Stamford Central School - Voice Yearbook (Stamford, NY)

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J.V BASKETBALL First Row: R. Cook. L. Tranvaag, B. Waterman, R. Page. Second Row: Coach Sanders, S. Breth, H. Simmons. D. Reed, P. Bouton. R. Wickham. C HE Stamford “Papooses” have suffered a fruitless campaign in this 1952-53 season win- ning one game while losing eight. The Jayvees have suffered greatly because of the man power shortage on the Varsity squad. Five men have been taken from the roster from time to time during the season. The seizure of Churchill, Reynard, VanBuren, Reed, and Bouton have greatly hampered the team. After this shake-up the starters have been Steve Breth, Harry Simmons, Robby Cook, Larry Tranvaag, and Paul Bouton. Substitutes have been Bruce Water- man, Dick Wickham, and Ray Page. The lack of experience has been the cause for the poor showing of the Stamford Juniors. All of the present squad are in their first year of basketball except Bouton. Any team without some veteran strength is bound to take a few beatings until they have gained the experience they need for the task of playing basketball. The Jayvees won from South Kortright and have lost their remaining games of the early season. This team will no doubt be playing together again next year with some possible exceptions. This should make the necessary experience for the Varsity squad in two years time. Stars are made and lost on the Jayvee squad. Who knows? Maybe one of these boys may turn out to be future stars for Stamford Central. We hope so. May God be with them! 27

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BASE BALL First Row: W. Butts, Sanders. G. VanBuren. R. ’ch Sccond Row: Coach 'arys, V. Ruggiero. C f1 HE Stamford Indians completed the 1952 nOfl f baseball season with a very successful record of seven wins and four losses. V | J II J The Indians, once again were successful in winning the league pennant for their school. V This ls the third pennant in four years that the Indians have won. Tim Germond, a senior hurled his team to the title with five victories, and Bob Utter suf- fered the only league loss at the hands of South Kortright, Ed Cook and Ken DuBois shared mound work. Ed Cook did the bulk of the catching. The 1952 Indians on the whole were a better squad than the 1951 team which also won the title. The statis- tics show that the Indians were less powerful but possessed a greater defense backed up by more solid pitch- ing power. The Indians infield was composed of Ed Cook, catching; Ken Peck at first base; Bob Reynard, at second; teaming with Ken DuBois at short, with Neil Jones holding down the “hot corner” at third base. In the outfield, the Indians had two seniors, Bob Beers and Charlie Parys. These two flanked one of the nicest field- ers in school history, Dick Beers, in center field. The Indians suffered a few injuries in mid-season, which certainly hampered plate power. Bob Utter was injured during gym class and sustained a calcium deposit on his right leg which prevented him from seeing ac- tion from all but three games. His replacement, Bob Reynard, a freshman, filled in beautifully and at the end of the season, handled himself like a veteran at second base. His bunting ability was one of the keys to the success of the team. Also, a few other bruises hindered men for a few days during the season. The strength of the Indian bench also helped the morale of the team. Glenn VanBuren, Bill Butts, andCliff Harris helped supply outfield reserve strength and Jerry Rambach filled in at short occasionally. Gil Longin also was a credit to the team with his pinch-hit- ting who since has ac- quired the dreadful di- ease of polio. We will no doubt miss Gil quite a bit on the 1953 team. 29