St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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hind the Priory goal. We missed the try that would have evened the score, and thereby found ourselves on the loser's side of the ledger, 7-6. It could have been otherwise for once we marched to the five yard stripe only to have the ball wrested from us on the final down, after we had, as we thought, made the necessary distance hands down . That decision, together with the recollection of turkeys strutting across the gridiron, will always be numbered among the memories of our trip to Portsmouth. We threw off the dejection that was a natural consequence of the above, and took part in what was to be our last Red-Blue struggle. The by-this-time traditional muddy field greeted us and Don Gibbons and Bob Shea were the rival leaders. It did not seem quite fair that the Senior should bow in defeat, but Bob Shea and his fellow Blues were far from obliging and they won the day 13-6. Don did his part by putting on one of his galloping ghost exhibitions, but Bob Baker's two scores nullified the Red lad's effort. Thus we come to the end of the football narrative, and looking back at St. Sebastian's record from the pioneer days to the present, we feel that one fact is obvious-Qthe lean years are over and our Alma Mater is ready to assume an enviable place in the scholastic gridiron world. We feel sure that time and time again, as St. Sebastian's glory increases and the school's athletes gain more and more renown, we shall glow with pride at the recollection that we were privileged to lay the foundation of the structure that has reared itself so high. l MAKING IT Baker churns through the traditional Red-Blue game mud to register a first down

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4 GALLOPING GHOST Gibbons skirts the end in the Red-Blue game of 1944, While Ellard and McGrath race to cut him oi? in to help line the field or erect the back- stop. It was a prime consideration of his that we should always be good sports in defeat as well as in victory, and his was no small share in building up the St. Sebastian spirit. We owed him much and it was with genuine sorrow that we parted company from him. That we were gathering momentum with each game was clearly demonstrated in our next two appearances. St. Charles of Wal- tham was subdued 28-O and Cambridge School of Weston was overwhelmed in a 53-7 Orgy. The Waltham game was memo- rable not so much on account of Bob Baker's two scores or Anzuoni's and Picard's single tallies, but rather because it marked the first occasion that we had successfully converted every chance at the extra point. November 3rd was the day we ran riot over the Cam- bridge School representatives, Baker and Gibbons registering twice while Anzuoni, Picard, Phelan and Lehane tied with one apiece. Our reserves were given ample opportunity to show their wares, nor did they fail to glory in it. In addition to the scorers, stellar performances were turned in by Lydon, Shaun and Leon Kelley, Dick Shea and Carroll. While it was not planned that way, it turned out that the Portsmouth Priory game was to be our last. A climax contest had been arranged with Cranwell Prep, but the premature arrival of King Winter in the Berkshires forced a cancellation. We jour- neyed to Rhode Island to meet the one defeat that kept us from establishing a perfect record, and that by the meager margin of a single point. The home team was the first to push across a touchdown and it had the foresight to add the extra marker. Back we roared to the battle and Bob proved that he was there in the clutch by travelling 40 yards on a quarterback sneak that terminated be-

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HHN His Eminence, the late Cardinal WArchbishop, purchased the property of the Newton Country Day School, Saint Sebastian's became heir to a magnificent gym. While this gym might be more properly termed a cage, it lends itself quite naturally to basketball play. The court surface is of peat which becomes hard and level when wetted down and rolled. It was natural then that Saint Sebastian's second venture into the domain of Sport should be basketball. Coach Duffy called for candidates and the response was promising. There followed several weeks of arduous practice lightened occasionally by inter-squad matches. After the prospects had been surveyed the Faculty Director of Athletics decided that a limited competitive schedule could be attempted. Since most schools did not sponsor a fresh- man quintet we were necessarily limited to meeting the intermediate teams representing local parishes. We can hardly say that the results of these contests exceeded our expectations. It may be said, however, that we gave a creditable account of ourselves against the Presentation Club, Saint Columbkille's, Saint Lawrence's and the Blessed Sacrament five. Our regular representatives were George Baker and Dailey, forwards, Ed Murphy, center, Kick- ham and Donahue, guards. Uniforms were also worn by Bob Baker, Barry, Carroll, Collins, Eastwood and Glasheen. Dailey was probably the most experienced hoopster on the squad and he and George Baker took turns in pacing our scoring efforts. G 1 l S The supreme effort of our new team was made against Presentation in a return game. An earlier contest had seen us following a good neighbor policy and submitting to a 22-12 defeat. The second meeting, however, found us thirsting for revenge, which we satisfied by a 19-16 triumph. Kickham, moved to a forward post for the occasion, more than rewarded the confidence placed in him by emerging high scorer of the day. His efforts were efficiently supplemented by George Baker and Dailey who also were major factors in the win. Similar exhibitions of sharpshooting and team play falthough not always crowned with the same successl convinced us that our first year's efforts had been in the right direction and that in future years the court game would bring its share of glory to Saint Sebastian's. The second year of our scholastic and athletic history coincided with the most critical period of the rationing program. The school is entirely heated by oil and it was thought that the most appropriate con- tribution we could make to the conservation of the precious fluid was the closing of the gym-a measure that would save thousands of gallons. Consequently, we were called upon to forego the use of the gym and its facilities. Sensing that a game of much more vital importance was at stake our compliance was prompt and willing. Junior year restored the court game to the list of our activities. In this second year of its existence, however, it was called upon to