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

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juvenated ball club. Peirce and Burgholzer threw in two quick baskets after Lexington had opened the half with a basket and Lex- ington called a time out to get their bear- ings, but it was of little use. Paul Hickey scored a set shot and it was 12-11 with Lexington still leading. Then, with Peirce not scoring, George set up Tom McElroy throwing long passes to Tom who in turn faked his man out of position three times in succession and broke up the entire Lex- ington defense. From there on in B. C. High was in the van all the way. The en- tire team played superbly with the final score emerging as 24-19. Tom McElroy was high-scorer with twelve points. In the semi-finals B. C. High ran up against a tall Winthrop quintet. Tom Mc- Elroy put in a long one-handed push shot for the first basket of the game. but that was all the scoring for B. C. High in the first period with Winthrop getting five. But in the second period the team began to score and at the end of the first half B. C. High was behind by the margin of IS-14. Again the Eaglets came roaring back in the second half and again the maroon and gold quintet showed fine strategy in freez- ing the ball in the waning minutes of the game. The final score: B. C. High 51, Win- throp Higli 25. This was easily the best game the Eaglets had played all year with their passing working brilliantly. Tom Mc- Elroy was the game's high scorer again with 13 points. Paul Hickey and Frank Burgholzer cleared the defensive boards beautifully and passed the ball to the front line of Tom and Jack McElroy and George Peirce who neatly deposited the ball in the hoop. In the finals B. C. High was again the underdog but this time more than ever. The players of the opposing team, Belmont, were extremely tall, but the James Street quintet again displayed its characteristic speed and hustle. At the end of the first period it was a deadlocked 8-8. At the half it was 21-14, Belmont leading. B. C. High showed a lot of fight but Belmont came up with the points. In the second half B. C. High fought with a will to win and in the fourth period outscored Belmont, but Belmont just wouldn't be beaten. The final score emerged B. C. High 33, Belmont High 40. George Peirce was the high scorer of this game with ll points. But with a great team, a great coach and a great cap- tain, B. C. High proudly boasts a season's record of 19 wins against, only 4 losses, a truly great record in any man's book. JOHN NTCELROY TIIOMAS MCEl.RO1' SliNlORS ON SQUAD First row, left to right: Driscoll, Humphrey, AI. McElroy, Hickey CCapt.j, Pierce, Burgholver, T. Mclilroy. Second row: Hawkins, Gill, Guisti, Lavern, Carroll, Macomber, Bowles, Mulvehill. fiisj

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Left to right: Al. Mclilruy, Hickey, Pierce LCapt.j, Burgholler, T. Mclilroy. liirst Year-Mr. Cassell was appointed coach after the school had given up basket- ball for a few years and he succeeded in turning out a well-drilled team. A member of the varsity this year was Paul Hickey. Second Year-A different coach this year with Mr. Gintoff taking over. He turned out a very good team this year winding up the season with a 12-3 record. Third Year-A different coach again with Mr. Wietekgimp taking the coaching reins and he turned out a very good team. The record was not impressive, but only because the team lost three games by one point. Coach Wietekamp was building for next year having George Peirce, Tom and Jack McElroy, and Paul Hickey playing regular and Andy Gill being used as the sixth man. Peirce led in the scoring depart- ment with 301 points, featuring a record 64 points in one game. Tom McElroy was next with 134 points, followed closely by ,lack McElroy and Paul Hickey. The record was 12-7. Fourth Year-Following up what seemed to be the custom, B. C. High had another coach this year, Mr. John Kiley. Coach Kiley was greeted with ten returning lettermen from the previous year and indications were for a good year. The lineup on opening day l found four veterans who had played to- gether the previous season, plus a newcomer or two. The four were Tom McElroy at right forward, jack McElroy at left for- ward, Captain George Peirce at center, and Paul Hickey at right guard. The new- comer was Frank Burgholzer who teamed up with Paul in the back court at left guard. With the team full of the knowl- edge and Hnesse of good basketball, we went through the regular basketball season as Champions of the Boston Conference. But to do this the team had to meet East Boston for the title, and after downing Eastie, gained the right to compete in the Eastern Massachusetts Tournament. Captain George Peirce was outstanding, as usual, and he tossed in fifteen points to lead the team to victory. EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TOURNAMENT B. C. High drew Lexington in the quar- ter finals of the tournament. It was apparent that the team was extremely nervous as they scored only five points the entire Hrst half, but their defensive work was success- ful in that they held Lexington to ten points. Between the halves something must have happened for they came out a re- 1141

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CLASS A - I5 liirsl row, left to right: Bond, Clussen, lleffernan, Marley, Kirk, Doyle, llonovan. Second row: Reardon, Drmalme, Cunningliam, lioley, llines, Cialvin, Madigan, Micliaelowski. 'lihirtl row: Croke, Melville, Phinney, -Ienninvs, Burke, MeSwet-nej, Roberts. ACROSS THE BOARDS ln the year 1944 we were freshmen and track was under the direction of Mr. Casey, This year we were welcomed into Bos- ton Track competition at the East Newton St. Armory. ln the first three quad meets B. C. High finished second. In the final quad meet we romped to victory. Later on this year at Boston College, we defeated Mission but were defeated by Roxbury Latin. As Sophomores we rejoined Mr. Casey, S.-I., in November. Our first meet of the season was against a tough Malden team. We were just edged out. Facing Weymouth we were again knieked', in a tight battle. At an d the Armory we won two quad meets also finished second and third. The Re- lay Team ran second to LaSalle in the B. A. A. Meet however turned in better time L 116 than the winner of the afternoon's State Meet. Bob Gaughan was a member of the Relay Squad. B. C. High captured the Greater Boston Interscholasties and the Frederick O'Brien Trophy. Among others we defeated Boston Latin, Boston English, and Lynn English. In the warm spring air we faced St. Johnls Prep finishing just behind our host. W'e were again edged in a meet at Newton. The Relay Team again made a superb show- ing in the Belmont Class A Relay Car- nival winning the half-mile jaunt. In our Junior Year Mr. Richard Burke, SJ., took over the coaching duties after Mr. Casey, SJ., left for Weston College. Under the guidance of Mr. Burke, SJ., we had an excellent indoor season. We defeated 1