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

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CAPTAIN EDDIE GALLAGHER The qualltles of an ldeal captaln are supe rlor excellence m h1s sport and the ablhty to enthuse hls followers wlth h1s own confidence Gal possessed these two qualltxes ln a re markable degree Through the medlum of the press hls sensatlonal shootlng and playmg have been heralded far beyond the confines of Bos ton Hls teamwork accurate shootlng and encouragement have wlth very few exceptions brought vlctory to B C Hlgh Never w1ll we forget his speedy, aggresslve skatlng whlch IS truly representatxve of B C Hlgh but most of all wlll he be remembered for that quallty whlch marks one man from another hls won derful splrlt of sportsmanshlp WALTER KELL KELLEY Walter Kelley our left wlng was marked all through the season by that same quallty of heads up playlng that marked his football career No matter how hot the contest was Kell was always ready to start the Flght play, to pass to dash to check back Inter ceptlng passes was hls speclalty and h1s abll lty to team w1th Ed Gallagher was respon slble ln no small measure for our vlctorles Walter wound up hls B C Hlgh hockev career ln a blaze of glory at the final Rlndge Tech game, whlch he cmched by hls brllllant play EDWARD EDDIE MARTIN Good goahes are scarce ln any hockev league and when a school has the good for tune to enroll such an excellent goalle as Eddxe , then lt has good reason to be happy Ed was the reason for the great success of the 1927 team He very very seldom let one get by hlm The ease and grace and faclllty wlth whlch he turned shot after shot away won hlm unammous fame from all authorltle on the game It was our mlsfortune that 1ll fortune caused hum to m1ss a couple of years ln hls course because last year he could not make the Boston Schools age hmxt In the Rmdge game he was a very b1g part of our easy vlctorv lags' Une Hundred Sith an rs U n ' ' - ' ,, - 1 y 3 . . , . - Y , - . . u u 5 ! an n ' ' - v cc n ' I 1 ' ' , - ' - u 1: n n . , - n ' n - ac yr . , . S , , , . . I -. I

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'-Pg hilhkx N lm tual 4 Q W l xl OCKEY one of the most excltlng and mterestlng sports ln the calendar .nc ll? of the seasans has always found a warm welcome at Boston College Hlgh School Every ycal a team has carrled the bann rs of the school to the hlghest place ln the ranks of schoolboy Ice teams and has ever .B J, gamed the greatest pralse and recogmtxon from the newspapel wrlters Vu That IS the only place where we coull get recognltlon because of the pecullar status of the school The publlc schools have the prlvllege of the Arena for thelr games but thxs IS hlred for them by the School Commlttee of Boston and SIDCG B C Hlgh IS not a publlc school we are glad to be admltted to these prlvlleges as guests Formerly there was a league of CltV Schools and a tltle of Clty Champnon was awarded to the best team B C Hlgh was not ellglble for this honor as IS natural slnce It was a prlvate school but she played all the teams of the league and had the pleasure and glory of defeatmg the very best of them declsnvely Thls past season there was no league In our first year at the school the class of 1928 saw a hockey team that was captamed and coached by Ed Shney Blg Ed led a team that easlly defeated all the cxty slxes and was beaten only by the champlons of the state The team ln 1926 was led by b1g and blonde Paul Comerford who has been starrmg for the past year for the Holy Cross sextette Paul was captam and coach and the team had a most successful season bemg defeated only by a couple In the beglnnlng of the season of 1927 Mr Francls W Anderson S J kindly consented to be coach of the team and at once a new era was lmtlated m our hockey cxrcles, for the new coach was a great student of the game and had a very clever way of lmpartmg the knowledge whlch he had galned from watching and playlng Thus the team of 1927 whlch was almost undone because of lack of ICQ and a rmk for practlce had a very successful year Under the leader ship of Tom Carey they were admltted as guests to the City League where they defeated all the leaders of the league Our Semor year saw a new group of players under the same coach and thlg season can be sald to be the most successful of all because thls year we played all the clty hlgh schools but were not debarred from gettmg credlt for our vlctorxes Thxs gave a hlgh mcentlve to the players and they worked mlght and maln to keep the Maroon and Old Gold colors at the top For a long time Captaln Eddle Gallagher was the hlgh scorer ln the league and was onlv beaten ln the last game by Hughes of Engllsh and that only because Engllsh played a couple of games more than we and agalnst easy teams Bud Sulhvan was a new man ln the regular llne up but he was a sweet defense man as was also Bud Murphy Together wlth the tall Slattery they kept our goal remark ably safe Walter Kelley was a star at wing and Robmson and Tansey were clever guardlans of the net Ed Martm due to ellglblllty rules dld not play m the games wlth the cxty schools, but he played a wonderful game agalnst Rmdge Tech between the halves of the thlrd B C H C game at the Arena Most of the team ln our Semor year were members of the class of 1928 and that they achxeved such success was the natural outcome of the Splrlt of that vear which always drove xts members on to be leaders ln anythmg m whlch they partlclpated Agam lt was team play that made our success possxble, and the team play was made posslble only by the self sacrifice of the members of '28, who dally made the long trip to Chandler's Pond to practlce Page One Hundred Flfty nine .-- ,:- - 1.-1. Y ,- .- . 1 ,..,, 4, .,.. S - ,... l i - l.. ,,,,...1 ,.-? Q! ' ' 7 Y i 5 1. 3 Q-f --A 5 -'- 4 :E ' V I -ll Z 9. . 4 5 E' 1-'-I15:5::s:'::sirf ' naimssaszsfiv is ,1g9iE5::::::::g:.g5gg55: W W-', 5':s2EEEEEEEEiE1aij '-E - ll - EgEEZSEEEE?!?f?: I L 1'-L--.ml : 1 ,. -A S N F - ' - ET - ., v- 1111- .- - Pe e-e-- - ' lllhieess- - 5 1EiE5iE.E:::r ziE?4:5:' Q ff- - -f- E:-Rzz -1EEEE:,::::v ' ' EiEE2.155sggg1:w.:.:' ff--V Y 52221: li:::asaEEi121' ' A 5 se y 'T' , .iggyii ,iihuwlf f.., I --:-fjgggv' Y- , , .l.-l- 5,1-.--,Tu-em, If un.. ..- 7 '1f111:::-'Ql::::J -'?!5:::::sm -1 A f::2111?G'E 5555553555555-'-fl! 'ffl-f,f:Q:sss55f ,K :-ff Y 1 ,, . , . lv F an , , ' l Tai P u gi' an - F . . A .,,-' . , Lf xx ' ' ' ' n u , 1 4 - n 1 , l ' , 1 n a 1 ' , I ' n 1 1 1 r I I ' li Y! ' ll ' Y! ' ' ' ll ,U ' ' 3 If YY ' c 7 n v , u ' ' ' ' ' . .'. ' ', . ! ' 1 1 ' ' ' CK U! ' ll Y! ' Y . Q Q , 4 s Q n Q ,a 1 1 Q ' Y ' sc - ry ' ' . I I ' fl i! ' ' 2 1 1 ll !Y ' - N . 4 1 - 1 ' , . . U ,, . . . ., . 1 1 1. , ' n

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JOHN BUD MURPHY When the two Buds Bud Murphy and Bud Sulllvan were back on the defense the rest of the team could g1ve thelr attentxon to the manufacturmg of goals because thls b1g lad had a way of stoppmg the fastest and heavlest skaters that was posltlvely dxscour agmg to the health H15 poke checkmg and body checkmg whlch was of the clean varlety were unbeatable and few were the men wno came through hlm to shoot at our goal Qulet and sllent he stood waltmg and quletly and sllently he d1d hxs work and let hlS deeds talk for hlm JAMES ROBBY ROBINSON Tansey was first partner m the pos1t1on of guardlng the nets and Robby was the ramy day goahe Ramy days have a way of bemg a matter of smgmg Let It ram for the team Hls good Judgment of where and when an opponent was gomg to shoot gamed the pranse of the coach and the courage wlth whlch he made hlS plays brought the stands to thelr feet IH applause He brought confidence to the team every tlme he took hls posltlon and IS a good college prospect MANAGER JOE TANSEY Joe IS our manager of hockey and lf we had nothlng to commend ln h1s hockey career the capable manner 1n whlch he handled that meanest of Jobs would be enough to make hlm famous But we needed a goahe and bespectacled Joe bought hlmself a mask and came out for the posltlon Hls shlftlness and alertness saved many a goal from bemg chalked up agalnst the Maroon and Gold Never mnssmg a pract1ce he gamed a certam technlque 1n the play of hls posltxon that put hlm always a couple of Jumps ahead of the shooter Page One Hundred Slxty one I u H ' 61 97 K6 YI D I6 !! ' i 1 Y . , . . , 1 Y 7 KI Y! ' ll 77 ' Y hardest to bear, but with Robby there it was - - , xx ' - n . Y 1 Cl ii KK I! ' ' ! .il 71 ' !