St Josephs Preparatory Seminary - Yearbook (Holy Trinity, AL)

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INTRANIURAL SOFTBALL hat's this, softball already? Sure enough, there's the list of the teams posted on the bulletin board. Everyone eagerly looks forward to the Fall Softball League tosce who has improved over the summer months and who will be the power hitters for the season. lt is also an excel- lent opportunity to look over the new host of rookies in the line-ups, and hazard a guess or two as to who will possibly have a surprisingly Good year. This speculation is an annual occurence. Every team goes out on the field with the expressed intention and will to be a winner, yet only one team can emerge as the eventual win- ner at the termination of the season. Despite this obvious fact, op- timism runs rampant and everyone predicts the outcome. No one likes to think of a particular team being a second division ball club or of holding up the top from the bottom. This year was no different from any other season. There were eight teams on the roster. At first, Moose's Potato Bugs were picked to lead the pack, with Maury Flood's Mosquitoes also rated near the top. Cies- linski's Masters were also rated top contenders in the fight for first place. J. Kiernan, W. Booth, and Butch Evans were to round out the second division with the odds on Butch's Real Kills to finish at the bottom of the heap. indeed the latter was to gain a reputation of be- ing a real good loser and a game team to play, even though they didn't have the material for a strong first division finish. With Shaffer doing the hurling for Molloy's Roaches, they soon had rolled up H 3 and 0 record. One of these victories was highlighted by Shaffer's fifteen strike-out effort which could be a new record for Holy Trinity competition. But some of Molloy's hitters failed him and they had soon toppled from their lofty pinnalce. Then, fora little while, it seemed as if Cieslinski's Masters would once again cop first place. iHis teams are well-known forwinning soft- ball titles. He won both of last year's.l They too were doomed to fall since they, at thebeginning of the season, lacked a first-rate pitcher and more benchstrength. Their big sluggers were Cieslinski, Ed Murphy, and Terry Maurer. Maury Flood, on the other hand, never lived up to the reputation which he had at the preseason predictions. He finished the year with a rather dismal record. Perhaps his one moment of glory was the game in which his team slaughtered Dick 0hrt's Batsmokes. Booth also was unable to muster up enough good clutch hitters towin more than a couple of games. He had a better than average field, but the few errors committed were costly. Kiernanls Termites had a trio of solid ball hitters in himself, Tex Wiltrakis, and Tom Suhr ia newcomerl, yet John's miserable finish in the second division was due to only a fair field and a complete lack of pitchers with no semblance of control. when we sav last things last, in softball, we would imm8di816lY think of the Real Kills who didn't win a single game all season. Their weaknesses were slow outfield andinfield plus thefact that they didn't have anyone to swing the heavy bat for them. However, they never went down in defeat without throwing a scare into theopposition with a val- iant attempt to win the game. They always lost with a smile and vainly cried out, 'Wait til next gamel' Finally, however, they ran out of games. A

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The season ended in a tie between Moose's Potato Bugs and Dick 0hrt's Batsmokes, These teams were very well balanced. Dhrt had the strong hitting of Mike Harvey, Val Ganter, and Joe Appollo to back up his pitching. Moose also had a Murderers's Row behind his mound staff Pat Liteky. The timely hitting of Brother Loughlan, Mike Keown, and Moose was something to stand in awe of. How the league was down to the wire. Both teams mustered their forces for the final clash that would decide the champ. The fateful day arrived. Thursday before the first quarter egams was scheduled as the day for the playoff. Going into the game, the Potato Bugs were a slight favorite. However, in the very first inning, Ohrt was staked to a three run lead. He kept it until the fifth inning when Moose's team retaliated with a three run outburst to knot the score up. In the bottom of the sixth, Dick helped himself to a three run lead again by contributing a long three run homer to his cause. It looked asif this was curtains for the Potato Bugs when, with the sacks loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh inning, Brother Loughlan lofted a short routine fly ball to the right fielder. The fielder must have lost theball in the sun because the ball landed at the tip of his glove and skipped crazily away and allowed two runs to score. A hasty throw at the plate allowed the score to be tied. Dick, a little cha- grmed yet undaunted, continued firing his fast ball over the plate until the eleventh inning when he won the game on costly errors by the opposing team. Final score was eleven tonine, Batsmokes, as the Potato Bugs tallied only once in their half of the inning. Ohrt deserved a lot of credit for his clutch pitching and hitting combined. He walked but four men and struck out ten. He allowed seven hits while his own telm amassed fourteen. It was a tough league which saw stellar pitching by the best at Holy Trinity, by Ohrt and Shaffer. Cieslinski's prodigious clouts will long be remembered, and Appollo's fine playing fromthe Freshmen class, Lachner's lusty hitting combined with Mike Keown's improved batting eye. etc. will serve as a reminder of the exciting moments of this Fall Softball League. Batsmokes 857 Potatoe Bugs 714 Masters 714 Reaches 667 Termites 600 Mosquitoes 333 Weavils 200 Real Kills OOO