St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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J - - SYN ' ' A A A 4 participation of the students. This body has become known as the Athletic Association. The work of this Association is spread over the whole scholastic year. About the middle of September it starts the indoor baseball league, which isicomposed of teams from each of the five years. These teams battle for supremacy until the inclement Weather dampens the ardor of the baseball fan. Then, basketball steps to the front. It occupies the attention of the school during the winter months. Besides a team representing the school, the Association conducts a league for those who do not display enough polish to obtain a berth on the varsity. The race for first place is always very close, and basketball serves to hold the limelight until the warm weather. In spring the student's fancies turn to baseball, the premier sport of St. AndreW's. The captain of the team issues a call for candidates. After some strenuous sessions on the diamond, a team is picked to represent the school. The incidents and the events of the athletic field will always bring back happy memories to the Senior Class of 1930. PRESIDENT. 1 Sparta LONG towards the end of the month of September, 1929, the Athletic Association held its first meeting, at which officers were elected for the 1929-30 season. When the necessary materials had been purchased, our Indoor Baseball League got into full swing. This year's teams were more evenly matched than in the past. Brownis Square seldom has seen such hotly contested games. Due to a late start the league could not complete its complete schedule because of the cold weather. The Seniors' team, who had much hard luck, did not fare as well as in other years. The Juniors did the best work afield and at the bat. Their team was fast and well balanced. The Sophomore's team gave promise of finishing in tie for first place, but toward the end of the season they faltered and had to be content with second place. The Freshman team showed much improvement over last year's aggregation and lost many games by small scores. The Academics showed much more polish than the teams of other years, but because of the lack of experience they finished in last place. 4 4 4 4 M841 - A A - A ' AJ, ninety

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v Pkxflhfifl hiadhixfl ' MY! P' ggauaehall nam Nfl ' N HE baseball team has been unusually slow this year Q, ., xo tag,-.,1:.,,9f holding the practice sessions, necessitated by the late Easter vacation. However, now that the team has A been. selected, things are expected to move along swiftly and johnny Maier, of the Sophomore class, will play first base, although not very tall, he seems ,to be able to reach and hold on to everything that comes his way. Leo Heidt, also of the Sophs, has fielded in whizbang fashion in practice, and has had little trouble in assuring himself of the second base position. Captain Red Singerhoff is taking care of everything that comes down the shortstop slot, and is doing it in fine fashion. Johnny Merklinger on third base has been stopping in no uncertain man- ner those hot liners, hopping bounders, and everything else that a third baseman has to put up with. These men will make up the inner works of the nine. Art Ratigan, who has played with the team the last two years, will again be in the outfield. joe Gorman was shifted from first base, the position he played last year, to an outfield berth. He has played well in practice, and much is expected of him in the games. Pete Culross, of last year's nine, will com- plete the outfield. Johnny Flynn is back on the job as catcher, which means that the opposing teams are going to experience much difficulty in stealing bases. When necessary, Pete Culross will relieve Flynn. The pitching is to be done by Valukevicius, Vogt, and Connors. Valuke has pitched for the team since his second year, and this season he seems better than ever. Vogt, who was with the team last year, will be Valuke's first assistant. Connors is a new- comer, and his greatest handicap seems to be inexperience. Witli a little hard work, he may become a big help to the team. Bill Maier, of the Academics, will be the utility infielder. f Lg gl -and Lil . . . . in rounding 11ltO form because of the late start in . iw smoothly. The team as a whole looks like a successful combination. It will be fully tested, however, for it will be meeting some of the strongest scholastic nines in the city when it stacks up against such teams as Aquinas, Rochester Business Institute, and School of Commerce. Considering the late start, a fairly large schedule has been arranged, and some interesting battles are expected to result. s - - - - - - - - - - - -- LQALWALKQGLQADGQ ninety-two