1946: TRENTON CATHOLIC BASEBALL #1

Most of us are familiar with those small photos that were so much a part of our high school yearbooks. Along came the computer, scanner and graphic imaging software and the ability to enlarge, enhance and generally tweak the originals bring us into the 21st century with photos such as this series of 3, 2 of which follow this post.

1946: TRENTON CATHOLIC BASEBALL #2

Here's photo number 2 from the 1946 Trenton Catholic yearbook, "Immaculata."

1946: TRENTON CATHOLIC BASEBALL #3

Here's the final yearbook post in this series of Trenton Catholic's 1946 baseball team.

Ralph Lucarella said...

HI TOM....THOSE PHOTOS BRING BACK MANY FOND MEMORIES OF WETZEL FIELD AND THE MANY TIMES I SPENT THERE. 1946 WAS THE YEAR I WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY AND TRYING TO REGAIN SOME OF THE TIME LOST FROM PLAYING BASEBALL. THAT ONE PHOTO SHOWS THE GRANDSTAND AT WETZEL AND THE 400 BLOCK OF BERT AVE. IT SURE WAS A PLEASURE TO GET BACK. REGARDS.

1939: TRENTON CATHOLIC 1939 FOOTBALL SQUAD

Even though this is a few years before my time, I would bet that "Catholic" was the same formidable opponents against Hamilton High as they were in my years at Hamilton in the1940's and 1950's. Whether it was basketball, football, soccer, or baseball, it was always a classic rivalry.

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Note: there is a bit of vertical blur in the very center of the above graphic, due to a very damaging scotch taped center fold which required a bit of tweaking to remove from the final tweaking. However, you will see a few pixels which were completely lost in restoring the graphic.

1937: HERE ARE TRENTON'S BEST IN BASKETBALL 1937

The Rossi name in Trenton-Chambersburg is legendary. I leave it to my faithful visitor and buddy Ralph Lucarella to fill us in on additional info on those stars whose photos appear in the above graphic.

1955: TRENTON CATHOLIC CLASS OF 1955

Thanks to Mr. Ed Kiernan, TCBHS '55 for a collection of memorabilia from the late, great, "Golden Wave." I see my friends from my St. Anthony years, Nick Gregorio and Jack Kiernan from that class, also Andy Rabel, who may have been the same Andy Rabel who was my TV director for my "In Focus" TV show that was on TKR cable many years ago.

1930: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION BOYS' BASKETBALL SQUAD

They hadn't yet become known as "Trenton Catholic," but these Catholic kids from Immaculate and Trenton Catholic fielded teams in all sports that proved to be difficult adversaries for us Protestant boys from
Trenton High and Hamilton High School.

EMAIL FROM "OMAD:"

Tom, at last I see a pic of my uncle, June Carr (John E. Carr, Jr.) He went on to become a basketball star at Rider many years ago. Unfortunately, he came down with TB and was hospitalized at Donneley Hospital on Hamilton Ave in the late 1930s. When he finally got out he moved in with my family in the apartment over our restaurant on Hamilton near Chambers. He continued to live with us for many years after we moved from there and up near Pennington and with the help of old friends, got a good job with the Trenton Recreation Dept. He stayed friendly with many of the sports names I see on your website and Joe Schnorbus, one of Trenton's finest policemen.

RALPH LUCARELLA RESPONDS:

Hi John Carr. I sure remember your uncle, June Carr. He was quite an athlete and I could never understand why a boy would be named June. He played during the years of Joe Shelley and other big stars at Immaculate, latter to become Trenton Catholic. Mickey Lake was also one of my favorite coaches.

Best regards
Ralph Lucarella

OMAD RESPONDS:

As you can see, Ralph, Uncle June was always called that because his father was John E. Carr, Sr., and the June was short for Junior. His mom and dad passed away when he was young. My grandmother, Anna Carr Sherman, who was June's dad's sister, adopted him with my grandfather. My family owned Sherman's Restaurant at 541 Hamilton, in the middle of the block, near St Francis Hospital. It was a shame that TB struck June down in the middle of his college career. He seemed destined to go on to bigger things in basketball.

ADDITIONAL COMMENT FROM RALPH LUCARELLA:

Hi Tom: I would also like to add that I remember Roland Perferi and Larry Zasso in that Photo. Perferi went on to become a Trenton Police officer for many years and Larry along with his brother Eddie Zasso were two outstanding players. I often wondered what became of Junie Carr and I'm sorry to learn about his misfortune. Regards

1944: TRENTON CATHOLIC THANKSGIVING GAME

The next post shows the photos of this renowned championship football team from Trenton Catholic High School. Once again, many familiar names. There are a number of alumni from the Golden Wave who visit this blog, and I would bet these two posts bring back sweet memories for them.
CATHOLIC WON THE GAME 60 - 6.

WHEN YOU REACH THIS PAGE AND THE ARTICLE APPEARS, CLICK ON IT
AGAIN AND IT SHOULD ENLARGE TO FULL LEGIBILITY.

1945: TRENTON CATHOLIC BASEBALL CHAMPIONS

The young fellow in the bottom row, second from right is former Trentonian Editor, Emil Slaboda. Other familiar sports guys from that era included Warwick and Giedlin.