St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI)

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Vuctoruous Kentucky 'J r l ! 4-A port Shorts S Mary placed many teams n the J a c k s o n Recreatuon League Among these was Kentucky a group of senuors who do not play on the hugh school team They are havung a very successful sea son to date wunnung three and losung three Our Cheerleaders Murray gcapry C Gumberr Kneelmg M l-luckey D Holzworth srandmg B Ward D Cash J Magoney B O O Standmg T Schroeder K Neubecker S Dot Shearer terweuch L Boardman Mussmg from Pucture H Louus G Eder lCoachesJ Many unuurues plagued the Celts throughout the season Among the more seruous ones were Tackle Jum Maloney who cracked a rub un the Catholuc Central game and Guard George Eder who unjured a knee durung the St Johns game Football honors were award ed to Duck Bushop who was placed at left tackle on the All Catholuc League team and to George Eder Jum Maloney :fix 'Sf' V? 'Moose The Celts receuved a blow at the outset of the season when Quarterback Bob Moose Walz, a great passer and ex cellent defensuve man, broke hus leg un the furst scrumage of the year lt was a seruous com pound fracture and left hum on crutches for many months but Charley McDermott per formed capably un hus place throwurug four touchdown pass es durung the season St Mary us justly proud of uts contrubutuon to state boxung curcles un the persons of Gene and Jack Bland These two boys have stamped theur names un the rung, wuth quuck knockouts Jack, the smaller of the two, us a smart featherweught, whule Gene IS the noted knockout artust of the Bantam Duvusuon of the Golden Gloves Tourna ment Chuck McDermott and Jack Sherwood who receuved honor able mentuon For the furst ten games of the current basketball season Center Jack Sherwood took scorung honors wuth l68 pounts an average of l7 pounts per contest Thus was bolstered by hus record breakung output of 34 pounts agaunst Lansung Res urrectuon Bug Jack Sherwood led the Hus loss to the team was felt 0 00000 64 scorers at the end of the foot ball season accountung for 48 pounts on eught touchdowns Three of these came un the Res urrectuon game one beung on a 90 yard kuck off return Duck Bushop followed wuth l8 pounts on three TD s and Bob Bushop and McDermott each tallued once Phul Burnett the converted manager added two pounts after touchdowns place kucks JY P7 Gene Jack Q c ll ll J H J'-f, u , I 4 N r I Y i 1 l u cn 53 T , - ,V f I I l V 2 I . J B . - Q 7 I ID ' A u L IP , -L., ,. , - . 'J' 1 , I 5 v ' Sitting, ll. to r.l: K. Greimel, J. Trepky, Bill l I I A . : Q r r I r I r O . O ' r: , . . ' ' , - ' I on als, Q. I H I 1 ' 'L C . ' I V - 'Q . ' cf 5 - us ' f ' f . o Q o 0 Y f f- 6 - . . . . A I . V A r

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Qasketball games Leslue 39 St Mary 35 ln the season opener the Celts dropped a close decusuon rc Leslue s Blackhawks largely on the lack of experuence Wuth only two veterans un the luneup St Marys put on a thurd quarter splurge that fell just short .lack Sherwood led wuth 22 pounts Catholuc lnvutatuonal Tournament St John 44 St Mary 34 Agaun experuence proved necessary when St Marys was badly defeated by theur old ruvals after fuve straught vuctorues The Celts were behund all the way and only an l8 pount fourth peruod saved them from a worse defeat Sherwood wuth lO pounts and McDermott wuth 8 paced the vanquushed Celts Detrout Catholuc Central 29 St Mary 22 In a tournament consolatuon game the Catholuc Central Shamrocks dumped the Celts 29 22 Even a last half rally couldn t save them from defeat Sherwood was hugh wuth lO St Mary 40 Detront St Theresa 30 ln another consolatuon game the Celts gauned theur unutual vuctory of the campaugn beatung a poor St Theresa squad un a very slow contest Sherwood garnered I7 markers League Games St Mary 51 Lansung Resurrection 43 The Celts opened the defense of theur Catholuc League crown by defeatung a good Resurrectuon team led by the record breakung scorung of bug Jack Sherwood who tallued 34 pounts The Shamrocks gave them a battle but Jack was just too much for them St Augustine 36 St Mary 20 St Mary s absorbed a humuluatung defeat at the hands of the Kalamazoo lrush Jack Sherwood was held to l l pounts St Jbhn 47 St Mary 27 Agaun the Gaels proved that the Celts had no uunx on them by admunusterung theur worst defeat St Marys was never a threat and St Johns completely outplayed them Sherwood managed to get I3 pounts St Thomas 49 St Mary 34 A powerful Ann Arbor quuntet blasted the Celts despute a thurd peruod rally that helped to make the score respectable Jack Sherwood topped the losers wuth l6 markers St Mary 35 Lansung St Mary 27 A tough Lansung club took the floor wuth udeas of trouncung the Celts but were dusappounted as St Mary s came up wuth theur second league wun Sherwood contunued hus hugh scorung wuth l8 pounts St Phullp 39 St Mary 35 After leadung throughout the furst three quarters the Celts fell behund un the last peruod and lost a close decusuon Sherwood netted l7 markers for the Celts St Mary 37 St Phlllp 35 Charley McDermott s long shot un the last 40 seconds of play avenged an earluer defeat by the Tugers of Battle Creek But Jack Sher wood was really the dufference as he tallued 24 pounts to lead the Celts to vuctory St John 47 St Mary 34 ln theur thurd encounter of the season the Gaels dunked the Celts agaun thus tume putting them atop the league St Mary s was behund all the way Sherwood agaun led wuth I4 counters St Mary 46 Lansung Resurrectuon 29 The Celts dumped the Shamrocks un an umpressuve 46 29 vuctory featured by a 28 pount spree un the thurd and fourth quarters Sherwoods 25 pounts topped the scorers St Augustune 41 St Mary 31 ln theur second meetung of the season the Celts bowed agaun to a slack passungKala mazoo outfut even though bug Jack Sherwood tallued 21 pounts D I I ' I , I . .. ., - - I . , . ,. . , . A. . , . , . ' . . , . . ' on . , . I . . . ' 1 I pounts. ' ' ' , . . . , . I . . . , . . , Q I I - ' ' ' a n ' I T I 1 I u I . , , . . . , . . , .