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r26 THE MONTCLAIR TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1959 1959 An Athletic Year Of Transition Joey Ferrara, Honorary Pallbearer at Canzoneri Funeral, Kneic the Champ Well Championships Were Few, But Outlook Is Brightening Many Teams Almost Made the Grade in Title Quests Turning Point at Hand? This was a year of "almost" and "not quite" In the Montclair sports world, a year which saw championships lost by narrow margins, margins so narrow in some cases as to be frustrating. It was a year when records were good, but not the best, a year when a break, even a small one, might have crowned efforts with resounding success. Montclair High, for instance, had a so-so basketball team, badly hampered by injury and illness. Yet it whipped mighty Weequahic at the end of the season, then repeated the feat to gain the quarter-final of the Essex County Championship, but was ousted by West Side. In baseball the Mounties kNE of our favorite fighters was the late Tony Canzoneri, who packed 'em in at his funeral just Mm vr 1 til, rM 'S' vv'' I I -) JTLJ MM I wi- i MHMJ pionship awarded to Montclair Golf Club, to be played June 18-21 Ben Mobley's last- second basket enables unseed ed Montclair High to upset highly-favored Weequahic in Essex tourney quarter-final Park Ridge ends Glen Ridge'i winning streak on court, 68-55 West Side rallies to oust Montclair and Seton Hall elim inates Immaculate from Essex saw their Big Ten streak halted and their title lost after leading most of the season and chance for a State championship lost through an error in an extra inning.

Before the first half of the year was over its track team, impressive at the start, lost both the county and State Immaculate Conception, College High and Montclair Academy took their lumps in baseball and basketball and the difficulties continued right on up through the Fall when College High, perennial Metropolitan Six-Man Football champion, suffered a setback and Glen Ridge High, invincible in the 2-year-old North Jersey Conference during the first year, had to settle for a tie in County court championship Montclair State sets scoring record with 105-87 win over Newark Rutgers Vinnie Donohue elected president of Baseball, Inc. March Montclair wins sectional crown in Central Atlantic Area Y.M.C.A. swimming champion as he did when he thrilled sell-out crowds during his long and colorful fistic career. It was indeed an honor for Montclair's Joey Ferrara, pound for pound one of the greatest fighters yours truly has ever seen in the ring, to be selected as one of the eight former fighters who served as honorary pallbearers at Tony's funeral. Other honorary pallbearers who served for the ring immortal, ring Hall of Famer, who had won three championships, were Abe Attell and Barney Ross, two former champs, "Kayo" Phil Kaplan, Lou Halper, Harvey Kelly, Allie Tedesko and Johnny Vestry.

Oh yes, other ring dignitaries, including Gus Lesnevich, Ruby Goldstein, Rocky Graziano, Paul Ber-lenbach, Lee Oma, were among the more than 400 mourners who filled the funeral church to overflowing, but it was highly significant, we thought, that Joey Ferrara was picked as one of the honorary pallbearers. Canzoneri's untimely death at age 50 he died of a heart attack in his N. Y. hotel room brings to light the close friendship of Ferrara with the former lightweight champion. When Joe was just 15 years old, he "pestered" Sam Prtapi, a local sign painter, to take him to the Pompton Lakes training camp to meet Canzoneri.

From that day on, Tony was Joe's idol. After the war years, Joe renewed his acquaintance and the pair became close friends. On many occasions, Tony, along with "KO" Phil Kaplan, another close friend of Tony's, visited Joe's home in Verona for Sunday dinner. We recall that Canzoneri aided Ferrara in lining up celebrities for local charity boxing shows. While Canzoneri died broke, Ferrara told us that he always provided for his family during his money-making years as a fighter.

And it was widely known that Canzoneri, as great as he was, always enjoyed the company of the "little" guy, one of whom was Ferrara, who now operates a Montclair auto painting and body works business. Ferrara, who came into prominence nationally as a lightweight under the wing of Rocky Cardell, gained many pointers on the boxing game from Canzoneri early in his career. Today's fighters leave much to be desired and we asked Ferrara why, in his opinion, there are no really great fighters today. Immediately, Joey replied: "The modern fighter doesn't train properly. And on top of that, there are no 'hungry', fighters today." Parker Butler Was Great at Montclair High ship Livingston nips Mont 1959 because of a deadlock with Wallington.

A new sport, hockey, took its place among sports lovers and clair High for North Jersey Scholastic Hockey League crown in sudden-death overtime final Immaculate Conception Grammar School girls win Essex CYO basketball title Glen Ridge High repeats as champion of North Montclair High, green and inexperienced the first part of the season, fought its way into the North Jersey League play offs only to lose the crown in a sudden-death overtime. Jersey Group 1 sectional cham pion Arthur Youngman Montclair Academy and Montclair State College had their misfortunes on the foot ball field. The Academy, vic torious in its first 3 games, elected president of the Montclair Golf Club 500 boys report for Junior Baseball League practice April Joe Passero hits 710 for Tierneys in Bowling League of Montclair match Aubrey Lewis appointed football coach at Paterson Central High took a wallopping from Del-barton in the fourth and never recovered. The college eleven had high hopes, but wound up with a losing record, But all was not lost by any means, remaps tne turning Upper right: Dennis McIIugh, an outstanding junior swimmer who achieved his first majar victory in senior championship ranks. Lower left: Bruce Wesson who blocked the conversion kick which gave Montclair High a 14-13 football decision over East Orange and snapped the Panther's 16-game winning streak.

Lower right: Two familiar figures in a familiar pose, Clary Anderson and Butch Fortunato, head coach and chief assistant at Montclair High, on the sidelines during a game. The duo completed 20 years at the helm this season. This particular photo was taken in 1952, but the scene is re-enacted every Autumn Saturday afternoon. School Juniors win Montclair High class meet These half-dozen sports-minded individuals made athletic news in 1959. Upper left: Harry Burdick, left, and Vic King, who retired after loiif service at Hillside and Mount Hebron Schools, respectively, with Pdp Warner Service to Youth Awards presented to them in May.

St. Mary-Rutherford Christ mas Festival Tournament bat tling St. Mary's of Rutherford, MUS Varsity Nips Strong Alumni in Overtime Tilt Tonight, the semi-final is slated at Fairleigh Dickson Montclair Opens Slate In Big Ten gym and tomorrow at 7:15 P.M. the consolation and final recent AP dispatch from Memphis, read: "Robert Parker Butler, 68, an all-star football Bahrenburg and Mobley Pace Mounties to will be staged at the same gym starting at 7:15 o'colck. point came on a muddy Saturday afternoon, as were many Autumn Saturday afternoons, in South Orange.

A roaring, rampant, unbeaten and championship-minded Columbia Columbia High suddenly found the Montclair High football team, unimpressive up to that point, unbeatable. Despite a horrendous loss to Clifton the Mounties returned to their Columbia form at East Orange to beat the State's then No. 1 team 7 days later, and wound up the season with a victory over Bloomfield. On the upbeat, the Mounties rolled to 4 straight impressive wins on the basketball court and Immaculate Conception opened just as impressively. Montclair State seemed to catch the winning spirit, too, and won 6 of its first 8 games.

The town of Montclair, a beacon in the sports world, seemed to be lighting up again as the year waned. Individuals, too, had a part on the sport stene. Yogi Berra made local news simply by Sunday at the Montclair Montclair High, victor in 4 straight pre-holiday basketball gym, the Lions win tane-on St. Aloysius of Jersey City at 3 P.M. On Friday, Jan.

8 Seton 63-59 Win in Thrilling Benefit Game. Baskets by Ben Mobley and Gene Feinour enabled Coach Butch Fortunato's unbeaten Montclair High quintet to nose out the strongest Alumni aggregation ever assembled, 63 to 59, in a thrilling overtime tilt games, swings into its Big Ten court slate Saturday with a Hall will be the opponent at the local gym at 8 P.M. night game against West Orange at the Montclair High Montclair whips Demarest and West Orange handily to open baseball season senior swim team leaves for Colorado Springs and 32d annual National Y.M.C.A., swimming and diving meet, gains fifth place in competition Harry Burdick, retiring physical education instructor at Hillside Junior High School, honored at a dinner for his 40 years service Giblins retain Bowling League of Montclair championship Patience Sherman awarded Carin Cone Trophy as outstanding female swimmer in all-age group of New Jersey AAU Montclair High rolls over first 3 foes in Big Ten baseball race Bob and Richie Haines assigned to El-mira Club of New York-Pennsylvania League May Montclair High track team ipgisters one-sided victory in Newark Invitation Track and Field Meet Wallington halts Glen Ridge High basebftll winning streak at 7 games Hanse Halligan named captain of Williams College golf team Columbia's 11-7 win shatters Montclair High's 18-game Big Ten baseball win streak Ron Young, College High southpaw making his first start, hurls a no-hitter against Saturday night at the high gym. A junior varsity game at The lineups: IMMACULATE I ST. MARY'S G.

F. B. Pierce 1 2 I Hlirrr'l I thru school court. 7 clock will precede the var Oliion 5 5 15, Coli- 2 2 Staged for the benefit of sity contest. 12! KHlrri DeMinowl Totali 27 9 tU Totals SB Rfiti.il Montclair's Club, which has Brennan O'Duwd Stanton 1A IS 12 12 M.

H. S. Alumni IS 18 4 5 Dillon llrmltm-k FmiiTly Hollar 1 Kai'ins II Si hrll 2 4 1 E. Pierce (I II M' arlhy long served as a booster group for Montclair High athletics, the gala holiday double-header attracted a large crowd. In a preliminary game, Carl Newman's Mountie jayvees downed the Glen Ridge High junior varsity, 54-43.

Mfiillmir The West Orange encounter will be the first of 9 straight league games with the Moun-ties scheduled to meet Kearny next Tuesday at 3:30 P.M. at Kearny, then return for a Friday night game on Jan. 8 against Belleville at the Montclair State gym with the opening jayvee game at 7 P.M. Teaneck High became Mont- Itamioti player at the University of Wisconsin in 1912, died last night after a heart attack." Some oldtimers in Montclair will probably recall the name, for Parker Butler made athletic history at Montclair High School in 1908-10 as the pile-driving fullback of the football teams of those years; a stellar guard on the basketball teams and a. weight man on the track teams.

Our good friend Al Harris of Verona, former N. J. Assemblyman, was kind enough to provide some back-ground on Butler. Said Al, who himself was quite a basketball and track star at Montclair High in those days: "Parker Butler's first love was football. His class In Montclair High was 1910, and he came from Glen Ridge.

He was built short and solid and could really hit an opposing line on the football field and instill terror in opposing basketball teams when he roamed the back court as a guard. (In those days-body contact In basketball was not a serious offense and there was no "personal foul" limit as there is Al Harris and his brother, Bill, who were forwards; Allan Johnson at center, and Butler and Norman Ward, guards, brought Montclair High its first State basketball championship in 1909. Butler and Johnson went on to Wisconsin, where Butler made Ail-American in football and Johnson captained a great Wisconsin basketball team. Immaculate Wins Fifth In A Row Totals 27 8.63, Tolall 14 11 39 moving here. Former Montclair 1H B3 18 14 11 3 14 14 7 Kolsoin.

Imnmi'ltlate St. Olllnals- Brll Leading by 30 to 27 at half- High athletes Pete Work, Dave McKelvey, Lou Petronaci and Mike Nicholl were making history on collegiate gridirons. time, the Alumni, coached by John Cresbaugh, Times Montclair Faces sports columnist, surrendered Young Bronson Van Wyck and Les Buck were making Unbeaten Immaculate ception's basketball Cowboys on Ice the lead to the varsity at the end of the third period, 43-40. their upward way in the ten nis world. Dick Griffith cap A last minute rally by the grads, with field goals by tured the State scholastic golf Victorious over Verona in its Larry Hubbard and Bill Egan, jumped ahead in the opening minutes and led all the way to defeat St.

Mary-Jersey City, 63-39, on Sunday at the Munn Street gym for victory No. 5 in a row. Immaculate's Gary Stanton opened the game with a pop enabled the Alumni to knot the count at 59-all and send the Tourney Final The final round of the Montclair High Holiday Tournament will be played tomorrow night at the Montclair State College gymnasium. Losers of last night's opening round will meet at 7:15 in the consolation and the winners will meet at approximately 8:45 P.M., immediately after the first game ends. annual tilt into overtime.

The Mounties were hand! capped by the loss of Tom from the right side, but St. Mary's Ed Kolagi tied the is sue with a dribble-in effort. Billy O'Dowd clicked on a set shot from the keyhole and Coach Joe Garvey's outfit held the advantage the rest of the clair's fourth victim last week title and Patience Sherman won a top award in swimming. Veteran Tony Pacifico added another golf title to his credit with Jules Gatesy as his partner. The year was not without its personnel losses.

Two real veterans of the sports world, Harry Burdick of Hillside and Vic King of Mount Hebron, departed from active duty with the plaudits of their friends and former students loud and long. A year passed, a year in which the athletic perform-naces continued at a high level, perhaps not quite as high as in some other years, but high enough to let the world know that in 1960, Montclair will be back. by a 73-54 count with the way. Mounties taking over in the first period and never yield Stanton added a twin-point Oratory Montclair High dethroned by Columbia as Essex County track champion Montclair State girls team wins American Women's College Track Championship Rick Boschen of Montclair High gets a hole-in-one during golf match with Caldwell High Montclair State wins NAIA District 31 track title Disappointment marks close of Montclair baseball efforts to win Big Ten and Greater Newark Championship due to close defeats at the hands of Bloorl-field and Clifton Dick Grif-i, fit Montclair High golfer, wins State scholastic championship Montclair State ends baseball season with 14-9 record Fred Alworth pitches second no-hitter for Glen Ridge High nine June Glen Ridge High adds baseball crown to football and basketball in North Jersey Conference Bill Longua elected president of Club De er on a one one-hander from ing the advantage after that. the right and Frankie Des Teaneck led in the first ses last outing, the Montclair High hockey team goes back on the ice in North Jersey Scholastic League competition tomorrow meeting West Orange.

The match is slated for 5:45 P.M. at the Branch Brook Arena in Newark. An also-ran last year in league circles, the Cowboys may present an entirely different picture this year. They have won one league start and tied another, their most recent effort having been a decisive, 8-2 trouncing of Chatham. Pete Buehler provided the spark for Montclair's 2-1 win over Verona.

He sent a goal into the net to break a 1-1 tie with 10 minutes gone in the final period. Dick Van Antwerp and Steve Holton had an assist. Verona started the scoring in the first period with Harper sending one into the net. The Hillbillies held the lead until Dick Van Antwerp tallied for Montclair in the second session with an assist from Holton and Gorham Voight. The score by periods: sion, 9-8, but Bill Bahrenburg, mond tacked on a basket from close range, for an 8-4 spread.

After Ed Cole tallied two tied it up with a foul and Ben Mobley put the Blue and White ahead with a jump shot. points for the jaycees, sophomore Bruce Brodbeck curled in a layup and Desmond scored on a long range pop year Three straight fouls by Tom Wenner and a basket by Mob-ley gave Montclair a 21-11 edge early in the second period and from that point on Coach Wenner, regular forward, who was sidelined with a cold. However, Big Bill Bahrenburg and Mobley turned in fine performances, leading the varsity with 20 and 18 points, respectively, and Feinour, who had 10 points, drew the plaudits of the crowd as a fine playmaker. Fulcomer, former Princeton star, paced the Alumni with 19 points. Among the sixteen Alumni players, who represented 11 colleges, were some of the greatest athletes in Montclair High's history.

Returning for the benefit affair were such former Blue and White greats as Aubrey Lewis, Larry Hubbard, Whitey Fulcomer, and Royce Flippin. And once again a group of former Mountie cheerleaders were on hand to serve as cheerleaders for the Alumni. Among the spectators was a former Mountie grid star, Mike Nicholl, who is a regular guard on the Georgia Tech eleven, which clashes with Arkansas in the Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, on Jan. 2. Nicholl, who is a sophomore, received a big hand from the crowd A summary of the outstanding events: Increased Interest in M.II.S.

Sports JIM COLLINS, principal of Montclair High School. advises' us that the number of students who took part in Fall sports activities at the school numbered approximately 40 per cent of the entire student body. He is of the opinion that when the Winter and Spring athletic activities are included, a "very high portion of our girls and boys will have been active in one such activity or another." "As you know, Montclair High is dedicated to the purpose of developing the highest possible Quality in the fundamental areas of scholarship, citizenship and sportsmanship," the principal points out. "Our growing well-directed sports program is making a noticeable contribution to each of these basic elements." Much of the credit for this increased interest must go to Clary Anderson, director of athletics, who Is constantly striving to improve the school's program. Participants In Fall sports were as follows: varsity football, 78; Commando football, 65; lntra-murals, 42; eoccer, 25; cross-country, 19, and the following in girls' sports: modern dance, 83; bowling, 76; basketball, 31; hockey and GAC, 20 each; dancers, 19; cheerleaders, 14; twirlers, 10.

to hike the Lion lead to 12-6. With 1:10 left in the first, Cole hammered in a pivot Butch Fortunato's team was in January Bronson VanWyck, Montclair tennis star, young gains, shot for the Jersey City quint and Brodbeck increased the semi-final of Orange Bowl jun Immaculate spread to 14-8 to close out the opening quarter. command. Once again Montclair had 4 players scoring in double figures. Wenner, with 4 fouls to his credit, had 16 points.

Bahrenburg had 15, Mobley 14 and Gene Fcinour 12. The score: ior tournament Annual Alumni high basketball pro-cram inaugurated by Immacu At the outset of the second, Desmond hit on a one-hander from the left side and Stanton late Conception High Roy Dickinson, Montclair Times an 12 Ol Moniilair iron a 1 fending Champion Montclair High drops to seventh place in State track meet No-hit game by Frank McCarthy over Good Counsel marks close of Immacluate Conception baseball season with record standing at 8 wins and 11 losses Connie Egan, Upper Montclair pitcher with Seton Halls, signs MONTCLAIR I TKANFfK poured in another double-decker for an 18-10 margin. In the second, the Lions out-scored Jersey City, 14-7 and held a 28-15 halftime spread r. p. 0.

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Dockery of 18 Heller a guard on the varsity football team at the Hatch School jn Newport, the points. $5,000 bonus contract with Phil Tommy Gleeson stole the Wptllt'T fl Mohli-y 7 hri-l 2 Kirmlnn H.hilllinir 1 iiln. 1 Allium II IV-1 il II I H--r t'lllikr II when introduced. 4 M.i. h.ir.

4 IllMtllallNt II M.lllll 0 scoring spotlight in the sec ond half. Gleeson hit for VAKITV I ALI'MNI K. (I. chor man, bowls seasons high of 683 in Bowling League of Montclair Bloomfield beats Montclair in basketball for straight time as injury-riddled Mounties continue hopeful of gaining Essex County Tournament berth Montclair upsets Weequahic and, with Immaculate Conception, gains spot in Essex tourney Montclair State's men's and women's teams take AAU indoor titles at Newark Armory February N. J.

State amateur chain- Gels Sorrer Numerals points in the third as Immac R. was presented his letter by Headmaster Robert Marr II II, l( 1M It.illiran I (I Hinuir II II 11 Hi 'in- 4 'M Kn ILnVa 1 at a pre-Christmas dinner hon oring the entire squad. I 11 Khl.tnn adelphia Phillies Montclair Junior American Legion team pulls first triple play in it3 history and gets 5-hits pitching performance from Elvoid Christmas, but loses to Irving-ton, 1-0 July Lcs Buck, Joan Crunden, (Continued on page 27) ulate raced to a 47-29 pull. In the final, Gleeson stuffed in six more markers to finish the second half with 15 points and become the game's high Miliar T'-ttt hriMib'f hnl K'-inoiir Hltirrljftl lirlllilh Kl'CM TiiIiiN 3(1 12 Tixnln 111 14 Muni.l.ilr IS 'II IS 1N 11 Tfum-'k Ill 15 1 .1 14 f4 Ullinl: Jurirf iimiu mid Ik-IU Tori-it. On Frnring Tonm William By water, 19-year-old fophomore from Upper Montclair, is It member of the Lehigh fencing team which opens its scfl'ion Jan.

7 at Rutgers. Bywater will take part in both foil and epec competition. I It) Klixholti 0 Kiiiii I Vulmno II Vuii-miiir Clyde Buck of Montclair, known best in the athletic world for his accomplishments on the tennis court, has been awarded his numerals for participating in soccer with the unbeaten Williams College team this past aon. Hriiwn man. On Winter Sports Books on Winter sports may be borrowed at the Montclair Library.

More pleasure is derived from the pursuit of happiness than there ii in catching it. Krnn'Nljr Prhm Hubbtrd Last night, Coach Garvey's quintet was slated to open the.