Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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mo!! I3-52. Wckaefa 9 October 5, 1952 Signs of the air age: SMC's proud ten-game winning streak broken by a team that could gain only twenty-three yards on the ground. It was the passing of the Terriers, Giansello that meant defeat-the first on our three-year-old home grounds. Senior Dick Stokes gave a fair crowd a chance to yell when he broke through the Arnold line to spill a would-be punter in the end zone for a safety, the only one we saw in four years. And things looked exceedingly prosperous when Carr carried nine yards to tally on the first play of the second period. But Arnold refused to give in. Again the Knights had an indifferent second half. The visitors from Connecticut drove to a TD in the third quarter after recovering a fumble. And for those who don't believe that history repeats itself, another Knight bobble was recovered on the SM eighteen and the decisive score was in the offing. Fullback Consiglio scored from the two. Quarterback Casperson took to the air with little more than a minute remaining, but three long, potential scores went right through the hands of anxious receivers. St. Michael's fans gathered their weary bones and slid quietly away from the overcast field as the final gun sounded. It was our first loss since 1950. 105 Ennis CARRIER All State my t 1

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L PAUL BALCOM All State H. M. Vmcdaefh Qf- rancia 6 September 28, 1952 Sweet revenge for last winter's basketball drubbing-the Purple Knights pounding out a convincing 21-6 win over St. Francis of Loretto, Pa. We'll remember it as a beautiful warm autumn day with a good crowd at the Athletic Field. Seniors played a big part in this victory, casting shadows for future games. Halfback Mike Carr drove as the Knight of Old upon his chargerg Dick Stokes and Paul Balcom played strong ball in the lineg but the team as a whole was not at its best this early. The Knights took a commanding lead in the first period and coasted home despite a bad second half. Carr raced thirty-two yards for the p year's first TD and quarterback Kenny Casperson converted early in the quarter. Later., following Aumancl's recovery of a fumble, Carr went over again, this time from the eighteen. St. Francis improved their attack- in the second half, but their cause was futile. They scored with less than two minutes remaining in the game. SMC's clinching score was made by freshman Ted Bergeron on a two-yard plunge. Biggy,' was good from placement every time. 104

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merican .gnfernafionaf f3-3. mcdaefh 7 KEN CASPERSON All State H. M. October 18, 1952 New Englandis highest rating small college eleven had to have pluck and luck to get by the ever-improving Purple Knights. They did so in thrilling fashion, coming from behind in the fourth period to take the lead, then knocking down a series of good-looking aerials in their own end zone. For the Knights staged a comeback of their own with less than a minute to go, trailing by six points. A Casperson to Stokes pass, good for thirty-six yards, and a completion to Bergeron for ten more, found SMC knocking on upset,s door-the Aces' eight-yard line. With run- ning power diminished after Carr had sustained an injury, Casperson called for passes to dent the big black-shirted defense. But three couldn't connect and a second heart-breaking defeat was administered. Yet thrills were frequent and play was rugged so that the large crowd was disappointed but not dismayed. The Knights had scored on a lightning-like forty-four yard pass from Biggy to Carr, now being referred to as Crazy-legs. The final analysis might be too much Salvucci and Laude. lO6