St Josephs Collegiate Institute - Star Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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THE STAR Base Ball COACH-JOSEPH BROWN. MANAGER-WILLIAM READY. CAPTAIN-FRED KILROY. Soon after the close of the basketball season the first call for baseball candidates was issued. A squad of almost fifty aspirants reported in response to the appeal. The first week or two of practice was confined to the gym under the critical eye of Joe Brown. Gradually the squad was cut down and those selected were put through the daily routine of practice at Delaware Park. Amongst those who succeeded in making the team were several newcomers who proved to be valuable assets, taking the places of those who left us by gradua- tion last June. Two freshman, Br-eckley and Bulger took regular positions in the infield. Beckley taking third and Bulger holding down firstg Frank Condon. a Junior, secured the shortstop berth. Walsh, Nemec and Healy, all Juniors, are showing up well in the outfield. Boehm, Sellers, Braun, Wanemaker and Zupa, all recruits, are performing in big league fashion. Hodge, Kilroy. McMahon, Lux and Cody, veterans of last year, are playing their regular fine brand of ball. On May 12th, St. Joe's traveled to the Lumber City to stack up against the strong N. Tonawanda nine. Minus the service of Hodge, our first string catcher, who was unable to be with us, our boys received a 13 to 9 trimming. Fred Klilroy pitched splendid ball but due to several errors on our part' the Tonawanda boys were donated five runs. Walsh, Memic, Bulger and Condon showed up well with the stick. In an nteresting game at Depew St. Joe's and the local high school battled to a 6-6 tie, a heavy downpour necessitating calling the game in the seventh before Depew could take their turn at bat. McMahon, occupying the mound, pitched good ball, his only bad inning being the first in which the Depew boy.s pushed across four runs, aided by some ragged fielding on our part. In the third, St. Joe'si evened up things by registering six times. McMahon gave way to Schreiner in the fifth. Condon, and Bulger each got a double in this game. ' R H E St.Joe's... ..0 0 6 0 0 0--6 7 3 Depew ..................... 4020100-6' 53 In the third game St. Joe's scored its initial victory by defeating Canisius Frosh in a sensational ten inning struggle. Joe Brown used practically the entire squad in a desperate effort to clinch the game and his strategy was rewarded. Our boys breezed along with an apparently safe lead until the ninth when the Frosh boys staged a rally netting seven ru.ns, thereby tieing the score. In the St. Joe's half of the tenth, Kilroy walked, went to third on Schreiner's single and scored on a bad throw by a Canisius infielder. R H E St. Joe's ........ 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 1-10 11 9 Canisius . . . . . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0- 9 7 4 Elghly tivo

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THE STAR Basket Ball COACH-JOSEPH BROWN. MANAGER-JOHN BURKE. CAPTAIN-JOSEPH LUX. At the close of the football season St. Joe's lost the service of Frank St. Dennis, who for almost three years directed the athletic activities of the school, with tremen- dous success, in all three sports. During this time he turned out two championship football teams, as well as fast and representative basketball and baseball teams. Mr. St. Dennis returned to his home town, Syracuse, to enter business. Our loss how- ever, was greatly mitigated by our good fortune in securing the services of a prom- inent coach and athlete, Mr. Joseph Brown. Mr. Brown, or more familiarily known as Joe, gained from the very outset the good will, respect and co-operation of every student with whom he came in contact. Starting with a practically green team, Joe developed a heady and formidable combination. Although we did not win every game, our boys fought clean and hard, and reflected great credit on the work of their coach. Our season opened with a defeat at the hands of Depew High. In the next three games, however, we scored decisive victories over the Alumni, Elm Vocation l and Holy Angels. Next in our path came our friendly rivals Canisius. Althougii we came out on the short end of the score it can be truthfully said that our fast quintet outplayed Canisius in the second half, but the handicap was too great to overcome, and we lost by three points. To compensate for this loss our boys gave De Veaux a beating, but only after a stiff battle. Aquinas Institute, Rochester, and C. B. A., Syracuse, proved too much for our inexperienced team and we lost both encounters. The two games were played on foreign courts and to this in a measure may be attributed our rather poor showing. Elm Vocational was our next opponent and this contest we won very handily. De Veaux evened up matter with us in the next game on their court. U. of B. Frosh beat us by the margin of four points. Once again we hit our stride by defeating Holy Angels for the second time. The strong Lackawanna five received a rude jolt when our boys handed thcm a very decisive defeat. South Park took our scalp in the next battle after a nip and tuck affair. And on March 11, we brought our season to a close with a victory over the U. of B. Frosh. In spite of several defeats our team did exceptionally well. Nearly every game was lost by a margin of only two or three points. Our prospects for next year's quintet seem bright as our call for candidates this year brought out several youngsters, who with a little experience can be moulded into a snappy combination. An informal banquet was given the team in the school cafeteria, at the close of the season. After speeches by Brother Ambrose, Joe Brown, Joe Lux and Jack Burke, each member of the squad was awarded the block HJ . A word of congratulation to Joe Brown is in order for his splendid work as coach and for his whole-hearted interest and enthusiasm in the team and in St. Joe's, and we very heartily extend this congratulation, with the firm hope that future athletic activities at St. Joe's will, under his skillful, direction, measure up to and possibly excel our records of the Xpast. Eighfy in

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THE STAR BASEBALL TEAM f x ' Schreiner pitching a stellar brand of ball scored an easy victory over St. Mary's High, Lancaster. Heavy slugging by the St. Joe's aggregation in the first inning gave us six runs. Condon, Lux, and Bulger each cotnributed a double. McMahon who relieved Schreiner in the fifth finished the game. Klee and Roll showed up well at bat for the visitors. R H E St. Joe's .. ... 6 0 3 1 0 0 -10 9 1 St. Mary's ............... 0 0 3 0 1 O 0- 4 7 1 Our next game was also played against St. Mary's High, at Lancaster. This time our boys went on a batting spree and we scored an easy win 19-1. Walsh hit safely five out of six timeisg Bulger got four bingles to help matters alongg Lux twog Hodge three and Condon two. Kilroy held the local boys to four scattered hits. R H E St. Joe's . . . . . 0 3 2 2 9 ,2 1-19 19 1 St. Mary's . . . . . 0 1 0 0 0 0 0- 1 4 4 Eighty three