Catholic Central High School - Catholicon Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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ball . Don Winterbourne slides safely back into first after being nearly nabbed 05 the bag. not a power hitter, always came through with a little bingo when it was needed. His field- ing ability is not to be challenged as he made impossible stops look simple. Over at the keystone sack was Frank 'LTurk Mul- queen, who after two years of first string action, felt right at home at his second-base position. Turk's fielding and natural hit- ting ability won him All-Star honors. Jim Slats', Roberts held down the short- stop post. His brilliant fielding and bullet peg made him a Hmust have on Coach Car- ley's aggregation. ,lim was all right with the stick too as he was in third place for batting honors. In the hot corner was batting champ Don Winterliotlrne. Accentuating his hit- ting, Don's rifle-like arm and fielding genius made him another asset to the squad. Out in the daisies, Coach C-arley placed his three ablest fly chasers. Skeeter NVright's long driving ability at the plate put him fourth for batting honorsg ,lack Hogan's all- round baseball know how made him an unanimous choice for eenterfield. In right field was sharp-hitting, smooth-fielding Bill De-Lair. Forming the receiving end ofthe battery for Central was 'LW'oody Witliecrk, a more than able receiver for the four hurlers chosen by Coach Bill Carley. He won the respect of all baserunners who tried to steal to second on him. The pitching staff was studded with Paul Bourgeois who won four and lost none, Bud McClure who won four and lost two, Wlally Brewer who won one and lost none and relief hurler ,lim Beans Murray who pitched scoreless relief ball. Bourgeois was credited with 34 strike outs in four games Page twenty-nine Coach Bill Carley and squad look on as umpire shouts Play .df

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ffils and KIII45' Early in April some ninety eandidates turned out to show Coach Bill Curley just what they had in the line of baseball ability. It took almost three weeks to narrow down the squad and to piek the nineteen men who were to represent the Purple and White. The boys practiced hard, absorbing every- thing Coach Bill could teach them, hence, the squad with a l0-2 reeord turned out to win their first City Championship. Catholix- lligh ran up nine straight wins befole it staggered and went down before Troy lligln 9-2. However, it was too late for any of the other title contenders to overt-oine the cham- pionship bound '47 squad. The nine Carley men, who had the distinc- tion of starting, were filed down to perfe.-- tion and lacked notlling in any of the lllI't'l' departments, running, fielding and hitting. At first base was Ed Dash Nash. two letter man from the '46 squad. Dash,', who was Paul Bourgeois, an-e hurler for the Purple and Wlhite DIAMOND CH -KNIPS First Row: W. DeLair. J. Roberts, J. Murray, VV. W'itbeck, F. Mulqueen, R. Collison, J. Leonard, W. Brewer J. Hayes. Manager YV. Korka. Seeoncl Row: Manager A. Pufundi, T. Leonard. J. Wright. A. Anselment. D. Winterbonrne P. Bonlgeoi l.. McClure, J. Hogan. E. Nash, R. Churellville. Couch Bill Curley. 5 x Q 1. ...g

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N 1 .'?' . 3 .. L- All out! All set for another win! while McClure struck out 33 batters in 6 games. MBud,' received a tough break in his second loss when he relieved with the score tied only to give up two hits to LaSalle to be credited with the loss. After a slow start Catholic High picked up speed and soon became dynamic at the plate. Don Yvintcrbournc paced the team with a .530 batting average and was followed by Turk Mulqueen who batted .5l5. Both boys won starting assignments on the Cap- ital District All-Star Team. Third place was held by '6Slats Roberts with a .410 per- centage and in fourth place was uskeetsn Wright with a .320 average as the Crusaders won their first City championship. C. C. H. S. 6-Burg l The season's opener found Catholic High riding high with Lady Luck as they humbled a hapless Burg foe 6 to l. It was the Burg's inability to find a capable receiver for their pitching ace, that made it possible for Cath- olic High to garner 5 unearned runs. Burg, Page fh irfy without the services of a reliable catcher, found Catholic High running fearlessly along both paths accounting for ten stolen bases. uTurk Mulqueen led the Crusaders' attack with two hits as 4'Bud McClure won his first victory of the year. C. C. H. S. 3-Watc1'y'liet 2 The second game ol' the season was a thriller right down to the wire. Catholic High's amazing Paul Bourgeois, giving up four scattered hits, bested ,Vliefs Hack,, Harris in a tight pitching duel. The Purple jumped into a first inning lead behind the hitting of Turk'i Mulqueen and Skeets Vlfright. and were never checked as Paul Bourgeois won his first victory of the year. C. C. H. S. 7+Cathcdral 5 For their third game of the year, Catholic High played an exhibition game against a strong Cathedral team at Memorial Field in Saratoga. Little Wally' Brewer was assigned the pitching chore for this game and he came through superbly as he gave up six