Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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The Knights soon retaliated as Ed Krupinsky inter- cepted an Arnold pass to set the stage for a Ken Cas- person to Dick Stokes touchdown pass. Arnold was right back however, as Wizzer Webb sped 30 yards on an end run, and then plowed the one remaining yard for the score. ln the third period, Krupinsky again intercepted an Arnold pass, and three plays later Simas scored from three yards out. Coggio's conversion tied it up at l3-13. The Knights quickly tacked six points on to this as Harry Young recovered a fumble and Frank Simas shot over from the five. Early in the final period, Webb limped back into the Arnold lineup and unfolded a dazzling 64 yard jaunt which put the Connecticut team a point ahead of the Mikemen, 20-19. With the situation getting desperate, Dick Stokes made a spectacular catch of a long Casperson heave to set the stage for Simas' game winning run. SPRINGFIELD-Putting their undefeated record on the block, the St. Michael's gridsters moved into Spring- field, Mass., to engage the high powered and highly rated Springfield College eleven. Playing minus the services of Frank Simas and Ed Krupinsky, the Knights were in for a rough afternoon as the Springfield club rolled up a 23-0 decision. In the first quarter Leon Hannigan, the Maroon full- 1401 Dick Klaess Krupinsky back, started his team's scoring with a five yard drive and Doherty added the extra point. Minutes later, Frank Mirago grabbed a Casperson pass and raced the re- maining 25 yards to make it l3-0. After this, the Knights stiffened until near the end of the half when Doherty booted a 25 yard field goal to make the score 16-0. The Knights started the second half like a new team. Taking the ball on the kickoff they moved the length of the field only to loose possession on a fumble inside the Springfield l0. Again, midway in the third quarter the Knights penetrated deep into Springfield territory only to fumble. These two bad breaks plus the play of the bruising Springfield line proved too much for the Purple and when Angelo Insalaco circled his own right end to score in the fourth quarter, the day was over for the St. Mikes rooters. HOFSTRA - On a gusty rain-soaked November after- noon, the Purple Knights entertained the Flying Dutch- men of Hofstra College. Proving themselves good mudders the Knights swamped the visitors 41-6 with Pistol Pete Plourde and lack Heggarty totaling 281 yards between them. The Dutchmen opened the day's scoring but their lead was short lived as Plourde tallied twice in the second period to send the Purple ahead 13-6. Coggio added the extra point.

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NORWICH-With an impressive win over Vermont behind them, the Knights moved to Northfield to elimi- nate another obstruction in their quest for the state title. The Cadets of Norwich however, proved a little tougher than expected and the Knights were able to score only once in the first half. This score came on the very first sequence of downs in the first period as St. Michael's rolled to the Norwich five from where lack Ripper Heggarty carried over. The second half was a different story however, as the Knights ran roughshod over the hapless cadets. Frank Simas scored twice on short line bucks within five minutes of the kickoff. Then Norwich opened its only sustained drive to march 67 yards to score. But with Ed Krupinsky calling signals and passing brilliantly, the Knights roared back. A Krupinsky to Simas pass racked up the Mikemen's third score, and just before the period's end, they scored again after recovering a fumble on the Norwich ten. The fourth period was just too much Carr for the Cadets as the blond sophomore reeled off two beautiful runs, both of which set up scores. The first time, Mike romped 55 yards to the Norwich five, from where Pistol Pete Plourde tallied. The other run ate up 30 yards leav- ing eight for Frank Simas to traverse for the last touch- down in the Knights' 44-7 win. ARNOLD - A crowd of 4000 turned up at St. Michaels to watch the first Sunday football game ever played in the state. The crowd was well satisfied when Frank Simcts bulled over with his third touchdown, four minutes before garne's end as the Knights came from behind to edge Arnold 26-20. It looked bad at the start. The game was only a few minutes old when Carmine Toscher flipped a short pass to the gigantic Arnold end, Andy Robustelli. Robustelli made the TD and Webb made it 7-0. M .Q-st. 'iff x' tis if tiiiiiitiiif itil . . f' , . ,- T - 4 Q ' . . Q if iiff 5 --Litifi siigcgf- I 'i - . .-ww, 4 A.. 5-.s,f?'l-xi, - . 1. S, V , J fi ' '.' . 1 '. .3 ' - .,. ..' '-an 5 ..' 'EV' il if jmgiy R 'E it ' 31, ai'-45g,5,gyQg.-,3ggfiwtf'1' we 'if Big sid whtuock Toe Hefmfms E1 393

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In the third period, after a 60 yard march which was featured by I-Ieggarty's running, Plourde tallied again. Before the period's end Heggarty himself added one and Coggio made it 27-6. Despite Doc Iacobs' free substituting, the Knights could not be stopped and Ken Casperson tallied on a beautiful bootleg play. Don LaBossiere then pulled down the curtain with the most spectacular run of the day, a 78 yard punt return which racked up St. Michael's last touchdown. A. I. C.- Back again in the city where they had met their first defeat the Knights were once again on the short end of the odds as they squared off against Ameri- can International College. This time however the trip back was a pleasant one for the Knights who upset the dope and edged the Aces l9-l4. After a scoreless first period the Knights got things rolling as Frank Simas climaxed an 80 yard drive by turning right end to score standing up. On the following kickoff, the Gannonmen came roar- ing back to go into the lead on a Salvucci to Lukasiewicz pass. Murph Butova added the precious point after. Before the half ended Ken Casperson passed to Bob Kateley in the A. I. C. secondary and Kateley went over to give St. Mikes a 12-7 halftime lead. With Salvucci doing the heavy Work, A. I. C. came back and made the score 14-12. Then, as time ran out, St. Mikes took to the air and Ed Krupinsky hit Kateley in the right flat to give the big North Adams lad his Bill Zimolka second TD of the day, Art Coggio added the extra point and the Springfield Michaelmen were able to celebrate ct I9-I4 win. LOYOLA-The best football season in the history of the college came to a tumultous conclusion as the Knights trounced a helpless Loyola of Montreal team, 75-0, The Mikemen scored at will even though Doc Iacobs kept his first team benched for most of the game. There was no doubt about the outcome from the very first moments and by the time the teams changed ends at the quarter, the Knights were coasting on top of a 34-0 advantage. Iack Heggarty batted 1,000 for the fray, scoring on all of the three times he carried and averaging 30 yards per try. Mike Carr, playing for the first time since the Arnold game, led the Knights in scoring by crossing the chalk lines three times. This was despite the fact that the blond sophomore carried only six times in the whole afternoon. Simas, the state's high scorer, also managed to get into the act with three TD's. The remaining scores were chalked up by Ken Cas- person and Al Cioffi and Art Coggio drop-kicked four points after. Loyola could do next to nothing against the St. Michael's line led by Tiger Hermans, lim Whitlock and Dick Klaess and the Canadian team returned home with little to show for its harrowing afternoon in Winooski. Andy Scheer