St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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AQUILA JPAGE 511 Football URNING the gr1d1ron spotlight on White Park St ohn High footballers were found contlnuing their qulet but deter mined practlce operat1ons With fifty hopeful candldates and only three regulars lost by graduatlon last une Coach Bill Slattery had all the indications of another miracle team Apparently resenting being looked upon as a breather by the Lake City Boys the Little Green fought Laconxa Hlgh to an amazing standstill as the famed Magicians of Coach Kmney had to come from beh1nd in the third period to gain a 66 tie in the first game of the season In the second engagement of the year the Fighting Irish again had to be content with a tie with the heavy Dover ayvees These were moral victories in themselves but the first victory for the records came when the Little Green broke a three year JIIIX by overcoming St Louis High of Bxddeford Maine 12 O St ohn I-Itghs second victory was acquired in the rustic amphitheater of New Hampton at the expense of the scarlet jerseyed ayvees R quiring two perlods to warm up the F1ght1ng Irish came through with a 25 6 triumph The followtng Saturday St ohn s continued down the undefeated trail by unleashlng 1ts full power agalnst a light Hampton Academy team to pile up a 38 0 score All good thmgs come to an end By the small margm of 7 O the St ohn squad was handed its first defeat by the Traip Academy eleven Even th1s was eked out only after the Ir1sh had driven to the elght yard llne had made a touchdown and then were called back by a ground rule In the final game of the year the Little Green came back still stinging from their hrst setback to pm a Z0 0 defeat on Malden Catholic as the Fighting Irish rolled to their fourth and final victory of the season Lost by graduation are Robert Dudley Charles Burke ohn Mmxchiello Walter McMahon William Sweeney Edward Klng Thomas Kmg Lorenzo Gilbert Augustine Faretra and Leo Har rison Captaln Paul Murphy g1V6S over hls chores to Captam Johnny Nolln with the hope that the success of the 1940 team may be as IITIPFBSSIVC as was ours Leo Harrzson 40 T , - J ' Q! ' 79 J , - - - er - as - ' ' cc as a ' rc - as - - a . . Q, . . ,, . M . . . ,, . . . . 9 ee - sa -- . , , - . . J . , . . . . . - J I es - ' - QQ - - - aa 9 . . . J , . ' ' s 7 a Q, . ,, . . . . 9 . . U . . . ,, 1 , , J a 1 a v a 9 a ' 1

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AQUILA IPAGF 531 Basketball ITH the help of a veteran varslty squad our qumtet expert enced the most successful season 111 the hlstory of St ohn Hlgh basketball annals Back for duty were Paul Nlurphy Walt McMahon Fat Rufo George Ruddy Ed Raclne Hub rt Isa belle D1ck Venne and ohnny Corbett The schedule called for games wxth some of th best teams m the State a fact whlch IS true of every St ohn schedule After a vrctorxous tuneup w1th the Grads the varsxty opened agamst the always formidable H llsboro Hxgh cagemen Verne urmbys qumtet handed us one of the rare defeats of the season Z9 23 Undauntedly our hoopmen went on to p1le up the amazmg total of ten VICKOFICS IH thxrteen starts Penacook Hlgh Andover High Belmont High and Hampton Academy were all downed twxce by our sharpshooters Txlton and Newmarket spht 1n home and home serres Hlllsboro Htgh was the only qulntet able to outpomt our team IH both contests The uxmbymen sparked by left forward Phelps H1llsboros Mr Zero who reglstered twenty pornts scored a 45 38 d c1s1on over our cagemen Thts defeat mcldentally robbed us of a b1d to the State Class B Tournament held at UNH Regardless of thxs fact the Flghtlng Irish came back to the vlctory trall ln drubbmg Tilton 54 Z8 marklng the thxrd t1me that our basketeers have raced over the charmed 50 potnt mark The Intramural League opened for the eighth SUCCCSSIVB season Coached by the unxor Varsxty m mbers the youngsters dlsplayed great enthusxasm It IS by means of such a league as thrs that we hope to lay the foundatlons of truly great basketball teams to represent St John H1gh rn years to com Rzcfmrd Brackett 40 L 5 ' - tt n - - a tc an - D - 7 7 7 ' 7 tc - ar 7 7 - J ' . D . e , . J . - - - rr as - - 7 . . . Q . , 1 . A , T 1 a . .. , a v . Q , ' a ee av - 7 ' v . - A.. . , ., . - et - ' - as ' 1 ' 5 J ' ' 0 ' ' s . . D . e. - r