St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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THE XAVERIAN NEWS Thirty-nine ,22 Nine Best Yet The 1922 Baseball squad has been going great guns since the first call of Play up until they finished their last game at Avon Field on F riday. June 2, against Ohio University. The relaying and leveling of the field has been a great help to the team. as it enabled the infielders to gobble up the hot ones with more assuranee. and thus making it easier on all. Xavier started oft with a win over Miami. the first that the Blue and White has been able to show over the Red team in any department since negotiations'have been opened between the two schools. And Xavier. isiproud of that vic- tory. as Miami has always put forth 2; strong team in every branch of athletics. Later on, however. the Oxfordi team tied it up on their own :diamdnd. Another feat that xavier aecomplished was the ivictory over their old rivals, the'Semyinary team. Not since Elmer Conway. '00. pitched Xavier'to a vicotry over the schol- To Our Charles W. Seelbach. whose art illustrations are a fea- ture of the Pictorial, is a member of the I922 Gradu- ating Class of St. Xavier High School. Seelbach, who hails from Louisville, Ky.. has had practical neWspaper ex- perience, having occupied a position as cartoonist and re- porter for a representative paper in his home town. During the past year he was the High School editor of the Xaverian News, and also occupied the post of cartoonist for that publication. His cartoons were a very popular feature of the News. astics has the Blue and White been able to whip them. but this year Noppy turned the trick and repeated Conway's performance. The Xavier infield, with big Bill Bechtold on the initial sack, Iro Hart squatting at'second, Herb Davis at third and Yobe Cushing holding down the space between, worked like a perfectly oiled machine. Mueller, Wurzel- bacher. Spaeth and Marnell cavorted in the outlying pas- tures in supreme fashion. traveling'.far and wide in an effort to capture the elusive pellet. Jawn Noppenbergcr. with Dick Weiskettle and Zing for side partners, did the twirl- ing, while Captain Tom tRedl Hart was on the receiving end. CaptainHart also did some clever delivering. nab- bing many over-anxious runners at the keystone bag. All in all. Joe Meyer had a team he could be proud of, and a team which wound up one of the best seasons that Xavier has yet had in baseball. Art Editor Seelbach holds a unique position with the Pictorial, the responsibility of the Art Department resting on his shoul- ders alone. The majority of annuals have several artists to divide the work between them. In addition to his pic- torial work. he is also editor of the High School Depart- ment of the Pictorial. Seelbach is at present considering an advantagebus offer as cartoonist with a leading Ohio newspaper, but it is to be hoped he will continue his studies at St. Xavier College, and be one of the foremost contributors to the Xauerian N ews next year.

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Thirty-eighl THE XAVERIAN NEWS XaVIer Shows Well In Conference The basketball season having long since passed, it is indeed fitting that sonic mention he made of the splendid work shown by the Blue and White team for the season of '21 and '22. It was only through the persistent efforts of all the men under the excellent drilling of Coach Joe Meyer that Xavier turned out the splendid squad that she did. ,Tis true the season began rather slowly for the bdys, and they dropped a couple of games. but as they proceeded they constantly grew better. Their defensive game was hard to equal. and' many of the best teams in the state fell before their terrihc attack. A great many of the perspnnel of the team were football men, and Coach Meyer had some difficulty in the beginning I to get his men accustomed to the play upon an enclosed court. This is, perhaps, the direct cause for the slow start made by the team. The season score sheet shows. that as the team became more accustomed to the indoor game, the scores became of a larger dimension. Some scribes hold that football men usually get slow starts in basketball until they can accustom themselves to playing on the small indoor 11001. At the end of the season Xavier was going like a top. Strong 1n suhstitiites, as well as in every department, there was hardly a time that Ceach Meyer could not place an almost entirely new team on the 11001 and have it work as smoothly as the Erst team. ' The individual work of several members of the team will remain long 1n the memory of the oppotlents. Cushing. Davis, Hart and Weiskettle merited honorable. places 1n the Conference standing. uYoke especially playing the best all-around game of anyone on the team.Captai11 John Noppenberger 15 to be greatly commended for his finished game as a standing guard. Very few got past Nappy when he was going good. Bartlett, Mamell and Irv.Ha1't also accomplished rare tricks 1n the guarding game, while the goal tossing of Davis. Hellenthal and Eberts :was a joy to look upon. The two rangy men that held dow11. or rather held up center, Rich Weiskettle and Bill Bechtold were the terror of most of the opponents. Weiskettle scored the secohd highest number of points for the season. There will still be a great number of last year' 5 men for the 23 squad. A few competent Freshmen will he added also.

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Forty THE XAVERIA'N NEWS Sophomore Bowling Team Much interest was displayed this past season by the A. B. students in their Bowling Alleys. The alleys were opened early in the month oerovem- ber. Preliminary games were rolled off to ascertain the strength of each team and to determine the handicaps to be given in the inter-class tourney. The arranging of hancli- capps was a clithcult matter, as the efficiency of the teams increased so rapidly that the handicaps was almost at all times an uncertainty. However, the matter was finally ad justed, and it was decided that the-Sophomores should scratch, because of their great superiority over the other teams. This arrangement then left the other three teams handicapped to the extent of 75 per cent tof Sophomores' superiority. Prior to the playing off of the tournament the teams did a great deal of practicing. especially the Freshmen, who Were new to the alleys, and in consequence they made a very good showing. When the gong sounded, the Sophs. true to their old form. sprang into the lead and were never . for one moment running anywhere but first. Their closest contenders were the Freshmen. who caused them quite a little bit of worry. This has been the second season in which the present Sophomores have annexed the trophy. and it has been rumored that they expect to win two more, with which to drink their wine at their graduating banquet. The Sophomores lost a valuable man in Joe King, who was at all times considered the Iron Mauv-of the team. Joe was always cool, giving encouragement to his teammates and: keeiaing the morale keyed to a high pitch. In losing one'nian they foundianother, Thomas Ball. who has proven his ability in more than one instance as a bowler. Others who have contributed their bit to the well-oiled Sophomore machine are Leonard Vohberbrink. Edward Dorr, Warren Rush and Richard Weiskettle. These men also compriSe the team representing Liberal Arts. with the addition of' Herb Lammers, from Freshman. and Harry Moore and' George Vollman, as substitutes, also from F reshman. The last .tourney of the year was helcl several weeks before Easter. This was an individual tourney of sixteen entrants from all classes. Richard Weiskettle was acclaimed champion by his victory over Warren Rush in the finals. Here again Sophomore superiority asserted itself by having? two of her class finish in the money. Bowling then began to lag a little, so the curtain was rung down several days before Easter. It will be raised again sometime in October.