St Lukes High School - Pindarian Yearbook (Ho Ho Kus, NJ)

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BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM HE purple and while cagers ol Sl. Lulce's enioyed lhe mosl successful baslrelball season ever recorded in lhe schools hislory. Throughoul lhe season lhe schedule was sludded wilh viclories over some ol lhe linesl parochial leams in norlhern New Jersey. Final compilalions show lhal lhe leam rolled up sevenleen viclories while being on lhe shorl end ol lhe score bul nine limes. Al lhe complelion ol lhe regular season lhe leam was inviled lo play in The Norlhern Jersey Secondary Schools Baslcelball Tournamenl held al Immaculale Con- ceplion l-ligh School in lvlonlclair. The boys loughl hard bul lhe compelilion was loo greal. The leam aller losing lhe opening game lo Sl. James ol Newarlc by a score ol 29-20 also losl in lhe consolalion round lo Sl. Aloysius ol Jersey Cily by a lune Ol 25-24. The rosler included Thomas Driscoll and James Kosch al lorward, James Rawl al cenler, while Joseph Kennedy and Jaclc l-lannon held down lhe guard posilions. George Loscalzo, John Finn, Norman Farrell, John Conlon, and Charles Farissier lormed lhe iunior varsily sguad. Much ol our success is due lo lhe capable guidance and unliring ellorls ol our coach, Mr. Cummings. The boys were inspired by his lighling spiril and his line sporlsman-lilce conducl bolh oll and on lhe baslcelball courl. Any lulure Sl. Lulce's live will have a hard lime surpassing lhe record ol lhe leam lhal romped lhe courls lhis season. They played hard wilh lhe besl ol lhem bul mosl imporlanl ol all lhey never slopped lrying unlil lhe linal whislle ended lhe game. JAMES KOSCH, '40. 47

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u GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM l-TEN Coach Cummings reguesTed ThaT The girls inTeresTed in Trying Tor The baslceTball Team reporT To him aTTer school, The audiTorium was swarmed wiTh eager aspiranTs. ATTer a Tew demonsTraTions oT Their basl4eTball slcill The Team was selecTed. And iT Their record is any sign, There was no misTaTce made in choosing The players. Mary Doyle, who deserves special menTion Tor her capabiliTy as manager, booked The schedule To iTs capaciTy and was always righT beside her Team wheTher They were carrying The laurels or smiling Through deTeaT. Several oT our games will go down in ST. Lulce's never-To-be-TorgoTTen evenTs. We raTed The game wiTh ST. Aloysius our mosT exciTing and even yeT reTer To iT as our Tie game. Our vicTory over EasTern Academy, on The oTher hand, we unanimously claim our greaTesT boasT. On The whole we had a very exciTing series oT games. We TasTed vicTory oTTener Than any oT our predecessors on The girls' Teams and our deTeaTs only served To sTrengThen our Training. IT was wiTh sincere regreT ThaT we Seniors relinquished our suiTs To our successors, and our greaTesT wish is ThaT The succeeding basl4eTball seasons will be iusT as Thrilling, enjoyable, and vicTorious as was ThaT oT l94O. GRACE ALCOCK, '4O. 46

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BASEBALL TEAM FTER a very commendable baske+ball season on +he cour+ +his year +he a+hle+es of S+. Luke's are looking +orward wi+h an+icipa+ion +o a success+ul season on +he baseball diamond. Many ve+erans answered Coach Cummings' +irs+ call +or prac+ice. The squad consis+s o+: Pi+chers, Thomas Driscoll, las+ year's s+andby, Jimmy Kosch, John Manz, Charles Farissier, and Angelo Sca+uro: Ca+chers, Jack Hannon and David Schimmel, Norman Farrell, Harvey Gawel, and George Lascalzo. A++er his shining debu+ in baske+ball, Coach Cummings will again guide +he Purple and Whi+e , as +hey s+ruggle +hrough +he baseball campaign. His kindly unders+anding and whole hear+ed in+eres+ have won for him a place in +he hear+ of every boy and girl a+ S+. l.uke's. Games have already been scheduled wi+h S+. Mary's, S+. Bonaven+ure's and S+. John's of Pa+erson: Holy Trini+y 0+ Hackensack: and our iinx +eam, S+. Aloysius o+ Jersey Ci+y. As +his book goes +o press +he season is ius+ commencing and as yef no official game has been con+es+ed. The +eam looked very promising in i+s many workou+s, however, and Mr. Cummings looks +o +he +u+ure in a very op+imis+ic way. I+ +he s+uden+s show +he en+husiasm +hey displayed during baske+ball season +he boys will be inspired +o give o+ +heir very bes+ and cap+ure ius+ as many vic+ories in baseball. EUGENE DALEY, '40. 48