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

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SHORT TO SECOND T0 FIRST-BASEBALL When the snow disappears from the ground and the warm spring breezes be- gin to blow, all thoughts turn to the baseball diamond and young hearts yearn again to hear the crack of a bat as it meets the ball, or the thud as a blazing fast ball strikes the catcher's mitt. Now letls review the years since we first heard those welcome words at B. C. H.: Baseball candidates report... 1946 It was Fella Gintoff who was our first coach way back in '46, He soon proved a master at handling young ballplayers. When the season opened the powerful Eaglets ran up a win record of nine straight before losing a game. Crehan and Shellenback shouldered the ma1o1 ity of the mound duties vuth Captain Walt Murphy catching for them. Con- cannon and Cattaneo performed their double play magic around second base and their throws were capably handled by Jack Casey at the first sack. Mulligan and Hartnett patrolled the outfield pas- tures. A single loss to English resulted in a tie with them for the championship and a play-off resulted in the downfall of the Eaglets. 1947 Our new coach, Dan Weitekamp. molded a championship team from a nucleus of five veterans and twenty other aggressive ballplayers, led by Captain Jack Concannon at second base and his double play twin Ray Cattaneo at short. John McLaughlin took over the catching duties Daxe Cxehan and Jack NItEl1ox in ere the retulning mound pei out IOXX tit nm 1 lt it im undioxx ltft tonight it gan L L in a 1 1 Fr ' ': l-' to right: Kt'2XllllLl', Yzxli rl -. Mcllorrow. Capt. Bla l lzl-ni. Doyle. lla cl. Se 'r ' ': - 'A f 2 I -an ft' . 'asa-y. Faucett -. Waldron. Lea Ch' sv. 3 I

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INDOOR TR ACK TEAM Front low left to llgnt Wade Doyle OB11en VIcM1llan Noonan Mahel Haddad Second 1ow Murphy Hannon Maclntvle Ixnk D0hL1tW Folev Malone Thnd IOVN Mgl Sta leton Duffy Baker Poxsels Burke Mahonew Buugan Buxchlll A1 senault M1 IN ahonev SJ Fou1th1ow O BIILH IIWIII Pitts Galllmole Cuuan Covne lxlncade Hlgh 49 M1lton 28 The last meetmg of the lndoor season a dual meet w1th M1lton saw the B C Hlgh tracksters as guests of the newlx formed Met league We overpowered the Mlltoners taklng everv first place except the m1le Connor and Maclntvre set new records 1n the shot put and 1000 respec tlvelv The latter s tlme was the second vldual stars mcluded Malone s 300 yard w1n Paul Foley s leap m the hlgh Jump 5 7 Speclal honors must be pald to the relax team wh1ch overwhelmed MlltOH s bv one half a lap In the super all state meets Bob Mac Intx re and Jerry Connor carrled the Maroon and Gold to hlgher glorv In the Northeastern meet Jerry won the shot put wh1le Maclntx re placed 1n the thou sand Both boys were preparmg for the all lmportant State meet In the State meet Bob Maclntvre the greatest of all the mlddle dlstance runners captul ed the laurels of State Champ Bw a qulrk of luck Jerrv Connor was kept from a well deserved v1ctorv Jerrv however took a second for hls labors f13bj In the G B I s Captaln Jack Klrk and dependable Paul Folev took thlrd places 1n the dash and hurdles respec tlV9lW In th1s meet the Eagles carrled off two trophles and an abundance of prestlge to match Wlth th1s rlngmg v1c torv the season of 49 closed IH a blaze of glory The score B C Hugh 55 Somervllle 13 Beverlx 12 Brockton 12 Malden Cathollc 12 Newton 10 Watertown 9 STLALING THE SPOTLIGHT Bob Maclntyre State 1000 yard champ most outstandlng dlstance man ever to run for B C H Jerrv Connor leadmg shot puttel 1n the Boston Conference second 1n the State meet Paul Folev ace broad Jumper hurdler and hlgh Jumper very dependable pomt getter Jack Klrk th1s year s captam and leadlng dash man member of the vars1ty for four years Bob McM1llan our 300 speclal IS anchor man on the relax team and Jerrx Pltts cons1stent pomt getter 1n the 600 yard run BUD WADE PETE GIANINO .' -' . 7 .' 7 ' . - ' ' I - x is v 3 1 1 1 ' 1 . . Z A , Y A 1 K - y ' - Y, 1 - lv, Ivy 1. ' 'z fl , U 3 ' 1, Y .U , ' , l y K- . 1 - - ' ' : ' 1 , ' , -y ' , , . , - B. C. ' , 2 ' , . - - -'-, I ' ' I 5 . I Y L I L' - L L - ' , L . . ' 'l . f . ' 4 v A , ' l L V L ' v Y K , K . . . N 7. - I 'K - Y L X D. : . . ' , . g . ' , fastest for the Armory oval. Other indi- 212 Rlndgfl, 185 LOWGH, 175 Arllngton, ' X , ' ' : , 1 , 9 . , 7, ' . I , 7 I 7 9 . 7 ' I H ' ' . K Fl? if Plf 2? 7 . . ,A i wk wk :iz :xc ' ' ' , - H - . . . i V I ' u 1 1 L N . Q , u 1 u . , X . I . ' U7 ' - Q y s , a ' . 3 ' . . . r ' - . 9 ' ' , , , U . ' Q . - ., v 9

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X Left B111 McMo11ow oul lellable Rlght Capt Andv Maddalenl a thnd baseman sul c file stax m any spot formers a1ded by McDonald Glustl and Macomber Londergan and Aheln were the outtielders Wlth Andy Madalenl the first 49 er to galn a place on the varsltv Bulldlng up a 13 1 record we were crowned the Clty champlons and non a berth ln the Eastern Massachusetts Tourney In the quarter finals the hlgh f1y1ng Eaglets were brought dovsn hard by the eventual state champlons Lynn Classlcal was unanlmously elected capta1n for the 48 season 1948 W1nte1 wlnds were stxll whlstlmg through Blackstone Park when our new coach John Klley began dallw dr1lls at the Brookl1ne Street Gym In a few weeks we were once agaln able to work out at Healey Fleld The battery was almost entlrely made up of experlenced men Glustl Macomber McEl1 oy and McDonald McLaughl1n agaln d1d the re celvlng For the fourth consecutn e year Ray Cattaneo held down the sho1tstop spot Wlth Doyle at thlrd Tom McE1rox f1381 at econd Martln at fllst Vladdalenx McMo1 row and McDonald covered the outfneld The season was lnaugurated by Ray Cattaneo wlth a home run agaxnst J P A tctal of 20 runs were scol ed before the massacre was concluded There were but three games lost by the squad the one that hurt was the Trade game for lt gaxe Trade the champlonshlp over us Wlth that loss ou1 llne up was Juggled to compensate for the weak spots m de fen e and we concluded a comparatlvelx successful season 1949 Wlth the Spunv season not far oft, Mr 141165 has aga1n called out the bat tery and the Hrst full practlce IS sched uled fo1 the near future Wlth the loss of so mam veterans It w1ll be necessary to mold an almost entlrelw new team Our captaln Andy Maddalem w1ll begm 1118 thlrd season on the startlng varsltx Among the other experlenced men re turnlng are B111 McMo1 row FRANK MAHONEY : ' . . , . . ' ' : . I 'Y 7 . 9 l .9 S 9 . .K y .1 , , . , . . . . . L I , V, l c u 1 N , . V ' . 7 ' 9 7 . u , . - . . To wind up the season, Ray Cattaneo V Q ' . ' ' ' .Q , uv 7 1 . A . L . . . . s 1. ? ' . - y . f ' . - 9 ' v . , ' K v 7 . . . . . y ., . . . : 7 . , - . 1 1 L - u n . 1 7 - I l I' . n y .Y 1