Benedictine College - Raven Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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Matches! HE field of minor sports at St. Benedict's during the past year was one of the most extensive that the school has en- gaged in. The repertoire included boxing, league basketball, swimming, tennis, golf, and handball. Boxing, though classed among the minor sports, for the past four years has supplied a varisity team ranking in caliber with the foot- ball and basketball teams, and whose members are rewarded with the varsity HB . During the past season the leather pushers met the ring teams of the Kansas Aggies, Haskell Indians, and Falls City, Nebraska, twice each, one card with Nebraska University, and three entries in the Kansas Relays, in which all three won their bouts. ,Public intramural bouts were also staged. The colorful Chief Garcia was the most outstanding member of the team, winning every fight in which he participated, Much credit must be given to George Walsh, coach and business manager, and to Smiling joe Casey, student-coach of the team, and his assistant Charlie Briggs, for the way in which they brought their charges to the fore. The basketball leagues had the support of over three-fourths of the student body as play- ers. League play began before Christmas and continued through the early spring months un- til the champions were decided. In the A league the team captained by Soup Maes was the victor. Chick Meehan's team captured the B league trophy and in the C division a team composed of high school students and captained by johnny Slayman emerged vic- torious. Gerry O,Shea captained the team that wore the laurels of the D division. The winners in each division showed that they were of championship caliber both in play- ing skill and sportsmanship. The twelve weeks of play was a gruelling test of -stamina while the excitement and strain of playoff s was a test of skill and tournament nerves. 20

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joe Peterson took scoring honors with six points. Reverting to a defensive style, the Ravens held the Ottawa Braves to I2 points, while themselves amassing seventeen, February 13, but in a specially scheduled tilt with the College of Emporia quintet, the Ravens came out on the wrong end of a 38-30 score, February 17. jim llelmert sank three field goals and fo11r free throws to lead the scorers. The Raven basketeers embarked on the longest road trip i11 the history of the sport at St. Benedict's on February 20 when they left to engage Tarkio, Chilli- cothe, and Conception on successive nights. The Ravens WOII all three games, disposing J.. .., . . of Tarkio, 32-27, Chil- licothe, 31-29, and Conception, jf-22. Repaying Ottawa's vi- sit tl1e Ravens repeat- ed over the Braves by a count of 35-27 in a rough contest lfebru- ary 26. Seeking to close the regular season in a blaze of glory, the Black and White hoop artists gave their all in an heroic attempt to beat Rockhurst, but lost 31-28, March 1. The gallll' was thrilling and well- played, and time and again the overflow crowd Dlled the gym- nasium with frantic yells and shouts. Larry Mullins, fin- ishing his second year Top and center--Action shots of football. Bonfire 0 n Homecoming e v e. Lower center-Moon Mul- li11s. Bottom --- Flipping the coin to determine the defenders of the north goal before the Red Raven l -Hamburger game, the spring practice finale. Left to right -L. Quigley, Nol- , an, House, O'Sullivan. 4 Nadolski, and Selvridge. I 1 as basketball coach, molded a team wl1icl1 emerged victor in eleven of nineteen starts. This record, coupled with last year's mark of twelve wins allfl six losses, gives Mullins-coached tea1ns an average of .621. In a post-season series with Bo Merwick's Atchison Levins, played March 4 and 6, the Ravens came out even, losing the first, 30-22, and winning the second, go-26. A third game to decide the city championship was cancelled, due to Raven spring football drills and the tow11 team's entry into the National .X. A. U. tournament in Kansas City. HIGH SEES OF THE YEAR I0

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There are matches and matches. Here are described boxing, swimming, tennis, golf, handball, and intra- mural basketball matches. by Thomas Morrissey, '37 The swimming team under the able tutelage of Wally Hausknecht progressed rapidly, and meets with various teams from this section of the country were scheduled when financial difiiculties entered the situa- tion and the team was disbanded. It was destined to go places and do things with such members as Gerry O'Shea, president of St. Benedict's Red Cross Life Sav- ing Corps, Quinlan, Malone, Busch, Maes, and Rea, of the same corps, and Meany and Faltysek of the Chicago Catholic League championship team. With the advent of warm weather there was not a favorable day during which the golf course was not crowded to capacity. The first golf tournament held here in recent years proved very successful. Play in this tournament began early in May and before most of us realized it, the finals were being played off. Tennis and handball again proved themselves popu- lar with the student body when, as soon as weather per- mitted, the courts were again crowded with lovers of the game. The tournaments were packed with thrill upon thrill, first a sophomore or a senior would be picked to win and then a dark horse in the form of a freshman would emerge to the fore and it was not until the final drive was made that anyone was assured of victory. In one of the highlights of the intramural sports schedule, the members of the high school defeated the freshman class in a football game that proved more interesting and exciting than some collegiate games. For several weeks before the contest the teams were coached by members of :the varsity. Gene Neff was the head mentor of the freshmen and Mick Cas- serly coached the high school. The game was given much publicity and articles appeared in The Rambler and the Atchison Daily Globe from time to time giving accounts of how the teams were rounding into shape. The play swung back and forth without a score being made until the fourth quarter when the high school, by a series of drives through the line, succeeded in mak- ing the touchdown. The try for the point was blocked. The frosh came back strong but time did not permit them to finish their drive which ended but a few short yards away from that long looked towards goal. 21 w 4 1 Upper picturehleft to right-Busch, Maes, Keim, Tarrant, Farrell. Lower pictureHSheehan, Veeneman, N. Thomp- son, Meehan, Ford. Opposite page, topkBoxing team-In ring, left--J. O'Don- nell, right-Briggs. Around ring, left to right- Garcia, O'Connor, Casey, O'Rourke, Schweiger, Dreiling, J. Thompson, Ferry, Welsh, E. Daly, P. O'Donnell, J. Donahue, Kenefick, Tarrant. Opposite page, center-Swimming team. Back row, left to right-Briggs, McNary, Hausknecht, coach, Hoey, McClure. Second row-C. Rohe, Rieke, Meany, Peter- son, Busch, Faltysek. Front row--Carroll, Kane, J. Quinlan, O'Shea, Malone, Fry, Daly, Garcia. Walter A. Hausknecht George Walsh Swimming Coach Boxing Coach