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The debut of the U.S.
CONVERSANO, in the more popular and fascinating sport of the world,
laughed them to 1924 when one team of 7 elements was exhibited on the wide Carmine: Cornacchioli, Lorusso I, Lorusso II, Zecchino
(CAP), ramunni I, Modugno I and Ramunni II the year after the
formation pass to 11 being itself added Laruccia I, Caradonna,
Sodero, Putty. In year 1927-' 28 the square delivers up itself of
the formed Episcopal Convitto from convittori students like: Strong
Nitti, Addante, Cristensen, Zella, Campanella I, Rizzo and
P. Forti.
In
the 1929 the II division is played with one totally new formation:
Garden, Attolino, Scarone, Biase, Angiulli, Melillo I, Schiavone,
Desantis, Little bell II, Bordering I and Pignataro. It is born also
Pro Mussolini and the successive year it is delivered up Pro Italy,
that it leaves the own traces until to year 1935-' 36 playing in II
division.
In
these years they come to ribalta the G. Lestingi, Martellotti,
Schettini, Red, Filomeno and still Mazzone, Fat person, Melillo and
Modugno Vale the pain to remember that in that period the cut of
hats "to the Modugno" (that is brush) in homage to idolo the soccer
player is born. In year 1936-37 a second square formed from the
young people Di Carlo is born, Melillo II, Tanese G., Massa I,
Achille, Grasso II and others, that they participate to
championship LULIC. From championship to championship, from fascist
saturday to cortei from a ginnico test to one adorned, and a
premilitary march to the second world war the step is short. The
squares empty themselves with the young people that leave accompany
to you from the city band, than sound "Youth".
Many
will not make return, unfortunately, neither on the sport fields and
neither to house (to es. the siblings Melillo, Mangini, Eram and
many others). While the war spreads cruenta continuous soccer more
and more to play itself between squares of quarter or with the
German soldiers. With this last encounter to 7 in the episcopal
arena are disputed, until do not arrive the 8 september 1943, day of
the Armistice
Italy comes free and occupied uniform in. To
Conversano arrive English who requisition: the scholastic building,
the covered arena, the GIL, the sport field and the houses falling
back in that air. We, then young, fraternizzammo soon with the
amatori of the foot-ball, for which there was easy to obtain "the
pass" in order to assist to the soccer tornei between military
becoming some some time protagonists. While it begins the re-enter of
some sportsman and player of advanced level and, in spite of the
guns tuonino still, the U.S. Conversano participates to V the Puglia
cup and it gains it.
Between the leaders we remember Peppino Laruccia then
president (e'migre' in the USA), Ciccio Fanelli cashier, Bernardino
Murro, V. Fanelli, Lungomare, Pestrodda, Simone, Rotunno, A. L' Abbate, the sfollato Rirì Lobello acts as from production manager.
The deep ones come part from the contraband and leave from the
baccarat. So that to the square of the year 1942-43 (Guardavaccaro,
Laruccia, Lamaddalena, Shoeing, Lorusso M., Nespolo, Campana,
Dellaglio, Nuzzi, etc.) an other more strongly composed one from
Costagliola, Rispoli, Ponzanibbio, Fusco I, Mancini (CAP),
Bordering, Jacobbe, Milli and, still, Nuzzi,
Catalan, Valentini comes proposal. With these elements the U.S. catches up the
more aspire summit.
We
are to year 43-44 and Conversano participates to the national
championship of series A Free Italy. To reinforce the square they
arrive the soldier Bettini and Calabrese Filippo. The English
commando but does not grant the authorization for uses it of the
sport field and the Conversanesi sportswomen react preparing in less
than 3 days a field of luky in the park of L'Abbate to
"Sand' Andune" (by now cancelled). During this championship
the "parochialism" is transformed in hatred, for which episodes do
not lack hunting and vandalismo to the "forestiero". They are
memorable the invasion of field to Putignano where the president
Peppino Laruccia came arrested; the invasion of Mola with the aid of
you burn yourself with the battalion "S. Mark"; the crashs to blood
with Rutigliano, whose square was frightening adversary of the
conversanese compages until to ninetieth of the decisive encounter
for the conquest of the badge. Then won.
To
the English forces while the Poles replace themselves, than in
occasion of the festivity of S. Antonio, patron of the garrison,
invites the U.S. to dispute a soccer match with its finished 2 to
2. To play the foretold encounter they were the former ones of the
"red arrows" and of "Pro Conversano" met in the U.S. (R. Sportelli,
Laterza, Pierino Alfarano, A. Roscino, M. Giustiniani, P. Reindeer,
D'Alessandro M. A., Mariotta G., Grattagliano, etc). To the
aforesaid ones they joined, hand hand that they came it repatriates
to you from the imprisonment or it dismisses to you, G. Pace, R.
Grasso, Lorusso M., Lorusso E., Carlesso, Tanese G., Pinto G.,
Anellino. With these elements one gained the Veneziani goblet and
the championship of II division, president still Laruccia P. To
horse of years 50-60 arrive also Renna D., Centrone G., Ippolito,
Jacovazzo G., while in 60 years ' the situation of the LAST ones
improved with the presence of Lovascio, Stramaglia, Mazzarisi,
Sciddurlo, Lestingi F. and of the leaders Trascio Longobardi, Mest'
Vincenzo the Tinsmith, Gianetta To, Roscino To, Chiarappa V., the G.
Baron, Martino. This last one will guide the square for many years
obtaining optimal satisfactions. When we ask to it qual' has been
the more important moment of its manageriale career of conversanese
soccer us therefore has answered: "the encounter disputed with
the Galatina on the fields of Taranto Is drunk a toast and in order
to approach the quarter series that the U.S. lost to the
little money".
Thanks to Giacinto Jacovazzo
for its precious collaboration |
