St Thomas High School - Thomist Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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First Row-Sizer. Manager: Nolan, Captaing Hamilton, Coach. Second Rowf1'yzinski, Dunn, LaFoi'ge, Hayes. Bennett. Second Team ln a fast and exciting game St. Thomas nosed out Racine, 25-24. St. Thomas at one time held a six point lead, and at another time St. Cather- ine was seven points to the good. The Tommies increased the string of vic- tories by defeating St. lSede's1g6-15, in one of the fastest games of the season. Although out- weighed and much shorter, the l'aws displayed a well developed offense and defense. each man Htting into the machine perfectly. St. Thomas evened accounts with Marquette by defeating them 16-lZ. The game was one of the fastest and most thrilling ever played in the St. Thomas gym. , Saint Thomas journeyed to Chicago to defeat the strong Mt. Carmel five 21-ll. The Tom- inies' defense forced the Carmelites to take all long shots throughout the game. Saint Thomas took another greatly heralded Chicago team into camp when they defeated the Aquin High quint 27-9. Time after time the Tommies' defense took the ball off the board and passed it to one of the forwards or center x mol who would start the march down to the basket in a series of short passes. St. Thomas again showed their superiority over the classv Mt. Carmel team by defeating them 17-ltl. The score at the half time was 9-4 in favor of St. Thomas. This time St. Thomas experienced no diffi- culty in downing St. Catherine .37-19. The boys from XVisconsin put up a stiff tight in the Hrst half, but in the second half the Paws came into their own and sank shot after shot. St. Thomas had a hard time defeating the Columbia team of Dubuque, lil-9. This game was a batle of defenses. Conforti, all-state guard from lowa, was put out of the game in the last few minutes of play, weakening the Aeademy's defense some. Each team scored four Held goals. ln the final game before going to the Central States' Prep Tournament at Davenport, the Tommies stopped in Sterling long enough to administer a Z7-ll defeat to the boys at St. Marys The subs played the entire last half of the game.

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, ,., 1 ,i iff I. ,pil Hamilton, Coach: Sizer, Manfigm-rg O'L'onnor, Captain, Green, Gallagher, Hol- comb, Cholke, O1Shay, Gilmour, Sullivan, Varsity Olllflalley. Team VARSITY BASKETBALL SEASON St. Thomas opened its season by defeat- ing Sterling lligh 16-5. The Tommies defense was working well, holding Sterl- ing to one Held goal throughout the game. St. Thomas won the second game of the season by defeating St. Mary's of Vkfoodstock 31-11. The Paws showed a powerful offense and the same impreg- nable defense as the previous game, al- lowing their opponents only one field goal. The Purple and VVhite suffered its first set-back of the season, being defeated by the powerful St. .Xmbrose team, 15-16. The Tommies annexed their third vic- tory of the season by trampling over the .. i:,fgi ' S17 . ' A 4.r,i -,QS-,+-Q , - ,, 1- W. ,,.'g- g ,f H Alumni, 25-17. St. Thomas defeated Vlloodstock 28-27. The Paws' offense was hampered by the small floor. This fact almost resulted in a defeat, but the Paws nosed out a one point victory. The next week-end saw the Five turn in a 30-15 victory over Forreston. Al- though winning easily it was evident that the Paws were having an off night. St. Thomas lost its first game of a two- day trip through llfilwaukee and Racine to Marquette, 25-19. The Paws' playing was ragged in the first half, being 10 points behind at half time. Coming back fighting mad in the second half they crept up to within three points at one time. ill' S, A i f , .. .. s 1 l!'l1'lYilill...1i': 'Sl .g, 1-1::1ilu.Lfw'-lllll f ' A ' '1 W7 X fi222l:a.5il1D4ii' i - 1 f rl IIOOI

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yin. li. A The Sophomore Team Top Rowffiallagher, Vaughan, McKimmey, O'Connor, Sizer. Second Row-Hoffnian, Hart, Newman, Marinaru, O'Neil. THE CENTRAL STATES PREP TOURNAMENT St. Thomas opened its first round of tourna- ment played at Davenport by defeating St. Mary's of lowa City 21-13. In the first half the game was close, but in the second half St. Thomas began slowly to draw away from their taller opponents. ln the second game of the tournament St. Thomas defeated St. Peter's of Keokuk 23-21 and won the right to play Spalding in the semi- finals. The game was exciting and both teams were evenly matched. St. Peter's was classed as one of the most powerful teams in the tournament. St. Thomas met and lost to Spalding in the semi-finals by a score of 25-17. In the first half St. Thomas played their much larger op- ponents to a standstill-the score being 12-10 at the half in favor of Peoria. But in the third quarter the strain of playing its third game in two days began to tell on the Tommies and slowly Peoria with the Crack Hannon in the van began to draw away from the Paws making ta., Y - 'i.x. nine points in this period, while St. Thomas went scoreless. Inspired by some unknown agent the Paws came back in the fourth quarter and clearly outplayed the Peoria boys and at the same time scored seven points to Spalding's five. St. Thomas again played St. Peters but this time in the consolation tournament and incident- ly for the right to play for third place in the meet. This game was without doubt the class- iest game played in the tournament. Donahue, left guard of St. Peters', kept his team in the running by scoring 9 of his team's points. This was the second time St. Thomas defeated St. Peter's by a 23-21 score. St. Thomas met St. Patrick's in the prelim- inary game to the St. Ambrose-Spalding Cham- pionship game for third place. Completely worn out from their afternoon game, the Paws went into the game with a determination to give the best that was in them. And they did. At the half St. Pat's led by a 12-10 score, but their freshness soon began to tell on the weary players and St. Thomas lost by a 21-15 score. ., ,v.. , at pm