La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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ttf f 2 oorxr ggaxlgmbagg and YMHITE 5 Zlnhnnr RESH from our victories of the cross- country season, our attention was centered 1 upon the indoor campaign. While our cross-country stars were taking a three weeks rest their long season, particular attention was to the members of the track squad who had on the football team. lnterclass meets of va- after paid been rious kinds were held on the outdoor board track, while the squads in the field events were working out daily. Soon after the Christmas vacation the whole squad was brought together for simultaneous train- ing and the checkup revealed that over I25 were on the squad. In previous years Providence boasted of only two indoor meets. By careful planning, a schedule of six indoor meets was finally arranged. Our fame as a power in cross-country soon reached distant parts, and, accordingly, we were invited to participate in indoor meets in both Boston and New York. For lack of funds we passed up the New York trips, and accepted two invitations to 'frank compete in Boston. Never before did La Salle travel to Boston for an indoor meet. The first meet was the Knights of Columbus Games in the Boston Garden. Not having scho- lastic events on the program, we competed with the local A. A. U. stars. Each member of the regular squad took out his A. A. U. card. Mc- Manus was entered in the three-quarter-mile run and finished in tenth place, out of a field of more than 75 mature men, many of whom were stars from the various colleges. Besides, it was Mc- Manus' first appearance in an indoor meet. Mac- Dougald was entered in the A. A. U. High Jump Championship. Like McManus, he was the only high school boy entered in this event. He jumped 5 feet, 4 inches. It was a good showing, consider- ing the sort of competition he was facing. Mullen, our star high jumper of the previous year, was also entered but could not train regularly, owing to his practicing with the basketball squad. Our next meet was a triangular meet, staged in the local Y. M. C. A. gymnasium between La 72

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ill - - 2 . FA 1 A 1 Eg QON and WHITE 5 inning he gave way to Tom Daley, who pitched fine ball for the remainder of the affair. Our boys batted around once without placing a man on base. On the second time around, however, Kipper Kearns solved the phantom pitcher for a single, and from then on we were started. The Bristol boys had had the jump on our team and, try as we would, it was unsurpassable. We made a gallant bid to come away victorious in the ninth inning, scoring five runs, but we were stopped before the score was evened. Although somewhat disheartened by this de- feat, the boys engaged in a special practice session with B 6: S. We easily conquered the business school and stopped counting at 9-l. St. Raphael's was our next opponent, and Bill lVlcGroarty led the attack. Unfortunately, however, we were defeated by a 6-0 score. Both teams connected for five hits, but as luck would have it we were hitting at the wrong time. Cap- tain lVlcArdle connected twice out of four trips to the plate, and handled six grounclers without an error. Meeting, St. Peter's High School at Wor- cester, we turned the former Catholic High School Champions back by a 7-2 score. The game was a thriller from start to Hnish. Never once did Tom Daly, on the mound for our Alma Mater, relent. The team worked with a certain pep that was lacking in the other games. Ah, Ha! we're on the right path. Cumberland High School followed next on our schedule. We journeyed over the pike to meet the boys and it was just a case of fattening our batting averages. At the close of the en- counter the score book showed a victory, 23-2. Scoring in every inning of the game, which only went seven, our fellows toyed with their oppon- ,i ...-....l. ...Y J..- , ent. Conley, doing his turn on the hill, allowed but two hits, while every one in the line-up hit, our aggregation totaling I9 in all. Ryan led the batting with three out of four, while lVlcArdle, Clabby and Daley batted 500 per cent. The New Bedford Textile team was our next victim, and victim it was. It was another clouting fest with Ryan and Clabby, our timely timers with the timbers, who biffed the old bean bag all over our lot. Bill lVlcGroarty did mound-duty and allowed but five hits. ln the opening frames we piled up tallies enough to rest in the final innings. Besides Clabby and Dan Ryan, our Captain lVlcArdle and Tom Daley turned in fine fielding features. l . L... hte di: 71

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me-N E E 5 Q - E E OON EEQJXMJI-st? and XVI-IITE 5, - Salle, Cranston High and the Y. M. C. A. jun- iors. This meet was arranged as a sort of tryout so we entered a full squad, consisting of 40, in the various events. The squad, consisting chiefly of green, untried material, and lacking experience, placed third, being beaten by the Y Juniors and Cranston High School. In this meet the per- formances of Ray McManus were outstanding. He won the 600-yard Championship as well as the 300-yard Championship. Phil Kelly placed second in the standing broad jump by a leap of 8 feet, Il inches. Keane and Lunt placed third and fourth, respectively, in the l2-pound shot put, while the 600-yard relay team placed second. Kelly also placed second in the 20-yard dash. MacDougald placed second in the high jump. This completed our scoring ability. The showing of Dooley, a Freshman, in the 20-yardg Comu- nale in the broad and 20-yard dash: Mullen in the high jump: M.cCarthy in the shotg Laureau, Russell and Barrie in the 600-yard, were also features, and all gave promise for the future. On the following Saturday, we astounded our followers by our quick reversal to form, when We placed third in the R. I. High School Champion- ships. This meet was sponsored by the local Y. M. C. A. for the championship of Rhode Island. We again entered a full squad, and among the I4 schools entered we placed third after being in second position during the entire meet up to the relay, 'which was the last event on the program. The juggling of the baton by one of our men caused us the loss of the relay and also the championship. ln this meet McManus won the l000-yard championship as well as the 600-yard champion- ship. Lareau, Russell and Barrie also showed up well, placing in the scoring column. Kelly again scored in the broad jump and 20-yard dash, while MacDougald placed third in the high jump. Mul- len, Dooley, Comunale, Lunt, Carroll and Mc- Carthy showed up well in their respective events. Then came our second invasion of Boston to participate in the Boston A. A. Interscholastic Meet. Here we had to compete with the cream of the athletic world, viz., Newark Prep, Exeter, Andover, Laurenceville, Newton High, etc. Mc- Manus was entered in the l000-yard run. At starting time, we found that 52 were entered in the event on a l30-yard track, so he was with- drawn, for fear of possible injuries. The event was Won in 2 minutes, 46 seconds. McManus had been doing 2:35 in practice on our outdoor board track. We also entered the l2-lap relay, each man to run 390 yards. Upon arriving in Boston, we discovered the event was changed to 260 yards per man. We placed second but would have won the event, had we been notified of the change in distance, for we would have brought faster men. At this time La Salle was angling to stage its first lnterscholastic Indoor Meet, open to all the schools of the State. Having received permission from the State, final permission was denied by the Armory authorities because of the fact that La Salle was a private organization. Instead the Ar- mory Athletic Association staged a meet for the R. I. Conference Schools. All the Conference schools are high schools. Somehow Moses Brown, a prep school and not a member of the Conference, was allowed to enter under protest. In this meet La Salle astounded the local natives by placing two points behind Moses Brown School. The local newspapers remarked our improve- ment by referring to La Salle as follows: The vastly improved La Salle Academy track team threw a scare into the followers of Moses Brown 73