St Mary of the Assumption High School - Assumpta Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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Baseball The call for baseball was received with much enthusiasm and planning by both Coach Moynihan and the players. With the return of eight veterans Jim Burns, Vin Quealy, Tom Burns, Tom Flanagan, 'lim Moloney, Joe Curry, Frank Kenney, Ed Hurley, and a newcomer, Dave Conlin, a successful season was virtually assured. Of course, the team was built around Captain .lim Burns, the nucleus of the pitching staff. St. Mary's promises to be very potent at the bat with such thumpers as jim and Tom Burns, Ed Hurley, ,lim Moloney, Bill Kenneyhloe Curry, and Vin Quealy provid- ing the spark. The opening game found St. Mary's go- ing down to defeat at the hands of Cathe- dral by a score of three to one, although jim Burns covered himself with glory, fan- ning eighteen and allowing but three hits. The second game saw the Blue and Gold array topple Our l..ady's from the top of the heap as Jim Burns and Dave Conlin set down the visitors with but six hits, while ,lim Moloney and Ed Hurley were setting the pace for the local nine. The third game on the roster found the high-school nine journeying to Waltham where they defeated the highly touted St. Mary's team by a score of fifteen to four. jim Moloney again set the pace by his heavy hitting while Jim Burns kept seven hits well scattered and fanned fifteen. May 15 saw the season half over with the win and loss column displaying four victories and four defeats for a five hundred average. As the second half gets underway we look for the Blue and Gold outfit to bounce back and keep the leading ball teams on their toes. Coach Moynihan's boys have been termed by sports writers as the hard luck team of the circuit. Hence, we expect to see St. Mary's regain their winning ways this half and be a real con- tender for top honors. V1NcENT QUEALY l63l nihan, Captain Burns, Curry, T. Burns H. Meade, W. Burke, E. Hurley and P. Sullivan Featuring Father McManus, Coach Moy : BASEBALL 1941

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Featuring T. Flanagan, W. Burke, F. Kenney, Curry and T. Burns 62 Boys' Basketball One phase of cooperation in the making of liner Catholic Citizens is the training required for the all-important basketball team. Some may think that the task of coaching a quintet is not difficult but in order to have a fast-moving, mentally- alert type of club there must be cooperation on the part of every member. This teamwork and technique of the squad was shown at our initial practice at the gymnasium. The lettermen of last year had elected Thomas Flanagan, Captain. Last year he made All-Catholic and was assigned to center position by the vote of the League coaches. It was he who led us on during the early days of the 1941 season. After the lirst game, a victory for the fast-breaking outfit of St. Mary's, the Lawrence School gymnasium was opened to the team for practice work. The home games were played at the large Brookline Municipal Gymnasium thus allowing the players to display their talents more ex- tensively. As the season advanced the slap of the ball and the swish of the strings was a beautiful tune for the followers of a prom- ising crop of loopsters. The participants in the eventful Mission classic were: Captain Tom Flanagan, Gov Colgan, Frank Kenney, joe Curry, Pete McMahon and Tom Burns ourjunior who certainly made a name for himself. The capable subs were: Jim Moloney, Jim Madden, Joe johnson, George and Tommy Duffy. As the schedule progressed, Frank Kenney became the star. By a unanimous vote of the players he was elected captain for 1942. The last two games for the blue and gold soon came, those with St. Mary's of Waltham and Our Lady's, Newton. It was truly a great victory for our boys to finish the season by taking the victories from these two teams amid a fine display of teamwork and sportsmanship. JOSEPH CURRY

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Girls Intramural Basketball The purpose of the intra- mural league is to allow those girls who were unable to make the regular squad an opportunity of engaging in a competition sport. A further purpose is to develop future players for the regular team. This year the teams include: Green: Marita Oldroyd '42, Yvonne McGarry '41, Ruth Flem- ing '43, Mary Gallagher '42, Mary Larkin '43, Patricia Lam- bert '44, Margaret McDonald '43 Mary Coughlin '43, Gold: Elizabeth Downes '42, Helen Curran '42, Jeanne Dono- van '42, Margaret Shiel '42 Elayne Jaques '44, Dorothy Lacy '44, Eleanor Shiel '44. Blue: Mary Dwyer '42, Kather- ine Bailey '42, Madeline Tarpey pey '42, Marie O'Brien '43, Pau- line Martin '43, Virginia Keady '44, Mary Barrett '43. 1 9 Red: Eileen Moore '42, Marie McDonald '43, Jeanne Ford '43, Marguerite Hanrahan '43, Mary Baker '44, Patricia O'Leary '42, Frances Mahoney '44. The schedule consists of six games played by each team. The girls play each team in the league twice. At the conclusion of the season, medals are awarded. At the present time, April, corn- petition is very keen with the Gold and Blue tied for first place. Nevertheless the Red and Green are by no means out of the run- ning. The Golds won from the Blue by one pointAthus making them- selves school champions.