St Josephs High School - Lily Yearbook (Hammonton, NJ)

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fs . M Coach congrafulafes Bob Jiampeffi for having complefed his four year varsify baslefball fenure as one of fhe leading scorers in fhe counfy. A scrapping never-say-die baslcefball quin- fef represenfed ST.Josephs High School on fhe courf in I955. The Team composed of pracfically all newcomers, wifh only Three leffermen reiurn- ing, never siopped fighfing uniil ihe game-ending whisfle blew, This years squad was built eniirely o feam play insiead of individual play and no on' can be hailed as ihe sfar oi lhe season, Although the losses exceeded fhe wins, This does noi really indicafe The sfrengfh of The feam, Several defeafs were suffered by a single poinl margin and They could have been converfed info wins wifh iusf The slighlesf help of a lir+le lucl-1, Bob Sfeeb connecis on a one handed jump shof agains? our cross fown rivals. Hammonfon High, in fhe second game of ihe Cify Series. A close ball game for fhe firsf fhree quarfers, Hammonfon wenf on fo oufscore Sf. Joe's 29 fo I3 in fhe final quarfer for a 76-53 Blue Devil vicfory. Two nafurals , fhe Sfeeb brofhers! The nucleus of our I955-56 feam will be formed by Paul, fha leading scorer, and Bobby. fhe fhird highesf scorer of fhe i954-55 foam. i954-55 Varsify Baslreiball Squad: Kneel- ing. Capfain Bob Jiampeffi. Sfanding, leff fo righf: Charles Wafson, lie Macri, Bob Sfeeb, Tom Pefruni, Ronnie Rodio, Frank Donio, Don Federico, Paul Sfeeb and Bill Juliano. Liffle Jimmy Gehringer lefs go a iump shot in fhe Hammonfon-Sf. Joe JV game. The JV's composed mainly of freshmen, 'lurned in a respecfable and encouraging performance for fha year. Swish!! Paul Si'eab's iump shot in fhe final minufe of fhe Clayfon game, proved fo be fhe margin of vicfory in a 38-37 fhriller. Losing by fhree poinis wifh two minufes remaining, Paul con- necfed wifh fwo consecuiive field goals and fhe feam successfully froze fhe ball for ihe remainder of fha game fo insure Sf. Joe of ifs second vicfory in as many games. Se? sho? by Rodio!! A good foam man, Ronnie will be e welcome player, come baskefball pracfice nel? fall.

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2? -'f,3S5 ,ia , - CZ Coach and Chippy JiampeTTi observe players. LasT year's baseball capTain and leading hiTTer. ineligible in his senior year, he proved To be a valuable aid To Coach. The Team Tound iTselT wiThouT a single piTcher aT The beginning oT The season. Domenic DeBlase Tilled in on The mound and did a commendable iob. He played The ouTTield when he wasn'T piTching. AnoTher valuable member OT The Team was CapTain Bobby S-Teeb, who alTernaTed as caTcher and piTcher'. Bobby proved himself capable oT Turning in a well played game aT eiTher posiTion and Turned in a Team leading .345 baTTing average, llcelvlacri, who alTernaTed in The inTield and ouTTieId was a close runner-up wiTh a .333 average. The Team sTarTed badly wiTh The hiTTing power in a slump and The piTching handicapped by poor supporT. Experience proved To be The deciding TacTor in The Team's campaign and each game saw a beTTer manned nine Talce The Tield represenTing The Red and WhiTe, AlThough, ST. Joes won only one game ouT oT nine played This season. Coach SulmoneTTi Teels, ThaT his diamondrnen gained valu- able experience, and inasmuch as only one man graduaTes, he is hopeTul oT Tar beTTer resuiTs nexT year, and seasons To come. This years rosTer lisTed Tour iuniors, Tive sopho- -mores, and eighT Treshmen. Chippy JiampeTTi and AnThony Marino were managers. I955 Baseball squad: FronT row. leTT To righT: Mike lmperaTore, Ronnie Rodio, AnThony Renzi, AnThony' lngemi, Bobby Hagelin, Lewis PresTi, John CessaTo, Frank Scola. Second row: Milne De- Nardo lAssisTanT Managerl, Rocco Ben- edeTTo. CapT. Bob Sfeeb, PeTe Tomas- ello, Chippy JiampeTTi lManagerl, Ren- ard Ferrari. Bill PinTo, PeTe Pon1eTTi and AnThony Marino. lManagerl. AbsenT when picTure was Taken, Joe Cirillo, Domenic De Blase, Ile Macri and Paul Sfeeb. lie Macri awaiTs piTch in physical educaTion class sofTball game. From all indicaTions, The seniors musT be winning This game!! Franlrie Scola singles sharply To IeTT in opening inning of game againsT Sacred HearT. Moving up from The LiTTle League All STar Team To a sTarTing var- siTy role as a second baseman, he be- came one of The Three freshmen leTTer winners on This year's Team. HemmonTon vs. ST. Joe's: JusT Two runs away Trom winning buT having To seTTle Tor a moral vicTory, ST. Joe players begin To leave The ball park. ST, Joe's rallied for Three runs in The lasT inning only To have The Blue Devils elre ouT a 6-5 vicTory. ST. Joe's vs. Sacred HearT ST. Joe's:was The vicTim of a Three hiT shuTouT aT The hands of Sacred Heari. Encouraging, however, were The performances Turned in by Bobby STeeb, who made his TirsT sTarT as a piTcher, and by Renard Fer- rari, who caughT his TirsT game. Miha DeNardo and Coach adiusTing The baseball bag, prior To praclice. Mile was an energeTic and dependable assisT- anT manager.