Servite High School - Servite Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Captain Chucl4Gleason brings home another firstin the 440. One of the re- turning All-City men, he aims to de- fend his title again this year. Servite's city title hopes looked bright on the opening day of the track season as the Panthers had a turnout of 65 boys--enough to form the first iayvee squad in the his- tory of the school. Coming through like a championship team, the SHS contingent, after being I7 points behind in the St. Joe- DeLaSalle meet, edged out the Blueiays 58 If2,571f3, and 21 . Faced by four returning All-City men and one All- Stater, the Panthers have downed St. Mary's of Mt. Clemens, St. Bernard, St. Paul, and Austin with de- cisive scores. Hopes are aimed high for a successful defense of city championship won in the '55 season and for high honors in the State Class B competi- tion. Coach LaVergne Foley explains some new tactics in th medley relay as Louis Sklarski, Joe Soboslay, Dove Kotwiclci, and Jerry VanDeGienste look on. Running their first year together, the team has earned c winning spot in two of the first three meets and hopes to continui Servite's hold on All-City honors in this event. Cinder Stars Vault Hog This year's hopeful int shot put, Russ Semelsberg demonstrates the tactics nece sary to earn a first place. 11 Helping the track squad in their attempt to win their second City title are: first row, Mike Pyne, Tom Gall, Bob Ward, John Hunt, Terry Grimme, Eugene Soboslay, and Coach LaVergne Foley. Second row: Dick Belloli, Henry DeGrendel, Louis Pesta, Bob Carlisle, Richard Denomme, Jim Kratzer, and Jerry Doyle. - 102 .rf

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Giants on the Green STARTING THE SECOND YEAR, Servite's four returning lettermen in golf- ing, Pat Mason, Jim Reilly, Roger and Bob Ellero look for an eventful season. New member, Paul Moll, makes the fifth man on the team. Leading the squad with an average less than 45 is Captain Pat Mason. The group, placing a third in the '55 season in the Brookland golf tournament, hopes to make the No. l spot this season. l -LP' fy Panthers' Urge to Hold City Title Draws T Enough for First .layvee l X 0 al ' The Black Kittens, better known as Servite junior var- sity, lead opponents to fear the mighty pr-r-r- of the little Panthers. Heading the list of track- sters, John Eckenrod, Fred Gerloff, Jerry Doyle, and Dick Dych have shown the might necessary to become Panthers. The Kittens defeated De- LaSalle by five points in a dual meet. Tony D'Angelo has piled up points in the shot putwhi le the 88O-relay,con- sisting of Palazzola, Ecken- rod, Gerloff, and Vermeerch placed first. JUNIOR VARSITY TRACK SQUAD. First row: Dick Dych, Fred Gerloff, George Bretz, Paul Ver- cammen, Tom Mahfet, Dennis Barr, Larry Taylor, Charles Lewis, and Raymond DeSmet. Second row: Arthur Vermeersch, Michael VanCouwenberghe, Peter Otte, John Alex, Dominic Palazzola, Nick Bog- ner, Steve Stefansky, and Carl Neuser. Mr. Dan Hogan is iayvee track mentor. - 1l'l1 W'

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Paul Maloney proves his all-around ability by obtaining another first in the pole vault. Holding two school records, he is defending state champion of the half- mile. rr Second Championship Paul Wyllie, veteran miler, con- ditions himself for the grueling race which won him All-City honors. Wyllie holds the school record for the mile with a 4.48.4 time. Qi, 'lily il, N. .V 1 WJ i' if ' . 1-Nw K . ' K ' Q 3 f . :w Ph We . . . 5 1, r ,, ' ' ::.. if 1 2' , . 'HWY ' 17' . +- V A li. .Vi 1 M x K x N H .QQ - I . A ...f' s.g,,,7,H L. o . J J J so to 4 John Marine, a iunior, sprints from the blocks in the IOO-yard dash. Ahigh-point man, Marine also runs the 220,a leg in the relay, and is in the broad iump. Larry Vargo iabovej and Dove Oster- holzer fbelowl each sail over the bar to share a new school record of 5'9 in the high iump. Dave, a soph, and Larry, a iunior, put the shot and Larry also runs the half mile. Servite's four runners, Nick Serra, Paul Maloney, Jim VerVaecke, and John Eckenrod stretch their muscles over the hurdles. Maloney, in the first meet of the season, cracked the school record by four-tenths of a second when he ran the low hurdles in 20.8 seconds. una