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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Referee, Fr Mnkolantus Bohlman starts quick break Foul Barrett lays owe up