St Edwards University - Tower Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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1973 SEL Standings American Tuf-Nuts Cascades Magic Co. Sadist-Faction Organized Confusion Whoopie Cushions Ringers NK ON UN — —— National Apostles Jocks Henways Latin Lovers Omega Sigma Psi La Familia Playoffs: Tuf-Nuts 4, Cascades 3 Apostles 9, Jocks 3 World Series: Apostles 6, Tuf-Nuts 3 Apostles 6, Tuf-Nuts 0 108

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It happens every spring! This year the sun didn’t shine and the blue- bonnets weren't as thick, but the sounds of spring were still to be heard anyway. Ab, the sounds of spring! They’re a delight to the soul! Not the chirping of birds or the buzzing of in- sects, but something else at St. Edward’s. Like Terri Harrison’s incredulous, “That’s a crock of ! ? ,” at a strike call, or Denise Paquette’s terrified screech at an umpire’s sudden cry of “FOUL!” or Gigi Guerrero’s little song and dance after an error, or Janice Lindemann’s memorable vo- cabulary lesson for the plate umpire during the All- Star game, when all anyone was seeing was stars. These are the sounds of spring at St. Edward’s, | which comes just in time every year for football’s and basketball’s battered bodies, and which came just in time for Billingsley’s Brewery in 1973. It had been a long winter of frustration for the Brewery, who final- ly tapped in on the Sorry Excuse’s direct line to the Almighty for some magic of their own enroute to the girls’ softball title. Just as in football and basketball, the final game of the Brewery—Strike Outs (different name, same Sorry Excuse) season’s series became in fact the championship game. The Brewery jumped ahead 3-0 after three innings but of course the Strike Outs ral- lied with two runs in the 4th and another in the 5th to knot things again at 3-3. But the Strike Outs had finally run out of miracles, and in very human fash- ion, their error put Mary Fowler on base to lead off the last of the 5th. Bobbie Morales was retired on a pop to 3rd, but Mary Brady slammed a double to score Fowler and set the stage for the Brewery—Lime Crush season finale. For two innings the clubs parried each other, but after the Brewery’s four-run 3rd inning broke a 2-2 tie, the rest was an anticlimax. Indeed! All that was left now were the chirping of birds and the buzzing of insects.