Boston Latin School - Liber Actorum Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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TRACK First Row fleft to rightiz Le Vine, Siegel, Slattery, Adamovitz, Pepi, Wharton. Second Row Cleft to righti: Coshnear, Greeley, Ridgley, Kelley, O'Brien, Canner, Wolfson, Powers, Laskin, Third Row fleft to righti: Coach Fitzgerald, MacAuliffe, Burns, Brenner, Gallagher, Parsons, Sullivan, Rowen, Mgr. As usual, Latin's track team, though not champions, distinguished itself. The Purple and White has never boasted an outstanding track team, but has established a reputation for always contributing to the city's outstanding track athletes. This year was no exception. Latin finished third to English and Mechanics in the Reggies. Led by Captain O'Brien, the f La Victoire Page Tueiily-Iwo Latin tracksters soared to heights far beyond expectations. Latin wrote a record into the city books when it trounced Dorchester and Commerce in a triangular meet by over 200 points, the greatest number amassed by any city school. Another fact of even more im- portance is that Latin's relay team of O'Brien, 'lFred Kelley, Laskin, Petkauskas, and Parsons never lost a race in any of the big meets, al- though paired with some of the outstanding track schools in the state. Besides it leader, O'Brien, the Purple and White boasted many other stars: Fred Kelley of football fame, a brilliant 600-yarder, Paul Laskin, Class C 220- yard dash man, Carl Parsons, Class D star, and Ridgely, Tom Sullivan, jim Sullivan, Slat- tery, and many others who contributed to a great season. The lettermen were Adamovicz, Burns, Ridgely, Greeley, Laskin, Harrison, McAuliffe, O'Brien, Kelley, F., Wharton, Gallagher, Pow- ers, Pepi, Siegel, Levine, Cashnear, Canner, Wolfson, Brenner, Sullivan, and Slattery. Steve Rowen was the manager.

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drudgery so willingly performed by the hockey manager, Bob Beyer. Now, for a few statistics on the season as a whole. Latin finished second in the City League, winning four games and losing one, a 2-1 decision to Commerce. The Purple and White outscored their opponents by eleven goals to two, with john Kineavy leading the scoring parade, closely followed by Dick Mc- Dermott. These two players, Kineavy and McDermott, starred throughout the year. Latin finished second in the Boston Conference, headed only by undefeated Mechanics. Latin's victory over her traditional rival Eng- lish was a typical Purple and White victory. Team play was predominant. McDermott scored twice, but these weren't solo efforts. He was set up both times by timely passes from Kineavy and Casey. Gill gained the only un- assisted goal, the first one, and Bob Casey ended the scoring on the strong end of a pass from Kineavy. An athletic team representing Latin rarely has an individual star. Coach Fitz- gerald stresses team play, and this year's hockey team was a shining example of the effectiveness of that plan. The swift fashion in which the Boston Hockey Conference has got under way is to the outstanding credit of the Boston schools. In Dorchester Watches the Pucks Go By two short years the Boston High Schools have swelled from an independent league to a high- powered loop. Latin School points with no small pride to the leading part her boys have played in forming the independent league and the impressive records they have compiled dur- ing the brief existence of recognized hockey. This excellence is an answer to the criticism of some that B. L. S. is strictly a students' school. Of course, the athletes must maintain a scholas- tic rating, but the record is living proof that our boys are skilled in both brains and brawn. if' 4. I .K ...L l First Row fleft to rightl: Beyer, Mgr., Dickson, Robinson, Kineavy, G. Casey, Gill, McDer- mott, Brosnahan, Coach Fitzgerald. Second Row Cleft to rightl: Sheehan, lVlacGrath, A. Kelley, R. Casey, Fay, Connolly, Gusaitis, Slattery. Page Twezzty-one

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BASEBALL At this writing, not much can be said about the record of the baseball team. The season is not yet in full swing, but prospects are exceed- ingly bright. Bill Connolly, ace of Latin's pitching staff and twice conqueror of English High, is returning to seek his third straight win over our Blue and Blue rivals. Accompanying Red are many of the key men in last year's 25-2 demolition of Englishg john Kineavy, hard-hitting first-sackerg Tom Sullivan, a con- stant thorn in the opposition's side both afield and at bat, and Dave Slattery, speedy out- helder. Backing Connelly upon the mound are Brendon Reilly, who was sorely hampered by a back strain last seasong Bob Slattery, no relation to Dave , and Irv Rudman, the scholar athlete of the squad. jim Gorman is holding forth at his old spot at the hot corner , and at present it looks as if Murphy and Dixon will round out the infield. Coach Fitzgerald has only one weak spot. His only first-string catcher is Ed Zawalich. Zowie is a capable receiverg but if anything should happen to him, the catch- ing problem would be a serious one. Larry Coslinear, who was a strong candidate for the Which? receiver's post until he suffered a broken thumb, will relieve the pressure greatly when he returns. As always, Latin appears to be a real threat. The Purple and White has a pitching staff far ahead of that of the average high school and packs plenty of power at the plate. Well, best of luck to Coach Fitzgerald, and may the team be City Champions by the time they read this. First Row lleft to rightl: Gorman, Kineavy, Sullivan, D. Slattery, Kruger, Rudman, Brosnahan. Second Row lleft to righti: Coach Fitzgerald, R. Slattery, Lee, Dickson, Greeley, R. Casey, Murphy, Redgate, Mgr. Third Row lleft to rightl: Connolly, Field, Powers, Powell, Casey, McDermott, Mgr. P.rgt' 7'z1'w1l'1-Ilvree