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

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by Ke B ho T pped the boards became nncreasungly tough to beat as the season progressed ln tact they had become so tough to beat that when the season ended they were rnght up wnth the leaders Although the thlrd year Monarchs dad not rule the munors they dld gave every team a stuff battle Magulre and Judge furnished the outside shootnng tor thus team whale Gowglel and Danlher dld most ot the reboundnng Nelther second year quuntet made the play offs but stall they fought hard and gave promise of better sea sons to come both In the majors and minors The Knlghts appeared to be the stronger ot the two teams chaetly because of the drubblnng of O Sulluvan and the accurate shooting of Colleran Mortensen also proved very valuable nn grabbing rebounds and blocknng shots Thus year the Royals seemed des tuned to hold court In the cellar How ever they dld put on some thrnllung contests and exhnblted some potential stars among whom were Ray and captasn Racette Now we come to the thlrd class league at Qungley the nntramurals Although thus league IS the lowest nn the basketball hlerarchy stall at ns probably watched by more students than either the majors or munors Its popularuty IS no doubt due to nts con venuent noon time posntlon nn the schedule and the tact that In the IH tramurals anythlng can happen and usually does As In the past tnrst year produced the best Intramural teams by having squads In the majors or l'Y'lIl'1Ol'S Thus season the two strongest teams appeared to be lA and lG Bagley paced lAwlth has one handers whale Boyle gave hum valuable assist an e wlth has drnbblnng Vanecko of lG was the bug gun In their attack but Sweeney and Duggan also played well lF led by Walsh Reese and Ryan also proved tough to beat Another aggregation tlghtlng hard for the play otts was l B lt boasted of such players as Connolly Donovan and Foy lD although represented by such players as Thomas Lowe and John Lydon nevertheless seemed destined to tnght End run n rig m. rc . ' - because its ranks were not depleted -1

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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

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nt out wnth IC and IE for the cellar l-lallnuert and Gorman paced IC s at tack whsle McNucholas and Mornsroe led IE In second year 2D seemed by far the best team McManamon was the pacesetter on thus squad but he re cenved plenty of help from Morrlson and Doherty The second spot an thus league looked luke a toss up between ZC and ZA 2C displayed such players as Brzeczek and Huske whsle 2As hopes rested chiefly on the rebound :ng of Mortensen and the shootung of Martin 2B seemed fated to flnlsh last desplte players luke McDermott and Rohrlch ln thnrd year Gubblns quintet led by captaln Gubbnns and OSullnvan seemed to be tops but they recenved plenty of competntlon from Smngrelskn whose team was In the race all season Leake and Wojcnk were two maunstays on thus club Egan and Connell also had strong teams and could be counted on to gave anyone a tough game The lower strata of thus league were taken care of by the teams of Goergen and Hesslau Fourth year presented another tnght race Captain Flavun helped by Shea and O Rourke paced has squad which seemed headed for the play offs l-low ever Purtell asslsted by Narlock and Albertson formed a formidable road block to the championship ln spate of such players as Swade and Keating Jones team had to fight to keep out of the cellar Also struggling to keep his aggregatnon out of the basement was Keenan alded by Glaw and Ven tura We now come to the league whuch for sheer excitement IS one of the best the fifth year Intramurals This season Duffrn s team playing a good brand of ball appeared the most pow erful However O Brien also had quite a strong club Jnrgal O Brnen and O Donnell were the bug men In this team s attack Sluggnng nt out lused flguratlvelyl for the cellar were the teams of Grnffnn and Cahill Griffin had the help of such stalwarts as Bed lngfleld and Parrlngton whlle Cahnll was backed by Meyr and Glczewskn to e pt It D3 . . , , v ' . , , . . v - - - - . ' - - - . . , . . . . . . - ' - - . . . , . . . , . . , . Y V . . . . . . . . , . ' I ! . , . . . . . . , . . - . Miles heodin' for r ubl . Co oin Schu z picks his squod,