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

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? l.ln Q f- Y ,3f 1'f-'. v. ,gn 3 Crew f t - The coming of Spring and the breaking of the ice in the Black Rock canal finds the young St. Joe crew in the quest of their second high school championship in its three year tenure as a varsity sport. Perfect physical condition is necessary in this virile sport. Coach Joe Truebell daily has taken his huskies to the West Side Rowing Club, where eventually practice will make perfect. The drills on the rowing machine, strenuous calisthenics and continuous running are designed to build stamina and perfect timing. The T949 crew holdovers, Tony Copola,George Kreuz, Bill Fuchs and Ted Gray will give much experience to the new rowers, Bob Cooney, Jim Dwyer, Joe Deck, George Lauber, Jim Walter, Dan Schmauss, and John McMahon. The all important coxswain is freshman Bill Burke. Mr. Truebell expects the most trouble from the four veteran crews representing Tech, Lafayette, Canisius and Bennett. Two new outfits sponsored by Timon and Holy Angels will appear in this years schedule. The crew will realize the fruits of their endeavor on May 27th, when they will meet the Cornell freshmen. As before, the traditional St. Joe-Canisius race is expected to be one of the most colorful and exciting of the season. The winner among the Catholic schools will meet the best from the public institutions in the Buffalo High School Regatta to be held on June l7th. The city champion will compete in the National Regatta on July 4th. St. Joes is iustly proud of the crews which have represented her in the past and it is expected that this years crew will follow in the championship tradition of their predecessors. H121 W. Burke, Loonc K Gray, Dwyer, Copp F h Waggener, J. Walt H

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JF' LHJV hMk The Marauders, seeking Their Twenty-first win, received their first setback instead. The Red Raiders from ST. Francis overwhelmed The S.J.C.l. cagers in The early minutes ofthe game and The Main Streeters were never able to recover. Jackimiak and Hurley led an inspired rally in The closing minutes which held The crowd spellbound, but which fell short when The buzzer sounded To end The game 54-47 and close out a season which disappointed no one. The league champions were further honored as Two members of The Team, high scoring Ed Killeen and Captain Pete Irwin, were named on both All Catholic Teams. Killeen's fight and Irwin's coolness under fire were contributing factors in winning The Thrill packed con- tests Typical of The T949-50 season. Irwin was later to receive The Most Valuable Player in The Catholic league award presented by The ST. Bonaventure Alumni. J V BASKETBALL The T949-50 J.V. Basketball Squad, under The direction of Mike Syracuse, former Cani- sius College star, revealed much potential varsity material, having one of its most successful seasons in The history of The Main Street J.V. quintet. The Baby Marauders' flnished The season with T7 victories while dropping but 3 close decisions To Canisius, Timon and ST. Francis. Although They showed determination after Their Third setback, by defeating seven remaining rivals, They nevertheless had To settle for Third place behind Canisius and ST. Francis. Making up This fine Team were iunior Ken Mclnerney, sophomores Dick Rahill lCapt.l, John Joyce, Tom Wolfe, Terry Casey, Carlos Carballada, Tom Doll, Pat Bridge, Fran Klocke, and Greg Ryan and freshmen Bob Fitzgerald, Dick Doll, Andy Moynihan, Phil Garvey, Paul Garvey, and Herman Geraci. Coach Syracuse continuously stressed Throughout The season The great importance of learning The fundamentals of the game and as a result This combination worked very well, showing a sound knowledge of the principles of both offence and defence, which enabled them To Take on all comers. g T: I 'i Z.:5 : E. W : Coac i e Syracuse . - j A T ' ii- - . h --Easy Edie Killeen ,, ' All-Catholic: 1950 w i, f gf I.:

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.. . sf 1 1 fm' 5 S F'?t1YI1 5 'B 'T uLo. A ., For the first time in W.N.Y. sports history, a golf league has been formed by the Catholic High Schools of the district. S.J.C.l., Canisius, Holy Angels, Timon, Duffy and St. Francis comprised this group which commenced action on May 2nd. Under the ,able direction of Brother Christian, F.S.C., St. .loe's will attempt to make a name for itself in this new branch of athletics. Although the competition for berths on the initial squad was keen, Kevin Walker, Arthur Weber, .lohn Leahy, Bob Evers, .lack Sweeney, Bob Taggart, Dick Hoffman and Bob Downing proved to be the cream of the crop. Experience will be the big factor in most of the matches. Kev Walker, team captain, received adequate seasoning last year by representing the Frontier region in a state iunior tourney, held at Poughkeepsie. Weber, who frequents the Park Club, holds down the im- portant second position. The anchor men for the Marauders were Jack Leahy and Bob Evers. Brother Christian continually drilled the teesters at nearby Delaware Park and his efforts bore fruit as these four veterans led the Maroon to more than their share of victories. As was expected, Capt. Walker lived up to pre-season ravings as he, in an early season contest, upset highly touted Dan Mattimore of H.A.C.l. Capt. Kevin Walk The l95l version should again make St. Joe's a sport giant. Juniors Jack Sweeney, Bob Ta art and Soph Bob Downing have steadily been perfecting the most difficult shots that 99 were encountered in a match. With congratulations to the present group, we wish good luck to our next representa- tives in the new Golf League. Weber, R. Downing, Evers, Walker, Taggart