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 its 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 Travelers 1953 baseball 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 Davey Falls and then a single by Bill 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 Joey Glass a single and
then made Richie 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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thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of The News.
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