St George Academy - Crusader Yearbook (New York, NY)

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GJ The first full season of varsity baseball at St. George Academy began with a 9-0 forfeit win over Immacul- ata and ended with the varsity beat- ing the faculty in the traditional teacher-student baseball battle. The actual score sheets of our games as League members, however, tell a dif- ferent story. Opposed by the veteran teams of the senior C.H.S.A.A. loop, our boys failed to post one victory .even though several games were real Hsqueekers.H Nevertheless, the boys on the team gained a world of exper- ience, were a great credit to their school,and - what is more important- they learned the true meaning of sportsmanship the hard way. The seasoning and practice which the team got this year should stand it in good stand next year when the opposition will consist of teams in Coach T. Maloney with J. Tashiro and R. Morelli, co-winners of the Most Valuable Player award. Pop Fly the junior C.H.S.A.A. League, made up of schools with enrollments more in line with our own. We, the Seniors, wish them great success. .Nl-Q I Carlin, leading off third Meet the Team'

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In the early days of our school, almost every member of the faculty took an active part in the effort to start sports at St. George Academy. Mr. Pitt organized a basketball team Mr. Matthews and Mr. Galdi formed touch-football squads in the hope of developing a future football teamg Mr. Coupe helped to start a softball team. As the school grew, Mr. Kelley was placed in charge of planning and organizing a sports program, and, while he worked on the inter-school program, Mr. Stead helped to set up an inter-class sports competition. A varsity basketball team was organized, but, with only Juniors on the team lthere was no Senior class at that timel, it was difficult to compete successfully with seasoned teams that had the advantage of a court on which they could practice regularly. The junior-varsity team showed excellent promise by its per- formance as a member of the Catholic High school Basketball Leaguegit had fine spirit, capable members, and it managed to roll up quite a few vict- ories. A track team did well under Mr. Bove's watchful eye. Each class competed in an intra-mural softball tournamentg and a Ping-Pong tourna- ment drew a great and enthusiastic response. t A scholastic crackdown on some varsity and junior-varsity team mem- bers was beneficial in the long run because it resulted in a revision of the sports policy of the school. In 1949,it became clear that the school,instead of branching out into too many sports at once, would conv centrate on and build up one major sport at a time. That Fall, under Mr. Kelley's Moderatorship, the var- sity basketball team encouraged the entire school by winning half of its scheduled games. Thenk in the Spring of 1950, an all-out effort was made to organize a varsity baseball team. New uniforms and equipment were pur- chased. and the team was entered in the Catholic High School Baseball League. Without its own field to practice on, and with mostly new and inexperienced team members,the base- ball team suffered many defeats when it played.against such veteran teams HS XaVieI'y Power and LaSalle. There was a bright side to the picture, however, and that was the blossoming of true school spirit. In spite of defeat after defeat,St. George teams always had greater school attendance than any of their opponents, regard- less where the games were played. There is every indication that this will be one more tradition started during our Senior Year.

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fgazfelgapp Ed Dixon and Ted Gularek Co-captains . H. K 4 'uv -1. 9. ul Clockwise: Capt. O'Hare 116, Murphy Scheuer, Reilly, Rampinelli, Tobin 8: Carlin