St Joseph High School - Spires Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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--JV SCORING-- I., 1 ' 1,- Shown above is the beautiful electric score- board which was donated through the gener- osity of the PURITY MILK CO. Replacing the old wooden board which had been in use for many years, the scoreboard isawelcome addition. NAME TOTAL D. Straub 50 P. Creed 24 T. Olon 40 J . Fink 29 C. McLaughlin 27 E . Hale 17 B' Downs 17 Bill Bryan looks happy as he T. Eustace 7 prepares to shoot the -foul B. Hynes 2 Shot- D. Taylor 0 JR. HIGH SCORING NAME TOTAL J . Lewis 76 B. Garvey 66 T. Eustace 54 J . Smith 54 L.. Smith 42 it 4 L. Henderson 28 D. Marchri- broda 23 C. Owens 13 A. Frawley 12 T. Bianchi 5 T. Carroll 2 B. Fink 0 E. Hartle 0 fThe Jr. High had two games left to play when this was sent OU The Straub trio hits the floorboards for the Hilltoppers intent on making it rough for the opposition. They are not brothers but are related and veteran Irish fans claim that they will make it rough for opposing teams in the future. Dick is 15, Joe 2, and Bill No. 8.

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' . in -.rw 1 Q Qt! Ng Q The camera catches Bob Cary smiling as he hits the X nets with a layup. ' Q 'W' N ' iA,. M. A'r -z.g..- -' --SEASON RECORD-- Time out for a breather as Coach Reinsel ex- VARSITY plains how to crack that tough defense. Won 6 Lost 8 Us THEM 1 53 St. Agatha 51 33 St. Bernard 45 38 Franklin 40 51 Clarion I-C 49 48 Alumni 43 38 Franklin 47 - 48 St. Joe fTitus- 49 31 villej 53 St. Bernard 48 36 St. Agatha 39 41 St. Mary's 48 28 St. Michae1's 98 65 Clarion I-C 60 49 St. Miache1's 85 60 St. Joe QTitus- 55 villej fThis does not include the St. Mary's game or the Erie Tourna- ment. The same pertains to the JV team who had one game left on their short schedule as we went to press. .......... . . . . .1 ,, Dick Straub frantically tries to catch Bill Bryan who stole ball and is racing toward the basket.

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f SW, K ST X .de CST Posing for The expression Take Courage, is well formulated. For unless we take it it is not going to come to us. Each of us is just what our courage or lack of courage made XXX ard? jfdd the photo- grapher are ' the 1952-53 'T A Hilltopper cage combine. Standing, 1. to r., Joe Straub, Bill Bryan, Bill Fink, John Connors, Larry Olon, Max Serafin, John Tarr, Bob Carey, Don Winger. Pat Connors. and Fred Smith. Kneeling l. to r.. manager Joe Kellerman, Coach Robert Reinsel, manager , 1 Robert Piiewski. 1 : L1 , Q' -. . xdf, S 4 Above are the five players who started in the opening game of the year, Dec. 7. St. Agatha was a 53-51 victim on the local court. - - - -SJH SCORERS- - - - NAME FG FP TOTAL Bob Carey 68 40 175 Bill Bryan 53 22 128 giqx Bill Fink 35 15 85 John Connors 27 13 67 Larry Olon 20 6 46 John Tarr 12 9 33 Joe Straub 13 6 32 Max Sera.fin 11 10 32 The power behind the throne, the ever faithful student g?f1g0n 0kfS 2 12 22 managers, give out jackets to the players. Unsung F11 d grallh 0 1 1 and unheralded, the managers are a vital part of any re mn 7 E HE- 64 1 team. John Scandlon the JV manager, and Bob Pilewski the Varsitv manager are pictured above.