THE PROVING GROUND HEN the Athlete has been under instruction and training for some time, he is brought to the Proving Ground where, in competition provided by his equals, his actions manifest not only his grasp of the instruction imparted by his Mentors but also his de- fects that are still to be corrected. Here at St. Sebastian's both the academic tests and the athletic contests served as thorough proving grounds: in the former, our teachers temporarily assumed the role of adversaryg in the latter we matched our mental alertness and physical prowess with the talents of rivals from other schools. The results of our scholastic testing have already been adequately recorded in the archives of St. Sebastian's and in the files of the Colleges at which we have en- rolledg the reports of our athletic frays also deserve recording for posterity and it is to them that we devote the following pages.
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SPORTS HISTORY 1942-1946 are nu- 4 THE appearance of the thirteen original members of the Class of 1946 on No- nantum Hill coincided with the opening of St. Sebastian's second Football season. From the Sophomores as authoritative witnesses we learned the details of the School's experiment with the sport the year before. We heard that in keeping with the limited numbers at their disposal, Fr. Collins and Coach Ted Duffy had wisely decided to begin with six- man teams. After two games of that type, they felt justified in attempting orthodox Football and with satisfactory results. At least the new School had proved that it could hold its own with more experienced teams. With its second year of existence and com- petitive sports about to begin, St. Sebastian's had arranged an eight-game schedule for the team that it would field in 1942. We can look back now with pride upon the history of that season. In the first place, the Red and Black jerseyed gridders tasted the cup of victory five times and bowed in defeat only on three occasions. Those three occasions came in the first three contests of the campaign, and thereafter, with much- needed experience behind them, the team im- proved with each game and earned decisions over Presentation, Belmont High J.V.'s, Noble and Greenough J.V.'s, Franklin Freeman High School from Franklin, Mass. and St. Bridget's of Framingham. It is true, indeed that our Freshman group of that year did not contribute much in the way of points scored or games saved, but we felt a righteous 05 - pride in the team's success because it was not a lack of willingness on our part that pre- vented us from taking a more spectacular role. Each afternoon found almost every boy in the School drilling under Mr. Duffy's eye, and the members of '46 at least provided some opposition for the regulars. Then too we did our bit in making the first Red-Blue game possible, and some of us found ourselves on Captain Richie Donahue's winning Reds. Our second pigskin season marked the ap- pearance of Coach Vin Murphy on the School scene. Endowed with a deep love of sports and a thorough grasp of their fine points, the new mentor soon demonstrated a faculty for getting the most out of the material available. With him at the helm the Red and Black attempted to match skill with full-fledged private school teams. The team that year lined up as follows: Barry and Ellard, ends, Doherty and Bob Shea, tackles, Lydon and George Baker, guards, McCarron, center, the backfield was composed of Captain Jimmy Collins, Bob Baker, Joe O'Connell and Paul McGrath. Upon this courageous band Victory smiled three times as it took revenge upon Rivers 12-7, subdued the Belmont seconds 7-O and ran riot over Brandeis Vocational 19-O. In addition two ties were garnered in contests with Somerville Voca- tional, O-0, and Angel Guardian, 14-14, the former on a muddy field and the latter in a last-game experiment with the possibilities of the T formation. The two defeats came
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