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

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First Row: Mr. W. Madigan, Effler, Conklin, Alex, Mr. E. J. O'Connor, S. J. Second Row: Kumler, Hackett, Hartmann. The Golf Team T. JOHN'S is again represented this year by a fine golf team, and with six lettermen returning, has an excellent chance of being near the top of the standings when the season closes. St. John's had its greatest squad in 1930, when they won the city championship and then went on to become state champions. And every year thereafter, a group of fine golfers represented the school. Last years squad was coached by Mr. E. J. O'Connor, S. J., and compiled a noteworthy record. sai ail Uy es TRA ROY This year the golfers are under the tutelage of Coach Madigan. This group is a veteran one composed of John Hackett, Joseph Hartmann, John Kumler, Paul Effler, Emery Alex, and Walter Conklin. Every one of these men, with the exception of Hartmann, was on the squad last year and is an experienced player. This is Hartmann's first year and although lacking in experience, he has shown fine form in the first few games and promises to be a great aid. The first match was a two game affair with the Knights playing Vocational and Wood- ward. The Knights defeated Vocational 14! , to 3! in the first match and then downed Woodward in the other half of the match I5! to 2! p. The next contest found the Knights beating Central | I, to 6l and downing Waite 12 to 6. Hackett was low scorer with a 79. The third match was played at Heather Downs against the crack Libbey shotmakers. They played one of their best games and gave Libbey its hardest game of the season. Libbey emerged the victors, 12! , to 5l . : Did £.e fopt wamt hot @ é

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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

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INTRAMURALS FOOTBALL UE to a late start and the inclement weather of late fall, the intramural pass and tap [yf league was forced to disband before its schedule could be completed. Although tion for the players and swarmed about on the field during game time. On the basis of their keenly interested in the outcome of the league games, many showed little considera- form in the few games played, we would name the following as the better of the players: Voll- mayer, Burnor, Cousino, Meng, Leyland, Reed, Oatis, Driscoll, and Gerold. No standings were posted because of the scarcity of games. BASKETBALL The basketball league enjoyed a highly successful season. Each noon it afforded enter- tainment for a large part of the student body that gathered in Westminster Gym to witness the games. All the contests were fast and exciting with the outcome in doubt until the final whistle. The students evidenced their approval of the league by their faithful attendance at the games. At the close of the regular season a tournament was held. The winners in their respective divisions were 4B and 2B. Due to the great amount of material each room had at its disposal these were made pre-tournament favorites, both running true to form. The 4B team under the leadership of Bill Speer, played remarkable ball throughout the tourney, sweeping all opposition aside. On their march to the championship they defeated 4A, 36-15, and then romping over 3B, they came to the finals and defeated 3A, 32-22. In the junior division 2B disposed of their foe much the same as did the 4B team. To gain their title they beat IA, 63- 4, 1B, 23-3, and 2A, 25-10. In the game between the two division champions the 4B team page fifty-four