WINNERS OF THE HOBAN OPEN

(L-R: Jake, Cos, Swiftie, Hob, Vinny, JoeB, George, Butch)

Another great event at the 2012 Hoban Memorial Open. For those of you who could not make it this year, you missed another excellent day. The event is hosted by the Hoban Family and we are all made to feel like we are special. John's wife Mary (middle of photo) always greets John's classmates with a special hug. Trust me, these guys have a lot to hug. And John's daughters treat us like we are royalty. The members of the class of '59 certainly appreciate all the attention. John would be very proud that his family has embraced the Roman family and put so much effort into organizing and running a GREAT tournament. Of course, financially they receive nothing. It all goes to RCHS!

It is obvious from the photo above who the real winners were!

Now for the story of the MELEE that occurred:

As the cart carying a couple of Hob's daughters pulled up to us (Jake, Cos, Vinny & JoeB),

They inquired "What's holding you guys up here?" Of course the reply came" It's those "old guys" in front of us. One of the girls replied: "They are in your class of '59." As we stood there pondering this comment Cos said: "Did you realize we "skipped" a few grades?"  When we finally caught up with the group ahead of us, (Swiftie, George, Butch & anonymous) apparently, they took offense to the "old guys" remark. It became NASTY and took 17 minutes to restore order. Once The EMT's were able to stop all the bleeding we were able to complete the round. As we did you could hear the comments: "Vinny, put this one in his back pocket that will get him moving! JoeB, see if you can hit the top of their cart."

As for statistics we did finish 6 strokes under and that put us in 39th place as a foursome. That's not bad considering there were 44 total groups. Not sure how the other '59 group (those Old Guys) fared but they were not in the upper echelon as we were.We will return next year as we continue to improve our scores.

 Besides we have a great time and love to see the SMILE on Mary's face!

THE TALE OF THE "PURPLE AND GOLD" LEPRECHAUN

It so happened many years ago that a young man received an award while at RCHS known as the Markward Award. To the young man's dismay the award was destroyed in the summer of 1972 during the flood named AGNES. As it came to pass, he was led to the link for the Markward Club of Phila. by a much older graduate (class of '58) from Roman. After some discussion the older graduate (TK) said "Let me look into it" Several months had passed and then the "Purple and Gold" leprechaun made his appearance at the young man's door in the shape of a USPS delivery man. Eager with anticipation the Young Man ripped off the covering indicating the package came from RCHS alumni. To his utter surprise he found the above items in the package. Of course this led to much rejoicing and celebrating in the young man's home. The young man (did I say that before?) would like to express his heartfelt thanks to the P & G leprechaun. Thanks Tom!! Moral of the story: don't ever underestimate the power of the P & G bond of brotherhood.

This story is slightly adapted from an earlier work by Anonymous.

Well.... It's Basketball Season!!!

Meeting of HOF (Beer drinkers division) Nominees

The above individuals, being of astute educational background,

Would like to test your knowledge from your days at RCHS.

They have spent the last couple of years putting together several questions:

1) During your youth, say from 7 to 65, have you ever known a "Nun" to be wrong?

We were taught some HARD lessons by MOM over this one.

2) Who was the 1st football player from RCHS to wear a Face Mask??

Some say Bobby Taylor, another Artie Taylor, and still another Bob Glascott. 

3) Do you still bear the scars of being the last kid picked for the pick-up baseball

game? And then being told you were playing Right Field!!

4) As we age, have you heard the same thing from your wife that you heard from

your mother: MOM: "Don't go out without clean underwear you could be in an

accident." and from the Little Lady: "Don't go out without clean underwear you

could have an accident."

Please leave your comments and if you haven't figured out how to do that,

 send me an e-mail and I will post your answers for your brothers to enjoy!!

You Gotta Love These Guys

YOU GOTTA LOVE THESE GUYS

Let me tell you about these guys. In case you haven't figured it out, L - R: Jake, Cos, Smitty, Vinny.
We had a defector from our foursome, D. Kelly left our class of '59 group to play with a group from the class of '56. He was mumbling somethin' about "Those YOUNG GUYS play too fast". Denny was replaced by Bob Smith, class of '59. We creamed those guys from '56, 4 under to 3 under. Of course, Smitty carried this group most of the way. Please note the SLIM profiles of this foursome after working out for months prior to this event. TastyKakes and soft pretzels will kill you. But here's what you gotta' love. We're standing in the parking lot after eating too much for lunch and I say "Hey guys, let me give all of you my phone number and when you need a 4th for another round you can call me." As though it was a chorus each of them started to back away from me and mumble "Nah, I got it, Jake" and another said "It is in my cell phone" and a 3rd said "I'm sure my wife has it from the reunion." Can you believe these guys keeping that number for so long? "Brothers for Life." The fact I never received a call has no bearing...probably their 4somes were always full. The point is they must love me!! Thanks guys it means a lot.