St Patricks Academy - Shamrock Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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IN ACTION Sampey sends 'em . . A square off . . . O'Brien ties him up Lemke scores with a left Taking aim Two le-its score Ugh! Two mighty mites . . . Valuable information l'll smash you St. Rita Tourney victors I dare you to get up . . .

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QL ' 3. 2 ..- , 4. . J, f I . K, .. 1' ' , r ' ,. First Row: E. Koutny, E. Borden, B. Ewert, L. Mehalek, E. Tyrrell fCaptainl, Brother Edmund, V. Dukcmcuskcxs, N. LeMuntia, I. Rycm, L. Fumagalli. Second Row: R. Ieiferies, R. Lemke, C. Sampey, K. Sheridan, S. Kolak, I. Pietrick, I. Porter, E. Riley, T. Keane, R. O'Brien, E. Weishcxupt fManagerl, L. Vivado. BOXING At St. Potricks this yeor, the boxing sedson opened with CI bong, ornd Brother Edmund got things under woy os quickly os possilole. He worked hord ot troinino the boys ond entertoined hioh hopes tor them, As the seoson progressed, he sox-J his hopes being lultilled ond when it closed, his tegm hod remgined undetected. They hoid been tied only once, loy St. Mel, dnd hgd highlighted the seoson with CI good showing in the St. Ritg Tourno- ment. The results: St. Mel vs. SPA. SPA. won 6 to 4 Holy Trinity vs. S.PA. SPA. won 8 to 2 Leo High vs, SPA, SPA. won lU to U SPA. Vs. St. Mel SPA. ond St. Mel tied 5 to 5 SPA. vs. Leo High SPA. won Qlg to lfg Then come time lor the long dwoited Pito tourf ney, ond Brother Edmund entered dll the fighters He entered gt least one mon in egch division :Ind in some Cgses two. Three boys went into the tinols, Lou Vivodo, Ken Sheridan dnd Mike Cledry. Vivgdo lost G Close decision Gnd Mike Clegrg' defected his teomf mute, Sllendgn to win the l55fpound title ln the tegm rotzngs St. Portrick placed third gmong such tough competitors ds St. Ritg, De Poul, St. George, and St. Mel, dll of whom had strong tedms entered. St. Portriok s took third place in the tourney gnd received Qts f1rst trophy' for boxing. Bain - - ng Brother Edmund shows them how

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Flrst Row T Clyne lManagerI P Dawson I Coan I Connors CCapta1nI R Bollweg I Bruha N Fiore fMancxgerI Second Row P Smyth C Struharl D Fmger R Schroedle D Nleld P King R McArthur L Polka Thxrd Row I Flanagan 'I' Fiore D Logan I Cano V Sarabxa I Colcxngelo L Cano R O Brien Fourth Row I Keating P Knapek M Cronin W Sherlock I Sheehan I Oflerman P Glbney I Sheppard The lack of experienced reserves and the presence of numerous iniuries throughout the past season combined to account for the unsuc cessful campaign of the football team Our line was riddled with mishaps all season long as was our backtield but St Pats although beaten was never outfought St Patrick s 6 St Rita 28 Running out of steam in the second half 1 game Shamrock team lost the opener to th Mustangs 29 6 Although leading 6 2 at the half Pat s lack of depth in reserves helped St Ritas score four times in the second quarter St Patrick s O Marquette 34 A big smooth functioning Marquette team took the measure of the Shamrocks 34 O in a game played in Milwaukee St Patricks 6 De Paul 46 Last years South Section champions showed some of their championship form of last year by scoring seven touchdowns and four extra points against a spirited St. Pat's team which never gave up. Dick Nield scored his second touchdown of the season in an l8-yd. run, l-low rough the game was is shown in that Bill Sherlock who dislocated his elbo ff, and a De Paul player were taken to the hospital in an ambulance. 1555 Weber 32 St Patrick s 7 The lrish of St Patrick lost another one ol those last half games Guard Flanagan scored our only touchdown when he recovered a Weber error in the end zone Moose Connors added the extra point St lgnatius 3l St Patrick s 7 Our small in numbers varsity squad lost its fifth game to the hungry wolves of lggies by the score of 3l to 7 Lou Polka scored St Pats only 6 pointer on a quarterback sneak from G yards out Moose Connors converted St Patricks 7 St Mel l3 For the first time in four years the Knights defeated the Shamrocks l3 7 Pat s was first to score with a touchdown by Ioe Cano and the extra point was kicked by Iack Connors A third quarter sensational catcn by a surprised Knight set up the Mel tally The attempted run for the extra point was no good The Knights did it again in the fourth quarter and the pass was good for the extra point. St. Philip 38 5 St. Patrick l2 lt looked as though we had power to sus- tain the attack of the Gaels when we held them three times in the first quarter within our ofvn 20-yd. line. Our line showed rugged de- termination and a fighting spirit however the