St Josephs College and Military Academy - On Parade Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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M .J l T The Russell Broncos rode roughshod. over a Cadet team which was plagued with injuries 46-22, at Russell. Four regular starters warmed the bench during this game: Bollig,-with -an in- Mlred knee' Bil inger, with a sprained ankleg alone with an lnfected footg Pettit, with a wrenched knee. The victors were never in trou- ble throughout the game. The .Victoria .Knights proved to everyone that their first victory over the Cadet quintet was no fluke by trouncing the soldiers in a M-arch of Dimes benefit game, 45-25. The Cadet team was exceptionally cold, missing' numerous shotspand opportunities to score. he Cadet shooting average hit the season's low during this contest. Whether it was the new floor, or just some of the Coach's applied psychologyhthe Cadet team showed marked improvement in the Ellis game, although they emerged on the shiort end of a 44-38 score. The Cadet's play was nothing of which to be ashamed: they were in there fighting all the way and had it not been for a sudden cooling offiin the third period, they wou'ld have taken this one. FINALLY BREAK INTO WINNING COLUMN The Cadet's play finally improved to the point where they were once again in the win- ning column ,tall taking the Sa ina Knights to the cleaners.. e soldiers were really hustlin in there, taking the rebounds, and in generals? making themse ves obnoxious to the opposition. It was the third win against nine losses. We were happy to see the score: 36-29. .Ellis 'made a clean sweep of their season series with the 'Cadets by taking a 44-38 de- c1sron..The Cadets led most of the way until Ellis finally drove ahead to win the contest. The powerful Ovsborne Bulldogs, coached b Don Red Nichol, defeated the Cadets 47-2? ln. the new gym. Coach Nichol and Cadet Coach Billinier played together four years at Fort Hays tate. Coach ichol had the advantage of a group of tall boys, something Coach Billinier sa ly lacks. The game was a rough and tum le affair with 47 fouls being calle . Q I T 5 'i . 'I 'Q' The Hays High Indians appeared unbeat- able as they romped over the so .diers 52-29 be- fore a large crowd at the Sheridan coliseum. The Cadets battled hard all the way. They were simply meeting three much betteriteams as Coach Leas made frequent changes in the In- dian lineup. SECOND WIN OVER SALINA The fighting Cadets finally achieved a sec- ond win over a team this season by defeat1n7g the Salina Knights on the Academy court, 4 - 42. The Cadets got off to a hot start, outhustled Salina all the wayk constantly stealing the ball and blocking the nights' shots. Brake, who re- cently graduated frorn the B squad turned in a fine performance at center, while Sheedy and Don Schmidt were outstanding at guard. The Cadets took it on the chin again when they met Russell, this time falling efore the taller and surer footed Broncos 64-24 on the academy court. The Cadets Just were not fast enough nor clever enough to overcome the blg Russell height advantagle and Russell kept get- ting nearly all their re Qunds, usually keeping on shooting until they hit. The Cadets closed the regular season at the academy court with the best performance of the entire season against Larned. The.Cadets were never outhustled, but Larned's big. boys took advantage of their height and lt paid off with a 48-41 victory. Below, left to right: Ronald Rupp, Don Schmidt, An- thony Schmidt. i . ' av? Wiki 'fin ' P -ex Q' -., .. .fl-im T iii Y W it - , , -- ,- . ,. -,,j I' ,N xi it Ks, ,M w'WiMi iiuiifffm N iw' -eww, H Mil' -Megs!- W, ',,?,m 'W' 11, - if 1 x l 1 -4 A r' ' 'M ' ,iekig '. , I' , X ' , ' y , W' Q ,gli 'U'-

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Z?6l5A2f6CL! CADETS HAVE MEDIOCRE SEASON Although the se-ason's results are by no means impressive, the Cadets played la- bang-up type of ball game. Coach Al Bi linger, in his first season at St.. Joseph's, had a tremendous Job on his hands 1n trying to mold his charges over to his type of ba l p ay. .That he has suc- ceeded to a arge extent 1S evident by the good showing made aglainst teams which had the ad- vantage in both elght and experience. The boys did not get to play on the new basketball floor until- February 8, when they climaxed the dedication with a win over the Sacred Heart team of Salma. WIN FOUR, LOSE THIRTEEN I The opening game of the season at Ness City augured wel for the te-am's record. Com- ing from behind at the half, 14-10, the soldiers got hot and came out at the long end of the score, 29-28. Plainville was the next victim. With Dave Sheedy dumping, 16 points, and Malone and Schumacher wit 14 each, the Cadets ran over the. Cardinals 71-25. Every man on the team saw action in this game. It was the first home game of the season and left the fans well pleased. SALINA KNIGHTS TAKE FIRST OF THREE Although they! played their best game of the season to ate, t e Cadets could not avert the final 56-53 defeat handed them by the Sacred Heart Kniihtsof Salma. Sheedy was hot with 23 points, ut It was not enough. Victoria pulled the early season surprise by dumping the Cadets 48-38 in the Victoria gym. The Ca ets had figured- to take this one easily, leading all the way until the last- quarter when Victoria opened the Jets and whlazed past the amazed soldiers. Sheedy was again high point man, followed by Don Schmidt. The intra-city tussle with- Hays High saw two cold teams 'Slaying an unmspiring game at the Coliseum. e ln ians led all the way, emerging a 39-21 victor. 3'i'S.'v- ..- , Lei - . .f 's--'nr-1'-.Tf -z . ,53 5-j,1iw.., .1221 5 Fig Ff a, ,. .itat iw -7 i.1h'i..+. fi 'I-3 'f , e1 1' ' ill-5,14-f Gan-Z . X 1,2 . '-Z-53,1322 jsiiu ' V ,Q E ,-.Sfl A ll , , - '.-fr lr L ., . - if fa 'E . 1 ,BL - 1 .jar ' JW. l 'u I K ' I fl 1i:lQj'5,j :H 2 . in -'QLL7 ,'f.:f 5-I ' EQ. -91 I rv-cf J H17 fl-5 i ..u.- f P K ' ' IEW '1' ai.. 'Q . ' 1 'iii' fi' . ' .1 A- , e. ...Y V. .-. if 4 ,fi . f- .: 1 r-' :EH -w'g'w '1rl-Ei 'ffl-'.' f -- ,J 1 -' -'f L . Q' L1- -:.'-5 Ag. ..'i:.y, '5 f 14' , sf 5 - ' ff:-I' ',- ul . . --'eh-,,4 .,- --1,f'1--LJ,-. f . 5, 3-sg 5.1, .fs - ' 12. .fa - + 1 ' -Ig-' ,fi COACH AL BILLINGER. The Norton Blue Jays, the -eventual state champions, showedlthelr superior caliber by downinalthe Cadets in a rather one-sided game, 61-22. olf, all-st-ate forward, scored 21 points for the victors. Osborne made it five in a row for the ill- starred Cadets at Osborne, when the Cadets ended up on the short end of a 48-31 battle. The Cadet high scoring man, Sheedy, was held to 8 points. A powerful Stockton team continued the pattern by defeating the sold1ers on their home court before one of the smallest audiences ever to Witness a game at St. Joseiph's. Since this was the first game of the secon semester, three transfer students, who had been ineligible until then saw their first action on the Ca et squad. Pat Smith, one of the new players, led the scor- ing with 14 points. Stockton .ed at the end of the first quarter, but the soldiers came back in the second and third stanzas to gp ahead, only tgosfimgter in the final period. The mal score was Below, left to right: Art Malone, Pat Smith, Doc Sheedy.

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Upper right: Tully gets set for a free shot. Upper left: Pass from Schumacher to Bollig is on its way for two points. Left: Bollig sinks one in the Larned game. Below: left to right: Tom Rupp, Cecil Schu- macher, Gerald Leikam. r, , es hsh . N. ' - 5 i f '- H-! ,Q 1 I. - ' .Q 5 '7? .3 1 ,f , .V . f. , ' . :ffl 3 . - ,I 3, . 4 ll ' 'f W lj Y in - 3 1 V 3 lf' ' mw'5, 1si REACH SEMI-FINALS. IN TOURNAMENT The Cadets showed surprising accuracy from the outside as they broke loose in the sec- ond cgluarter to down Hill Clty 55-29. Pat Smith woul spread out the Hill Clty defense with his long shots, then Don Schmidt and Art Malone would count from below the bucket as the Ca- dets lplayed one of the best games of the year. Coac Billinger substltuted freely, all ten of the squad seeing action, and all but one breaking into the scoring column. The Hays High Indians had a bad night and the 'St. Jose? 's Cadets a good one as the Cadets outscram led and out .battled the In- dians onliv to see the huge height advantage of the In ians play off in a large number of tg:- ins and close s ots to give Hays High a 56- 9 victory in the semi-fma s of the Class A region- al high school basketball tournament before 2,00 ans at the Sheridan coliseum. INTRA-MURAL TOURNAMENT HELD The basketball intramurals were organized on a platoon basis. Teams were paired in a regu- lar bracket. Second platoon of A company nos- ed out the second platoon of B company to win the honors. The games were played off on both the new and old floors. Competition was keen throughout since the winners of the various intra-mural events are given points which are accumulated until the end of the school year when the company with the highest number of points is declared the intra-mural champion for the year. 1, . ew rig I ll i ' iiiiifi , fr: i i i-,if ziftfiifag 1' f 4 ' Q 'i ,Q- i T L' :O i 1' -Wist a r -- mg. ' 'I' as . 35 ,34 V i - f -1 . vary N . . 4 A ' ' Q 1 i wx' , A' ,, 1: li ir .' -1- wg n ,v M, . N xi- aggu,,.,i A ,if '- ...M l K Y ' . get ,4 , - iw' 1 -1, i , K Q :g ,. - Y:QgT'i9.ri-.i' 3 w 7 :iff 1 , . 5 ll'-if 1 V i 'lilliltl 1 k nit' l It ,Q ,i K i V? -. 1 .24, - - ,Inga x i . :gig ' EU' E' ' ', P ' 'iq 4. I, I , '95 H . i .4 gigs X my' 1 . . is ll' - . , If I ,