Chaminade College Preparatory School - Cardinal Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Page Six CARDINAL AND WHITE October, 1957 FLYER 00M 0'I' 0F LUMP CODASCO DEFEATS Victory was the only thought in the minds of the Flyers as they trotted onto Country Day's field to open the 1957 football sea- son. Spirit was high as C.C. nerv- ously awaited the opening kickoff. Paydirt came early on the third play from scrimmage as Pete Knese ran off tackle for sixty-six yards and six points. John Hunter added an extra point. Country Day was not to be stymied, as they took advantage of our faulty pass defense and romped to three quick touchdowns: at the end of the first half the score read 18-7 in favor of Country Day. In the second half, C.C. could not get a sustained drive started while Codasco pushed across two additional touchdowns. The final score was 32-7 in favor of Codasco. Injuries played a vital part, as Goose Sommers, Frank Purcell and Loran Sebacher were lost to to the team temporarily, Chaminade vs. Cathedral In a game that ended with C.C. rooters saddened by another loss, Cathedral defeated our Flyers 26-6. Charlie Hartung's 60-yard run ac- counted for Chaminade's only tal- ly, while Boden, Cole and Eshman went over for Cathedral. During the first half, the Flyers played like Wildcats as they forced Cathedral 'way back. Once, after having been forced back by C.C. men, they decided to play it safe and punt, only to have Charlie Hartung grab the ball and speed 60 yards for a touchdown. Cathe- dral, it seemed, could do nothing LOST TO VALLE In a game marked by fumbles and penalties, the Chaminade Fly- ers were defeated by the Valle Warriors on September 21 - the score, 24-6. Chaminade's only score came on a long run-75 yards-by Paul Knese. Valle, how- ever, divided honors between Sie- bert, with 3 touchdowns, and Beck- erman with one. The ball was slippery from the start, as evidenced by C.C.'s fum- ble of Valle's opening punt. How- ever, Siebert held on long enough to hurtle through for a T.D. Neither team could do much after that, and the first half closed, Valle 6, Flyers 0. In the third quarter, Valle got hot as Siebert rolled merrily along to two touchdowns. However, Chaminade tried valiantly and stopped Siebert, only to have Beckerman sneak over for a T.D. But the highlight of the game, or at least as far as C.C. rooters were concerned, came in the last quarter as Paul Knese streaked to a 75-yard touchdown, making the score 24-6. with the ball, while Chaminade was able to threaten several times, never, however, scoring. As play ended, Chaminade was ahead, 6-0. Then in the second half, play took an about face, as Cathedral walked all over a slowly disin- tegrating Chaminade team. Time after time Cathedral took advan- tage of faulty defense to forge steadily ahead. In the third quar- ter, a badly functioning Chaminade eleven allowed a 6-point lead crumble to a 13-point defeat. Fi- Chaminade vs. DeAndreis Coming out of three game losing streak, Chaminade flnally had its first victory on the gridiron last Saturday. It was a decisive vic- tory for Chaminade, although it came perilously close to a defeat in the final quarter. We opened fast in the first quarter by scoring thirteen early points and held off the Wildcats in the last quarter to rack up a flnal score of 19-14. Gambles paid off for Chaminade as a wideawake offense provided an early 13-0 cushion for the Fly- ers. The first touchdown came on a 50-yard dash by Pete Knese on a screen pass. Charlie Stock add- ed the extra point, An even more sensational 80-yard punt return was made by Don Carmody to add another six points. The second half changed com- pletely as a spirited D.A. team made a brilliant comeback. A de- cisive touchdown was made on a 2-yard plunge by Pete Knese after a recovered fumble to the D.A. 2-yard line. The last quarter was all Wildcats' game. Continuous short and jump passes resulted in two D.A. touchdowns and conver- sions. But the final victory was ours. NICE GOING, FLYERS! SPIRIT LOW The Pep Club has recently an- nounced the tabulations of the attendance at the last two home games. They are as follows: Sen- ior A, 84'Z,g Senior B, 8895: Jun- ior A, 52'Z,g Junior B, 49955 Sopho- more A, 84'Z,3 Sophomore B, 76fZ,g Sohpomore C, 439i,g Freshman A, 381735 Freshman B, 39fZ,g Freshman C, 1492. These figures are shame- fully low and it is up to us to correct them. We don't expect the team to have any spirit if we don't. So let's show some. nally, in the fourth quarter, to heap abuse upon injury, Cathedral scored 7 more points. As the game ended the Flyers walked off the field, victims of a 26-6 romp.

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October, 1957 CARDINAL AND WHITE Page Five Why Johnny L'aw't Pass The time will soon be upon us when teachers begin to add up those cold, impersonal little figures called grades. They are the most important thing in the life of a high school student, or should beg with this in mind, let's take a good, long look at the subject. John Q. Student maintains an average of about 70 on his daily quizzes. Seems he just can't get around to studying every night. But he can always fall back on that timeworn line, Wait till exams. So exams roll around, and with them the toll of doom for Johnny. It's amazing how many birds utterly fail to comprehend that you can't cram six weeks' material into three or four nights. This has been proved time and time again on the tombstones of countless llunkees. Which is not to say you shouldn't cram for exams. But the Cheerful idiot who fails merrily through the term and hopes to redeem himself on exams will flnd himself rather on the raw end of things when those fateful little slips of paper are handed out. The moral thus far can be summed up in one word: Study. It's no use saying studying can be fung it's work, hard, unpleasant work. It's your eyes and your hands that get tired studying, not your brain: your brain can work perpetually with- out tiring. But writer's cramp and eyeache can be unpleasant. So are a lot of things in lifeg a very good portion of it, in fact. Right now, unless you have a job, studying is the only really hard, unpleasant work you have to dog it's your main responsibility, If you can't take care of that responsibility, what's it going to be like when your own job or business? School, remember, is a training camp. If you can't handle the prelim- lnaries, you might find the real thing pretty tough. All of which is elementary, and all of which has been drummed into your ears since grade school: but it won't hurt you to hear it again. Maybe we could have picked a more original subject for an editorial, but hardly a more essential one. Parish Feast Arrives About nineteen hundred years ago, in Sarragussa, Spain, St. James, a beaten man who had found that converting the Spaniards seemed a hopeless task, knelt to pray. As he did so, Our Lady appeared to him standing on a pillar and urged him to persist in her Son's work. Again, only a little less than two centuries ago, Father William Joseph Chaminade, an exile of the French Revolutionary government, knelt at the site of Mary's appearance to St. James. Here he had a vision of the Society of Mary, which he was later to found, and the tremendous effect that lt would have on the world. And now we kneel daily in a new church dedi- cated to Our Lady of the Pillar. We are part of the vision of Father Chaminade and the early apostles. Following in the footsteps of St. James and Father Chaminade, we are Mary's modern apos- tles. On this Sunday, the feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, let us pray that we accomplish our missions as well. Sylvester Burkemper Takes First Vows Two former Chaminade students are today pursuing vocations in the Society of Mary. Brother Syl- vester Burkemper, who graduated from Chaminade in 1956, took his flrst vows recently and is now studying at the Marianist novitiate in Galesville, Wisconsin, Nelson Phelan, who was a soph- omore here last year, is studying at Maryhurst, the Marlanist prep seminary, in Kirkwood. Our best wishes go to them, and we wish them luck in the vocation they have chosen,

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October, 1957 CARDINAL AND WHITE Page Seven EETEEEE 20-26 IIEMEEEMI G WEEK AT EIIAMI AEE October 20 opens the homecom- ing week at Chaminade. The week will begin with a Pep Rally on Monday, October 21, and end with the football game with Marquette on Saturday, October 26. Cha- minade students are eager to par- ticipate in the celebrations, which will include the annual bonfire and pre-game party at Chaminade, the homecoming parade, and the game, of course, which will begin at 2:30 p.m., October 26, against the Marquette Explorers. The intention of the Pep Rally is to cheer the team on to victory, and all students are urged to help in doing this. We find that cheer- ing is an essential part in vic- tories: and our thanks go to the Pep Club, which has done the job so well. All students are asked to attend the bonfire and pre-game party, October 25. They are also asked to bring their dates. Needless to say, all of Cha- minade's men will be at the game of the Flyers vs, the Explorers, Preceding the game there will be, as in the past, the homecoming parade, with each class partici- pating. Each class will sponsor a fioat, which will depict a familiar scene pertaining to the game. The parade will begin at Chaminade and continue on to Clayton. Care are welcomed in the pa- rade, and if possible decorate them with Chaminade's Cardinal and White colors in the way of stream- ers, etc. All in all, this home- coming week can be the greatest in the history of Chaminade-if you, the student body, make it a success. PREPS ORGANIZE Since the spotlight this month is on the football teams, it would seem highly unappropriate to leave Brother Ralph's Preps un- mentioned. The lineup this year is Leon Hidgin, Mike Ward, and Jim Wunderlich at end: Jaques Mistro, Jerry O'Connell, and Larry Waugh, tackles: Joe Ackerman and Larry Grazovic, guards: Bill Mahoney at center: Bob Brown, quarterback: John Tegethoff and C-TEAM'S FIRST WIN The freshman team of Chami- nade was victorious over St. Mary's High School 14-7 in their first contest of the season. The first touchdown of the game was scored during the first five minutes of the game on a sensational run by quarterback Tom Weyforth, run- ning 80 'yards after receiving a punt. The extra point was run over by Jim Korack, 245 pound fullback. During the third period we at- tained our only and ,fortunately minor injury. Zurweller, our right end, had the wind knocked out of him and received a bloody nose. In the fourth period St. Mary's T.D. and extra score tied and gone, Weyforth play which was Cyril Boschert's scored their only point. With the the time nearly tallied again on a not in Coach Bro. book and Big Jim Korack ended the game with tlqe extra point. And so the freshman team of Chaminade got off to a fine start, hoping to do as well as last year's team and not lose a game. Bill Wefel, halfbacks: and Rich Berkmeyer, fullback. Because ot' the new ruling, the Preps will be meeting junior high school and freshman teams. But we know that the sensational Preps are more than equal to such oppinents. Good luck, Preps, as you start your season with an encounter against Cathedral this Saturday: we know you don't need it. C-TEAM vs. McBRIDE On October 4, the high-spirited freshman team of Chaminade de- feated McBride 7-6. The Flyers entered the game well off, having won over St. Mary's 14-7. There was no scoring in the first period, both teams fumbling freely. Dur- ing the second period Big Jim Korack, the freshmen's huge full- back, made two straight first downs. John Vatterott then scored Chaminade's touchdown on an end run. Tom Weyforth, the Flyers' quarterback, ran a quarterback sneak for the point after touch- down. This was the deciding fac- tor in Chaminade's victory. Dur- ing the third period, McBride fought its way down the field to score a touchdown, but their con- version attempt was unsuccessful. During the fourth period, as in the other three periods, there were numerous fumbles on both sides. but McBride couldn't take advan- tage of them and was penalized often for offside and backfleld in mation. The three first downs in the game scored by Jim Korack was another important factor in our victory. The Flyers' line held well through the game. This game marks the eighth straight win for the freshmen of the last two years.