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

Page 88 text:

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.

Page 87 text:

--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.

Page 89 text:

Max Serafin got the tip in case you are wondering who of the big boys got control. Mr. Reinsel is acting as the ref and Bob Carey is the other player reaching for the sky. . . .VARSITY HIGHLIGHTS. . . The thrilling 40-38 overtime battle with Franklin High .... Larry Olon's set shot in the last five seconds to beat Clarion I-C 51-49 ..... B. Carey and his 30 pts. against Bradford. . . . . Bryan and his late season splurge of points. .... The unexpected wins over Bradford and Clarion and St. Joseph after they had al- ready beaten us ..... Mr. Rein- sel and his refusal to give up with a crippled team. . ...... . . . JUNIOR - HIGH RECORD US THEM 36 St. Agatha 21 21 Rouseville 36 36 South 7th-8th 33 29 South 7th-8th 25 33 St. Mary's 36 39 St. Walburga 5 31 Rou seville 50 21 St. Agatha 18 26 Y.M.C.A. 20 23 St. Mary's 36 47 St. Titus 25 33 St. Walburga 16 -JUNIOR-VARSITY SEASON SLATE- US THEM 20 St. Bernard JV 13 30 Franklin JV 53 32 Company H 29 35 Franklin JV 34 34 St. Bernard JV 30 30 St. Mary's JV 33 36 St. MiChaeI's JV 46 25 St. Michae1's JV 35 -4 .:1!m2-2 -M ' QVAIY- ' 'Q 'H . 'IQ-e4'of'F : .' ,fi :lr 'S I This unique shot catches the ball entering the basket. T , L All eyes are focused upward Jim Fink sticks his as this picture catches the tongue out and dares other side of the tip-off. Cary -to catch him. Sometimes courage is called nerve. Call it what you will, it is the marrow in our spiritual bones............ deep concern over the outcome . aw , gg. wifi Tom Olon displays three arms as the ball is knocked out of his hands. Connors reacts fast and takes off for the basket. Don Winger shows 'lib L, x .1 -ei. ,, F ,.,,,., ,