Mount Saint Marys College - Eagle Yearbook (Orchard Lake, MI)

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Tllflllli Father John Gabalski's well-trained Eaglet track team of 1955, playing the toughest schedule in recent years, proved themselves to be a strong squad. Led by such stars as Gerry Leszczynski, Stan Majewski, Gerry Ostrowski and Daniel La- zowski, St. Mary's compiled a won-lost record of 7 and 9 against powerful Class A schools of Detroit. ln the April 5th opener, St. Mary's topped Southfield, 67374 to 67174. Oak Park, the third team in the triangular, scored only two points. Strong Walled Lake beat St. Mary's, 75 to 34, as did powerful St. ,loseph's High from Detroit, 57 to 52. The Eag- lets returned to the winning way by defeating St. Mary's of Mount Clemens, 69175 to 39475. Another power from Detroit, Servite, handed St. Mary's its third loss, taking the meet easily, 70172 to 38172. The Eaglets really evened up their season's mark at 3-3 when they walloped St. Mary's Redford and Cathedral Central in a triangular at University of Detroit. The final score, a new record for SMOL, was 100172 to 40 to 38172, respectively. For the second time, Servite defeated the Lakers in a triangular meet at the U of D oval. The Panthers totaled 70174 points to Orchard Lake's 56 to Cathedral Centralis 10 374. Waterford also handed OL a loss, winning 59175 to 45 575. St. Mary's Mount Clemens had 30 points. St. Michaells of Pontiac were easy pickings for OL, as they lost 71172 to 37172. However, Cranbrook managed St. Mary's just as easily, taking the dual meet by a score of 75172 to 33172. ln the Class B Regionals held at Ypsilanti, SMOL finished in eighth spot with 6172 points. River Rouge took the Class B honors with 4-8172 points. ln the Catholic League lnvitations, Servite won with little trouble, racking up 62 37 7 points. The Eaglets finished in sixth posi- tion with 6 points behind St. Joseph's, DeLaSalle, St. Bernard's and Austin High. N I FR. JOHN GABALSKI Head Couch The 1955 Eaglet Thinclads B. Masztakowski J. Telesz

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BASEBALL The year 1955 saw the St. Mary's baseball squad end a 23 year old famine when they won the Suburban division of the Catholic League, but they'll have to wait another year if they plan to take the Second Division cham- pionship.- St. Philip's High came from behind in the last inning of the deciding game to nose out the Eaglets 6 to 5 and take the title. St. Maryis began the horsehide season at Hazel Park on April 21 against St. Rita's and, after holding off a Viking rally, won the contest, 7-6. Vince Pernicki, Pete Ziebron, and Stan Wiercioch were the big guns in the victory. St. Frederick's provided the next opposition for SMOL in an easy win for the Lakers, who whipped the Rams, 14 to 5. The booming bats of Ron Federowicz, Stan Smolinski and Pete Ziebron, each with 2 hits, gave pitcher Ziebron enough support to take his second game. On May 2, St. Mary's opened the 1955 campaign at home facing St. James. Thanks to an error, a sacrifice hit and another error, the Eaglets took the game in the last inning, 4 to 3. Ziebron, top hitter with 2-for-2, went the distance on the mound. Another close one that was decided in the final inning gave SMOL their fourth straight win when they edged St. Mary's of Royal Oak on the latter's diamond, 2 to 1. Ziebron went all the way, allowing only three hits and striking out seven. St. Michael's of Pontiac proved themselves to be the villain in SMOL's winning ways when they stopped the Eaglets, 6 to 3, at Orchard Lake, Ziebron suffered his first loss as his teamates committed seven errors. St- MMY75 Came Tight back, h0WCVe1', by blaflkiflg St. Beneclict's in Highland Park, 5 to 0, with Pete Ziebron throwing a 41 hitter. St. Rita's, in the return engagement, lost another tight one to SMOL by the score of 3 to 2. The final game of the season was perhaps the toughest. On the verge of winning the Suburban title, St. Mary's faced St. Clement's at OL in a game that was played, after a heavy rain had halted the contest in the second inning for 25 minutes, in ankle-deep mud. It was a real thriller that saw St. Mary's push across 4- runs in the last inning and take the game 8 to 7. This was St. Mary,s first baseball championship of any kind since 1932. May 27 was the day that SMOL faced the West Side winners, St. Andrew's, and once more, had to score in the final inning to earn them the right to Fa. JoHN Rzucoczr Coach e a N k THE 1955 SUBURBAN CATHOLIC LEAGUE BASEBALL CHAMPIONS Seated: L. Mallat ,T. Kopacki, S. Moniuszko, J. Lenart, S. Wiercioch, P. Franckowiak, lfietrayk, A. Choj- nowski. Standing: Fr. J. Rakoczy, Coach, S. Smolinski, E. Pilarski, V. Permcki, A. Coisdzmski, R. Federo- wicz, P. Ziebron, A. Redwick, assistant Coach. SCORES SMOL .... .... 7 St. Rita's ...... .... 5 SMOL .... .... 1 4- St. Frederick's .....,. .... 5 SMOL .... ,... 41 St. James ,.,............... 3 SMOL .... ,.,. 2 St. Mary's Royal Oak ........ 1 SMOL .... .... 3 St. Michael's .......... .... 6 SMOL .... .... 5 St. Benedict's ........ .... 0 SMOL .... ..., 3 St. Rita's ...... .... 2 SMOL .... .... 8 St. Clement's . . , . . . . 7 SMOL .... , . . . 3 St. Andrew's . . . . . . . 2 SMOL .... ,... 5 St. Phillip's . . . . . . 6