St Johns High School - Knight Herald Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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First Row: Glynn, Breska, P. Ferstle, Robens, Condon. Second Row: Mr. W. Madigan, R. Sullivan, John Oatis, James Oatis, G. Ferstle. Third Row: Higgins, Gerold, Reed, Balcerz,ak Douglass. Baseball 2 HEN the first call for baseball candidates went out, six members of last year's team i | responded. Those returning were Capt. Higgins, Edward Cousino, Ray Sullivan, Jack ANGA Reed, Paul Ferstle and ''Luke' ' Balcerzak. Last year the team had a fairly successful season and were runners-up in the city baseball tourney. From these six veterans a formidable team can be put on the diamond. This year's nine is composed of Edward Glynn, Ray Sullivan, Paul Ferstle, George Ferstle, Vincent Condon, Edward Cousino, Jack Oatis, James Oatis, Jack Reed, ''Luke'' Balcerzak, Bob Robens, Frank Gerold, ''Bud'’ Douglass and Capt. Higgins. Glynn, George Ferstle, Condon, Jack Oatis, Jim Oatis, Robens, Gerold and Douglass are the new men who will undoubtedly add strength to the squad. Of these new men, Glynn, Ferstle, Condon, and Robens are infielders, Jack and Jim Oatis are outfielders, and Gerold and Douglass are pitchers. The Knights recorded a 21-9 victory in their first game against Sylvania with Frank Gerold hurling steady ball. In their second game they were defeated by V ocational 9-6. Gerold again pitched a nice game but was poorly supported on the field. The next game was with Scott and with Balcerzak on the mound, the Knights were de- feated by a score of 8-3. The main reason for this defeat was weakness at the plate and it was evident that the men needed more batting practice. A six run assault in the first inning was too much for the Knights to overcome and they were defeated by the DeVilbiss Tigers || to 2. Paul Ferstle led the hitters with two out of four. page fifty-one

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First Row: Mr. E. J. O'Connor, S. J., Rutherford, Sanford, Eberle, T. Kanary, Mr. William Madigan. Second Row: Maloney, Driscoll, Beeley, Scheuer, Halloran. Freshman Basketball iia AST year a Freshman Basketball League was formed, consisting of a Freshman team | [pl from each city school. This year, although the league was disbanded, Freshman 3 basketball was continued here at St. John's. Last year's squad was under the coach- KOA ing of Mr. E. J. O'Connor, S. J., and again this year the Freshmen hopefuls worked out under his watchful eyes. Ten candidates reported for the initial try-out. Most of the aspirants showed a lack of experience and were far from seasoned athletes. Mr. O'Connor selected those who showed the most promise, and by the end of the season had formed a combination that showed marked improvement over its early season play. The men who were placed on the squad were Driscoll (until promoted to the lightweights) Beeley, Eberle, T. Kanary, Sanford, Halloran, Beckman, Maloney, Rutherford, and Scheuer. Every one of these players has con- stantly improved as the season progressed and by the end of the year the quintet had com- piled a record of five wins and six losses. This one year of experience is all that most of these men needed and they are now ready to serve lightweight duty next year. Driscoll led the scorers despite the fact that he was promoted to the lightweights. Beeley was second in scoring with 50 points while Eberle, with 36 points, was third. Games were played with grade school teams and Class C teams. And although the Frosh's record was not very impressive, a vote of thanks must be given to Mr. O'Connor, because the great improve- ment in the play of these men is due to his untiring efforts.

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First Row: R. Sullivan, O'Brien, Alex, Mr. William Madigan. Second Row: R. Fish, Balcer- zak, Hackett. Bowling », N the newly formed bowling league, the St. John's team made one of the most re- spectable showings. The league consisted of all the city high schools, together with ANS the suburban schools, Whitmer and Sylvania. At the start St. John's had two teams entered, but due to the difficulty encountered in assembling two full teams one of them was dropped. In the first two weeks of the season St. John's jumped into an early lead and maintained it until the Christmas layoff. From this point on the race was between Vocational, Libbey, and St. John's, with DeVilbiss having an outside chance. In the middle of the season the team hit a slump and lost four out of six games. Coming into the home stretch St. John's found itself in third place behind its two arch rivals, Libbey and Vocational. The team had to bowl these two schools and DeVilbiss in its tinal three matches. The prospect of winning a place was not very bright. But bending all their efforts towards copping the title the team took three from DeVilbiss, three from Voca- tional, and two out of three from Libbey, a total of eight out of nine victories against the best of the league, yet their effort was not great enough for they had to be content with second place, one game behind Libbey. Until the final week of the season St. John's held many of the league's records, a team score of 2677, Jack Hackett's 609 series, and Luke Balcerzak's 179 average. These and the other members of the team, Alex, Sullivan, Fish, and O'Brien are to be congratulated for their tine showing. page fifty-two Le eee