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

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Oil iA8 QDLCUWIOIQ I-IOUGH the Quigley boy s a1ms soar toward the pr1esthood nevertheless he IS just a typical merican boy espec1ally when lt comes to the Great American Past1me Lacking space and facilities for league baseball Qulgley sem1nar1ans are l1m lted to softball Yet even this apparent disadvantage the seminarlans have turned into an asset for softball fits 1n well w1th his noon schedule Th1s popular past1me requ1res less space than baseball as well as less practice less equipment and less time for a softball game can be played ln about half the time required for a league base ball game Unfortunately the season comes to an end just when play1ng con ditlons are at their best but on the other hand many semmarians are kept IH close contact Wlth one another by playing on teams durmg the summer Father McKenna the head commls sioner followed the usual pattern ln setting up the league again th1s year The league IS broken up 1nto two d1v1 sions the un1or cons1st1ng of teams from each room of first and second year and the Semor cons1st1ngofteams from each room of third fourth and fifth year The task of naming the teams IS left up to the captaxn who IS elected by his classmates Th1s IS a very d1H'icult job at tlmes because though all the boys want to play only ten may play on a team at one t1me Th1s year because of the new system of determining classes the trad1t1onal powerhouses were broken up The races ln each d1v1s1on were so close that on a given day the last place team could beat the first place team In the unior d1v1s1on however 2 A led by ohn VValsh and lVlor1ssette had a slight edge 96 Cther players who kept the1r respective teams in the running were Qu1nn and D1ttmer of 2 B Costello and M1ller of 2 C and 1m Walsh of 2 D In the first year there were many 1nd1v1dual stars but the teams on a whole were unpred1ctable one day looking great and other days look1ng l1ke bushers In the Semor d1v1s1on the teams were just as evenly matched 5 A was the pre season favorlte with a bright array of stars 1nclud1ng Mike Cleary Frank Kaucky Len Kmak oe Bowler and Bill Peterson but they also had a lot of letdowns Tom Wh1tes play was greatly hampered by h1s ankle 1njury and Peterson never took the game ser iously 5 B on the other hand had fewer stars but they were kept 1n the race mainly by team Splflf and thew1ll to w1n of men like Red Coleman Don Slkorskl George Klem and Frank Charlie Schneider All three of the fourth year teams were right in the thick of the race 4 C had a tight defensive team led by Ivers Dorgan Lyman and B1alas but 4B had the power h1tt1ng of lVlcGlynn Hurley and D1ck Stalzer to go along with the deceptive pltching of Dreyer 4 A had an a1r tight mfield anchored by McHugh Kennedy and Don Stal zer Even the th1rd year made a good show1ng For the1r first year ln the big league the 1nter1ms played like seasoned veterans 3 C had the strong est team 1n third year They just couldn t miss with ballplayers l1ke Capr1o oyce and Stevens With the defensive spark of Bonner plus the all around play of Armon 3 A also won their share of games 3 B claimed to be bu1ld1ng for the future Q . , . . . 1 I 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 - , 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 ' , 1 - 1 1 tl yy o 1 , 3 ' - u 9 . 3 ' 3 l J 9 J P l . 7 3 I , ' y . I , 1 1 - 1 1 1 - . - , 1, 1 Z1 1 , 1 1 1 I , 1 1 u at ,, - 1 1 - 1 1 1 , ! 3 months. Tobin, plus the long distance hitting of 1 , , - . u , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 I - 1 Q 1 1 -l 1 , i J J 9 1 l i i ' 1 1 1 1 , , , 1 1 , 1 1 1 , , 1 , 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 -A I- , o ,1 1 , , - , , 1 1 1 , 1 it 1 . ,, 1 1 1 1 . , . 3 . . . . ' - - - , , 1 1 . 1 . .J 1 - Q . J - 1 I Q ' J U .I , I ' '

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7fMfAm lm 'UUJJ CH year our ath1et1c program officxally opens w1th the hand ball tournament Th1S game here at Qu1g1ey1n 1936 when the athlet1c coaches got together and dec1ded that another sports act1v1ty should be added to the present curr1c ulum The1r WISC dec1s1on brought us a fast thr11l1ng game 1n whlch many students have e1ther taken an act1ve part or have w1tnessed over the years Speed qulck reflexes and a true Splflt of teamwork are the essentlal qualltles that determ1ne wh1ch stal warts w1ll be crowned 1n the finals as the Handball Champs of Qu1g1ey Th1s season from the t1me that the handballs were first r1cochet1ng off the hardwalls and the1r echoes were re soundlng throughout the corr1dors up unt1l the cl1mact1c fin1sh on the nlght of the finals except1ona1ly close games coupled w1th better than average play In the unlor d1v1s1on first year was dom1nant as ohn Coleman and B111 G1111gan nosed out Tom Tully and Ne11 O Sul11van to capture the laurels 1n a well played best of three game match w1tnessed by a stand1ng room only crowd of enthus1ast1c fans 1n our gym B111 G1ll1gan a west slder w1th the advantage of havlng handball courts at h1s own par1sh appears to be one of the most pol1shed players to sprmg up 1n a freshman class at the Llttle Sem1nary 1n many a year S1nce most of our handball enthus1asts begm the1r careers w1th1n Quigleys walls B111 has had thejump on h1s classmates H1s pre Qu1gley exper1ence marks h1m down as the player to watch 1n the future tourneys In the more exper1enced Senlor d1V1 s1on compr1sed of th1rty two teams from th1rd fourth and fifth year rugged battles were waged throughout the whole tournament unt1l two fourth year teams Sk1p Ivers and Bob Lyman a speedy left handed duo and the clever B111 Dreyer and 1m Keane pa1r met 1n the finals Tony Cla1r and J1m Coleman of fifth year favored to w1n the t1tle by the Candle at the season s start falled to conquer thelr fourth year r1vals Ivers and Lyman Durmg the entlre season playmaker Cla1r consldered the best player 1n the school by many was hampered heav11y by a badly brulsed hand a fortunate break for the other team Of the th1rd year entrees Tom Kel11 her and M1163 Lynch another pa1r who benefited strongly from play on the1r par1sh courts were exceptlonal team workers but they finally though un w11l1ngly succumbed to Cla1r and Cole by the score of 22 20 The season seemed to be ra 1dly com 1ng to a close and we soon ound our selves wa1t1ng for the mght of the finals Then from the balcony of the gym we watched two of Qu1gley s hardest h1t t1ng teams exchange the lead unt1l Lyman and Ivers came on ln a final surge to take the coveted t1tle Looking to the future w1th the past season s games st1ll fresh 1n our m1nds we can easlly predlct that next year s tourney may be as Splflfed and asclosely compet1t1ve as th1s one was Agam it looks 11ke Lyman and Ivers slugg1ng It out aga1nst Keane and Dreyer for the Senlor t1tle w1th Lynch and Kelllher 1n the role of the darkhorse The un1or d1v1s1on IS wlde open and so we won t try to guess who w1ll w1nd up on the top next September 95 O Q . I . . 3 3 Q ' . ' KK ' an . J l l u , 1 1 Jn , - , , , . . i . . D H , H . y . . 0 Q , u , u . n I , Q n , , n . u n I n l Q , u J ' 3 u u . . , , u u . 5 u I 1 , 0 - I Q - , u a n U u g , a J . J 3 . . , 3 . - - - - , - ing skill left l1tt1e to be desired. man 1n the final ofthree thr11l1ng games . J J 1 . - - . I at , - - u , I , , I . . . . , i -. 3 . ' . E l .1 , ,. Q 0 . l P 3 n . . . . . , . . i , - C

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