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

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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,

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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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N --5 X- SR, XX? X The swimming schedule at Quigley IS capacity frlled and well organized When the present flfth year class was an flrst year nt was also Father Lyons flrst year as swnmmnng director Through these flve years Father has developed a schedule that takes nn many actuvltles Throughout the sea son lwhlch lasts from September tal Junel there are the swam periods at lunch time with each year except the Sensors havnng nts own separate day Besides these regular periods there are also free hours after school when everyone has a chance to swnm Dur :ng the year some of the after school periods are devoted to special actuvu tres Flrst from September to Christ mas comes the well known non swnmmers class Then after the holldays the llfe guard class begins running nts course tsl about Easter Near Easter comes the last of the mann events of the year the swlm meet Now let s have a few words about each of these events Flrst let us take the non swimmers class Gene Nowotarskl and Vince Heyung durected the course thus year with an able assust from sophomore lnterlm and junlor guards ln this 54 class the non swimmers are :nltnated to the water In the shallow end of the pool where they are taught the and stroking by the lufeguards Then these movements are coordnnated and the begunners know how to swam Armed with their newly acqunred skulls they graduate to the deep end where they are drilled nn the rudl ments of davrng Soon they are ready for the flnal trnal to dlve nn and swam the twenty yards length of the pool havnng once passed thus test they are no longer non swnmmers Some of them even take the lnfeguard course In January Now let s look In on the llfeguarfl class Thus year as last the course was run by Gene Nowotarskl Paul Par rlngton Bob Walsh and Ed Parker A great variety of basic methods IS to be learned from thus class among whuch are the different means of approach Ing a drownlng vlctlm and the correct way to take hum In tow and carry hmm to safety Also those who take the course learn the releases that wlll save them should they be caught by a drownnng person Another Important thung that they learn ns the correct ,f bf Y' ...,.,- A fix , li U 'lx we S :A TW 5 'V' .f i f , ,, ' ' ,' ' fundamentals of kicking, floating,