Oratory Preparatory School - Oratorian Yearbook (Summit, NJ)

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138 ORATORY 9 - COLLEGE HIGH 1 After the opening game was rained out, the Rams succeeded in winning their first game of the season by the safe margin of nine to one. Scoring only once in the first :inning on four walks, the College High nine was completely baffled by Bob Stieve's variety of pitdhes. Stieve held the visiting team- to only one hit that was olbtained in the sixth frame. Oratory jumped ahead in the second inning when Gary Neverick and Skip Kenny each collected hits, and scored along with Dick Stevens and Bob Perna when College High made two consecutive errors. Bob Stieve contributed a triple to his cause and scored on an error in the third inning. The Rams scored two in the fourth and two in the sixth to complete the scoring. ORATORY 7 - HOLY TRINITY 0 Bob Stieve pitched his first no hitter of the season at Westheld against Holy Trinity. He was the man of the hour as he fanned 16 batters, The Rams jumped to a 2 run lead tin the second inning when Skip Kenny walked and Bob Stieve doubled. Dick Stevens singled home Kenny and Bob Perna collected a hit scoring Stieve from third. In the fiftih inning Walt Sherman got his first of two hits, a single and scored bdhind Perna who singled previously, when jim Sutter, firstbasemen, doubled. Again in tihe sixth inning the Rams collected tvwo more when a single by Srieve and a walk by Stevens set up the score on a single by Sherman. In the seventh inning, the Rams scored once when john Maxwell singled to left, went to second on a ground out, and scored on a sharp single by Stieve. ORATORY 2 - MONTCLAIR ACADEMY 3 The Rams lost their first game of the season and Ivy League, by dropping a close decision to Montclair Academy. The Rams hit pay dirt early in the game when they crossed the plate twice in the Hrst inning, on successive singles by Sherman and jack Schweikhardt, and a double by Gary Neverick. Montclair Academy scored their first of three in the first inning, when Bob Stieve walked four men, and scored again in the third to tie the game. The winning run came in the Sth frame when with two outs, right field-er Johnson got the only Montclair h-it, a double to leftcenter. He then stole third and home for the winning tally. Final score, Montclair 3, Oratory 2. ORATORY 4 - DELBARTON 3 The jinx that Delbarton had all year over the Rams was finally Ibroken. Oratory managed to squeeze a 4-3 victory from the Green Wave. The visiting Rams jumped to a two run lead in the tihird inning when Frank Carine drew a base on balls followed by a single by Garry Neverick. 'Iihen Skip Kenny singled filling the bases. Bob Stieve helped his own cause when he doubled scoring the first two runs of the game. Again in the sixth inning, th-e Oratory nine scored one when Dick Stevens lined to center and scored when Maxwell, Carine and Schweikhardt walked. The Blue and Gold scored one more when Skip Kenny, Dick Stevens and Wal-t Sherman walked and Bob Perna dropped a single to left, scoring Kenny. ORATORY 3 - EASTERN ACADEMY 2 Paterson's Eastern Academy journeyed to Summit to try and break the Oratory win- ning streak. They came close but were unsuccessful, as the Rams finished :in fine style 3 - 2. A quick start was obtained by the Oratory Team and they collected two runs in the first in-ning on a base on balls to Sherman, a single by Schweiklhardt, and on error enalbling Kenny to reach first and fill the bases. Then all three runs crossed the plate wthen Eastern madetwo errors on the next two plays. Eastern scored in the first frame when a .base on balls and a single resulted in one run being scored. Aga-in in the sixtzh the Paterson team scored on a single, a stolen base and a ground out. Another win chalked up to the Rams,

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Fmt 1-ou' rilfiug lefz 10 righz: jack Schweikhardt, Frank Carine, Co-captains Gary Neverick, Bob Stieveg Kevin Powers, Dick Stevens, Manager john Bolton. Second mu! Coach Thomas Cicalese. James Sutter, john Maxwell, Frank Kenny, Wzllter Sherman, Bob Perna. Bill Bentz, William Gour- lay manager. Third wut Bill Schweickert, Eugene Rusiecki, Albert Velie, Bob Ormsby, Michael BASEBALL Oratory School and Montclair Academy were Co-Champions of the Ivy League in baseball this year and will share the winners Trophy. The season itself turned out to be a very successful one for the Rams, They won seven and lost two. Most of the days were plagued by rain, resulting in the cancellation of more than half of our fifteen scheduled games. Our co-captain Bob Stieve's pitching was a necessity for the championship. His two no hitters against Holy Trinity and Morristown put Oratory on the winners end of the League standing. Frak Carine should also be congratulated for his fine pitching and good showing at second base. Frank's hitting stamped 'him as a good all-round player. Our other co-captain Gary Neverick, ran true to form, coming through with those long ones that pulled Oratory out of many tight spots. He also filled in at second and did a stellar job there. .lack Schweikert had a fine season. He was the lefty batter of the team and a steady hitter at that. Out in the field lark proved to be a great asset to the Blue and Gold.D1ck Stevens, who missed a few over the plate, more than made up for it with his alertness in the field, making many fine catches, Bill Bentz, another pitcher, rounded out a good mound staff and helped Oratory considerably. Nert year's baseball prospects look bright indeed for Oratory, Such seasoned vet- erans as Bob Stieve, Walt Sherman, Skip Kenny, Bob Perna, jim Sutter, Bill Sohweikert, Micky O'Connor, and manager Bill Gourlay, will all be back to form the nucleus of a fine team. 0'Connor, Philip Renard. 137

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ORATORY 4 - MORRISTOKY! N PREP 2 As the 1955 baseball season was coming to a close, the Ivy League championship would be decided in the next two games. The Rams had to beat Morristown in order to stay in the running, Uhey did, 4-YZ. ,, Oratory scored first with one run in the third inning wlhen Frak Carine singled to left, was sacrificed to second and scored on a single by Kenny. However, in the last of the fourth, the Morristown team took the lead when Stieve ran into control trouble, issuing four walks and a squeeze bunt that resulted in two runs. The visiting Rams, regained their lead wihen in the sixnhr inning, Kenny, Stiev-e, and Perna singled filling the bases. Dick Stevens then hit a loop doulble down the night field line and three players crossed the plate. Bob Stieve then struck out five of the remaining six men he faced. The Oratory nine came home victorious. ORATORY 8 - ST. BERNARD'S 3 The Rams headed to Peapack to take on St. Bernard's. A win would mean co-champ- ionship with Montclair Academy in the Ivy League. In the first inniing, the Rams tallied six times as 11 men batted, Carine, Schweikhardt and Neverick isingled, Kenny walked, Stieve singled, Perna reached first on an error, Stevens singled and Sut-ter walked, to account for six runs. St. Bernard's got two in the first in a si-ngle, a walk, and two wild pitches, The Rams scored twvice in hhie third when Bob Perna singled, Dick Stevens drew a walk and Frank Carine singled both runners home. St, Bernard's got the final run of the game when a walk and a double scored the one run. ORATORY 1 - DELBARTON 2 In a thrill packed game that saw both sides collect only five hits each, Delbarton squeezed out a one run victory at Kelly Field, Summit. Frank Carine was the mounds- man for the Rams. Delbarton jumped to a one run advantage in the second inning on a hit batter and a double. They scored on-e more in the fifth On a single by Don Laundry, a sacrifice and an error. Oratory scored their lone run in the bottom of the fifth when Frank Kenny was hit by a pitch and Bob Perna doubled. ORATORY 1 - EASTERN ACADEMY 1 Th-e Rams visited Paterson to take on the last place team, Eastern Academy. The game was called at the end of five innings because of Uhe hour. Oratory scored their run on a hom-e run by Bob Perna. Eastern Academy scored in the fifth inning on a single, a hit batsman and two bases on balls and the season was over. Our congratulations to Coach Cicalese for doing it again and to the entire team for a good job well done. . I Coach Ciralefe prexenir trophy to Fr. Bain. Bob Stieue and Gary Nezferirk, look on. - -miss Hffeaf-.,, we K v PSE5'9V7tZ'2i51EfiiYmzA -. ,SW Milfs 2 4' .ts wife' QAQTSYSXMJQ-,X