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

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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

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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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Q Heading the baslfetball pro gram this year was the major league with many vet ran players of last year The seniors supplied two teams against the two ot the iuniors and the interims and sophomores had one apiece l the sportlight most of the season were the Colonels of Tom O Con nell a d weeney s S rpents Forming a trio of resistance to all opponents Pete Shannon ohn Seidel and Paul Qchwartz gave the Colonels part of the fame which they gained erry Ma loney was the man ol the our with his energetic playing an characteristic manner of fouling ou Helfrich was the high scorer on the Qerpents squad and estab lished his record for the future by playmg a hard fought game with his customary calmness. Bones Kavanaugh helped the cause by being chief setup man that is when he wasnt draping his body over the opponents. Under the wing-spread ol the Eagles Cap- tain Enright led his quintet through many battles and although he did not turn out as the champ his team was composed of several excellent baslceteers. Spaghetti Cantieri and No Air Gladstone were two sell-supporting members who are also noted for their refereeing. Very few fouls were ever called on these two.