Boston College High School - Forbian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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iAI lAIN IOP KI IIY Joc IS our football captaln and leader par excellence A br1ll1ant halfback who could car1y the ball ln face of all opposltlon and stand back for none a defenceman by whom there was no passlng he was however dls tlngulshcd by hls unfalllng gentlemanhness So much was thls true that all the Boston Schoolbov Ofliclals marked hlm as the Ada xl eaptam for thls quallty and h1s lndomltxble courage Even ln the face of myurles that held hum on the slde llnes he went through ln pantomlme exery play of his mates and sut fc rc d every 1n1ury All hall and a long fxre will to Captain Ioe' WILLIAM BILL BENNETT Im thc past three xears thlS stuldv vouth of thc enlongated frame has been an outstand mg' man on the Maroon and Gold footbal teams In the huddle he stood head and shoulders over every other man on the field and IH plllng' up the l1ne at ught tackle ms plle also stood out over the rest bv s veral fret usually those of thc opponc nts Always 1 source of encouragement to the other players and a great team man B1ll who cxpects to eonilnue Ill college foo ball wlll b 1 gn mt xssr t to anv Collfge IOQEPH FAT BOXIF IS the 1 man of thc squid 1 bul vxark oi defensc It vxas heald sud IS hm wls mserted lnto thc Medford game lf lndc ed he could be sald to he lnserted anywhere Who wlll play the other slde of the l1ne'l C lplhlf of assuming the responslblllty at elthu guard or tackle hc was always an obstacle 1n thc proglrss of opposlng backs When vu werr m posscsslon of thc ball Joe would open 1 holc blg enough for a truek A flood clm mn 1nd plcasant plavel Fat was llkrd bv us and 15 bound to make good lu1.,a Ulu Ilumlrul I1 IN V W AA 77 1 I 0 .A 44 1 A 14 ky: - , , - , . 1 x . . ' ! . , 1 f . , , 1 1 ' - ' - Y 3 Y ' '1 . 1 ' K - ' .2 ,K . . 1 . f 1. 1 l ,I K l . w. . . . Y . K .- I I 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 2 V- I 1' Q . K6 77 3 . , A V ,. A. I . l x X X I - . . . .R , . - . '1 1 ' . J ,. I . ml ' 1 5 1 -A 1 1 1 I L, , ,. . A L. 1 1 ' 5 1 , , , , . - ' I s t ' , ' e z zz 1 - ' , - . Ll 4 V7 7 . . I 1 4' T: 77 ' - ' 1 1 1 Pat . z b 2 - . . , . - v- ' , 1 , 1 K . 2' 2 . , I . . ,. . . , . , . . I A I I I X . - x x 1 . 1, I 1 1 . . Y l H , f f . 1 a . I a 1' ' 77 1 1 , . L . 14 c . ' I A K. . . 7 . X 4 ', E '. . . ' ' 'lx' K D Y I 1 . J LK 3 , 3 3 1 x ' A ' u 1 1 f . A , 3. f . , u vu , - Z E . ' l , , 5 I ,- l H . . Pi .

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the boys and Ill put '1 team on thc field that wlll do honol to the school The splendld manner 1n whlch he moulded a group of green men Sen1ors most of them and out for the team for the first t1me mto a matured and capable foot ball machlne and then placed the team on the field to shame teams of heralded fame was a source of wonder to us all and a great trlbute to h1s lnsplrlng splrlt and h1s football ab1l1ty We started the season wlth practically no schedule, owlng to the same dlffi culty wlth the local schools but Mr Sulllvan SJ and Mr McManus soon had some kmd of a schedule patched up The first game we had w1th F1tchburg, but that only served to show how far we had to go We lost but not wlthout glvlng evldence of a rapldly mouldlng team of good players Then came the St Marys game that brought the crowds to Waltham to see our 1nexper1enced team trounce the seasoned players of that clty After a very hard struggle we lost to Medford and then came the St James game agam Each year brmgs a new thrlll to that game Thls year we had a new coach and a new team that had not as yet proved all 1ts worth St James had had an epxdemlc that kept xts players off the field for more than a month Would these equahze the advantages for both? We dld not know and xt was a dellclous gamble Thus the rallles ln the hall and the rush for seats ln the now annual bus trxp were more hvely than ever before and the crowd that finally gathered at the St James stadlum before the three cheer leaders Joe Conley Merrlck and Red Greaney was blgger more enthuslastlc and hvely than ever before What a game that was' There was not a throat 1n that Whole crowd that could do more than whlsper when the game was over But the game was not ours The St James crowd may have lacked practlce but It was a veteran team and they were rldlng hlgh and handsome that day and the green team of B C Hxgh went down to defeat but not mglorlously for on that day there arose heroes who had not as yet swum mto our ken Rlce was a brllhant halfback McCullough 30 flashed as a back Connaty 29 as an end and a host of others that gave hope of B C Hlgh supremacy ln the future Thus ended the football career of the men of 1928 The dlfficultles of havmg no home field on whlch to practlce and play games of gettmg games w1th local hlgh schools that would enable the team to have the support of a cheerlng section the hostxllty that seemed so evldent agamst the bearers of the Maroon and Old Gold were offset by the enthusiasm of an ardent body of supporters that followed the team whenever lt was posslble by the eagerness of the squad and especlally the mem bers of 28 to equal and surpass the glorlous records of the past by the constant care and teachmg of the coaches Mr Heaphy and Mr McManus and the devo tion too llttle mentloned of Mr McHugh of Speclal Class who never falled to attend every game the team plaved to g1VQ them the benefit of h1s knowledge of first a1d IH thelr lI1JuI'l6S All these serve to make happy the memorles of these games and these trlals lhe players will always recall the games and the d1Hicult1es of practlce wlth many a laugh at the worrles that then seemed so momentous and the cheermg sectlon w1ll ever thrxll wlth prlde at the efforts of the team and with thanks for the opportunity they gave them to be once agam ln a new wav proud of Boston College Hlgh School and the banners of I old md Maroon 3.469 Pu 0 Um' llumlrul forts nmc 1 , K f i I Y. - 4 l .U 1 y 9 . y - 3 ' , . , . ., . . . - s , . . , ' ax N ' ' u H ' ' 1 1 , . , . , . ' 1 ' . ' . . . ' ! Q 9 1 9 Q 1 1 X . , - , . . s . . , . . . 7 ' . ' ' . - v 1 - ' 1 . . . z Y ,,- - . . . . . Y . 1 ' I 1 , , I f . v 1 , . - f,vxa ff V V Vg .XJ l. .. ,G Y. I l ll. 5 C 1 l A L4 'e ' L ' Q' 4f' ' x'xvcwQu .vrfx In u , f ' '- '

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EDWARD EDDIE GALLAGHER The battle for centre on the 1928 football team was made hot by th1S Smlllng faced lad, who was always rarmg to go He got lnto every game and every opposmg centre knew he had a Job on h1s hands when he faced Edie An awful scrapper he was noted for hxs hard and furlous play h1S breaklng through the l1ne and tackllng the opposlng backs from behmd Above all other thlngs, however he was a clean player who earned the respect of hls opponents for his hard and clean play GEORGE GAL GALVIN Gal was one of the cleanest athletes ever to wear the unlform of BCH1gh What greater pralse can be glven a player? Play mg the Keystone posltlon as first strmg centre despite the fact that the deeds of the keystone player are seldom sung he covered hlmself w1th glory We laughed when an ambltxous quarter sent a charge agalnst our modest centre for Gal qulckly showed h1m It was folly even to nourlsh such an ldea Rellable consistent and untlrlng we see hlm go wlth dlscouraglng hopes for the future WALTER AIREDALE KELLEY Walter Kelley our first strmg quarterback, IS almost as flashy on the field as our earnest captain Walter always was a llkeable chap but he made hxmself much more llkeable to the school and the B C Hlgh cheermg sectlon by his brllllant runback of punts A loose ball a flash of maroon and a shooting figure There you have the settmg for a typlcal Aire dale touchdown Trlcky and qulck as a flash he was on the field and many are the school teams that bemoan the day he opposed them Hr was good Inge Une Humlrvrl Fzfn nn ll n ' 1 1 1 cc n as n , . - v ll 11 ' ' . v , . u u D ' Y , . . . H . ,, . . ' ! I , v I 1 -. 4, if