The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-12-28
SPORTS of TIMES
Diocesan highIights
OF '62 pass IN reUiew
by Lou Fabro
SPORTS of TINES
by Lou Fabro
Times Sports Editor


Times Sports Editor
championships !. the roar of the crowd craftsmanship.
These are Just some of the ingredients of athletic competi-
uon. WIN 1862 heading into history, the time is ripe to look
oacS az some OF the years Diocesan sports highlights.
BASKETBALL Only seven of 20 Diocesan teams
were aDie 70 post winning records. Heading up the winning
SQUADS were GAINESVILLE Rosecrans, Dover ST. Joseph and
ChIlicothe Central Catholic (now Chillicothe Flaget).
Rosecrans enjoyed its finest cage season in history by
charging through an 18-game schedule unbeaten. 1t was
the first time in memory and perhaps the first time
ever that a Diocesan quintet was able to win all its reg
uar season games.
The Bishops won four more contests and two tourna.
ment championships before suffering defeat in the district
title game. The 22-game win streak stands as a Diocesan
record. Combined with their previous two seasons, the
Bishops OF Coach Gene Nangle showed a three-year record
OF 50 victories and only u defeats.
ST. JOSEPH RACKED UP is victories and suffered
only two defeats for its finest cage season ever. The two
losses were inflicted upon Coach Art Teynor's Eamblers
by archrival Dennison st. Mary.
Chillicothe Catholic came through with an 1874 record.
It was the schools best record ever. The Panthers were
guided by John Herrnstein, now an outfielder for the Phila-
delphia Philies baseball team.
Watterson won its first Central Catholic League bas-
ketbal championship with a 9-1 record. Overall, Coach Dick
Walkers Eagles won IA games and lost six.
POSTING III SAME 1916 RECORD was Dennison St.
Mary. It was the fifth straight successful season for the
Blue Waves. During that span, under Coach Paul Droto-
wick (now at Hartley)' the Waves won rs basketball games
and lost %.
The only Diocesan team besides Rosecrans to win a
basketball tournament title was Cinderella Lancaster
Fenwick. The Irish won a Ncn-County crown after a reg
ular season record of 98.
BASEBALL ST. Charles won the Central Catholic
League diamond title for the third time in four years with
a 61 record. st. Joseph enjoyed a successful baseball sea-
son and won a Class "A" sectional tournament co-champ-
ionship.
TRACK Marion Catholic, coached by Max Ross, and
Rosary, coached by Forest freeze Shamrock (now at De-
Sales), dominated the Diocesan cinder tracks.
The two teams were evenly matched as was illustrated
In a dual meet which Marion Catholic won, 59a to 5Sa.
The Marion Irish followed up by winning the Diocesan In
vitational Track and Field Meet for a second straight year.
Rosary was runnerup. The Crusaders, however, won the
Franklin County League track title for a second straight
year.
FOOTBALL 49, Dennison st. Mary earned most of the
headlines by going through its nine-game schedule unbeat-
en- and united. It was the fourth time in the last six grid
seasons that the Blue Waves came up with an unbeaten
record.
Coached by Glenn r. Bower, st. Mary also produced a
new scoring champ in the person of Herb Murray. The
fleet haltDack scored zlo points, an all-tlMe Diocesan rec
ord. For Bower, incidentally, this was his first season as a
varsity coach.
Lancaster Fenwick established a Diocesan football
winning streak of % consecutive victories before losing a
game last fall. The Irish streak began in 1859.
ST. CHARLES UPSET THE EXPERTS" when 1t won
the Central Catholic League football crown which had been
conceded earlier to Watterson. The championship was an
appropriate memento for Coach Jack Ryan, now in his 18th
year at st. Charles.
ST. Charles, as did Newark Catholic and Columbus st.
Mary, had an overall record of To. For Newark Catholic,
it was the best 11-rnan football season ever. st. Marys To
record was its best in almost a decade. Watterson also
showed seven wins and two losses as well as a tie.
The past football season saw a record II Diocesan
teams participating in the grid sport. Newcomers were
Ready and DeSales. OF the II teams, 10 posted winning
records.
STATEWIDE HONORS WERE EARNED by Is Di
ocesan athletes. All-Ohio honors were won In basketball by
Jim Young of Rosecrans, Bill Joos of Fenwick, Dick Wilson
of Rosecrans and Tom Young of st. Joseph. Young made
the second team; the others were given honorable mention.
George Maurer OF Columbus st. Mary and Larry Brown
ST. Ar lsn .p1~ Ff~eft na- AU-nbin fnnfHnn honnrC
Awarded honorable mention were Herb Murray AM
Joe Pangrazio of Dennison st. Mary; Bill Marshall ant
Mike Gray of Columbus 81. Mary; Steve Clancy and Bot
Anderson of Marion Catholic; Pat McCashen of Fenwick
Keary Ryan of Watterson; and Mike yelling of Aquinas.