Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Captain Mike Roarke, Bob Baggell and Tom Joe Sull van a wail Mayor Hynes on School Street. back Charlie Maloy bounced across on two quarterback sneaks. Jack Feltch made a successful conversion and the faithful settled back for much of the aforesaid lowering of large booms. But the only thing Holy Cross lowered between its first touchdown and the last three minutes of play was its own reputation. Boston College came right back, to trail 7-6, at the 6-minute mark. Defensive back Bob Cote intercepted a Maloy fling and was stopped on the H.C. 24. Relentless running by big John McCauley put the ball over in a succession of plays. Zotti ' s extra- point attempt was off the mark. In the second period, freshman defensive end Bob Flannagan retrieved a Crusader fumble on the B.C. 8-yard line. Then the Eagles, on critical tries by Kane, McCauley and Joe Johnson, hacked their way 92-yards — most of it through the heart of the Holy Cross line. From the 24, Kane unloaded a pass in the direction of Capt. Mike Roarke, right end. Roarke zipped an angle across the secondary, outran the defenders, then made a diving rush to grab Kane ' s suspended fling over in the left corner of the end zone. The successful effort Mike made to catch that pass was outshone in spectacle only by Kane ' s game-winning completion later on. The Eagles moved 65 yards at the start of the second half and almost broke halfback Danny Brosnahan away for a 90-yard run on first scrimmage play. Late in third period, B.C. defensive back Bob Baggett prevented Crusader Chick Murphy from returning a kick the full distance. In the final quarter, the Crusaders finally assembled enough efficiency to get an 89-yard march going. Capt. Mel Massuco and Jersey ' s Bob Doyle alternated on a hard ground grind. Doyle was awarded a much-disputed first down on the Eagle 10 and his team was hit with a staggering 15- yard penalty right after that. But Maloy still managed to reach Mike Mikutowicz with a pass over right center and two plays later Massuco whirled inside his left tackle and up a well-paved

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i: ' Fledgling coach Mike Holovak fielded a 20-point underdog team that was given as much chance for victory as there is likelihood that Viacheslav Molotov is an undercover member of the Third Order of St. Francis. The Crusaders came down to Gaffney Street with an 8 and 1 record and they were going to show the Orange Bowl selectors they had made a fat mistake when they eliminated H.C. from consideration. Eddie Anderson would lower the whole boom, the Worcester sportswriters chirped. Averaging nearly 40 points per game against all previous oppo- nents, the purple thermometer was to be held to the flame and B.C. was going to go for the collar. It was a lamentable commentary on the astuteness of Worcester sportswriters. The instrument of the win, of course, was the story-book pass completion between Freshman quarterback Jim Kane and halfback Tom Joe Sullivan with 90 seconds to play. But that is not the whole story book. Holy Cross took a 7-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game, when the Eagles — in accord- ance with an established habit — gave the ball away deep in their own territory. Touted quarter- Incredible! Joe Johnson smashes over from ihe one for ihe winning touchdown in the last few seconds of play. John McCauley (42) and Jim Kane (20) applaud. m mf

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w. .m A ' - ' ' Interference! saith the ref. The pass to Brosnahan was ruled complete after obstruction from Crusader Chick Murphy (35). The result one play later was B.C. ' s first tally. path for what B.C. and H.C. fanatics alike suspected was the deciding touchdown. Holy Cross: 14, B.C.: 12. There is a catalogue of cliches which were brought in to describe the events of the following few minutes — Kane Mutiny, Kane was able. Sugar Kane, raised Kane — but they served their pur- pose well. Beneath the play of names and personal tributes to Jimmy stood a greater and more permanent enthusiasm for the type of victory he brought about. His 56-yard conspiracy with fellow-freshman Tommy Joe Sullivan and Joe Johnson ' s subsequent third-down touchdown from the one yard line with 10-seconds to go was a monument to the brand of football which B.C. represents. Boston College had refused to compromise, through defeat after defeat, its amateur definition of the game. Now, the Kane-to-Sullivan workings were a triumph for amateurism at its best. Two boys straight from high school — untouched by lucrative offers and scholastic pamper- ings — had achieved what the semi-professionals may never achieve: a completely honest victory. Memories of December 1, 1951 ... of Kane retreating on his 43, faking, holding off three purple The celebration rally piled into cars at O ' Connell Half . . . . . . marched down Common- wealth Avenue . . . hailed the Coaches at the Vendome . 5 ?