St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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ATHLETICS VARSITY BASKET BALL. The 1923 basket ball season probably has not been duplicated in St. Mary’s experience in basket ball. First with regard to the score record, two games won out of fourteen played; and second, the splendid display of dogged perseverance which was shown by every member of the squad and by all the students. And after all, the main purpose of athletics is the training of character, and no better training can be had than for the loser gamely to smile and give the victor words of congratulation. After a long string of defeats the boys came back bravely in the last game and ended the season with a victory. In this way, at least, the basket ball season was not without its compensations. We lost the first three games, Bethany, Ottawa and Washburn, all by rather small margins. Then came the first victory, the K. C. U. game, which we won despite disadvantages. However, that victory for a long time seemed to be a lone star in a a dark night, for we lost to Washburn, Kansas Wesleyan, twice to Hays, a second time to Ottawa, to Rockhurst, twice to Pittsburg and to Kansas City College of Osteopathy. The last game of the season was with Rockhurst, and from the fact that it turned out to be a victory shows that the old spirit of perseverance that characterized every man on the squad, was still alive. BASKET BALL LEAGUES League Basket Ball for 1923 excited interest from the initial games to the fin»l ones played for the championships. There were four leagues and every class was represented by some one of the teams, and consequently the competition was keen throughout, in the first league the Sophomore team proved to be the superior quintet, losing one game, and that to the Senjun team. Fourth Scientific and Fourth Classical each gave them a good race when their turns came. LEAGUE STANDING Team W. L. Pet. Sophomore 1 .888 IV. Scientific .. 5 2 .714 IV. Classical 3 4 .428 Senjun 3 4 .428 Fresh. Scion .. 1 5 .166 Fresh. Class 5 .166 he winners were III. English, who, under the through as undisputed victors. Standing: Team W. L. Pet. III. English .6 0 1,000 III. A 4 3 .571 IV. Class .....2 2 .500 III. B 1 3 .250 IV. Scient 0 5 .000 were acclaimed champs of the Third and spectivcly. Both teams sometimes found the path to victory rather rocky, but success invariably awaited them. THIRD LEAGUE Team W. L. Pet. Rinella 6 0 1.000 O’Connor 4 2 .666 Me Shane 0 4 .000 FOURTH LEAGUE Team W. L. Pet. Elders 6 0 1.000 Webster 2 3 .400 Connery 2 3 .400 Boland 0 4 .000 —r=—rr—— cjAE iLl 1 nru DIAL ANAIUAL One Hundred Thirty-One

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BASKET BALL SQUAD Top Row (left to right)—P. Jacks (Mgr.), McDonnell, Whelan. E. Kirchner, T. Hu ldy, H. Burke, Mr. Conway (Coach). Second Row—W. Pope, Kennedy, Brazeau, J. Rose (Capt.), McAllister, W. Holt, John Morrisey.

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 .ST.HARY, mqa 5C,h©qlteam THIRD JCKHTiriC TEAM Fourth 'scientific team DIAL. ANNUAL One Hundred Thirty-Two