Mercy High School - Mercian Yearbook (University City, MO)

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tispoorfa pounclulo H of Mr. Bill Houston, had their first practice on March lU. Most of the early practices were held in the gym because of bad, cold weather. Only four games have been played as this book goes to press leaving Mercy with a 2-2 record. The Bulldogs ended their first games in defeat to University City 5-2 but went on to trounce Wellston ll-l with 18 hits. Mercy handed McBride a 6-2 defeat in the first league contest. ln the second game with Wellston the Mercy boys lost 2-l. The track men began early in the spring under their new coaches, Mr. Walter Pfeiffer VARSITY CHEERLEADERS . Af Wm, and Mr. Harvey Stocker. As this book is going to press the squad has participated in only one meet. Mercy placed third in the triangular meet with Hazel- wood and Riverview. About six dual meets plus the Chaminade and CAC event are yet to be held. The Sports Roundup at Mercy would not be complete without commending the cheer- leaders on the fine job they did this year. They strove at all times to keep Mercy spirit and sportsmanship at its highest. Castillo, Bommarito, Barbieri, King, Rodriguez, Sheerin, Warmbold, Smith B CHEERLEADERS Franco, Tucci, Ryan, Izo, Niemeier

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diS?00l f5 EUHR M109 C BASKETBALL Front Row: Drewes, Checkett, Burnett Back Row: Simmons, Balducci, Goessling, Leiding . . . af Were? Left to right- l l IUNIOR TRACK Front Row: Arconati, O'Brien, Newport, Streck, Checkett, McLaughlin, Wilson, Swoboda, Second Row: Agnew, Walsh, McCarthy, Collins, Schmitz, Bacich, Wittenberg, Harig, McDevitt, Taylor Third Row: Dyke, McAllister, Carberry, Holland, Athie, Bakula, lvankovich, Harrah, Baum, Leiding, White, Balducci, Salvo, Beck bowed to DuBourg, CAC Champs, 60-49 in their second contest. The Bulldogs gave the McBride Micks a defeat, 44-42, in their second meet on February l4. After a second defeat over St. Mary's 54-50 and a sparkling 72-42 victory over Laboure, the Mercy Bulldogs ended this season's play in basketball with a tie for second place in the CAC and a fabu- lous three-year record of 24 victories and only six defeats. The co-captains of this year's squad were Bill Nordmann and Iohn Shelly, the only Sen- ior Varsity players. The little Bulldogs bit hard during the l957- 58 season finishing with a 10-8 record. Al- though they ended with a fourth place in the CAC this was the best year they have had. Mr. Walter Pfeiffer is the B-team coach. The baseball Bulldogs, under the coaching

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CLUCLEICI, 2 of .S?00l f5.. . af Well? Though the number of victories is important in the life of a Mercy Bulldog, ratings such as those listed below are an additional incen- tive toward good sportsmanship. Unless a school continually Works to im- prove the sportsmanship of its students and fansfit cannot be assured that its students will receive the most Worthwhile values from athletics. The average rating of our school by foot- ball otiicials who otticiated at games in which our team played during 1957 Were: Preparation for games ........,....,....,i.. l.60 Sportsmanship of students .............. l.30 Sportsmanship of fans ....................,. 1.80 Sportsmanship ot coach ......... ........ l .30 Respect shown officials .................... 1.40 The rating system used Was: l-excellent, 2 -superior, 3-average, 4-below average, and 5-very poor.