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

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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

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meet St. Philip's in the championship tilt. The final score was 3-2. The University of Detroit was the scene of the Second Division playoff game between St. Mary's and St. Philip's. The latter went into a 2-0 lead in the opening inning but Orchard Lake came back with two runs in the fifth and added three more in the sixth to hold a 5-3 lead, going into the seventh inning. Two singles, a booming triple and a walk proved to be the downfall of the St. Mary's baseball team as they lost 6-5 The final season's record of 8 wins and 2 defeats was the best any SMOL team has chalked up in recent campaigns The top hitter on the club was big first baseman, Ron Federowicz, with a .4-12 percentage. Stan Wiercioh was second with a .385 mark Pete Ziebron, naturally, was the top hurler, having an 8-2 mark, with 49 strikeouts and 19 bases on balls in 69 71 innings ifg, N u.. Peter Zxebron Y Paul Franckowiak f g -' Ronald Federowicz Ted Kopacki , ' in Stanley Wiercioch ' Q. U Stanley Smolinski Leonard Mallat THE 1955 EAGLET NINE Edward Pilarski , Vincent Pernicki Suburban Eathnlil: League Champions