St Josephs Collegiate Institute - Star Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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HARRY KERR SPONS Edna' vunmu Nows Rebus certalnly was the keynote of the athletlc endeavors of St osephs Collegxate Instxtute during the 1945 46 season As though lmpregnated w1th a new spmt a football team w1th lots of POSSlblllIlCS but few probabrlxtxes plowed through the toughest schedule rn many years w1th amazmg ease Nursed from xts mfancy well lrked Pat Hartnett the team suddenly burst mto full stature and presented an lndestructlble defense comblned with a swrft puzzlmg runnmg attack evolved from the smgle wmg Undefeated and untxed the eleven was the schools best rn over twenty years But more than just power and precrsnon were responsible for such a glorlous season It was the terr1f1c devil may care Splflf and un shakable falth ln each other that weathered the players over many rough spots Here the sp1r1t and personallty of Tom Barone, our lme coach who Joined the team early 1n the season deserves to be mentroned Falthful completron of hrs rough orders or tough assrgnments was always rewarded wrth an easy grin Hrs s1ncer1ty and efforts won over the ent1re team and a few days after he arrwed he became famxharly and affectronately known as Slmon He 3SS1SICd Patty Hartnett ln formulatmg team pollcy and probably was second only to Pat rn desnrmg the success whlch we ultlmately enjoyed The labor and patxence wh1ch Mr Hartnett devoted to weld mg eleven bo s mt l y o an 1ntegra umt rs evrdent rn the splendld precrsnon shown ln then' execut1on of even the most xntrrcate plays He was popular both w1th the fans and w1th the players because of the wade open game h1s team played and the numerous frequent substxtutlons he made whenever practlcal September frrst of a memorable year 1945 saw co captams ohn Lyons and Harry Kerr lead seventy erght aspmng athletes to the 1n1t1al football pracnce at Delaware Park Three weeks later, a Frrday dawn broke mlld and clear u on thnrt s h d d d p y rx ar ene an determrned but nervous wearers of the Maroon and Whlte ready to descend upon North Tonawanda ST JOE S-6 N TONAWANDA-0 Resplendent nn new white jerseys St oe kxcked off and held N T to three yards on three plays, forclng a punt Startxng from their own twenty the Maroons drove to the Lumber ack sux bef l h J ore oslng t e ball on downs N T moved slightly krcked agam and St oes had rt past mldfleld at half trme Takmg the krck off the Maroon drove erghty yards, w1th ohnny Lombard sweeplng left end from the four for a touchdown Kerr s plunge for the polnt fanled The Maroon had POSSBSSIOH of the ball for most of the remammg txme and were entrenched on the Blue and Red twenty yard llne when the frnal whlstle blew They enjoyed a wide margin rn statlstlcs makmg mneteen flrst downs to four and gammg 245 yards to thelr opponents 52 The football public of W N Y was shocked and the team felt exultant about the whole thmg ST JOES 27 DeSALES-0 Remarmng on the road to conclude that phase of the season, the Samts traveled to Geneva, meetrng thelr annual rrval St F D S l rancls e a es The Green were weaker than usual and fell eastly to the Maroon Wave Stallmg rn the f1rst per1od St oe struck twlce rn the second quarter w1th Harry Kerr gorng over from the four and lrm R an takmg Bucky Ilhgs twenty yard pass for the second ack Lyons booted both P A T s Gamxng at w1ll and w1th plenty of substitutions, the Samts tallxed rn both remammg quarters Kerr gomg eleven yards over tackle and then passlng to Measer Lyons mlssed the last one 99 7 9 1 , ' . . , . . , . .. . . .. Q, . ,, . . , . 1 9 Q, . ,, . , . . . , , . J . ' 9 n , .J . . . . . , . . ' , J - , . . . . . . , . . . . , . ! , . - . . , -J . . . , J , X7 1 s 1 1 - s