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

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IPAGE Sfvl AQUII A AD QU f 1 40 GIRLS, BASKETBALL S . ON

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AQUILA IPAGE 551 Baseball PRIL 8 Nlonday afternoon found Coach B111 Slattery and h1s squad of slxty odd youthful asp1rants ready to begm thexr r1g1d trammg for thelr conung baseball Campalgn The prospects for a successful season seemed pretty shm but our coach although wlth only a handful of well seasoned players and w1th h1s never say dle Splflf formed what has proved to be a well balanced Wllllllllg mne Apr1l 30 only four weeks later found our F1ght1ng Irxsh trek klng to Gossler Park in Nlanchester to oppose Coach Geremonty s Manchester West nme Thls proved to be an opening game thr1ller Although only seven 1nn1ngs were played St ohns behlnd Buddy Eldrldge carrled off VICYOYY No 1 wlth the score 6 5 The second game an encounter w1th Penacook was ralned out and IS to be played at a later date A game wrth Brxstol resulted rn thlrteen 1nn1ngs and a score of 109 m Br1stol s favor Thls years squad lncludes Buddy Eldrldge Lorenzo Gllbert Andy Sulhvan and ackle Burke as pltchers ohn Corbett and Walter lVlclVlahon d1v1de thetr dutles at l'-IFSC base Paul Nohn Dxck Venne and Tom lxlng labor at second Paul Nlurphy ohn MlU1Cl1lCll0 and Charles Burke cover the thlrd base pos1t1on Herbert Norton occupies shortstop wlthout a sl1p The outfleld u1rk Edward Racme and Robert BOISSY take care of the recelv 1ng end of the pttches The 1940 schedule IS as follows Aprx May Maw May May May Ma May une June Nlanchtster West Hlgh Ptnacook Hxgh Brlstol Hlglm Hxllsboro l-hgh Penacook High Andover Hrglu Hdlsboro High Manchester West I-hgh Andover High Brrsrol Hxgh Manchester Penacook Concord Hillsboro Concord Concord Concord Concord Andover Brlstol Rzrlmrd Horan 40 5 ff ' 79 Q 7 - 7 ee - ' I 7, . 1 7 ' 7 7 1 re ' - ' 77 - 7 7 - - 7 . . , 1 J , 3 . rf 75 - - - ' , . ' - 7 7 ' 7 ' fl 97 ' ' . '7 7 , QQJ. 1 , 1 . I J 4 ' 7 If ' 79 ff 77 7 ' 7 J 7 4 . I consists of John Nolin, Bob Belisle, Hubert Isabelle, and Edmund 'l 30 ' ' . ' 4 7 . ' g ll 1 ' I, 21 , ' 24 ' A y 25 ' : ' , , 31 ' , ,. ,,,., ,, . . , J 5 ' C so eeeeeeees,eseso,s ,e,e,,s, , to 8 . . gg gggr g V g ggrgg , ' 7

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Girls Basketball Team ARLY in anuary forty candidates answered the call for tryouts for positions on rhe baslcetball team From this eager group fifteen girls were chosen by the coach and athletic director M1 s Thornton to repres nt the school in the 1940 campaign Only three veteran players were on the squad so the practice was long and strenuous Soon rh players xx ere ready to m et their opponents Theresa Santamaria was elected captain and Ellenora Htgarty manager Several intramural games were played before three inter scholastic games were attempted A home and home game resulted in two def ats and a xictory This years work was prelm nary Big conquests art coming in the future F 11 ng the forward b rths were Captain Santamarxa Helen Payne Alma Comolli and ean Harr1son Subs were Mary Sull van Eleanor Palisi and Wiliifred Murphy. The guards were Ann. Long Mary Parker and Marie Painchaud aided by ai. Donovan Anna Karwoclci Theresa Cloutier Violet Pov, and Mary Shea. The senior players aslc but one favor of the next years squad to defeat our sturdy but friendly opponents the girls of St. Joseph High. Marie Louise Painrfmud 40 AQUILA IPAGE 571 . 1 E r 1 or T r i with St. Joseph High and one game with St. George,s High J 'S , , ,