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

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Lefl to right: P. Hicks, D. Casey. ll. llrennan. ,l. Brown. .l. Nlaylum. Standing: Brother Alban. ftloderalorz R. NlcKenna. B. Buckley. H. Dupont. E. Paslnack. Tennis F the many w ar casualties among sports the game of Tennis can be listed as ,tae fore- giving .mlt re maturity to an unusually young Q . Q group ayers. Q1 most. Vllith lack of equipment and incehtiye ol if f' Q V organized play and leadership from oldeg clulm Q Sllf iaitgg gf' Very few malfflws were players who were in the service. the ganniaiiong wagfglll 'fmlell nl the lflll allfl wllll School boys had died Om, ded experlen and training ylctol-les were , . . , 5 ,.lA liy ed over teams that had been triumphant ear- Poreseemg a renewal of interest in in the Spring. Wfith the C1056 of fall practice the state after the w ar. La Salle in the spring of? 1946. started to revive the game at the school. ,fin mid-lYovemlJer. a seasoned group. with Ber- nard Dupont and Earl Pashack representing the gi with a 1-all for candidates who wished to School in the first doubles- playing the Om, and the game. Since at the time in question. tlrgf f were Ito tennis players in the school. atterition was given primarily to Freshmen lJlay'e1'sfs'i QQ25 about two seasons would he necessary to ge-v representative players. if two positions respectively. were ready for the 133' . . . spring campaign. Bill Buckley played the num- lxer three position and the second douhles team was taken care of hy Bill Brennan and Dan Casey. who also played the fourth and fifth A Of the candidates showing the most ptrdigiiseg A35 positions on the team. The third doubles team ,Q 3 Bernard Dupont. Bill Brennan. jerry Broiign ridge!! was made up of Pete l-licks and Jerry Brown its Bill Buckley. at present all Sophomoresi wire f1,, th reseryes ,lohn Maytum and Bob McKenna. kept as members of the squad, along withigi l f , iusual promise is shown by two Freshmen. Pashack. Pete Hicks and Dan Casey. ,lui red Abboud and Fred Steiubrenuef' One Hundred Forty-three

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ln an exciting game on the La Salle court, De La Salle of Newport, Class A Champions of 1946-47, downed a hard fighting Maroon quin- tet, 35-34. It was not until nine games later, when the Maroon again met De La Salle, that the former was defeated. This eight game winning streak aided the La Salle hoopsters in achieving their record of thirteen and five for the League competition. Returning to the floor after a low-scoring first period, the Maroon basketeers dubbed an under- dog Mount Pleasant High team, 55-24. Although every member of the second and third team After having won eight games consecutively, the La Salle team had to face the Class A lead- ers in one of the most thrilling games of the season. Although the Crusaders won 46-39, no one was quite sure who would come out on top until the final whistle. This setback evidently was no source of discouragement to the Maroon, since they came out of the suceeding three games leading by twenty points or more. The first of these victims was Mount Pleasant. After five minutes of play, there was not much ques- tion who would be victorious. The score was 52-25. The other two victims of this three game victory streak were East Providence, 47-27, and Hope High, 63-41. ln both these games the de- was used extensively, the score mounted to largest compiled by the Maroon squad this sea- son. With this previous game as an inspiration, the O,Crady-Donaldson coached five topped a ragged East Providence team, 50-20, in the La Salle gym. Bob Choiniere and Joe Blain did the scoring, while Lefty McGowan managed the playmaking. Led by co-captain Bob Choiniere, who tallied thirteen points, the Maroon easily overcame Hope by the comparatively high score of 43-32. Cafferty, Blain, McGowan, Renehan and Har- rington were others on the La Salle squad who countered against the Blue and White. ln the following game the 'LSwish Kidsn rolled up a margin in the first three periods high enough to carry them to a 33-35 victory over Cranston. lohn Shea sparked the Maroon attack with bril- liant hook-shots scored at opportune times. By defeating Rogers 34-27, and Pawtucket West 46-29, La Salle ended the first round of their campaign. At this point they had secured an undisputed hold on second place in the Rhode Island lnterscholastic Class A League. Two more victories, one over Pawtucket East. 36-22, and the other over the Black and Cold of Central. who had defeated the Maroon previously. 23-20. all but clinched a playoff berth for the O'Grady- men. fensive work of Roy Delaney was instrumental in assisting the Maroon have possession of the ball three-quarters of the playing time. The terriffic strain under which the La Salle squad had been playing became apparent in the next two games, dropping one to Cranston, 34- 19. The victors led all the way in this rather low-scoring game. Rogers was the other victor over the O'Gradymen, scoring 44 points to the Maroon 31. Although his team was defeated, Vin Callogly livened the contest throughout the whole game with well-executed defensive and offensive play. Closing the season by successfully defeating a team which had never, up to this year, been eliminated from the playoffs . . . Pawtucket West, 43-29 . . . the O'Crady-Donaldson-coached team held undisputed possession of third place in the lnterscholastic League and a chance to win the State Championship. Vlfe of the senior class are very grateful to Coaches Dan O7Grady and ,lim Donaldson, Moderator Brother Francis, Manager Robert Walsh, and all the players for the time and effort they spent to bring honor and distinc- tion to La Salle. We also wish to express our gratitude to those members of the senior class who participated in this sport . . . Robert Choin- iere, Joseph Blain, John Shea, Vincent Callogly, and Roy Delaney . . . and we hope that they will be successful in later life. One Hundred Forty-one