Binghamton North High School 1947 Yearbook (Binghamton, NY) - Full Access

Hits and t.Afitts Baseball has been an Indian strong point throughout the ten years that the school has been represented on the dia – mond. A majority of North teams have been contenders for Southern Tier and Triple Cities t itles, and the squads have always been marked by talented players. First and one of the best was the 1938 team with pitchers Jack Brown and Dick Bailey. Abe Rosenthal, who met his death on a bombing mission over Germany, was catcher. Other members of this commendable green squad were Lupton, Hastings, Lewis, Muzursky, B. Campbell, Harris, Parsons, Harding, Wildy, Mee, Thomas, Goerlitz, J . Camp– bell, O'Neil, Hudy and Hoeppel. The following three years witnessed squads with fine rec – ords. During the ' 39 season North boasted of an infield with an "A" scholastic average. In 1942 Bob Redman took over the coaching duties and the Blue and Scarlet went down to the final game of the season before dropping the title tilt to a strong J. C. nine. North fought through to its first championship in 1943, forging ahead with fine pitching, hitting and fielding . The 1944 diamond aggregation had plenty of class but bad breaks plagued the club which won four and lost three. A slow starting team staged a strong finish the following season to defeat Central in the county championship before dropping a 4 - 1 decision to Oneonta in the sectional semi - finals . <Cont inued on poge 77) Heats, Heights & Hurdles North 's track schedules were first made for the 1938 sea– son when the Indians worked out at MacArthur Field and a big squad gained the necessary experience to enter interscholastic ranks with Jack Reutlinger as coach. 1939 found the Warriors fortified with Jack Seeley, T. C. sprint champion; Bob Booth, star hurdler; Chet Webb, discus record holder, and John Arrigoni and Ace Wall, sprinters. In 1941 Jack Seeley easily won in the sprints. Pete Austin did a fine job in the hurdles and high jump, climaxing the year at Cornell with a jump of 5' 11", a mark still standing. North's relay team of Seeley, Arrigoni, Culbertson and Bacon set a Triple Cities record not broken until 1946. The Indians continued to improve in 1942, Seeley starring in the sprints and Hal Heaton working wonders with the weights. 1943 saw the Indians burst out with talent in every spot to sweep the Triple Cities crown for the first time. Leland Shimer, later killed in action in Italy, took the sprints; Jack Lott and AI Fabrizio dominated the 440; Ed Reynolds was almost unbeatable in the half mile, and George Harding and Constantine were mile aces . Bob Coffey was North's hurdler and Frank Gallagher earned points in the h igh jump. Hal Heaton repeated in the shot and discus . A capable successor to Seeley, John Campbell dominated the sprint field for three seasons. George Booth took up in the hurdle event; Austin Cline was a capable 440 man, and Ed Reynolds continued his great running in the 880. Tom Sutphen inherited Heaton's job in the weights and Tom Hanifin starred in the high jump. Illness hurt the team's chances to repeat their 1943 championship form . (Continued on poge 77 ) 66 Baseball squad - Bock row : Manager Marshall Bnggs, John Slocum, Bob Conklin. Second row · Joe M 1cholizz1 Rudy Svoboda, Jock Rank, Ern1e Meche, M ichael Durkot.Front row John Donnelly, Vince Garbarino, Phil Rooord, Bill Corey, Don Clift, Bob Roche. SCHEDULE North 3 Centra l 0 North 5 U. E. .. .. .. 2 North 5 Ithaca 2 North 5 Vestal 1 North 0 Elmira S. S. 1 North 4 Elmira F. A. 3 North J . c. . . . . . North 8 CentroI . .. 4 North 0 U. E. 6 North J . c. ... .. Jayvee Squad· Bock row : Bob P1er– domen1co, M 1lo Pearson, C. P. How– land- Coach, Ed LoVuolo, Don Pop– ole. Second row : Denny O' Neill, Ivan Shay, Tony Mauro, Doug Race, Allen Stanton, Lorry Cline, Chester Arnold. Front row : Bob Wall, Joe Shirholl, Don Rought , J1m Guinan, Tom Hag– aoi, Bill Griswold, J1m Bullock, Charles Hendnckson. North North North North North North SCHEDULE 7 U. E.. .. . 9 5 Centra l .. 5 1 1 U. E.. . .. I 5 Central . . 5 4 J . c. 0 7 J. c. .. .. 2 SCHEDULE North Section IV Relay Meet .... 1st Quadrangular Meet .. . . . 2 nd Utica Free Acad., Prctor, Centra l, North. Triangular Meet ..... .. . 1st Elmira, Centra l, North. North - Central . . .. ... 1st North - Vesta l . . .. ca ncelled North - J . C. . . ... . .. . 1st North - U. E. . . . .. ... . 1st Triple Cities Meet .... . . . 1st Section IV Trac k a nd Field Meet Track Squad - Bock row . Coach Jock Reutlmger, Robert Bishop – Manager, Clifton Kilmer, Ben Clarke, Larry M iller, Joe Ramo, Richard Ka– bat, Robert Everett, George Hull, AI Torte Ass1stont M anager. Third row • Tom Lomoree, Pete Yacko, Bob Kolt z, Dov1d Beaudette, Lou1s Skom– skie, Ken Griff1th, Julian Grier, John Chantry, Derek M 1tchell, Warren Jenn1ngs, Bill Shramek. Second row An:ly Pelshow, Molven Schneider, Bo~ Krach, A I Heggelke, Bud Beam Bob Garvey, Ted Freije, Fronk Cramoton, Ken Knowlton, Jock Hill, Roy Show. F~rst row · Don Cross, Phil Coyle, Jerry Han1f1n, Carl Rasmus– sen, Roaer Lyon, Chuck Welsh, N1ck Pet ro, Rog Haines, Tony Winkler, Bill Curren, Fronk Leone.