St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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McNabb's 5, but in control Bob had the edge, giving only 2 tickets to Paul's 8. To put the intra-mural cover on our dia- mond for another year, Myron Bullock's Reds gained a decision over Dan Sullivan's Blues by a 10-6 edge. Taking an early lead, the Reds made capital on big third and fourth innings, McNabb's triple and MCGrath's wildness being the features. The Blues, however, put on a surge of their own in the sixth, Joe Ford's lusty triple sparking the comeback, but they were never quite able to offset the Red lead. Among the never-to- be-forgotten highlights must be ranked McGrath's beaning of Pickard, and the nullilication of Sull's double when he failed to touch first. Surveying the season from a statistical point of view, we had every reason to bc proud of the 1945 team that came through keen competition with an undefeated record. Tutored by Coach Murphy and led by Hank Barry, the Red and Black had taken on all comers and had emerged unscathed. Small wonder was it that the Boston press was extremely laudatory of our achievement, calling attention in particular to McNabb's pitching and the slugging of Mulhern and McAuliffe. It is with regret that We find ourselves unable to incorporate the diamond record of 1946, our graduation year, but an early publication date renders that impos- sible. Sufiice it to say that the schedule for our Senior year calls for contests with Groton, Exeter, St. Mark's, Middlesex, Milton Academy, Thayer, Belmont l-lill and other worthy private and public school rivals. Even with such a testing in prospect, we are Confident that our 1946 aggregation of stars will add to the laurels won by their pre- decessors in '45. MANAGERIAL STAFF Kirk, Darwin, Barrette, Bolcs

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1 ON THE TARGET Captain Dan Sullivan waits for a peg from Mul portunity of sponsoring a Fathers' and Sons' Day , at which Belmont Hill would furnish opposition for our unbeaten nine. The day itself was a perfect one, and our lads lived up to what was expected of them by putting on a peak performance before an enthusiastic gathering. McNabb was desig- nated to throw them up for the Red and Black, and his mates did their best to get him an early lead by filling the bases in the first, but this effort failed to produce a run. In the second, however, Andy McAuliffe hit for the circuit with Collupy and McNabb aboard, to put us in a 3-O lead. Seconds later, Mul duplicated the feat with Sull on the paths, to swell the margin to 5. The count remained unchanged until the fifth when we added another, and then concluded our day's scoring efforts by chalking up single markers in both the seventh and eighth, the last on the wings of Andy's second four-bagger. Belmont's lone register came in the ninth when they put together two of their day's three hits to avoid a shut-out and make the box score read, 8-1. McNabb showed himself master of the sit- uation at all times, giving up only three hits and three walks, while setting up a new high in strike-outs by fanning 20. The Freshman batting sensation, McAuliffe, entrenched himself solidly with our fans by getting 3 hits for 9 bases. After the game, it developed that our victory had cost Coach Murphy three silver dollars in premiums for the circuit clouts of Andy and Mul. Like all good things, the competitive season of 1945 came to an end and we observed the occasion in a fitting manner by over- powering a plucky St. Patrick's of Watertown nine by an ll-1 count. Paul and Bob divided the hurling assignment and both were equally effective, limiting the Watertown batters to two meager hits, although they were rather generous with 10 walks. Having gone score- less for three innings, our lads opened up in the fourth when McAuliffe cleaned the loaded sacks and scored shortly thereafter on Dan Sullivan's bingle. Our opponents countered with a tally in their half of the fifth, but we got it back in the same frame to lead 5-l. The sixth yielded another, the seventh ac- counted for four more, and we called it a day at ll-1 with a final score in the eighth. The batting honors were even between Mul and Andy at three apiece, and they were pressed by Gibby and McNabb who had two to their credit. In the pitching de- partment, McGrath turned in 8 whiffs to BINGLE FOR BULLOCK Myron at his fiercest 1 I

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JLI IOR VARSITY ACTIVITIES For some years now, St. Sebastian's has fostered Junior Varsity teams in all the major sport fields. This interest on the part of the School is attributable to two reasons: first, Country Day School Education aims at the inclusion of every student in the School's athletic program, second, any future athletic success for St. Sebastian's is contingent upon the development of young athletes who will one day carry our Red and Black colors into Varsity competition. For these reasons every student is encouraged, from the day of his arrival, to capitalize on whateverathletic talents he may possess, by using them under the proper supervision and instruction. For the most part, the coaching of ourJ. V. teams is entrusted to various members of the Faculty who have excelled at a particular sport in school-boy days and have continued their interest in it long after their days of active competition. Each Fall the small and medium sized lads are placed under Fr. Keating's tutelage to as- similate the fundamentals of the gridiron game, and to be put through a course of conditioning exercises that brings them to a peak of physical perfection. At the appro- priate time, equitable competition is engaged in to give the lads the competitive spirit and to afford them an opportunity of putting into practice the principles they have learned. At the end of the season, their squad is divided into rival Reds and Blues, and they bring to the Junior classic all the spirit that highlights the Varsity color game. When the moleskins have been packed away, J. V. teams are organized in our two chief Winter pastimes, Hockey and Basket- ball. In the ice sport, the younger boys, after an original screening by Coach Murphy, are entrusted to Fr. Hannigan's guidance and are taught to convert mere skating ability into co-ordinated team play. Although the opportunities for extra-mural competition are rather limited, the Junior puck-chasers are always sure to cross blades with intermediate sextets that test their mettle. Basketball, perhaps, offers the J. V. athlete his greatest share of competitive sport, for our yearlings play practically on every occasion that the Varsity hoopsters have competition. During the course of the season, the Juniors have the advantage of working out daily on the same floor with the School quintet and of watching the older players in action, thus gaining at first hand an excellent grasp of the fine points of the game. The capable direction of Fr. Joyce, during the season just closed, brought out the talents of several candidates to such a degree that they will be definitely Varsity material next year. In the diamond sport also, budding athletes receive deserved attention from Fr. Flanigan and Fr. Clifford, in the course of which many of their rough spots are smoothed off and a healthy confidence in themselves is generated. A schedule is arranged with a view to having theJ. V. 's perform at home when the Varsity plays away and in the coming season they are looking forward to entertaining the Andover team as the high spot of their campaign. St. Sebastian's, therefore, does everything in its power to attract every student to parti- cipation in organized sports. In so doing, it affords every boy an opportunity of playing the games of his choice within the appro- priate sphere of competition. Such training and experience obviously is an asset to his physical development, while at the same time it sends him back to class Work refreshed and ready to pursue the real objective of his course at St. Sebastian's.