Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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minutes old when Ed Krupinsky fired a 17-yard pass to Bob Knight to put the ball on the five- yard line of New England. Jack Daly swept around right end on the next play to chalk up the first score. It was in the second quarter that Daly really ran wild. On the second play of that period the Floral Park product broke through the middle for seventy-five yards and St. Mike's third score. Again, just before the half ended, jackrabbit took a hand-off from Krupinsky and went fourteen yards to pay dirt. That is an indication of how the field as the Knights ran and passed for a total of one hundred and seventy-five yards. He person- ally gained a large percentage of the yardage and in the third quarter was the victim of a freak play which cost the team its last scoring opportu- nityf He took a pass from Krupinsky in the right flat and began a dash down the sideline with the field judge running neck and neck. When he had outdistanced the last Ace, the field judge bumped him, causing him to stumble and enabling the frantic pursuers to overtake him. Shining on the defense for the Knights were Conley and Klaess. boys spent the afternoon. The others who figured in the csoring were: Dennis, Krupinsky, Cole- man, Borzelleca, Tyl and Deignan. A.I.C. WEEK after the boys ran roughshod over New England they lost a squeaker to Amer- ican International College at Centennial Field in Burlington. A combination of bad breaks and the letdown after the previous week's spree spelled defeat for the Mikemen, the second and last of the season. A.I.C. snatched victory from defeat in pushing over their six-pointer. The Purple and Gold had the ball on the half-yard line of the Aces with first down and goal to go. In the next four downs they lost twenty-six and one-half yards plus the ball. From that point A.I.C. marched seventy- three yards for the only touchdown of the game. jack Daly was again the top performer on the For A.I.C., Santone, the hard-driving fullback, showed himself to be one of the best backs to appear on Centennial Field this season. His smashes through the line were instrumental in the score and his vicious tackles thwarted many a long march by the Purple Knights. N ORWICH HE finale of the season was played at North- field against the Cadets of Norwich in a Green Mountain Conference game. The skies were leaden and the field was wet and muddy, but despite these conditions, unfavorable to a passing game, the Knights countered three times via the air waves to defeat the stubborn Cadets, 19-O. A Krupinsky to Suzio pass late in the third period started the scoring, then in the last period Daly hit Krupinsky for six more. Conley to Wojciechowski ended the scoring for the '48 sea- son.

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LOWELL TECH N FRIDAY, October 8, the Mikemen jour- neyed to Lowell, Mass., to engage Lowell Textile under the arcs. The game was played in a downpour and the sloppy, muddy conditions kept the accurate arms of Ernie Despirito and Jack Daly under wraps all evening. The first half was quite dull, with neither team getting closer than the other's ten-yard line. In fact, Lowell failed to enter the Knight's territory and St. Mike's got to the Lowell fifteen in the first quarter and to the ten in the second. The second half, however, brought forth some action. Ernie Despirito intercepted a Lowell Tech pass on the Knights' thirty-six and raced it back sixty-four yards for the touchdown. After the kickoff the Purple bottled Lowell on their six- yard line and forced them to punt from the end zone. The ball carried to the forty-three where it was gathered in by Billy Hart and, with some key blocks, the little speedster went all the way for the second score of the evening. On the ground the Knights gained a total of two hundred and thirty-eight yards while failing to gain on four forward passes. Lowell was held to fifteen on the ground but picked up three first downs on three passes completed out of eight attempted. It was the play of Billy Hart which stood out in this game. He picked up ninety yards in four carries. In this game he lived up to the expecta- tions of those who saw him star with the freshman team of last year. f S ' a - f j? -A. on I - ,KA r rv V+' K lr , y X.. 5 r 'l U ' I 50 I ,tk ,, fl I ' Q 01 .M ul l 76 FORT DEVEN S N SATURDAY, October 16, the team jour- neyed to Rutland for the only night football game of the season in this state. This innovation, intended by the Doc for the benefit of St. Michaells southern Vermont fans, was a success in so far as the Purple Knights came off the field victorious. The game was a rough affair with both sides contributing their share to the general may- hem. The only touchdown of the evening came as a result of a prettily executed pass play from quarterback Despirito to fullback Conley, in the end zone. The play started on the nineteen-yard S.M.C. UVM First Downs ........ .... 5 11 Net Yds. Rushing .... .... 4 2 164 Net Yds. Passing . .. .... 63 35 Passes Attempted .... . . 7 11 Passes Completed . . . . . 3 3 Passes Intercepted . . . . . 3 0 Punts .............. .... 1 0 7 Ave. Distance Punt .... 30.9 29 Fumbles ........... . . 2 6 Fumbles Recovered .... .. 1 4 Penalties ........... . . 7 6 Yds. Penalized .... .... 7 5 90 Final Score ..... .... 1 3 2 line, with Despirito taking the ball laterally across the field while Conley shook himself loose from two defense men. The pass was a beauty and found Conley standing all alone and ankle deep in pay dirt. The point after was missed but the touchdown was all that the Knights needed to sew up the contest. For the third time during the season the opposition failed to cross the St. Michael's goal line. Besides the aforementioned Despirito and Conley, the line play of Klaess and Ferris was outstanding. NEW ENGLAND HE following week the Knights reached dizzy heights in scoring a 54-0 victory over the Pilgrims of New England College. The boys scored a grand total of nine touchdowns but failed to make good on any of their extra point attempts fwe'll forgive them this timej. Six different men made the attempts. The first quarter wasn't two

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Frosh Football ITH Freshman Football rapidly becoming a favorite among students at the hilltop and their local followers, the St. Michaelis Squires, under the tutelage of Coach Barry Branon, com- pleted a highly satisfactory season with three wins, one tie and one loss. Once again it was the yearlings of Middlebury College who upset the applecart, trimming the Purple and Gold, 20- 13. The deadlock against Williams accounted for the only other stain on the Frosh record, they walked over Clarkson, Vermont and Norwich. Coach Branon's charges, sporting an aggressive line and a smoothly functioning backfield, dis- played a fine array of talent during their five- game schedule. A large number of candidates an- swered the first call for players but when the date for the season opener rolled around Coach Branon had cut his squad to thirty men. Opening against Clarkson at Malone, N. Y., on October 10, the Squires outscored the Tech Frosh, 21-14. Although showing signs of nervous- ness and over-eagerness, the Mikemen, led by the hard-charging line and by backs like Plourde, Simas and Lucius, showed a well-organized and well-balanced array of power, both offensively and defensively. Plourde and Lucius hit pay dirt in the first half but Clarkson also managed to cross the goal line twice to knot the count at 14-14. However, in the third period Frank Simas plunged across for the deciding score. Art Coggio gave an exhibition in the fine art of drop-kicking as he booted three points over the crossbar. The next game, against Williams, provided some real stiff competition and the best the Squires could do was to gain a 15-13 tie. A few ragged spots early in the game provided trouble for the boys, but once they got started they were very much in the game. Despite line pass work by Simas and Plourde's powerful plunges the Squires could only score twice, but it must be noted that this tie was the only blemish on the Williams record all season. With injuries keeping some of the key men on the sidelines, the Frosh squared off against the small edition of the Middlebury Panthers and were outpointed, 20-13, in the dying minutes of play. This loss, the only one of the season for the Mikemen, gave Middlebury the Frosh Foot- ball State Championship. In this contest, Phil joannides displayed some of the best defensive work seen in these parts in many a year. After this defeat the Squires moved to Cen- tennial Field, where they took on the foe from