Malden Catholic High School - Lance / Hi Way Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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friends encouraged us . . . Raise the roof. Major games were preceded with a student rally in Columbus Hall. The Vagabonds supplied the mu¬ sic, Brother Evangelus M. C. ' ed the event, and the students yelled themselves hoarse as they cheered and sang. Cheer, cheer! Whenever the cheerleaders called for a cheer or the Vagabonds started a 11 song, the cheering section aug¬ mented by the girls ' school gave out with deafening blasts. If the leaders or band were slow in starting, the students carried on without them. What a gang these loyal rooters are. Count off. Pep for a crucial game called for a parade from the school to the field. Baton- ner Boudreau blazed the way for the Vagabonds and student body who warmed up with cheers and songs as they marched along. ( 29 )

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At each milestone Pepper-uppers. Whether a touchdown or a first down was needed these cheerleaders were giving with the pep. Kneeling: Tom Fahey and Captain Jim¬ my McIntyre. Standing: Eddie Roach, Donnie Gill, Jackie Lane and Bill Daughan. WEST SIDE A. A. A salute to the West Side A. A. for taking care of the finan¬ cial side of athletics at M. C. During its sixteen years the club has spent about $16,000 annually in the providing of a field, clubhouse, coaches, e- quipment and collegiate schol¬ arships. Very little of this mon¬ ey has been paid out for labor as the members also do the most of the work. In addition to this the members also raise the greater part of this annual expenditure through their own time and efforts. The unselfish spirit of the Club has been the key to the athletic successes of the school teams. ■■■ Kf § S 1 1 tjm Backer-uppers. Seated: President Barry, Vice- president Doherty, Treasurer Rice and Secre¬ tary McBride. Standing: Brother John Ed¬ ward, John Hughes, Doctor Bennett, John Shea, Louis Blais, Thomas Gilligan and Brother Mar¬ shal. ( 28 )

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Throw him out. And that ' s what Medford ' s 39 had to do to prevent Eddie Norton from pick¬ ing up more yardage on a right end sweep. ( 30 ) First row: Coach Bill Grant, C. Hallice, R. Grant, J. Sasso, R. Mallon, Co-capt. Norton, Co-capt. Malatesta, A. Pallotta, D. O ' Brien, K. Sheehan, assistant coach Buckley. Second row: G. McGonagle, T. Kelley, D. McGonagle, J. Hallice, T. Quinn, A. Beresford, T. Lloyd, R. Rucci, R. Forget, M. Long. Third row: R. Wil¬ kins, P. Curry, G. Lynch, R. Breen, W. Gerety, W. Sel¬ lers, J. Murphy, D. McCullough, B. Taracevicz. Fourth row: R. Edwards, R. Santo, D. Goggin, V. Fusco, E. Allard, D. Hurley, P. Conlin, R. Cavanaugh. That all good things must come to an end proved true as M. C. ' s mon¬ opoly was broken for the first time in the league after amassing a string of fifteen consecutive titles. Injuries suf¬ fered in the Everett game proved the turning point. Even in defeat, Malden Catholic displayed tremendous spirit. Senior co-captains Norton and Mala¬ testa were the steadying powers for this green team. Catholic High opened the season with a scoreless tie against a favorite Medford High. Non-veterans Hallice and Pallotta did well in the line. All- Catholic Dan Hurley played his usual fine game. Quarterback Grant kept the team in the game with his daring work in the quarterback slot. Travelling to Springfield, M. C. pinned a 21-12 defeat on Cathedral with first half touchdowns by Norton, Malatesta and Mallon. They hung on desperately in the second half while an aroused Cathedral scored twelve points. At New Bedford the team was held scoreless in the first half but clicked to a 20-0 victory in the second-half with Grant throwing to Gerety, Wilkins and Pallotta for three scores. Mallon and Norton put on fancy running ex- There were times