Trophy

Object number2013.113.2
Manufacturer
Date1958
Possible OriginChicago, IL
Possible OriginNewark, NJ
Possible OriginLos Angeles, CA
MediumMetal, plastic
Credit LineGift of Saint Casimir Alumni Association
DescriptionGold trophy on a rectangular, brown marbled platform and gold, footed base. Top consists of a man wearing a cloth and running with arms over his head and holding a circular olive leaf crown in his proper right hand. Figure is on a triangular pillar that narrows toward the bottom and has list of names on the front. On right and left sides of the base are two gold, male basketball players in a standing pose with a basketball raised over their heads in their proper right hands. Gold plaque on the front of the base has award information.Dimensions25.125 x 10.5 x 4.875 in. (63.8 x 26.7 x 12.4 cm)
InscriptionsTriangular pillar has an inscription on the front: "ST CASIMIR'S HIGH SCHOOL / ATHLETIC DIRECTOR REV.W.C.KARAVECKAS / COACH GUS KROP / ASST COACH BOB REICH / ASST COACH / ED MILLER / JOHN RAJASKI CAPT JOHN GAILYS / WM GELZHEISER CAPT DENNIS LONGO / JOHN FOLEY LESTERLEVENSON / RONALD TASSILO THOMAS SWITALA / LARRY SMIT H ROBERTSCHULTZ / WM KISSEL CHARLESBARLEY / ROY CICHOWSKI JOSEPHMcCARTHY / JERRY KISSEL"

Gold plaque on the front of the base reads: "P.C.I.A.A. / STATE RUNNER UP / 1958".
MarksOn bottom of base: "DODGE INC-1956 / CHGO-NEWARK-L.A."

On right side of triangle: "(C) DODGE INC, 1957 / PAT. PEND."
Historical NotesPart of a collection previously belonging to the Saint Casimir Alumni Association that documents Saint Casimir school. St. Casimir school and church, which served the Lithuanian community in the South Side, was constructed around 1900 at 22nd and Sarah Streets. It was the first Lithuanian parish in the city, established in the early 1890s to serve the growing community of mill workers. In 1908 the school added additional floors, in 1934 they added the ninth grade, and then in 1937 they added a high school. Their award winning basketball team started in the early 1940s under the coaching of Gus Krop (coached from 1944 to 1961). They won the PCIAA State Championship in 1945, 1946, and 1956. The school closed in 1969. The parish closed in 1992. The school has now been turned into condominiums.
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