Dorchester High School for Boys - Red and Black Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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FOOTBALL SQUAD After a Billy McDonald kickoff, the Technical boys tried to pull themselves together, but the Bed and Black line would only give them seven yards on three plays, and again they were forced to punt. Even this strategy was of no avail for Livingstone ran the ball back thirty yards to put Dunbar deep in enemy territory on the Tech 30 yard line. A clipping penalty sent the Red and Black to the 45 and from there Milano cut through tackle to hit pay dirt from 45 yards out. Sheehan's place-kick was then blocked during the few seconds remaining in the first period. In the second chapter the Blue and Buff took to the air, but again were forced to punt before reaching midfield. From its own 45, Dorchester started another sustained scoring drive which faded on the Technical 18 yard line as the first half ended. The Red and Blackis final touchdown was scored on a fluke at the start of the third period. Bill McDonald,s beautiful kickoff rolled into the Tech end zone, and, as the receivers stood around gaping at the loose ball, Frank Trecarichi pounced on it to give the Dunbarites a surplus touchdown. This time Dick Sheehan split the uprights and Dorchester had its 19-0 lead which was nurtured to the gameis end. 42 RED AND BLACK Tech could make no more headway in the time remaining as the Red and Black reserves took over, and to be more exact the only time the Blue and Buff was able to cross midfield offen- sively was late in the fourth period. DORCHESTER 13 - LATIN 13 Dorchester High met Boston Latin at Fens Stadium in one of the hardest fought contests of the year which resulted in a 13-13 deadlock. Latin drew first blood in the opening quarter by capitalizing on one of its own mistakes. A bad pass from center on fourth down, with ten yards to go, was converted into a first down by Ed Dempsey who ran 12 yards to the Red and Black 34 yard line. On the next play, Markoff skirted left end and went all the way for the touchdown. Dorchesteris first tally came midway in the second chapter as Milano ploughed over from the one foot line. This score was set up by the same Milanois 29 yard run for a first down on the Latin 17. After Don MacDonald raced to the Eve yard line on an end around play, it took halfback Milano two plays to hit pay dirt. Dick Sheehan place-kicked the extra point and the teams were tied.

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5' i i f , CL.xss OFFICERS -Star Athletes Bill Cahill, President Lawrence Bushey. Sc'creta1'y-Treasure1 DORCHESTEB 13 - ENGLISH 6 By capitalizing on early scoring opportunities, Dorchester won its first game over English High since 1941. Star halfback, Vinnie Milano, led the Red and Black to its third consecutive victory of the season. Early in the first period an English scoring drive was halted when Milano intercepted an aerial and ran it back to his own 43 to launch Dorchesteris initial touchdown surge. With Milano and Livingstone alternating the ball tot- ing, the Red and Black marched 58 yards to score. After racking up a first down on the Blue and Blue 21, Dorchester pulled the favorite i'Button- hookv play. Milano passed to end Don Mac- Donald, just over the scrimmage line, and the later lateraled to quarterback Larry Bushey who scampered the remaining yards for the tally. Reliable Dick Sheehan then converted the seventh point. In the second stanza, an English fumble on its own 40 yard line set up the final Dorchester score, Frank Trecarichi ate up ten yards and Milano and Bill McDonald banged to the 20. From there Milano swept his right end to the three-yard line. Then Dorchester was penalized five yards for taking too much time. At this point Don MacDonald carried on an end-around to score the second and clinching Dunbar touchdown. Sheehan's placekick was blocked with the result that the Red and Black led 13-0 as the first half ended. The English running attack began to roll early in the third period, when john Sylvester broke through guard and sped 48 yards to the Dor- chester eight, before being overtaken and hauled down by Frank Trecarichi, thus saving a touch- down. The Red and Black line held and gained the ball on downs. The Blue and Blue finally scored in the fourth period. After marching 45 yards, Joe Lousasa- rian raced 15 yards around the left flank to end the English scoring for the day. English took to the air late in the final chapter, hut the Dorchester defense tightened up to put an end to any other offensive attempt on the part of the desperate English cohorts. DOBCHESTER 19 -BOSTON TECH 0 YVith the combination of quick opening plays and an unyielding forward wall, Dorchester was able to roll over a determined Technical eleven which had plenty of spirit. By scoring two quick touchdowns in the first quarter, the Bed and Black coasted along to an easy 19-0 win. Dorchester started its offensives early by march- 35 yards down-field immediately after the open- ing kickoff. Milano finally was forced to punt from Tech 46. At this point, however, the boys from intown showed their manners by giving the ball right back to Dorchester as Captain Billy Cahill jumped on a fumble just inside Technicalis 20 yard line. Dunbar was sent to the 47 by virtue of two holding penalties in a row. Bill McDonald got 22 yards back by racing through tackle to the 25. Milano picked up five to the 20 and then passed fifteen yards to Don MacDonald for a first down on the Blue and Buff Hve yard line. Two plays later Stan Living- stone went over from the three to give Dor- chester a six point lead as Sheehanis following conversion attempt was blocked. RED AND BLACK 41

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The purple and White surged back, but the scoring drive was halted when pivot man, Dave NValsh, intercepted an aerial on his own 15 yard line in the waning minutes of the first half. Early in the third period, after the Purple and NVhite had marched 40 yards downfield, nimble A'Snowball,' VValsh again halted the advance by pouncing on a Latin fumble on the Dorchester 38 yard line. Thereupon, Dorchester started forward on its second scoring offensive as the elusive Milano racked up a first down on the Latin 47. On the next play Herring Mac- Donald faded and threw a long pass meant for flanker Bill Cahill who was pushed by a Latin defender, and as a result the ball was given to Dunbar on the opponents' 15 yard line. After quarterback Larry Bushey carried for three, Milano broke through to the two yard line for another first down. Dorchester then gained the temporary lead when fullback Stan Living- stone went over from the two. Dick Sheehanis placement was wide. Vin Milano, whose broken Held running was superb, helped to bog down the Purple and NVhite attack by means of his excellent punting and quick-kicks. Latin was finally able to tie the game in the fourth quarter by blocking one of Milanois punts deep in Dorchester territory and marching 25 yards on four plays, with fullback Monafo buck- ing over for the score from two yards out. The Latin conversion was too low, and the dayfs scoring was over. Both teams took to the air in the little time that remained, but neither could threaten the goal line. DOBCHESTER 13 - B. C. HIGH 6 The high-fiying Red and Black clinched the Boston Conference title by defeating a hard- fighting and determined B. C. High squad to the tune of 13-6, in a thriller to end all thrillers. XVith its tricky offense running in high gear, Dorchester racked up all its points in the Hrst quarter, and held off a late B. C. scoring drive for the victory. It looked like another one of the Eaglets' scoring romps as they marched 60 yards soon after the opening kickoff for their touchdown. Doyle and Cussen, the two flashy B. C. halfbacks, alternated the ball toting which was climaxed by Cussen's three yard plunge for the tally. B. C. Highis early lead was short lived, how- ever, as Dunbar started to roll, and six plays later the score was tied. Vin Milano ignited the spark by racing 35 yards for a first down on the Maroon and Cold 10 yard line. Thereupon, Dv CLUB BED AND BLACK 43