Quigley Preparatory Seminary - La Petit Seminaire Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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HHllllHHll. Leading the parade ol Quigley's sports is handball. It is the first sport begun at the start ol the school year. This year's tournament was confined to First, second and third years because of the absence of the juniors and Seniors. How- ever, the interims put up the most opposition in the contests. Houtsma and Madden were the champs after they battered through a large group of players, mostly from first year. And now a word about the bowling league's spot in the sports limelight. Once again, the Quigley's Keglers held their bowling sessions at the C.Y.O. Bowling Center. Only one round was played since the junior and-Senior students N Hlllllllll' began school later than usual. With a five-man lineup on each team, eight teams tried their skill for the championship. At the start of the season, Ray Carey's squad lost only two games out ol ten to the Senior teams, and these they gave up by less than ten pins. Carey's team was among the best at the alley. ln the race, too, for the champs' title was Diclc Feller's team. At the close of the season they had tied with Carey's tive. The playoffs decided Feller's fthe league's secretaryl to be the better of the two teams. The members of the winning team, besides the cap- tain, were Joclc Gladstone, Dick Fassbinder, Bob Doviclc, and laclc Eichelman.

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The greatest al Qurgley noon time sports as baseball Besides affording a needed relaxatron between mornmg and afternoon studres t aFfords the students an opportunrty ta Frght and wun together to display the frne pornts of their character and to Improve therr bad pornts Th s outdoor sport rs played on the Lalce Shore Playgrounds located between Pearson Street and Chicago Avenue near the Outer Drrve bagged down the schedule last year Neverthe- less enthusrasm stall ran hugh among Quigley s baseball artrsts The umor drvrsron was captured by the bug hard hrttmg team of old 2 B captamed by rm O Brren and powered by such Sluggers as O Malley McCarthy and O Brren and gurded by Nolan s effectrve prtchrng The team of old 3 B under the captarnshrp of Wee Wrllre Martin beat Contreras team of 5 A for the Qenrar Champronshrp Wnth the frne heldmg of Lutz and the brrllrant shortstop play of Katz and the sluggrng of Martrn 3 B walked off wrth the mle The baseball schedule was rnterlered with by the temporary accelerated program A a result there was na Fourth Year class last season Wrth reconversron to normal trmes and some help from the weather the 1946 baseball season should ha e all the typrcal Qurgley baseball enthusrasm l V . I 6 - . . . ll . V Pl , l ' ' - 5 U ' A I , Bad weather, heavy rains, and cold weather I g S J . .. - . . I - . . - . V ' ' ' a 3 . ' ' 4 3

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ai-5 JH ' , ffahur, ,. 4 . f Z4w,iwn, ,, V4 . , se y,.':m-Af ,, fw, . ,. 4, Q HNH PINHPHNH After the cheering and rooting of the final championship basketball games has died down and the hard-fought skirmishes are entered in the score books, the gym becomes the scene of a new and very popular attraction. Once more the ping-pong tables are set up and the season is declared open to table tennis. After weeks of pounding the celluloid to and fro, the CANDLE spread the news of Sophomore Taylor's victory. Taylor came through for his first school crown. He has a chopping style and never allows himself to be deceived by the tricks of his opponents. A powerful smash was always held in readiness. As a matter of fact, this is the first time in many years that a lower ' P P f- classman has won the school crown. ln the playoffs, Freshman Smyth, Junior Helfrich, and Senior Tom Henry won the prize in their divisions. Ping-Pong is by far the most-attended and well-liked event of the year. It has no require- ments as to size and strength of the player and draws practically all the students of the school, both for pleasure and practice. As in former years, Father Sieger opened the tournament with the usual fanfare, but because there was no fourth year class for one quarter fdue to the early graduation of fifth yearl, there were only four finalists, instead of the ordinary five. This is a sport which never has a dull moment and is one of the favorite of priests and seminarians alike. M9