St Johns College - Ozanam Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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56 THE OZANAM John's can always fall back for down, on him. High Sghggl We are already prepared Fggigball to state that Mr. Crowley, S. J., has lost no time in preparing a football schedule of some preten- sions for next fall. It carries Woodward Tech and Central High as its two brightest spots. Last year's High School football squad was surprisingly successful, since it tied Central in a remarkably thrilling game: but this next fall we hope for more than a tie. Something will certainly have to be done to avenge the defeats Central sneaked over on us in the past basketball season. Captain McKinnon will be absent from next year's lineup, as will numerous other starsg but vacancies have a consoling habit of taking care of themselves. Consequently, we're going to look forward with great expectation to a thrilling season for the High School football team of 1925. The tentative schedule follows: Sept. 25-Wauseon ftherej. Oct. 3-Open. Oct. 10-Maumee ftherel. Oct. I7-Woodward. Oct. 24.-St. Paul's of Norwalk ftherel . Oct. 31-Central Catholic of Tiffin ftherel. Nov. 7-St. Wendelin's fherel. Nov. I4-Central. Nov. 21-Open. High Sql-1991 The High School base- Bageball ball team has been prac- tising regularly for the last two months. On May 2 I st, they showed the result by walloping St. Joseph's High of Erie to the tune of I7 to 7. ,It was a rather cool day and the pitchers didn't get the proper heat worked into their arms, so the contest was a rather free hitting affair. The game was played at Erie: and Meyers was on the mound for St. John's. Scott High was played the week before, but Santee, the pitcher for the Collingwood nine, was having a good day and seemed to be finding the corners. He struck out sixteen, which is pretty good pitch- ing for any team to have. On May 26th, the High School took on Central High at Willys Park and May 28th, witnessed a clash between Tri-State Business University and the Saints.

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58 THE OZANAM big brass cuspidors, standard saloon architec- ture. A dense smoke which proceeds from the fuming incense burners fills the room. How many Joe? Just three. Conversation slumped again while Joe Benson, the prosperous cattle-owner, slowly and clumsily gathered the paste boards. just opposite him complacently massaging his hands sat Pety Carmichael, the saloon proprietor and town boss. The other five were composed of a Mexican and four range riders. J oe laboriously dealt out live cards to each man and then, on the admonition of the Mexican, expectorated into a nearby spittoon with much gusto, so that one of the range riders who had been interested in his needle for an aperture. work looked to the ceiling The two rangers, who were lirst in the order of opening, passed. The third man, the Mexican, opened. Raise once, called out Carmichael, de- The two other positing two chips in the pot. rangers threw their cards away and took up their needlework leaving only Joe, the Mexi- can and Carmichael in the pot. The Mexican without hesitation called for two cards. Pety and Joe took one each. The Mexican then checked. Ha, said Carmichael, tossing in his chips, I'll just bet the limit, and a smile spread over his face like the wave on a bucket of methyl ethyl isomeric butane. And I'1l just raise that, said Joe, toss- ing in his chips. The Mexican dropped out. A card accidentally fell from Pety's hand. l'll throw that card away and raise you once more. Well, alright Smarty, replied Joe, 'f if you're only playing with four cards I'lI throw these two away and play with three. Raise once more. Several raises followed: at last Pety called. I hated to take any more of your money with these four queens, says Pety. Your hand is second best, here is a straight flush, says Joe, depositing the eight. nine and ten of diamonds on the table. John H. Wulfhorst, '24, very kindly con- tributes the following reflections on an im- portant subject. The Graduates Once more the graduates. The crop, like that of wild oats, spinach and carrots, never fails us. When June, the month of roses, valedictories, heat prostrations and last year's straw hats, rolls 'round, there's always a supply of graduates ready to harvest, despite all efforts on the part of the faculty before- hand, with its ils ne passcronl pas attitude. It really seems as though the Seniors are never caught cribbing, are never flunked: so that when commencement night arrives there are always enough occupants of rented tuxedos on hand to make the fight for caps and gowns interesting. The class of baccalaureate candidates this year, as you will agree when you see their pictorial representations in another part of this magazine, is an exceptional one. All gradu- ating classes areg even the members themselves are agreed on this to a man, if they never agreed on another thing during the past four years. But these young men-we might even go so far as to call them gentlemen-look al- most intelligent. You can see it by the casts in their eyes. Honesty, straight-forwardness, ability to think, laziness, good-for-nothing- ness-all these virtues are stamped all over them-smeared on them, we might say. In fact, when the president of the class-let his name be withheld from the public-showed the pictureto the police department, the chief casually remarked that the new jail should be in readiness before fall. according to re- ports received at Central headquarters early that day.