Central Catholic High School - Florentian Yearbook (Lawrence, MA)

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7 1 Qs Cgame Gbug 5 ltlrager DEAR COD: Help me to be a sport in this little game of life. l clon't ask for any place in the lineupg play me where you neecl me. I only ask for the stuff to give You a hunclrecl per cent of what l've got. If all the hard clrives come my way l thank You for the compliment. Help me to remember that You won't let any- thing come that You and l together can't handle. And help me to take the had breaks as part of the game. Help make me thankful for them. And, God, help me always to play on the square, no matter what the other players clo. Help me to come clean. Help me to see that often the best part of the game is helping other guys. Help me to be a 'regular fellow' with the other players. Finally, God, if fate seems to uppercut me with both hancls and l'm laid up on the shelf in sickness or old age, help me to take that as part of the game also, Help me not to whimper or squeal that the game was a frameup or that l had a raw deal. lxfhen in the dusk l get the -final bell, l ask- for no lying, compli- mentary stones. l'cl only like to know that You feel l've been a goocl guy. -Chaplairfs Digest 400 F'lEt1 I OURTUW f--21 fs fa. F-x .1- Q f

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- .. -N - .fl M -Jw THE Tr-:AM ' 5-Efm.t6LaZZ 7946-7947 Sports are unpredictable at times. Take the Cards and Red Sox for example. All pre-season dope had both clubs slated for top honors in their respective leagues. And at this June Writing both teams are snugly plant- ed in the second division for what looks like the duration. And so it Went with our gridiron heroes during the football season. Coach Hanley had quite a few of his veterans back. There were big Neil Twoniey, Roland Beaudoin, Gene Champagne and other seasoned griddcrs who figured in the successful 1945 season. Backs like Miles Moran, Herve Gallant and Jack 'Connors seemed slated to carry on the touchdown pa- rade of the year before. Recruits were plentiful, over one hundred and thirty boys turning out to try for a berth on-what was supposed to be the team in Central's history. Coach Hanley was back with his two-team system which had proved so practical and so successful the previous year. Yeah! it looked good. And the boys looked good in their pre-season tuneups with Leominster and Lowell High. But then something happened. You can never quite put your 'finger on those things in sports, but injuries crop up, regulars deve-