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

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Thr tggd tb l A Bagley and Burke Daly and Don avan In l B lnfantlno and Getty In l C Kula and Kunkel In l D Mc Nlcholas and Olls an l E Ryan and Rosch In l F Vanecko and Sweeney un l G ln 2 A Mortensen and Swade wall furnlsh the spark for their team Wlth the hard hlttlng team of Rnley and Colleran 2 B should be seen In the home stretch 2 C wrll contend that they will win behind the drive of Panek and Brzeczek Wlth Simone and Gllllgan wleldlng the lumber ln Z D who would say that at doesn t have a chance? Going from the minor to the mayor nell doing the cloutlng that may pave the way for 3 A 3 B boasts of slab artnst Morrlssette and Slugger Schultz Noonan and Walsh of 3 C wnll do their utmost to swung their team to the top of the league Armon wall do the hurling for 4 A Behind will be fence busters Bonner and Windham 4 B wnll stretch nts neck to wun wath Joyce and Cronln doing the grand slamming Brennan wnll do the fllp pang for 4 C Farrell and Swveca will provide the long pokes ln fnfth year 5 A can boast of mound artist Dreyer wrth his now you see It now you don t ball Wlth an Infield behind him from left to rlght of Kennedy Dun leavy lvers Dorgan and Nemecek It wall be harder for a ball to get through than for that old camel to get through the needle The power wall be provided by Nemecek and lvers In 5 B rengn the fence busters McHugh, Neumann, McGlynn, and Don Stalzer all able to make apple sauce out of the old apple Who will wan? Your guess IS as good as mme 59 leagues, we'll find Vizza and O'Con- o one's o e. - - l rook special comin' up, ' - . ' '