Portsmouth Abbey School - Raven Yearbook (Portsmouth, RI)

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BASEBALL . . Seated: Seymour, Fitzgerald, O'Sullivan, Capt. J. Bizzozero, O'Hearn, Hogan, Taftg Stami- ing: Mgt. D. Sheehan, Boland, Flanagan, Goetz, Hammel, DeSpoelberch, Coyle, Dalton, Coach Hewitt. Trying to write a little essay on the 1952 baseball season, that has barely begun, is not an easy matter. The first call for candidates brought forth a very large group and it has really been a difficult task to name a first squad in such a short time. We have several returning veterans from last yearls squad, but we are going to need ,pitchers badly. Rumor has it that several new men in the school are real players, if we can get some good weather we shall soon find out. I am looking to Captain joe Bizzozero to have a fine season, and if O'Sullivan, O'Hearn, Goetz, and Boland can come through on the mound, we should do well enough. Fred Coyle, a good catcher, is back with usg first base is open, but we may see George Hammel at that spot. I am hoping for a few good hitters to help us in getting the necessary base hits. The season is long with twelve games scheduled. I hope that we can have a better season than we have hadin the past. COACH HEWITT

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SOCCER. . . Seatezl: Mitchell, Pavani, Hill, Capt. Suarez, Dominguez, Connell, D. Sullivan, K1zeefing.' Hamilton, Johnson, Dalton, Duenas, Mathies, Urrutia, N. Childs, R. Healy, T. Regaladog Stfzfzding' Mgr. Carmody, Remick, Wi. Fisher, Wa. Fisher, Kenney, Murphy, Lavedan, Leone, Shepherd, Burke, Coach Abbot Williams. It is pleasant to be able to claim that the season of 1951 was the best ever in the annals of Portsmouth Priory School. Wlnen the autumn term opened it was quite evident that the ground on which soccer had been played during the previous season was not going to be available. The news that the baseball area would be used was not greeted with any great enthusiasm. However, it soon became evident that, whatever drawbacks this change entailed, there was a most valuable compensating feature, a considerably increased playing space. Un- doubtedly this factor, in conjunction, of course, with the presence in the soccer squad of a dozen or more experienced players, acquiring all the time ever greater skill and strength, accounts for the consistently high standard of play and for the satisfactory results achieved. The season opened with a victory over a rather weak Browne 8z Nichols, but that happened before! Then came the first, bitter quarter at Fall River, and worst fears seemed to be confirmed. Thenceforward, however, Portsmouth soccer moved on a higher plane than ever before to the climax of that thrilling double victory at St. Georgels which brought the season to a triumphant close. It is not indeed a saga of absolute conquest-such things do not happen overnight. Twice the result was a tie when victory could have been assured early in the game, and, although it was no mean achievement to have held Diman Vocational to a tie here at Portsmouth, there is still something lacking. Too often the well-developed movement has failed to achieve its objective, a goalg sometimes it has been bad markmanship, sometimes the failure to shoot with determination at the psycho- logical moment, sometimes alas! the whistle for Hoff-siden. . . and not because the referee had made a mistake! The outstanding players in an exceptionally good First String were the skill- ful and energetic pivot of the side, Luis Suarez, that flashing figure on the right wing, Jorge Urrutia, and the alway efficient and frequently brilliant last pillar of defence, james Murphy CoAcH ABBOT AIDAN WILLIAMS