Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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mai Harry Young, captain of the 1950 Knights. .. I H .. 'f a ' V... W -.-. A .. ..,. .. . .. ..,.,. .4 . f... ..,.,. , NM E ,......,.. .....,..r .. ., r,.. M. ,M . ia ..-.....c..-wifi :-:D 'i' ' . , '- ,:::-. .IEizS:::Zz 'zk' :W rf f' ,. , ' f5521ii ' 5' 'X' :sm '-:: Stiff: i w.. :- - H -a.'9 ' Ki..'?r 5.zi fWN:'a .s'ii' , - - : '!a.i.i1'-.-:ff , ..,,: ::- 'L ' i :: ' ' 1. . Jr.. ,,, j . ,311-3-wif ,-Q. -,:- - 'Il .:,., , 5 M - -,:: . fs- 17 . ..., ,...,.,.. ...f Eiw lt looked like a good season. Gone were the Dalys, Knights, Conleys and others who had carried much of the burden during our first three trying years of football and in their place were the members of three successive freshman teams which had proved practically unbeat- able in yearling competition. This was to be the first team which had entered St. Michael's wholly since Doc lacobs had taken over as athletic director. lt was the Doc's baby and we expected great things of it. So back we came from a summer of dodging the draft board and Wincing at headlines-ready for another year of school, another season of football, and particularly, ready for another crack at our friendly rivals from the next hill, the Catamounts of Ver-r-r-mont. VERMONT- lt was an opener we'd long remember. For the first time in the history of the college, the Knights were playing in their own football stadium. lt was homecoming weekend, the weather was fine and warm, our own band serenaded us at half time, and all seemed well with the world as we and some six thousand others settled down for the game. Vermont however, opened up as if they intended to put a quick end to the festivities. On the kickoff, Bob Brown, Vermont halfback, took the ball on his own five and almost broke away before he was hauled down from behind at midfield. The Catamounts then added another 30 yards before the Knights finally stiffened on their own twenty. Neither team was able to do much for the next few minutes but late in the first quarter the Knights started moving. Ken Casperson sent hard driving Frank Simas and lack Heggarty cutting through the Vermont line and St. Mikes was soon on the Catamounts' four. Simas then turned his own right end to score and when the placement failed, it was St. Michael's in the lead, 6-O. After an exchange of punts, the Knights made it 12-0 on a beautiful pass play from Casperson to Iack Meisel. This time, Art Coggio drop-kicked the point-after to boost the Knights' lead to l3 points. Vermont came roar- ing back however, as a Kehoe to Brown pass made it 13-6 at half time. Midway through the third period, speedy Mike Carr took a pitch-out from Casperson and raced into the end zone. Coggio came through again to make the score- board read: St. Michael's 20-UVM 6. In the final quarter, Dick Stokes, who plagued the Catamounts all afternoon, blocked a kick. Pete Plourde then smacked the center of the line for the five remain- ing yards to make it 27-6 at the end of a very enjoyable day.