St Johns Cathedral High School - Eagle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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g.gxLx'xx.'xxx3 H Q w1y.v:1f1:r,,3 .m'fr.r.r.r.r Bmannnnx. Basketbcill Cathedral 26-St. Catherine's 18 The Racine boys visited our gym, minus their best athlete, Wild Bill Angel. Accordingly the Maroon and Green took advantage and in stellar offensive as well as defensive came through on the long end of the score. Cathedral 14-Marquette 10 The return engagement with Marquette proved to be a battle of free throws and tight defense. Nicoud of the Hilltoppers held Long to one field goal, but Cook of St. john's retaliated by sinking four free tosses. The game ended with Cathedral perched on the top of the score. Cathedral 6-St. Bonaventure 17 Slightly over-confident from their previous victory, our loopers trav- elled to Sturtevant, where in slipshod fashion, they lost an important conference game to the athletic clerics. Cathedral 27-Messmer 18 Messmer invaded our gym, favored to win, and with a chance to gain a hold on the Conference cup. Yet the Cathedralites upset the basketball prophecies, and turned the game into a rout. The victory put us into a tie with Pio Nono for the Catholic Conference championship. Cathedral 37-St. Mary's 19 Our final game before the tournament ended in an easy victory. THE TOURNAMENT The Catholic High School Basketball Tournament opened with St. john's meeting Campion Academy. Lacking in height and weight, the Cathedral boys lost by a score of 20 to 11. Meeting McDonnell High of Chippewa Falls the second evening, the true strength of the squad was evinced when it recorded a 26 to 20 victory. With one win and one defeat, the Maroon and Green cagers played with Messmer High the third after- noon, only to lose by a score of 19 to 12. 1 I ' 3'-X 1 5 1 ' ' 1 1 p 5 5 tl F. DINEEN R. CUSTER P. NEVILLE L. DONDERO A. SARA I 9 3 2 E A G L E Pagegeventy-ogg ,M - 1 l QM ' A . fzoaafvwflvwjqx 'Yl- , :Y My ,ji Milf- it

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'xsx'xxx.'xse Qpfyyuurxy-,J 5.E'rr.r.r.r.rfif-'lfl 5m.nnnnY Basketball Cathedral 22--Pio Nono 19 Our first game in the Catholic Conference race brought us the tradi- tional rival, Pio Nono. The classic started with perfect shots by the St. Francis boys, followed by superb action on the part of the home folks, so that the half score was knotted at 9 all. In the second half the two teams fought so desperately that the gun went off, leaving the schools tied. How- ever, the overtime period gave the Cathedral boys the decision. Cathedral 13--Marquette 17 The Hilltop Preps afforded us our next oppositiong the game moved slowly, but Marquette's defense could not be penetrated. The second half proved similar to the first, save for the late amazing baskets shot by Long. Cathedral 7-Messmer ll Following our upset at the hands of Marquette, we invaded the Mess- mer gym. Despite the spirit shown by our team throughout the game, we lost the closely contested decision. Cathedral 17-St. Catherine's 14 After the Messmer defeat, our boys tightened up their defensive tac- tics competently enough to hand St. Catherine's of Racine a trouncing. Cathedral 14-St. Bonaventure 11 The Sturtevant live came to Milwaukee with good intentionsg yet because of our sweeping offense they were repulsed in orderly fashion. Cathedral 24-Pio Nono 22 In our second battle with Pio Nono, supporters of both schools wit- nessed a most thrilling encounter. Throughout the game we lagged by several points until, late in the fourth quarter, our long range guns began to operate successfullyg again the score was tied, 22 all, when the gun went off. In an overtime period two free throws resulted in final victory ' .1 N 41,0 . fyfwfufadff' JZQ' 5' ,N EET .P ,Q foo ,f .I ' Q,AsHE1'- H-. 4 t 'ff 1 , K . . .I it Q. t , as ,M ,,a1EfR ' I 1 N i -' fl-'ia it lf Y V' HD 'I 4 ' J. LONG VV. WERNER G. BELAND H. COOK G. FORAN sv ,f I 932 EAGLE fitbtfw U' f W

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xx.-mx.'g.'x.-x.. Q :1yy'.1-.1131-,J ?27?rrr.r.r.?-Nqfl 31n.x.mnnY Top Row: Thomas Machi, Howard Bradin, Edward Blake, James Hickey, James Casey, Mark Wargin. First Row: Louis Olszyk, Leo Gutmann, Lambert Brockhorst, Vincent Braun, Elmer Zielinski. ' Freshman Basketball Announcement of the formation of a freshman basketball team brought forth twelve candidates. Under the tutelage of Sammy Cook the basket- tossing aspirants worked themselves into a formidable combination. Marquette High Frosh were the first to test the ability of the St. john's yearlings. They showed a talented array of cagers who led the Eagles throughout the first half by a wide margin. A last minute spurt in the second half led by Tom Machi, a guard, made possrible a St. John's victory by the score of 15 to 14. Messmer next furnished the opposition and led throughout the game, finally winning 27 to 15. Following this defeat several weeks were spent in vigorous workouts to develop an effective offensiveg a combination Was finally found that faced Marquette in a return engagement. It was necessary to play two overtime periods to' decide the Winner. The Hilltoppers finally emerged the victors by a score of 22 to 21. The next encounter was with Messmer and Sam Cook's pupils entered the fray bent on revenge. The St. john's offense and defense was at its best. The Eagles' dead eye for the hoop enabled them to avenge a previous 27 to 15 defeat with a victory by the same score. All in all the season was a successful one despite a slow start. The freshmen, like their predecessors, hope to be represented on the varsity next season when the call for basketball candidates is sounded. Page 5fWe'1fY'fW0 I 9 3 2 E A G L E