Christian Brothers Academy - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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PURPLE AND GOLD Page 47 Basketball Superlatives are lacking to speak adequately of C. B. A.'s stellar year in basketball. It was a continued climbing from Vernon to Passaic! Each game was but another step up the ladder to success. It is true that the team slipped once or twice but in the long run this onlyadded to their glory. Never in the history of scholastic basket- ball in Syracuse has a team been supported so well. The school gym was packed for the small- est games. The fight for seats at the major con- tests began weeks before the game. Records and comparisons are good indications of a team's strength, but there is no mark so infallible as the following it has. From start to finish, it was a truly wonderful season. Even in the opening games, the Brothers, team ran up huge scores, showing the air tight defense and beautiful ability to handle the ball that carried them through. As the season pro- gressed and harder games became more preva- lent, the condition of the team became evident. The continued successes at the end of the season were due mainly to the ability of the players to keep going from start to finish. At the Glens Falls Tournament C. B. A. was pitted against the pick of the Eastern States. Here again the Colden Tornado swept everything before it. And, as a fitting crown for their labors, the Brothers' aggregation humbled the invincible Passaic, exacting full revenge for the defeats suffered at the hands of the Jersey Wlonders in previous years. Looking backward, it was a great year for C. B. A. In twenty-two starts, the team slipped only twice. Any quintet that had the honor of conquering the Purple and Gold cagers, may well be proud of itself. just as in football, the spirit and spunk displayed by that stellar squad were without parallel. They were gentlemen in vic- tory and perfect losers in the face of bitter de- feat. Every place they went, C. B. A. is now known for its clean athletes and good sports. The reputation of C. B. A., Syracuse, has been widely broadcast and in future years other representa- tives of our Alma Mater will look up to the '25- '26 five as the shining example of what a C. B. .-X. team should be. Names of players in cut on preceding page: Back Row Cleft to rightl Bishop, Frey, Allen, Dutton, Sheedy. Seated: Byrne, Howe, 'Asst. Manager: Brother Edward, Faculty Director, Coach, Ed. Kearney, Dwyer. Front: Maloney, Captain Freddie Mesmer, Ryan. THE RECORD : C.B.A. Op. Dec 4-Vernon at Syracuse .... Dec 11-Oswego at Syracuse .... Dec 23-Fulton at Fulton ..... Dec 30-Central at Syracuse.. . . . jan. 6-Oneida at Syracuse. . Jan. 14--Manlius at Syracuse .... Jan. 15--Canastota at Canastota.. jan. 22-Oswego at Oswego ..... Jan. 30-Sherrill at Sherrill. Feb Feb Feb 55-Sherrill at Syracuse .... .6-St. joseph's at Syracuse... 12-Canastota at Syracuse. . C.B.A. Up. Feb. 19-Oneida at Oneida .... .. . .32 2.3 Feb. Z6-Aquinas at Syracuse ....... 17 - 13 Mar. 4-Manlius at Syracuse ....... 22 23 Mar. 5-Fulton at Syracuse ........ 47 9 Mar. 12-Aquinas at Rochester ...... 7 8 Mar. 13-St. .loseph's at Buffalo ..... 31 17 Mar. .30-Fort Plain at Fort Plain. . . 47 21 Glens Falls Tournament Apr. 7-Horace Mann, N. Y. City.. 26 10 Apr. 8-St. John's Prep., Danvers, Mass. ..... . ............. 44 21, Apr. 9-Passaic High, N. I. ....... 41 34

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PURPLE AND GOLD Page 49 Baseball Baseball! The national game! The safety valve of America! About the last of April the basketball becomes too heavy and attention naturally turns to the less weighty pill. In every park and sandlot is a ball game. Before the light of the basketball season begins to fade the Knights of the Diamond begin to limber up their arms and sharpen their batting eyes. When such interest is manifested in the game it is only natural that C. B. A. should have a good team. VVhen the call for candidates came last spring over forty men .reported for practice. Prac- tically every member of the 1925 squad was pres- ent. A full team of veteran regulars was in this bunch. With such excellent material and such wonderful coaching it 'is not startling that C. B. A. should repeat its success of previous years in this great game. A large number of really good pitchers made it possible to play quite often with- out overworking anyone, as is often the case in Record: April 24-C. B. A.. . . . April 24-C. B. A.. . . . April 28-C. B. A.. . . . April 29-C. B. A.. . . . May 8-C. B. A.. . . . May 11-C. B. A.. . . . May 14-C. B. A.. . . . May 19-C. B. A.. . . . May 25-C. B. A.. . . . May 29-C. B. A.. . . . June 2-C. B.A .... 4 June 5-C.B.A ..... scholastic baseball. There were two new meir in the iniield but they soon proved their worth and a corking good infield was the result. In the garden positions we had the same outfield that played such perfect, ball last season, and who continued to play in the same manner this year. Two' superb catchers completed the line-up. Backing this up was a second team good enough to compete with most of the teams in this sec- tion. VVhen the season opened we soon saw what a team was carrying the Purple and Gold standard. They could Held. They had ight and they were sports. The pitchers were tossing varied ball. The intielders were stopping every- thing and a ball seldom passedthe outfield. Is it any wonder that the Brothers' boys ran wild? XVe hoped for success. Our dream material- ized. Playing the same airtight ball all season the team piled up victory after victory over hard- est opposition. The best nine that ever repre- sented C. B. A. is now at the height of its glory, the standard of comparison for all its successors. Y. M. C. A. ..... 4 Olympics ....... 0 East Syracuse .... 2 Valley .......... 0 St. Aloysius ...... 3 Cortland'f11 in.j. 5 Canastota ....... 2 Canastota ....... 2 East Syracuse .... 3 Fort Plain ....... 0 Cswego...-...'.. 4 Manlius... 5