Pius XI High School - Journal Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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1,fZ!a2ua2z,z'm Have you even wondeled why the fans ln Chicago booed Roy Smalley Or why Tommy Bolt throws clubs if an opponent tops him? Ive often wondered and I thlnk Ive finally come up with the answer Sportsmanship' That s r x g h t spoitsmanship rathel in the above mentioned cases lack of it To have sportsmanship IS to be a sport a good loser a good winner Sportsmanship ln ltself IS a combina t1on of courtesy respect and a com petitive spirit One who possesses it w1ll go all out to win But lf he should fall he IS man enough to know theie is no use crylng about lt' One of the best examples of sports manshlp I have evei seen came 1n the recent Davls Cup Matches VIX SCIX as of the United States lost heart breaklng point after point and finally the match to Ken Rosewall of Austra lla When 1nte1v1ewed after the game he said Rosewall played the best game of his careei out there and I know I lost to the better man' An attitude like that couldnt huit anybody Lets be sports not seconds Ron KOJIS PIUS Eyes Coaches As Season Moves This year Plus working staff foi football is to be manned by three coaches Head coach is Jlm Brennan and the assistants are Carl Medicus and Sam Baslle Head coach Brennan has been as sistant coach here for many seasons Carl Medlcus past coachmg experl ence consists of three years at St Francls Mmor Seminary as football coach and athlet1c duectoi and three years here as assistant Bsquad coach He has also played football at Janesville high school and St Francis college during his high school and college days Sam Basile worked at Mlnelal Point fo1 two years He played the game h1mself for several seasons at Stout ln Menomlnee, Wisconsin Le t Bench Guard Relates Rl orous A ter Football Lqfe I imagine all of you if you ale the led blooded American y o u t h poi tlayed 1n This Is You1 Llfe haye seen a football game But how many of you know what happens aftei a v1c to11ous game? Let me take you on 1 mythical Journey to one of these aftei game paltles As we pull up to the dooi in our Stanley Steamer we duck Just in time not to be h1t by a flying sofa cushion No this wasnt the results of two tackles having a free for all Rather it was the sixth string quaiterback iyou know the type pants too big jeisev too smallj showing Annabelle the play he thought should have been used slumbex They ai en t too important hele just the fiist string And hele commg through the door is the hero of the game the only man who is mdlspensable to the team Naturally he IS the one who comes with fixe girls and the song You got to be a football heio Our water Oy This IS why all the exeicxses and the scrlmmaglng you ve got to be tough to take these little foiays Joe LeGath For the first time Plus will have You ask about those completely lg noied 11 fellows stretched out 1n V311 ous shapes of pretzels wh1le t1 ymg to PIUS XI HIGH FOOTBAI L SCHEDULE Sept Sept l'Sept '0ct Oc Oc Oc 'Oct Nov 6 Chgo Gordon Tech Chgo De La Salle Notre Dame Waukesha Memorial Racine St Catherine St Johns Cathedral Messmer Marquette fl-Iomecomlngl Don Bosco 4' Home Games SlStS of seven to twelve members The team IS coached by Mr Paul Carrott formei coach at Marquette md Countly Day For a time aftei the PIUS Gordon Tech Game Ken Segrln had dlfiiculty in watching the blondes during re treat This was due to a stiff neck received in the game Two of Pius 55 grads were seen working out with the varslty Roger Anderson and Peter Arena Make you kind of homeslck boys? Coach Baslle has made one tree Cabout 200 yaids flom piactlce field in Gieenfield Paikl yery infamous vu 1th his c1y of Take a lap boys Picking up blockers as he goes, Bob Berkopec starts around end to score against Gordon Tech 15 . nf O O I I Q ' ' ' y 1 . . . 7 . ' ' 0 n ! v ' 1 ' . . H . 1 - ,, Y Q . . . . , 9 1 . , ' - - 1 , . ' 4 ' .' . . v 2 l'f v ' , ' - 01' - . ' . . . .- , - 1 f H . . . j ' - 1 1 - 1 . f . ' y . - ' . ' . b , ' . , . . . ' ' . 9 , , . . . . . . . . - , , . v V D , . . s 1 . n , , 1- . . , - . . I H , . . - ' 'I L- 7 . , . . U . ' , ' ' - ' ' - a cross country track team. It con- ' . . - 1 , ' ' u ' . ' - 7 , A . . 4 I , H . . . - - . 11 . , , ' ' ' - . . 18 . ,' , , . 25 , , , ' 1 - 2 . . . ' ' ' t. 9 ' . ' ' t. 16 . ' , , ' t. 23 , ' ' . 30 ' ' , . . . . , ,- - , n as , . . . . , . . M . , . .

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Photo by Wayne Chamberlar You should see hrm rhumba' Plus scrrmmages Mendel of Chicago rn a pre season warmup at St Bonaventure Plus Crushes Tech, Has Explosrve Seorrng Pius football teams have a reputa tion for starting the season wrth a rush and this year rs certainly no ex ceptron J rm Brennan s boys trounced Gordon Tech of Chrcago rn a non con ference trlt rn Burlrngton Pius showed abrlrty to score on brg plays No touchdown was scored from less than 20 yards out and three of the five touchdowns from more than 40 yards out Halfback Bob Berkopec opened Pius scoring on a 46 yard end sweep Blocking was good and only two Chr cago players had a shot at Bob B111 Borske rrfled a Jump pass into the wartrng arms of Ron Ruzrcka for the second score The play covered 20 yards the ball on a quarterback optron and drsplayed fine broken field running as he raced 44 yards to the goal Dave Harts kickoff stopped rollrng rnsrde Techs 10 yard lrne Two plays later the defense picked up 2 pornts as they nailed Tech s runner rn the end zone In the thrrd quarter Gary Byers substituted for rnJured Borske and on the first play lateralled to Weber who lofted a touchdown pass to Jack Gallr gan To add insult to injury Daye Hart intercepted a pass Prus s fourth and returned rt 40 yards for a touch down Gordon Tech s lone marker came rn the second per rod on a short plunge The coaches agree the Gordon Tech game doesn t mean too much The contest with De La Salle should prove more revealrng Hope for the future comes from the fact that only four of the starting of fensrve and five of the defensive teams are seniors Strll more hope comes fr om the quarterback positron Our top two signal callers are sophomores Co captain Bob Berkopec could be a standout on offense and d e f e n s e Jerry Weber and Jack Gallrgan will be yaluable men again Dave Hart looks as rf he could take over where Janus and Murach left off To quote Brennan We have as good a chance as anyone P0110 Hrts Marquette, Two Players Strrcken Polio has struck the Catholic Con ference football schedule Russ Sy manskr of Marquette was stricken with polro for crng Marquette to aban don practice temporarily Liter Mike Ash also of Marquette was stricken with a paraly zrng case of polio forc rng the team to postpone their first two games Cathedral cancelled their first erchrbrtron as a precautronary measure The other schools whose teams contrrrued to practice were cau troned to take rt easy and avord over exertion 14 Pius Slaughters De La Salle Hi h Pius put the whammy on its Chi- cago opponents this year. After de- cisively beating Gordon Tech 33-6, they took on De La Salle with the same explosive effect to win 31-6. On the first play from the scrrm mage Berkopec swept around end and went all the way to score On the krck off the Chrcagoans fumbled and Prrrs recoy ered They then went the 30 yards to score Hart going or er from the 2 to chalk rt up At the end of the first quarter the score stood 190 PIUS Weber put the last one on the board The second half started much the same w ay except things w ent faster Berkopec got the mall and went 95 yards untouched by human hands to deliver rt for another 6 pointer Late rn the third quarter punt return Berkopec again threw rt into high 'rnd went 42 yards to score Jrm Jrmmres into Gym, Bug Bites, lnfects Him While passing through the second floor corrrdor of the edifice which houses the Pius XI High School stu dents I was attracted by raucous crres of enthusiasm to the doors of the gy mnasrum Mv currosrty b e 1 n g very much aroused I prred open one of the locked doors stealthily entered and observed the happenings from the securrty of a shadowy corner The rnterror was populated by an rnestrmable number sizes shapes and colors They were engaged rn manually propellrng a resrlrent sphere of molded rubber natural or synthetic I know not approximately 12 inches rn dr ameter toward a metal hoop of slightly lrrger drmerrsrons The hoop was erected horrzontallv above them and perpendrcularly to a backboard When ever the sphere passed through the hoop some of the y oung urchrns looked pleased while others seemed de Jected After a half hour of watching this I went downtown to rnqurre about the pr ice of a sphere and hoop James Stoffels .L Ct. . h. .' - . , . . , , . , . . - , j . 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Note from the Editor Have trouble keeping up with all the news of graduated Pronrtes or your fellow alumnrq Then this rs the spot to watch Another oppor tunrty to find out whos who srnce graduation rs through aflilratron wrth the newly organrzed Alumnr Club Recently two representatnes from each graduating class met and elected officers who are now rn the process of drawing up by laws for the club Two dollar dues entitles all alumni to lots of fun as members Also a newsletter to be printed monthly wrll be sent to all who Join Thrs paper wrll cover all alumni events as well as all the latest news on long gone seniors and recent grads Check this column next month for the results of the tremendously suc cessful alumnr dance held at Plus last spring Wlnnre Hahn Here s a chance for the alumnr to get therr ideas rn prrnt Thrs rs your page and each month an article or letter wrrtten by you wrll appear here If you have a flair for wrrt rng or the urge to put your thoughts on paper, send them to Wrnnre Hahn Plus XI Hrgh School 135 N 76th St Mrlwaukee Wrs Mary Ann Jacobs 55 entered St Joseph convent on September 0 to become a School Sister of St Francis Hows the schoolwork boys' Jrm Jost 54 left and Bill Shepherd 53 are work mg on the addrtron to Plus Bill spent two years at Notre Dame and rs entering Marquette rn January Grads Take Honors, Vows Former sports editor John Barany 55 made headlines this summer when he caddred for Cary Mrddlecof during the Miller Golf Tournament John recerved S300 and was inter xrewed on television after Mrddlecof won the tourney He also won the Allrs Caddy scholarship and plans to attend the Unrverstry of Wisconsin this fall work at Allis Chalmers A scholarshrp for post grad work at Catholic Unrversrty was awarded to Rrchard Sogrn 50 Drck gradu ated from Marquette last year and has been doing socral work Dolores Delfeld 53 rs majoring rn elementary education at Cardinal Strrtch Her brother Francis 44 rs teaching electronics at Marquette University Summer weddlng bells hare been breakrng up all those old gangs Josephrne Magll0 53 and Raymond Blankenhelm were marrred on June 25 July 2 was the date set by Mary Hart 53 and Tom lNeu 52 Doro thy Drener 53 marrred Don Lese on April 16 August 6 was the big day for Barbara Frrdl 53 and Harold Wefley Irene Brenner 53 and Vern Tretow and Dorothy Uschold 52 and Robert Tate 52 Margaret Paulus 50 and Rrchard Streff exchanged rows July 7 16 Among the September weddrngs were Nancy Marks 53 and Gerald Raetner Joan Moran 53 and Gene Werdensle 53 Tom Sterdl 53 and Mary Alrce Stahl and Donald foetz 51 and Julie Beauchamp Pat Rrpple 49 and Jrm Heck 51 are plannrng on an October wedding while Marianne Platz 53 and Robert Qurrk haye set the date at Novem Note to the Edltor Dear Alumni Editor We hear that the Plus XI Journal rs undergoing a change and that an entire page wrll be dexoted to the alumnr We especially appreciate this ex tra space because rt will grve us a more wrtal contact wrth the school and wrth our fellow graduates From trme to trme we wrll be able to contribute artrcles to acquarnt xou wrth what you wrll face when you leaxe high school Not that we want to preach but wed lrke to share our experiences wrth you Well be lookrng forward to the September rssue of the Journal which lf l recall will probably be a lrttle late Sincerely Tonr Graef 53 V . . . . , . ! V . 9 , V. . . . Y ' 7 ' ! v ' .. : 2 ' ' . . ' , . . , . J ' ' . , . 7 . . . . . . , ' . . , ' a I. . N . . , . , . . ' '- , I ' ' Y. V . . . , . ' 9 ' Y . . 1 . . y . . . ., Y - - ' Carol Guis '55 is doing secretarial ber 5- , . 4 ' . - ' ' ' . . , . 1 ' . 1, .' . Q ' 7 '1 ' A 1 v v v' v 1 ' v 1 y - v , - ' 7 .' h v v 7 ' I I 0 , , n x , ' . 9 Y , 7 , ' ' , v' 1 v ! Y 7 , . ! i ' ' . . , . . 1' 1 n . v V I ,