John Bapst High School - Bapstonian Yearbook (Bangor, ME)

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COMING THROUGH Edgar Lamb ducks beneath the outstretched arms of a would-be tackler after taking a pass from Fran Herbert. Bapst took this one 20-12, finding, thur tladltlonal lnal The x 1 1 us flom Wes ern Mdlnc 1 tough te im to beat Q 4. ,PUT Awlhlldlae -X TI INSI MOMENT Clonlu finds h Sta 0 Champs III 1 clltxcal polnt IH the lmpoxtdnt gamc xuth Chexerus Thx one questlon ln hls mlnd IS xxhcthu hls telm Null pull thlough xxlth another XICUDTY under thelr q Q Thox cu

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Brewer Scared Us . . . CLEARING A P-XTH Fran clears the way through the NX rtches defense llne as Bllly McCann comes whrzlng through w 1th the ball Brewer gawe Bapst a hard trmr but the Broadway boys came through wrth a 70 1 xrctorx xrctorx to the Crusaders The Irrsh offense netted ,lb x 1 or r mound agarnst 191 for the I ams Cushrng Herbert Callant and Mc Cann tore off huge chunks of xard age whrle Brlln Qurnn stole the spot lrght wlth hrs exccptronal lrne plan A strong Car drner Hrgh team gave Bapst rts strongest tussle of the sea through on the long end of a 13 6 score The Crusaders were outclassed rn the first perrod and trarled bv a touchdown Howexer good runs bx Callant clrmaxed bx McCanns 25 yard touchdown dash exened the score at the half wav mark Shortlv after the second half was underway the Crusaders scored ua a Callant to Lamb pass Cushrng rushed the extra pornt and Bapst was ahead to stav Svc strarght wrns the Penobscot Vallex Conference trlt and the rnter crtx flag came srmultanrouslx to the Crusaders as thev pulled out a 20 15 declsron or er the Brew er Wrtches In a game consrdercd to be the out standrng contest seen rn these parts rn 1948 the Crusaders came from be hrnd wrth a last mrnute surge of power to crpturc xrctorw A 63 yard run br Cx I allant scored the tu st srx pornts four plays after the openlng w hrstle Joe Cushrng went off tackle to put the Irrsh two touchdowns rn front as the quarter ended Brewer scorcd a safetv when a Bapst punt was blocked behrnd the goal In the second half the Wrtchcs struck hard tos to pull to the front But Bob Ste fanskr recovered a fumble and Cal lant tossed the w rnnrng tallx rnto the hands of Jack Tr emble Bapst hopped then hlghest and hardest hurdle br defeatrng Cheve rus Hrgh of Portland rn a nrght game at Brewer 20 1.2 The determrned Irrsh appeared lrke mrdgets along s1de therr foes but hung up to therr newer sav dre sprrrt they Dut up a tremendous battle to clmch the game The runnrng of Cx Callant and the pass recerwrng of Wm Thrbodeau w ere outstandrng both of whom scored touchdowns along wrth Fran Herbert In then last game the Crusaders w er e held to a 7 7 tre bw an underdog W aterxrlle eluen The Panthers were realls up for thrs one In the A l ' A 4 - m - 1 v y- x 1 x ' V ' v ' ' ,- Y' - . . . 1 . v . ' 3 , . v 3 . v x . L. , .U 1 '-K . , . .2 ., U , .li A ': . 1 1 If ' jzrds 1 thx ' I 1 ' ' ' ' ' 7 , I ' ' . V- . . 1 - Q 9 7 9 .' I ' ,N Y I J I . v V 1 - ' ' . V. . L . . 7. k , .1 v A Q I 1 I 1 . v ' ' - . ' V - Y I son, the Broadway Irish slipping scoring in the thrrd and fourth can- 1 ' 1 V v L I I - ' - ' . ' v' ' r ' Y 7 v 1 1 -Y 7 'I ' . ', 7 , . . . I 1 .7 ' ' ' ' - I I . 7 - S . u Y Z I . . . Y I . I 7 - v as , , ' fy ' ' 1 - ' . 'A u . . . D ' .Y Y 4 , K , I ' S ' . . ' X ' - ' ' ' 1 1 . s - 7 r' I 1 . j. . g Y Q , I .

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W , R' HX6' X, K., 1,1-2... 'faQ't?iaf,f1,. xii: ,.,.gv1,+C'-,pq 'f 9321-v PURPLE POWERHOUSE . . . Coach Nat Crowley looks over four of his men who supplied plenty of the dynamite to help blast the way to an undefeated grid season. In front, left to right tackle Frank Julian, All- Eastern Maine end Ed Lambg the dangerous-looking pair in the background are All-State backs Billy Mc- Cann and Joe Cushing. WORKING THEM OUT Nat Crowley diagrams one of his tactical maneuvers which helped to fool his op- ponents during the '48 cam- paign. 1 I ,S No Work 000 second quarter Cushing intercepted a Waterville pass at mid-field to start a scoring march that ended in a touchdown pass from Cushing to Ed- gar Lamb. Although the Crusaders played their hearts out, they were unable to break the deadlock. The Fighting Irish, however, had an ex- cellent record, completing their sec- ond undefeated season in three years.