s School 1-1 S.A. 2 Smith ' s School 1-0 PLAYERS George Klocko Euclid LaRocque Mitchie Backiel Giles Kellogg Tommy Prucnal Tom Romanowski Connie Pelis Billy Korza Richie Woloss Bobby Byrne Harry Lizak Edwin Smith Bernie Goclow ski Mike Ziezulewicz, mgr.

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PRIZE SPEAKING ANNUAL PRIZE SPEAKING The Long, Long Trailer La Grande Breteche Fifteen Seconds to Live The Town That Changed Its Mind The Communist Problem My Son ' s Story Abby, Her Farm The Debate Surgery in a Submarine An Imperial Secret Fred Belden John Brassord Stanley Cybulski Edwin Smith Carl Wendoloski Jane Dugal Annie Foster Arlene Pelc Judith Ryan Jeanette Zalenski ALTERNATES They Were the Bravest Mr. Kaplan and Vocabulary Nature ' s Undertakers The Best Investment I Ever Made Let Me Feel Your Pulse After Twenty Years Richard Woloss Walter Piekunka Edward Merski Constance Start Sylvia Raffa Pauline Sadowski

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BASEBALL £ f f BASEBALL This year when Coach Lefty Symancyk called his first practice for baseball, nine- teen men reported. Out of nineteen men, only three were seniors: Bouncer Backiel, Matt Klocko, and Buckwheat Korza. The junior class had only two players: Huck Smith and Richard Woloss. There were eight ball players from the sophomore class: Bob Kowalski, Bernie Goclowski, Dutch Kellogg, Robert Baye, Wallie Gallant, Ray Gore, Charlie Smith, and Joe Godzina. The freshman class had six men on the team: Mike Raffa, Ron Barrett, Dick Cech- vala, Don Sadowski, Chas. Sadowski, and Eddie Merriam. This year Smith Academy played a twelve-game Hampshire League season. The ball team played games against Hop- kins Academy, Arms Academy, St. Michael ' s High, Smith ' s School, and Amherst High. At the time this book went to the printer, we had played only one game, against Smith ' s School. Smith Academy won this contest by a score of nine to eight.