St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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the willow when a base hit would have changed the entire complexion of the tilt. The season ended on a triumphant note, however, with victories over Rivers and Westwood. In the former clash we put on a power exhibition paced by Collins. Baker, Mulhern and Phillips. -Iimmy's total com- prised a homer, double and singleg Bob Baker's offering was a triple and two doubles, while Phillips and Mulhern were content with hitting for the circuit. The adding machine made our margin 19+6. Against Westwood we showed flashes of hitting power and we had enough of an edge to be given the 8f7 verdict. Intramurally, the high point of the season was reached in the Red-Blue game which gave Mul's Blues a 5-4 margin. Jimmy Collins was on the mound for the luclcless Reds, while Hank Barry satisfied a life-long ambition by serving them up for the winners. Paul McGrath's home run was the high- light of the afternoon and made Collins a losing captain once more. The annual Faculty game was a disap- pointment from the point of view of com- petition, and we humbled our eminent tutors by the gridiron score of 22-6. It must have been that they had aged considerably since the last time we had met, for we laced the horsehide to all corners of the garden and Fathers Stapleton and Flanigan reported that the left side of the infield was like the re- ception at Tarawa. Thus we come to the end of the diamond chronicle of 1944 and find it highly successful. Opponents of high caliber had been encoun- tered and we had come through with a 7 out of 11 record. It is unfortunate that a printer's deadline makes it impossible to include a record of our 1945 efforts, but, in view of the showing made in our Junior year, our swan song should be one of sustained triumph. Certainly the returning veterans, who weathered the campaign of 1944, augmented by a galaxy of new stars, promise great things and lead us to expect a pennant winner as the crown of our baseball achieve- ments at St. Sebastian's. SCHOOL CHAMPIONS OF 1943 The Faculty Team that edged us 8-7 Front Roux' Fathers Keating, Murray, Julien, Stapleton, Flanigan, Meehan Rear Rau-.' Fathers Cuffe, Sennott, McColgan, Collins, McKenzie and Coach Duffy

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XVSS OUNTRP 4 v' 0 ft, y tw' I , A J .3-4 9' V I V it 04, N H95 MASSAC ALTHOUGH the spotlight of student interest is focused principally on Football, Baseball, Hockey and Basketball, minor sports have a definite place in the athletic program of St. Sebastian's. Track, Tennis and Squash are not only encouraged, but they attract their share of ardent devotees who enter into them with a spirit that rivals that of varsity competitors. Track activities were organized in our junior year under the tutelage of Fr. Keating, and while the greater number of candidates came from the lower classes, the Class of 1945 was well represented by jimmy Collins, and later by Don Gibbons. Among the junior speedsters, the stand-outs were Dunbar, Craig, McGoldrick, Ford, Mulhern and Bullock. Our hopefuls made their debut in the Bel- mont Relays of 1944, and in the face of fast competition put on a creditable exhibition. Last Fall, it was arranged that our practice spins be held at the B. C. Track and since that time our trackmen have profited by the kindly interest ofjack Ryder. Tennis comes into its own in Spring and Autumn, when our macadam courts are never idle, Among the present Seniors, Bob Baker, Shea, Scully, Wiles and Dermody are found most frequently among the racquet wielders, while Daly, Higgins, Bob Flynn and O'Leary are prominent among the under-class enthusiasts. The Faculty also feels that its members are still capable of playing the game, and scarcely 'a seasonable afternoon goes by without one of our professors joining a doubles combination, it may be that singles play is a little too fast for thern. With the passing of the outdoor season, the racqueteers move indoors and cavort about our splendid squash courts. At the be- ginning we were prejudiced against the indoor court game, until