St Ignatius High School - Ignatius Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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-' 1 sv 'ti' A Bl 99 wx ,Aa-Q. QL ,. aa gt 91' vo .A- Top row: Costello, Mgr., Hodek, Burns, Sullivan, Donovan, Bennish, Kennedy, Zay, Cicero, Barcal, Rotunno, Small, lagielo, Mgr. Middle row: Mr. Mailliard, Coach, Broccolo, Hojnowski, Tufano, W. E. Keefe, Grimes, Guay, Schneider, Pankau, Francoeur, Francis, W, I. Keefe, Murphy, Mgr. On August 20, 1945, a squad of seventy- five stalwart Ignatians checked out football equipment and another great football sea- son was underway. After the usual loosening up fNoI Any- thing but thatll under the hot August sun, the Ignatius squad settled down to hard and earnest work that was to prepare them for the long task ahead. Coach Mailliard had five returning letter men: Iohn Brocollo, Dick Schneider, Ioe Small, Ox Harte, and Biff Grimes, who formed the nucleus around which the year's team was built. Mal was ably assisted in this great task by Bob Blood and Guts McDonnell, '42, whose tough job it was to get the line into shape. The reason that the Ignatius line was feared far and wide and 8 had the reputation of being the toughest line in the city was because of the invaluable training they received from Mac. Before looking at the team's records, read about some of the fellows who were re- sponsible for those triumps. First the ends. Ox Harte, regular center on last years team, was converted to end in spring prac- tice where his six-foot-four frame could be used to a better advantage. Besides always playing a great game, his punting ability saved the Wolves from many a disastrous situation. At the other flank was Bill Barcal. Barc could catch passes thrown anywhere near him. While playing on defense, his hard- driving tackles on wide end-sweeps broke up many an opponents scoring hopes.

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Bull Wnlkmson, co editor of the Prep, writes the 'First In a serues of four articles on our notable alumna back The surprlsed Amerlcans realrzed too late that 1f they had boarded the vessel 1mmed1ately they could have captured 1t along w1th much valuable 1nformat1on Cap ta1n Gallery resolved that the next tlme an opportun1ty presented 1tself he would send a boardmg party Even though at the trme the plan ranked w1th a Buck Rogers adven ture boardlng partres were framed Later 1n May of that same year Gallery s task force proceeded to a pos1t1on off the west coast of the Cape Verde Islands to take up ant1 submarlne patrol The Job was for the most part monotonous There 1S always plenty of act1on aboard a destroyer once a sub has been plcked up on the sound gear and attacked but unt1l that bustllng moment there IS noth1ng to do except to search the seas endlessly There had been many false alarms dur1ng reported a posslble sound contact on the mornmg of Iune 3 there was no great excfte ment But a few moments later the contact was ver1f1ed and the force swung 1nto 1m med1ate act1on The Chatelam supported by two Wlldcat f1ghters from the Guadalcanal Captarn Gallery s flagshrp qu1ckly dxsabled the U boat As the sub surfaced Captaln Gallery ordered h1s shlps to f1re then' smaller cahbre guns only Qurckly they swept the decks clean wlthout 1nfl1ct1ng any ser1ous damage on the subs hull As fast as the crew came on deck they plunged overboard One of the enemy was krlled the only casualty suffered by erther s1de As the last of the Naz1s dlsappeared over the s1de the Amerlcans ceased frrrng and the old Naval command Boarders away' echoed over the Guadalcanal The boardrng party pulled alongslde the sub leaped aboard and went below ready for battle w1th any rema1n1ng Naz1s They found the sh1p deserted but rapldly f1ll1ng w1th water Qulckly closlng all the hatches they stood by for further orders Meanwhtle the destroyer Plllsbury was mov1ng up to take the sub 1n tow As the Amer1can Shlp eased up to the helpless U boat a wave sent 1t crashing agarnst the submar1ne The Plllsbury was dlsabled by the blow for a large hole was punched 1nto 1ts hull The Plllsbury slgnalled the Guadal canal that the U boat needed a tow to stay afloat And as the sun set that day t flammg rays played on an Amer1can flag wavmg over the U 505 as xt lay 1n tow w1th an Amer1can alrcraft carr1er a symbol of Amer1can vlctory been lookmg for an excuse to go aboard the submersrble went lnto the captured vessel to 1nvest1gate an alleged booby trap It was feared that the rear hatch had been w1red to explos1ve charges Captarn Gallery satls f1ed h1mself that the fears were unfounded and opened the hatch There was no explo s1on Wlth the whole of the sub now opened to them the Yank seamen were able to make necessary repa1rs and to tow the prlze to port Washmgton was not1l1ed and at once a fleet tug was sent to take over the yob of tow1ng An o1ler steamed up br1ng 1ng much needed fuel Captaln Gallerys task force now changed 1ts course and headed for Bermuda There the submarlne was turned over to the authorrtles at the Umted States Naval Base The prlze was safe ln Amerrcan hands . - , is that month. So when the destroyer Chatelain Next morning, Captain Gallery, who had 7

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sq' as it it 1 iQ By Lee Bennish '46 and Ed Zvefinu '46 Bottom row: Raispis, Harte, Bacigalupo, Mulvihill, Geraghty, Wood, Garrow, Dobrovolskis, Deiters, Gorman, Sutherland, Schreibung. Also playing a sweet job at end was Automatic Hank Deiters. Besides doing a superb job on ottense and defense, he tal- lied important extra points with his edu- cated toe. Especially appreciated was the extra point he kicked in the Philip game. At tackle we had Bashtul Ed Wood. There was nothing bashtul about his playing during the season. He was converted from end to tackle where he could use his l9U pounds to better advantage. This was a smart move, as many an opposing coach will tell you. At the other tackle slot was junior Dick Schneider, He played a consistent game at tackle and was one ot the toughest boys on the squad. Even though he came from Cicero, he was still one ot the hardest work- ers on the squad. Ioe Bacigalupo, the biggest man on the squad, has been a member ot the heavy team ever since his second year. His kick- otts had a lot ot distance. Even though he played most ot the season wearing a brace tor his dislocated shoulder, he was rated one ot the best blockers on the team. After the loss ot veterans Tom Hughes and Bill Garrow during the early season, the guard posts were filled by Bill Guay and lim Tutano, Bill's rough style ot play was characterized by the use ot his big mitts. Beeg Ieem Tutanos brawn pounded many an opposing line to bits. He was one ot the hardest chargers in the line. Able reliet at these posts was provided by lack Francis and Li'l' Bill Keete. S