Wayne Township High School - Embers Yearbook (Mountain View, NJ)

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The conference championship is truly a feather in the cap of Coach Marusyn, who suc- cessfully guided the Indians to their victory. Clifton 3-2 CWonJ 'Butler 3-5 4LostJ Morris Hills O-2 flostb 'Dover 1-3 CLostl Pompton 5-4 CWonD Morristown 3-2 CWonb 'Passaic Valley 3-1 CWonJ 'Dover 6-1 CWonJ Pompton 0-5 CLostJ Bayley 4-7 CLostD 'Boonton 5-4 CWonJ 'Butler 10-3 CWonD Wallington 17-0 CWonJ s.,,,e,, .W t - A - wwf- HARRY DOUMA Bayley 6-13 CLostD Morris Hills 1-6 CI.ostD Clifton 2-8 CLostD 'Boonton 11-8 CWonJ 'Passaic Valley 2-0 CWonJ 'Conference games NEIL MYERS ROBERT LEWIS JACK DI NAPOLI EDWARD RUZICKA

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Diamond Champs mr! , get ucome 011 The Indians started off the season with what looked like a poor team. Then something hap- pened to the Waynites. The infield tightened and errors became a rare thing. The big bats of Lewis, Ruzicka and I-Ianratty were heard throughout the conference. The Indians pro- ceeded to pound their way through their stunned opponents. They downed Passaic Val- ley twice, once behind che brilliant no-hit pitching of Ed Ruzicka, Boonton twice, and for the first time in the school's history, Butler and Dover were downed. P.V. crumpled under the tomahawks of the Indians, and the Lakeland Conference Championship was copped in a down-to-the-wire finish. The Indians now looked at the trail of glory they had blazed: two no-hitters, ten home runs, seventeen runs scored in one game, Bob Lewis' feat of a .426 batting average, and for the first time, Butler and Dover lay scalped by the trail. The outlook for 'S 7 was favorable with the strong battery of Ruzicka to Di Napoli return- ing. Neil Myers, Harry Douma, and Bob Lewis were back in the field and several lettermen re- turned to the infield. Bob Logan, possessor of the other no-hitter, returned along with several promising underclassmen. Row 1: E. Mazurkiewicz, H. Douma, R. Lewis, J. Sutliff, G, Aug, R. Turner. Row 2: Coach 8 Marusyn, B. Hanratty, R. Reidy, E. Ruzicka, R. Logan, W. Valentine, W. Snyder. Row 3: J. Di Napoli, N. Myers, D. Marshall, G. Rapp. . HW ar 95 rdf ww

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On April 20, 1956, the Wayne Track Team went on the warpath. They first defeated Good Counsel at Boys' Park, Newark. It was a good day for Wayne for they won the meet 67-32, broke three records, and swept the weight events. April 25 again saw Wayne on the warpath as they downed Boonton 62M to MM. On May 4 Wayne added another victory to its slate by defeating Pompton Lakes 70-47 at Pompton Field. The Indians scalped Bogota 96- 12 on May 7 to bring their record to 4 and 0. Butler suffered defeat at the hands of Wayne by a score of 70 273 to 46173. Next was Wayne's trumping of Passaic Valley on May 14 by a score of 96-21. The last meet of the season was Wayne's only setback. They lost to Dover 65273 to 51173. A record of seven meets and six victories is an ideal one, but this could not have been possible had it not been for the team's driving ini- tiative and the expert guidance of Coach Walter E. Ross. The apex of glory for the team was winning the 1956 Lakeland Conference Track Championship. Cinder Champs Row I: E. Del Mastro, J. Van Brunt, J. Hagmann, W. Monahan, P. Loewri- gheit, R. Beck, A. Smith, R. Farland, P. Van Der Sluys, B. Bush, P. Mullert, T Bowman, Coach Ross. Row 2: J. Dodds, T. Walser, G. Jacob, J. Pezzuti, R Pape, R. Venables, C. Tantke, C. Kees, B. Deigan, R. Heykoop. Row 3: R Von Essen, J. Watson, R. jones, P. Wilkinson, C. Anderson, B. Langhage, F Sudol, A. Bergensten, T. Paul, B. Worell. Row 4: G. Bullock, R. Molendyk R. Straten, S. Samson, C. Bassett. ALBERT SMITH PETER VAN DER SLUYS i ROBERT BECK RICHARD FARLAND mmf-mfmw mm1rmwum11 umlaa.w,..f.mu