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, ' - . ' '

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Q WE 't-vvnuvu-awww' --.0-.,,,,-lummuwwbn 'W'-----nuns-v-H ' Hlckory meets horse hIde There IS a crack Then out out through space soars a slxteen Inch ball O Lake Shore playground In sprIngtIme thus can mean only one thIng The softball season has arrlved What does thus mean at Quugleyp Why not have hardball Instead? As It IS known wIth the fleld so bunched wIth players the left flelder on one team mIght be playIng In the short stop posItIon of another team lf thIs were the case In hardball many of the players would be dodgnng lIne drIves or nursIng swollen heads Most of the rooms are also lImIted In tIme WIth an average of an hour s play tIme at noon many Innungs of hardball can t be played however seven Innungs of softball can usually be squeezed IH The TIVS years are splIt Into two leagues, junlor and senIor The fIrst two years have the lower berth, the last three years, the upper one The separate rooms IH each year select theur own captaIn who In turn chooses the lIneup and benchwarmers Be cause almost every semnnarlan has played thIs sport sInce he was able to tIe hIs own shoelaces, there IS much quallty In each room, thus maklng the captaIn's job a dIffIcult one Father McKenna IS the WIIl Har 58 rldge of Qulgley He draws up the schedules passes out the equnpment and settles any dlsputes that do arlse HIs Interest however does not end there He IS not a behlnd the desk commIssIoner He can often be seen on Lake Shore Playground walklng from dlamond to dlamond taklng an Interest In each team He IS also a wIse commIssIoner He never umpures a game Thls thankless yob IS dele gated to some unfortunate students When some fellow IS fIrst appoInted to the job hIs saIls are usually full wInded HIS mInd IS soon changed however when the beefs begun pour Ing In He vows hell never take the job agaln when some blow top tells hIm to get a tIn cup and some pencIls Twelve players on the top team In each league wIll recelve letters Twelve players on the team whIch fInIshes In second place wIll receIve shIelds The other teams and players wIll recelve a compensatlon of good health How wIll the dlfferent teams fare In the spnng? ln fIrst year there IS a great amount of buddlng talent that won't show Itself untIl the season be gIns However, after askIng for a few unprejudlced opInIons, a few names seem to soar hIgher than others ln X X, 1 'V , Q- at ax, '-'- Z V- . V QI ,X 'll - . . . I ' . n . Y U Y ' y . I . . . . I ' - - . . 1 y - Y v I Q 1 ' ' Y - . ' - Y Y '

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XX FORE Armed wnth thus cry plus a trusty set of clubs some one hundred asplrnng Hogans Sneads and assorted duffers gathered at the West gate Valley Country Club to take part un the flrst athletic event on the school calendar the annual golf tourna ment Nothing would deter these en thusuasts and so at lO o clock wlth the rains coming down the four somes began teelng off chanting their warnlng Forel' Once on the course those who had jeered at the pessnmnsts such as Dom Cronun who had the audaclty to bring along golf umbrellas and ralncoats were now warmly greetnng these same pessumusts wlth frnendly tones of friend and comrade Nevertheless the muserableweather seemed to have no effect on the n the w ers crce scores And as the cards were belng turned In at was conceded that thus had been the best crop of golfers to enter the Qulgley tournament In years Fourth year sent In a quartet of low gross men Pete Zavadowsky and Jerry Rlordan both equallnng the Quigley record of 74 Following them came two more classmates Stan Mlchor who carded at 76 and Joe Stevens with 77 Then fifth year sent an nts own trlo of experts Keane Mc Clure and Morrussey wlth respectnve scores of 80 Sl and 83 On the followung Thursday October 2 a playoff round was held at Lang ford Links Country Club between the four low gross players Bug Joe arded by an accurate putter success fully retained has school crown by Cardlng an 86 Such w st octo John fx I0