Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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Quincy High School Bradford Library THE GOLDEN-ROD 27 agcmcnt from the cheering section the ball was carried for a touchdown and the extra point added. The team as a whole played good foot- ball. There were, of course, a few breaks for both teams, which is usually the way in all games. English High received its break when a punt was fumbled and lost by Quincy, which proved fatal. Toward the end of the game Quincy High secured its break when English High fumbled and the ball was recovered by a Quincy play- er, which started a march for a touch- down. Both sides had a cheering section to help encourage the players to fight and win. Melrose 7—Quincy 0 Quincy High received its third defeat of the season from Melrose, October 2, at Melrose. Acting Captain McGrane won the toss and chose to kick off. After an exchange of punts Melrose gained possession of the ball in midfield and then with a couple of successful end runs put the ball on the 15-yard line. After a few unsuccessful attempts to dent Quincy’s line, a short pass from Sherman to Giovini carried the ball over for a touchdown. Peter, the Melrose quarterback, kicked the ball over for the extra point. Quincy again kicked off and with another exchange of punts the quarter ended. At the beginning of the second quarter Quincy recovered a fumble and after sev- eral successful off-tackle plays, attempted a drop kick which failed. In the third quarter neither side gained although Quincy kept the ball in Melrose territory. In the fourth quarter, with the ball on the 50-vard line, Quincy started a march down the field. A pass from Cameron to Reynolds netted a good gain. Then two more short passes from Cameron to Le- Cain brought the ball to the 15-vard line just as the game ended. Melrose—Giovini (Capt.), l.e.; More- head, l.t.; McKown, l.g.; McHugh, c.; Amazeen, r.g.; Means, Keating, O’Leary, r.t.; Pipe, Johnson, r.e.; Peter, q.b.; Sherman, r.h.b.; Simpson, Spadafora, l.h.b.; Delaney, f.b. Quincy—Smith, Zottoli, r.e.; Eaton, Crocker, r.t.; Freeman, Rossing, r.g.; Foy, Connors, c.; Sharkey, Berman, l.g.; Reynolds, Call, l.t.; S. MacLeod, LaCroix, he.; Cameron, q.b.; LeCain, B. MacLeod, r.h.b.; Reardon, Dcehan, l.h.b.; Mc- Grane, f.b. Quincy 13—Arlington 0 Quincy High won its first victory of the season by defeating the strong Arling- ton eleven at Pfaffman’s Oval on Satur- day, October 9th. The first quarter was mostly a period of exchanging punts. Carroll of Arling- ton got away for a gain of eight yards, but on the next play a bad pass nullified that gain and Arlington punted to Quincy. Dcehan carried the ball a few yards, then wisely punted. The rest of the quarter nothing of great excitement happened. In the second quarter Quincy rippedj?—Q off gains, varying from eight to ten yards, in a steady march down the field, and Le- Cain went over for a touchdown, Dcehan (J J then kicked the extra point. During the first part of the second half Quincy again started a march with Le- Cain featuring in a thirty-yard run. With the ball in the shadows of the Arlington goal posts, a forward pass was intercept- ed by an Arlington player, and the ball was then kicked to midfield. In the last quarter with the ball in Quincy’s possession, Deehan received a nasty gash under the right eye, but game- ly continued playing until he had carried across Quincy’s second touchdown. The kick for the extra point was blocked and the game soon ended. Jamaica Plain 7—Quincy 6 Quincy High lost a hard fought game by a small margin of one point to Jamaica Plain, Friday, October 15, at Pfaffman’s Oval. Blenue of Jamaica, who weighs about

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FOOTBALL Newton 3—Quincy 0 Edmund Carey, manager of the Quincy High football team, has announced the following schedule for this season: Sept. 18—Quincy High vs. Newton High at New- ton Sept. 24—Quincy High vs. English High at Quincy Oct. 2—Quincy High vs. Melrose High at Mel- rose Oct. 9—Quincy High vs. Arlington High at Quincy Oct. 15—Quincy High vs. Jamaica Plain High at Quincy Oct. 22—Quincy High 2nd vs. Braintree High at Braintree Oct. 27—Quincy High 2nd vs. Newton High 2nd at Quincy Oct. 30—Quincy High vs. Natick High at Natick Nov. 6—Quincy High vs. St. Mary’s High at Quincy Nov. 13—Quincy High vs. Dean Academy 2nd at Quincy Nov. 20—Quincy High vs. Brockton High at Brockton The prospects of a banner season in football this year were considered good, as there were nine letter men, with a number of other experienced players on the squad. Every game has been well fought and exciting. This year’s team is as follows: Quincy High opened its football season by losing to Newton, Sept. 18, at Newton by a score of 3-0. It was one of the best and hardest fought games our team hais ever played with Newton. The wonderful stonewall defense of Coach Mitchell’s “Granite City” eleven held the “Garden City” eleven from scoring at least three times when in the danger zone. Our team at times displayed good drives, and it made substantial gains, but could not get within scoring distance. The only score was made in the last period when Spain of Newton dropped back and kicked the ball between the up- rights, scoring for Newton the three points by which they beat us. Among those who watched the game were Captain Clement Coady of the Harvard varsity eleven, and Charles Line- ham, the Harvard scout. Quincy High players appeared in their new jerseys, which are blue with white numbers, and their stockings, which are also blue with white stripes. Everyone who attended the game saw a good brand of football and went away satisfied. Boston English 10—Quincy 7 No. Player 1. Dud Foy, Capt. 2. Jack Sharkey 3. Eaton 4. Bert MacLeod 5. Freeman 6. Berman 7. Lynch 8. Carullo 9. Lc Cain 10. McDonald 11. Bob Smith 12. LaCroix 13. Joe Reardon 28 No. Player 14. Red Connors 15. Bill Rossing 16. Don Cameron 17 Stan MacLeod 19. Holmquist 20. Baxter 21. Sullivan 22. Bob Zottoli 23. Deehan 24. Ray McGrane 25. Dick Reynolds 26. Ebby Colligan 27. Crocker Call ( ' Quincy High lost its second game of this season by losing to Boston English on September 26th, at Pfaffman’s Qval. English High got the jump on Quincy and piled up ten points before Quincy could get started. After a few minutes intermission our team went bfck to fight. The first one of our teanw arp to rush the ball was put outS f-cgmmission tem- porarily, but was soon pyt on his feet again by “Doc” Whiting. The fighting blood was then stirred, and with encour-

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28 THE GOLDEN-ROD 3 200 pounds, did the most rushing and gaining for the winners, while Bert Mac- Leod did the same for Quincy. In the first quarter a thirty-yard run by Blenus S a and a punt put the ball on Quincy’s goal line. Dechan then kicked the ball to mid- field where it stayed the rest of the period. The next quarter, with the good sup- port of the team, Blenus was able to carry the ball over for a touchdown. O’Keefe then kicked the ball for what proved to be the winning point. The following period the men of Mitch began to rally. A pass from Reardon to Bert MacLeod brought the ball up the field for twenty yards. A few more rushes with Bert MacLeod squirming beautifully and shaking off eager tacklers, consider- able yardage was gained. With the won- (J derful support of the team “Joe” Rear- 32 don carried the ball over for a touchdown. The extra point which was badly needed was lost when Reardon’s kick was hur- ried. in Braintree’s territory. However, just before the half ended another march was . started and with Holmquist and ClossonS—) carrying it alternately, the ball was ad- vanced to the Braintree eight-yard line, where Holmquist carried it over on an off-tackle play. The point after the touchdown was missed by Zanotti. Throughout the second half Quincy 2nd had considerable trouble stopping the Braintree captain, Hedland, who starred both on the defense and the offense. Quincy High 2nd—Sullivan, Morse, 1. e.; Carullo, l.t.; Zanotti, l.g.; Whitman, Sternberg, c.; Peterson, Antonelli, r.g.; Calyon r.t.: Bccman. Chu£l£aso» r.e.; Griffin, Closson, q.b.; Holmquist, Hoyle, l.h.b.; Closson, Hazberg r.h.b.; Capt. Baxter, Hart, f.b. Braintree High—William, Thomas, r. e.; Faranette, r.t.; Davis, Peck, r.g.; Beauregard, c.; Childs, Peterson, l.g.; Plummer, Thomas, l.t.; Luona, Burch, 1. e.; Ramquist, q.b.; Bain, Dexter, r.h.b.; Hurst, Collins, l.h.b.; Hedlund, f.b. Jamaica Plain—Condon, Colbert, l.t.; Holmquist, Heggie, l.g.; Cop, O’Brien, c.; Hilly, Kelly, r.g.; Stenson, r.t.; Sprague, r.e.; O’Keefe, q.b.; Sullivan, Pent, l.h.b.; Keyes, r.h.b.; Blenus, f.b. Quincy High—Zottoli, Smith, r.e.; Eaton, Crocker, r.t.; Freeman, Rossing, r.g.; Foy, Connors, c.; Sharkey, l.g.; Rey- nolds, Call, l.t.; S. MacLeod, l.e.; LeCain, q.b; B. MacLeod, r.h.b.; Dcehan, Rear- don, l.h.b.; McDonald, McGrane, Baxter, f.b. Quincy 2nd 6—Braintree 0 The first game of the year for the Quincy High 2nd team resulted in a vic- tory. The team deserves much credit for its work. Quincy 2nd started out by making a determined march, only to lose the ball Quincy 2nd 7—Newton 2nd 0 The Quincy 2nd team defeated the Newton second at Pfaffman’s Oval, there- by keeping up their good record. Our team was especially strong on off- tackle plays with Holmquist carrying the ball usually. The team had so much fight that most of the Newton plays were stopped before the runner got underway. The touchdown was scored by Holm- quist after a brilliant twenty-yard run. The point was kicked by Zanotti. Others who starred for Quincy were Morse, left end; Hoyle, half back, who intercepted two long forwards, and Captain Baxter. The Quincy goal line was never in dan- ger, whereas Newton’s goal line was with- in reach most of the time.