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

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care of by Farrell and Nlckllborc whsle Bonner and McNulty more ex amples of fourth year helght helped Smyth IH grabbing rebounds Although the junlors seemed to have the most potent clubs the Stags led by Duck Stalzer could never be counted out of the race The chlef reason for their hugh ratlng was the play of Ed Burke He was reboundlng better than ever and could always be depended upon to score with one of hns famous jump shots McHugh and lvers also helped out under the board whlle Kennedy and Paul Burke with hls fancy underhand shots took care of the guard posntuons Although the thundering hoofs of the Meese trampled many teams whenever they played the Wldowers or Crusaders nt looked luke open sea son on moose They had one of the has ever seen nn Dreyer wnth has fancy drlbbllng and Lyman wlth his deadly long shots Besldes captasn McGlvnn other mooses on the Meese were Der wnnskn Neumann Falkner and Don Stalzer Nemecekwlthhlsdependable one hand shot also played well at elther guard or forward As was expected the Savages col lected qunte a few scalps durnng the season even taking one from the re doubtable Crusaders The thard year entry desplte the loss of key men from last year s squad stall had Gene Noonan with hrs uncanny long shots and drlve In shots Captain Schult Quinn and Murphy contributed to the Savages helght under the boards Some team had to be last and as usual the second year qunntet fnlled the bull However the players on the Yokels gave promise of more success ful seasons an years to come Ruley 50 ell fo the Wotch th cel g Je and Walsh especially looked luke fu ture greats ln addltlon Captain Yadron and McCarthy fought hard though un a losing cause S 1 ' Forr brings one up r m floor. e iin, o. best guard combinations the school ' l

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Last November when the smell of burning leaves filled the air and foot ball news filled the sport pages noisy seminarians began filling the north wing of Quigley Basketball had started' This sport besides being the most popular one at Quigley IS also one of the best organized Much of the credit for this organization IS due to Fathers Howard MIkolaItIs and McKenna During the past season these three priests unselfishly gave their valuable time In order that Vafl ous leagues might run smoothly l m sure all the students will agree that these priests were successful In their to them for their splendid work Credit should also be given at this time to the scorekeepers and timers especially l-leying and Jirgal The many score sheets In the candy room testified to their faithful work In order to produce evenly matched teams the students In second third fourth and fifth year are divided INTO three leagues the majors minors and Intramurals The major league IS com posed of boys who are the pros In basketball Play IH this league IS there fore more polished than In the other two The minors comprise students who aren t quite good enough for the mayors This league contains many future major league stars and gen erally produces many thrilling con tests Next In line IS the Intramural league Players In the Intramurals are limited to those who aren t In either the mayors or minors ln first and second year especially the quality of play IS quite good The majors this season continued the tradition of former years by pro viding their fans with a number of hard fought thrilling contests Des pIte the fact that this year the seniors fielded only two teams fourth year definitely seemed to have the top contenders The Crusaders paced by captain Chuck Cronin and little the first round and were almost cer tain to be playing In the St Patrick day finals An Important factor In the Crusaders success was the excellent fast breaking play of Brennan The shooting of Brigham and the rebound Ing of l-lughes and Kaikaris also played an Important role In keeping the Cru saders near the top of the league Although such a sItuatIon doesn t occur very often fourth year came up wIth another powerful team With Windham s great all round playing and the excellent rebounding and jump shots of Smyth the Widowers were a defInIte threat to the play off hopes of every team The two guard posItIons on this club were ably taken 41 efforts and are appropriately grateful Joe Stevens, took the lead position in V K

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Although the majors are consudered the top league at Quugley the munors receuve just about as much attentuon and deservedly so tor most munor league players are capable performers on the gym tloor and need only ex peruence to make them mauor league materual Thus season ut was a red hot race to determune whuch teams would play on St Pat s nught One ot the top prospects un thus well balanced league was the Clerucs captauned by Jack Clark Wuth hus terrutuc reboundung and jump shots and backed up by the deadly shootung ot Cox Bresnahan Bohlman and Welsh they were a very tough team to beat However the Clerucs dudn t have thungs all theur own way The Jugglers were determuned to scramble the standungs and led by captaun Joyce and bug Bob Swueca they appeared to be doung lust that The excellent tloor play ot Smola and McWeeney also played an umportant role un the Jugg Thurd year was also represented among the top teams by Dempsey s Dukes Wuth the ball handlung t Dempsey and the play makung skull ot Mayo the Dukes had a tune paur ot guards Add to them the reboundung ot Kung Van Dyke and McGovern and ut can be seen why thus team was a constant threat all season Stull another club must be added to the lust ot strong munor league con tenders the fourth year Smartues led by Slobug Wuth Muchor at center the Smartues had one ot the best plaver un the munors ln addutuon they also had two excellent guards Nuckluborc and Lynch For reboundung the Smar tues had besudes Muchor Slobug and Staff The darkhorse of the league was Roaches Rebels Thus team led by such stalwarts as captaun Roache a classy ball handler and Gullugan and Morrussey both valuable men under 1 , . . . , Teamwork, Stog style. ' ' ' Frustration. ' ' . lers' fine showing. . ' - ' o . I S ' Y , Y 5