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

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EDWARD EDDIE GALLAGI-IER Edd1e , who had starred ln hockey and football was agaln moved by the spmt of 1928 to go out for the baseball team as an outfielder Coach McManus saw some of l'l1S left handed throws from outtleld and con verted hlm mto a pltcher How good he wlll be we, at thls moment of gomg to press, do not know but we do know that he has a good arm and a tremendous amount of speed and that he can h1t the ball l1ke no ones busxness He seems therefore to be to be about to sclntlllate 1n another sport JOSEPH JOE KELLY Even as Joe has been a star on the foot ball team for the past four years so he has been a leadmg player on the baseball team For the past two years he has had undls puted control of an outfield berth, where hls ground coverlng ab1l1ty and hls wonderful arm have been a great source of strength and safety to the team Hls hlttlng however would glve hlm a berth on any team As ln football he IS quiet and over modest and unless you asked who the performer of field mg and h1tt1ng gems was you would not know h1S name He IS a good and a true THOMAS LEFTY LEONARD If you happened to ask Lefty whether he could p1tch or not he would answer Oyez I an throw them that far If IH face of the lmpresslve record he made m semor you lnqulred why he dldn t go out sooner he would answer Weren t Slms and Ryan enough Wlth out my bother1ng'7 I had my Latm and Greek This last Wlth a broad grln because Lefty takes everythmg wlth a smlle and the blgger hls achlevements and ab1l1t1es the more he llkes to belittle them He lb the leadlng pltcher ln the Clty and we expect to see hls name as Al1Scholast1c 1n June Page One Hundred Seventy one ll !7 fl ' Y! ' 7 ! Y . . ! , . ll !Y KC Y! - 7 ' ! Y Y P Y B.C.H1gh man, KK 71 ll 77 A ' Cl . Y 1 9 I! ' c . , 1 . . . , as ! ' ' ' Y - ,, . . . i ' l H . . . ' 1

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CAPTAIN WALTER KELLEY Walter, who sc1nt1llated at quarterback po s1t1on on the football team has been starrmg at second smce he was blg enough to attract the coachs eye by hls fleldmg and battlng Thus he was elected as captam for hls Semor year and we all looked for a blg year for oux Smlllhg captaln But-the lnjury Jmx that seems to have hlt our captams thls year got hlm, and a torn llgament ln h1S throwmg arm has kept hlm out of the game up t1ll our gomg to the press He IS fast on h1s feet clever wlth hlS hands at throwmg and start mg double plays and hls hlttlng IS superbly tlmely JOSEPH JOE CONCANNON Joe ought to be good lf for no o he reason than that he has a quartet of brothexs who have been famous athletes ln thls dlstrlct But he IS famous ln h1s own rlght as a second baseman who can cut down the wlckedest lmer and bat the ball to the farthest part Held lf It IS that blg or out ot the lot, lf lt IS only of ordmary sxze H IS speedy on hls feet and takes a manly cut at the ball so that whether he mlsses or not you feel that you have seen somethlng Hell go far JOHN JOHNNY DONAHUE Johnny has been on the baseball te smce h1s second year In that year he held down first base and h1s hlttlllg and runnmg made hmm a dangerous man for opposmg pltchers In h1s thlrd yeal, his speed as a track man was capltahzed by puttlng hlm 1n the outfield What few huts were knocked there he garnered easily Agaln thls year he plays the first bag' and agam h1s speed on the bases and h1s abxllty to bat have made hlm a star Above all he IS a good team player and he hlts and runs ln the pmches Page One Hundred Seventy , . . . . , , 9 as n 4 . 1 as , t 1, of the , ' ' ' ' , ' Y H l 1 l '- 9 4: u u n am Y , .

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we-vnu' nv -uv EDWARD EDDIE MARTIIN Blg and husky and strong, Ed has always been one of the best batters on the team He can hlt all k1nds of pltchlng and knocks them 1n all dlrectlons and all dlstances Hls size, however IS no handlcap to hls peed and the way he moves around thlrd base ls a wonder Nothlng no matter how hot gets by wlthout hls at least havmg touched xt and slowed lt down Hls welght and hlttmg abxl lty and clever errolless fleldlng and throwmg' make hlm an 1deal college candldate Wher ever he goes he wlll star FARL MAC MCINTYRE Whllc Slms and Ryan were pltchlng Eall had to take a second IJOSltl0l'l because Froton had mcen the regular catcher for these two peellms ones for thelr entlre career I Senlor however he stepped out and has al a hltter Hls catchmg IS flawless and he works his pltcher llke a blg leaguer whlle he leads the team for battmg Froton was on last Vears All' team so Earl IS assured of place thls year We wxsh hlm all success ln hlS college career FRANK RICEY RICE Frank has always showed himself a clever athlete ln all sports that require personal dex terlty and fleetness Thus he starred at foot ball at quarterback and when the baseball season came around and the call for candl dates he presented hlmself to do or dle for Alma Mater Modest and qulet IS he wlth the tlIll9St of smiles for his greatest work and the heartxest sympathy wxth hls mates ln defeat or vlctory Hls playlng m the field was flawless and hls hlttlng all that could be deslred Page One Hundred .Seventy two . K1 Y? Y ' , ly , l 1 . , , . il !Y , , . , , , . : x , . , ' 2 s .. ' ' . . Il . 1 v ' ready far surpassed Froton as a catcher and K 7 J H 1 ' ,, l , n G 44 Y! ll Y! I ' S X I x ' ' . U j , , . C Y . . . 1 . , .