St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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with Andy tearing off two consecutive downs to bring us to their 22. At this point, de- spite the fact that McGrath sliced off 37 yards in 3 carries, we had to surrender the oval because two 15 yard and one 5 yard penalties left us yards short of the necessary distance. Unable to gain effectively, the local team endeavored to punt,but the ball only dribbled to their 13 and our Sull returned it to the 8. At this time the Rhode Island eleven called their fourth time out of the half, and when the St. Sebastian bench offered docu- mentary proof to the officials that it was an extra time out that entitled us to a 5 yard penalty against Providence, the written proof was ignored. Evidently worried with us on their 8, Providence was relieved to have a penalty push us back to the 23 on the first play. A short time afterwards the final whistle blew, and the 180 yards of penalty calling had nullified the fact that we had outrushed our rivals by a 218 to 35 margin. Vvfe have recorded this game in great detail for two reasons: Q13 as a protest against the treatment we received, and QQ in fairness to the boys who wore the Red and Black and proved themselves real champions, deserving of an undefeated season. ST. Si3nAsT1AN's 26- PoR'rsMoU'rH PRIORY ScHooL O This last contest of our season was staged as a Parents and Friends' Day feature and it attracted 400 people to Nonantum l-lill. With cars ranged on both sides of the field and the scene enhanced by the presence of the Angel Guardian band, the spectators heard the line-ups announced and individual plays called over a public address system. With Boyle carrying for 3 first downs and McAuliffe for 1, a fumble ata critical moment prevented LETTER CARRIERS McCarthy, Pickard, McGrath, Sullivan us from scoring early in the game, although the period ended with the ball on the Priory 6. The score came on the second play of the second quarter via a Boyle-to-Ellard pass, Boyle also passing to McGrath for the seventh point. In the same stanza, Neelon's recovery of a Portsmouth fumble on their 25, set up McGrath's plunge for our second tally. To show that it was no fluke, Neelon did it again on the second play of the second half, and the same speedy end then took a pass from Boyle to hang up a 28 yard score. The point was added by Bomber Boyle. Our last touchdown came over the aerial route, Mul passing to McAuliffe for the 12 yard score, after having set it up by a similar heave to Ellard. Priory's recovery of a fumble on our 22 let them threaten in the closing stages of the play, but we held firm and in turn threat- ened to score again when a Boyle-to-Neelon heave carried us to the enemy 15 where the game and the competitive season ended. Neelon's heads-up play, both on offense and defense, and Boyle's passing and rushing were the topics of the day at the coffee hour in our dining hall. BLU iss 7t'fRnDs 6 ln the closing intra-mural classic, Captain Dan Sullivan's Blues emerged victorious in a titanic struggle over Captain Paul McGrath's Reds. The first quarter saw the play revolve around midfield, and the first first-down did not come until Red Lane McCarthy made the distance. Encouraged by this, Captain McGrath uncorked a long pass to Ray Neelon that was good for 48 yards and the first score. Unfortunately for the Reds, tl1e conversion try was missed. Back to the fray roared the Blues, White carrying the kick-off to the Blue 32. Varying the attack after Collupy

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had made a first down, Mul passed to Ellard for a 16 yard gain, and then repeated the performance to McAuliffe with a 38 yard scoring heave. The extra point and the margin of victory was delivered by Ellard's successful conversion. Before the half ended, the Reds threatened again on a McGrath carry of 31 yards, and a McCarthy-to-Boyle 20 yard toss. Again in the third stanza, the Reds threatened by earning three consecutive first downs, McCarthy's jaunt for 12, a 20 yard pass from McCarthy-to-Neelon, and Boyle's thrust for 14 putting the pigskin on the Blue 7. The situation changed in a A survey of the competitive season Individual Scorers T.D. P.A.T. i'o'rAL McAuliffe 6 1 37 Pickard 4 3 27 Mulhern 4 0 24 McGrath 3 2 20 Neelon 3 1 19 McCarthy 2 1 13 Murphy 2 O 12 Ellard 1 3 9 Boyle 1 2 8 minute, however, when Mul intercepted a pass and carried to the Red 43, and Collupy followed with a 35 yard trip to the Red 8. At that point the Red defense held and took over on their own 10. With Red Lane M'cCarthy's 45 yard thrust called back because of a back in motion, an interchange of punts resulted in no advantage to either side and the contest ended with the Blues on the Red 8, after recovering a Red fumble. The Red 6-3 edge in first downs, their 66-50 margin in yards gained by rushing, and their 108-67 achievement in passing still allowed Blue Danny Sullivan to hang his plaque. reveals the following statistics: Yardage Gained by Rafhing McAuliffe 450 Mulhern 341 Pickard 229 Boyle 216 McGrath 163 . Yardage Gained by Pairing Mulhern 201 Boyle 163 McGrath 117 HALL OF FAME Dan Sullivan hangs his Football Plaque