A group of young people from the St. Roch’s Pro-Life Committee are organizing The First—and Probably Last— Annual Basketball Marathon for Life. The non-stop basketball game will begin in the Visitation Academy Gymnasium, Ballas and Highway 40, at 8 P.M. on Thursday, February 27 and conclude on Sunday evening, March 2nd. Admission is a donation of 25c and up. Margaret Hart, Gloria McCarthy, Mark McMahon and Michael Grady from St. Roch’s have lined up male and female teams from grade school through college age to wear green and gold pinnies and keep the game going for 72 hours. Each player is asked to get sponsors for himself and his team. Proceeds will go to Birthright, an organization that provides assistance to pregnant women, new mothers, and their babies. One error is reported in the roster of teams: the team scheduled from 6 – 6:30 p.m. on Saturday is listed as the St. Roch’s Old Ladies! The proper name for this team is the Durable Dowager Dribblers and will feature local stars such as Rose Storey, Sharon Nelson, Anne McCarthy, Jean Eberle, Jan Luckey, Gloria Broun, Rachel McMahon and other feature players to be acquired by game time.
Originally published in The Paper, March 1975.
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