Holy Redeemer High School - Campanile Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Basketball Reserves URING the 1930-31 basketball season the Redeemer reserve team was very successful. They played games preliminary to the varsity with teams in the various divisions of the Southern Michigan Catholic League. In eleven games the Reserves scored 135 points compared to their opponents 126. Six games were won and four lost, with a tie game that Went three overtime periods with St. Joseph completing the season's records. Coach Crowe has been looking into the future of Redeemer's athletic activ- ities, and developing reserve teams of the Freshman and Sophomore classes. He started a Freshman team at St. Leo's the year before he left and this team later took the championship of the C division for two consecutive years. This is what he has in View for the Lions in the coming years. At the present the reserve team consists of eight Sophomores, a Junior, and a Freshman. Early in the seaso-n Maher, Kolbe, and Stuve of the reserve team were found to be good ball handlers and were used to strengthen the varsity. Students of Redeemer may look to the near future for a Championship team which will be composed of our present reserves. Reserve Squad Sealed: E. Stuve, E. LaCtoss, G. Livernois. Standing: J. DeGroot, H. Campbell, E. O'ConneI1. Page Eighty-two

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Basketball Season Redeemer 15 - St. Joseph 26 In the traditional battle with the Commercials, the Lions tasted the cup of defeat by the score of 26-15. The Redeemerites fought hard, but were unable to stop the sterling offen- sive displayed by the Blue clad boys from the East side. Redeemer scored most of their points by their accurate shooting of fouls. The scoring hero in this was the long limbed Emmett Roach. Redeemer 20 - De La Salle 28 On Jan. 23rd the Lions went dowln' to defeat before the undefeated De La Salle team, in a fast game that was not decided until the last quarter. Once more Meier proved his worth to the team by being high point man, and his close guarding and accurate passing. Redeemer 14 - Catholic Central 12 Redeemer defeated the Central boys by the slight margin of two points. The game was close and exciting and the lead was seldom held by either team for long. The expert ball handling of John Maher did much to put Redeemer on the winning end of the score. Redeemer 19 - St. Anthony 21 The Lions again dropped a close game to their Jinxes. The Lords in Purple put up a stiff battle but when the game was over the Lions banner was trailed in the dust by the men of St. Anthony. It was an exciting contest from start to finish with the lead see-sawing back and forth between the hard lighting warriors but it was not in the books that Redeemer should Win. Redeemer 20 - De La Salle 25 Again the Lions fell victims to the hard playing boys from De La Salle. This time at the Guardian Angel gym. The game was especially featured by the accurate shooting of Urban Meier and the clever work of Chuck Kantzler in his new position at Center. Although the boys fought hard the game ended with the Lions at the tail end of the Box Score. Redeemer 18 - Alumni 8 On February 23, the Lions avenged themselves on the Alumni for the defeat earlier in the season. This time they were really determined to show the graduates what they had, and the spectacular shooting of Carmen Duva and the clever ball handling of the rest of the team so bewildered the hard playing A's that the Lion again marched off the court with the palm of Victory, firmly clutched in his claw. Redeemer 21 - Catholic Central 17 On February 26, the Lions journeyed to Catholic Central and again administered a sound thrashing to the fast going boys in the blue and white. Owing to the smallness of the gym, both teams were forced to confine their offense to straight pass work, but due to the clever playing of Maher and Meier the boys in purple came through with a hard fought victory. -HSA J. Maher E. Roach U. Meier Pugc Eighty-one

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Intramural Champions HE basketeers of Senior B went through a strenuous season with their record marred by only a single defeat which they encountered at the hands of their equals-Senior A. This fast moving quintet won the intramural cham- pionship by a decisive victory over the hard fighting aggregation from Sopho- more A. This super-team of Senior B is comprised of prominent members of the Senior class. D. Starrs and J. Fisher Won fame on the grid-iron and proved to be equally clever on the basketball court, While D. Fieck, P. Montgomery, J. Freeman, E. Swader and G, Harrington have been playing intramural basket- ball together throughout their high school careers and have developed a smooth running basketball combination, J. Sullivan and H. Heitman added strength to the cagers. Sophomore A took honors for second place, these cagers were the only obstacle to the Seniors and gave them fine competition. Members from this aggregation will be seen on the varsity basketball squad of '32. Senior A, a team of clever ball-handlers won the honors for third place. This intramural competition gives every student in the high school an opportunity to participate in the school's athletic activties. It also develops material for the varsity teams in the years to come. Senior Scientific Scaled: H. Heitman, D. Starts, J. Sullivan, J. Fisher, R. Montgomery Standing: G. Harrington. E. Swacler, J. Freeman, D. Felcl-I Page Eighty-three