EAST
FAREWELL NEWS
Thursday, May
7, 1953 Vol. C230
LOCAL NEWS
TOWN HONORS
COUGARS WITH DINNER
East Farewell- The town showed their collective adoration for
the 1952-53 Cougars Basketball team on Tuesday night with a hastily put
together but absolutely wonderful dinner in the school gymnasium on Tuesday
night. Acknowledging it was a school
night the evening was brief. It started
early, 5:00, and ended early, 8:30.
Within that time the team was feted by many members of the school staff
as well as many community leaders. The
meal was presented by restaurateur Charles Wenz, from the Lost Oasis, but every
food establishment in town contributed to the meal. The buffet style was opened as a first come
first served status and during the first fifteen minutes there was a line out
the school and down the block. The crowd
was extremely good natured and everyone had fun in line exchanging their
favorite stories about the team and the season.
The meal was a collection of different main dishes and sides. The Lost
Oasis contributed their famous ‘Flamin’ Chicken’ and the Dog Pound contributed
it’s very popular ‘World’s Wurst Dog’. All of the smaller restaurants offered
plenty of sides and desserts. Local
townsfolk also contributed to the fare. Peg O’Malley brought her locally famous
Double Chocolate Cake, enough for all and Ida Plant brought her new and very
popular Chocolate Cheesecake with strawberry glaze, again enough for all.
The evening was
filled with many fun moments and the Regional High Glee club serenaded the
crowd with popular tunes as well as the Alma Mater which brought the entire
crowd to it’s feet. Another high point
was Coach Wilson’s tribute to the team.
He named each player, had him stand and then told a slightly
embarrassing anecdote about the young man. Everyone loved it, except perhaps
the players. They took it all in good
humor and Coach Wilson ended on a serious note saying that not only was this
the best team he has coached but he pointed out that both seniors had been
accepted to the college of their choice. Senior center, Bill Donahue, is going
to the Notre Dame and senior point guard, Ted Fitzgerald, is going to the
University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Both hope to continue to play
basketball.
This was a
great evening for a great team coached by an outstanding coach.
The
1952-53 Cougars
Front
row: Jim Welch, Gene Green, Ted Fitzgerald, Charlie Cox, Joe Fox
Back
row: Bill O’Donnell, Shamus McKean, Coach Wilson, Michael Watson, Bill Donahue
SPORTS
TRAVELERS OPEN WITH A WIN
Corning- The 1953 season got underway on Saturday. While technically it is spring no one at the
Corning field would believe you. It was
raw and windswept. The temperature did not get above 43 and the sun refused to
shine. Fans were not to be deterred by a
little foul weather; they showed up in force and stayed the entire game. A casual observer noted that there seemed to
be as many Traveler fans as CGW fans. It was not hard to notice the abundance
of East Farewell pennants and hats and the cheering was most obviously slanted
toward the Travelers.
The game
started after a stirring rendition of the National Anthem by the Boys Choir of
Corning. Travelers led off with Bobby
Watson (1B) who struck out on three straight fastballs by Bill “Smoke” Black.
That set the tone of the game. Both sides battled each other defensively for
seven innings. Black only allowed two hits, singles, and three walks while
Danny Lane was equally impressive on the Travelers side. He only allowed three
hits, a single and two doubles but no walks. The weather made the infield
sloppy and the outfield slippery. Both teams tried but could not overcome the
conditions, until the eighth inning.
In the top of
the eighth Johnny Cloos came up and on the second pitch from Black he connected
with one of his traditional blasts that sent the ball out of the park. In the bottom of the eighth CGW answered with
another double by Falls and then a single by Chambers. It went to the ninth
tied at 1 and in the top of the ninth Travelers second baseman, Art Archibald,
hit a blistering shot down the third base line for a double. Billy Sweet, LF, bunted Archibald to third
and Billy Green hit a long sacrifice fly to bring Archibald home. In the bottom of the ninth Lane rose to the
occasion and struck out the first two batters allowed Glass a single and then
made Fowler hit a grounder to Dunham who turned a quick flip to Archibald for
the out at second.
While not the
prettiest of games, it was a win for the Travelers and an excellent start to
the season.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE NAMES RADFORD TO JOINT
CHIEFS – ROSSEN IS A COMMIE – CAMPANELLA BLASTS PHILLY –
FOLKS WANT TO BE UNDER GOD
President
Eisenhower names Adm. Arthur W. Radford new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a shake-up of the nation’s top military command. He’ll
succeed General of the Army, Omar Bradley. Radford, who is currently commander-in-chief
of the Pacific Fleet, becomes the first Navy man to head the joint chiefs
Robert Rossen – a top Hollywood film director and producer, changes his mind and
admits before the House Un-American Activities Committee that he had been a
Communist for 10 years. He testified he “belonged to a film cell of the party”
from 1937 to 1947. Rossen estimated that he had contributed $40,000 to the
party during that period. He is best known for “The Brave Bulls,” “All the
King’s Men,” and “Body and Soul.”
Catcher Roy Campanella bats in all the
runs in a 5-0 shutout against Philadelphia. Campy clouted a double scoring Pee
Wee Reese and Duke Snider in the third and homered with Snider and Jackie
Robinson aboard in the fifth.
In a poll conducted by George Gallup -
the public favors adding the words “under God” to the pledge of allegiance to
the Flag of the United States - by a ratio of more than 3-1. A resolution to
add the two words was recently introduced in the House by Rep Louis Rabaut
(D-Mich).
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