Mount St Charles Academy - Excelsior Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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lfl fI 6Llflfllfl,l 6L BASKETBALL This year's hoopsters under the direction of Brother Elisee thundered down the court for a thrilling season which culmin- ated in a championship crown which rested on the heads or 'Williams and his team-mates. Fifty-one's basketballers all showed plenty of pep and hustle while on the court, and the first tive teams which figured in the play-offs were really de- serving ot the laurels bestowed on them, for their fighting spirit and a fine brand of play. Those who follow in '52 will have quite a mark to equal, a mark set by a swell bunch of fellows and a credit to the Academy. ALI.. STAR lst Team 2nd Team R. F. I. Colucci R. Forand L. F. B. Cummings W. Logue C. M. Connolly R. Bernard L. G. K. St. Peter I. Connors R. Cr. I. Williams R. Quiery IN OUR OPINION Best Bebounder: Bernard Best Accuracy: I. Colluci Best Playmalcer: Williams r Best Driver: Connolly Most Aggressive: Cummings TEAM CAPTAIN STAND. Eagles Williams I Spartans Bernard 2 Navy Tatro 3 Dodgers St. Peter 4 Celtics Cummings 5 Crusaders Forand 6 Army Donahue 7 Pirates Connors 8

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.xdffgar .szicfioho or 550 R. Cummings, End: A. Fitzgerald, Tackleg R. Bernard, Guard, M. Connor, Centerp H. Gel- ineau, Guard: L. Lansa, Tackle: R. Forand, Endg l. Connors, Quarterback, K. St. Peter, Left Half- Eaclip E. Hicks, Fullback, W. Paquin, Right Half- ac . DO YOU REMEMBER 1. Ed Hicks' never say die spirit? 2. Lefty Forand's clinching the championship game by recovering a costly fumble? 3. Colucci's 60-yard dash to the paydirt stripes? 4. Iim Connors' 75 yarder against St. Pats of Boston? Under the careful guidance of the Reverend Brother Michael, the intramural football for '50 got off to a roaring start. Guided by Ed. Hicks, Boston College annexed the championship crown. ln the runner-up position Was Holy Cross, paced by Captain Bud St. Peter. In num- ber three spot Was Notre Dame captained by lim Connors. lt was a tight contest right to the Wire With every team giving its utmost. With Ed. Hicks' locomotive power on the ground, Paul Foley's slingshot arm, and Bingo Cum- mings' glue-tipped fingers, Boston College man-- aged to survive the constant threats of their op- ponents. With the superb playing of Captain Bud St. Peter and Bud Tatro, Holy Cross was able to capture second place. Iim Connors' Notre Dame eleven ended in the third position slightly behind Holy Cross. The best defensive players were Lefty Forand and Mike Connor. The best offensive players were Ed. Hicks and Bud Tatro. We sincerely hope that next year's football enthusiasts will come up to par with this year's gridiron greats.

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Emfaff VARSITY The Baseball team enioyed a pros- perous season winning ten while losing but four games. However, it had to be content with third place, finishing be- hind the state champions, Burrillville and Woonsocket. Composed mostly of luniors who gained valuable ex- perience during the campaign, the baseballers look ahead to an even more successful season. APRIL 2l: MSC 7, Pawt. Voc. 5 Lefty Bill Kann survived a rocky start to capture his first win, while the Mount stickers combined six hits for seven runs. APRIL 25: MSC 6, Cumb. 4 Behind Baillargeon's long-distance slugging and Kann's steady pitching, the Mounties shaded Cumberland. APRIL 28: MSC 7, Sacred Heart 3 Baillargeon continued his heavy hit- ting with a double and a triple. Rocky Lapierre's pitching held Sacred Heart to six scattered hits. MAY 3: MSC 16, Central Falls 8 Paul Gibbons with four hits, Bob Pel- oquin with three, and Gil Baillargeon with two were the chief malefactors from the C. F. viewpoint. MAY 5: MSC 6, Burrillville 14 Mount fell from the unbeaten ranks at Burrillville's precision attack. Mount errors aided their cause immeasurably. MAY 9: MSC lO, Woonsocket 2 R. Fortin playing his first game con- nected for three hits while Chico Amor and Baillargeon slashed out two apiece. MAY l2: MSC l8, Pawt. Voc. 4 Ben Gendron's fastball kept the base- paths free of enemy runners while he also sparked the Mount stickers with three hits, one of them a triple. MAY 23: MSC 5, Cumb. O Bob Peloquin collected 2 of the 8 hits for Mount while Cumberland amassed the unimposing total of 2 hits off Red's deliveries. MAY 22: MSC 9, Sacred Heart 15 Ineffective pitching proved the down- fall of the Saints as Sacred Heart solved the offerings of two Mount pitch- ers for 15 hits. MAY 25: MSC 9, Central Falls 3 Resnisky connected safely three times while Kann and Peloquin ac- quired two singles. MAY 3l: MSC 3, Burrillville 8 Pete Cavanaugh allowed no Mountie to collect more than one hit. IUNE 2: MSC 3, Woonsocket 17 1 Baillargeon and Peloquin were the only successful Mount stickers, each getting two hits. IUNE 7: MSC 4, No. Prov. l The Mounties concluded their carn- paign in a successful fashion as they bested No. Prov. 4-l. Kann struck out 9 to run his season's total to lOl.