St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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the capacity of St. Sebastian's Coach. At that juncture, Coach Vin Murphy, although already burdened with the responsibility of directing the Hockey team, stepped into the breach and handled the hoopsters for the remainder of the season. For the most part, the team that wore the Red and Black colors in 1945-46 was made up of Captain Dan Sullivan and Bob McNabb, forwards, Hilton Fish Collupy at the jumping post, and newcomerjack Cremmen and Bill O'Leary at the guard stations. Later in the season, Football Captain-Elect Bill Harwood teamed with Cremmen under the basket, to be spelled from time to time by Bob McGarty. Senior Bill White and War Veteran Jim Logue also were destined for frequent service. Inasmuch as the hoop season of our Senior year was the most ambitious one in our four years at St. Sebastian's, we feel that its individual games should be summarized briefly. ST. SEBASTIAN,S 18- ST. CHARLES or WALTHAM 39 Alilicted with opening game jitters, we allowed the potent visitors to pile up a 27-8 lead by the half, and then came back to hold them to a 12-10 margin in the second. Fish Collupy with 7 points, including five fouls out of six, was top man for the home team, while Dan Sullivan placed second with 5. That our play lacked aggressiveness was in- dicated by the fact that we had only three fouls called against us during the entire contest. ST. SEBASTIAN'S 28- ST. CoLUMiaK1LLE's 30 We were a much improved quintet when we faced the green-clad warriors whom Fr. Flanigan was so anxious to beat. Taking the lead from the start, we showed deceptive ball-handling and good team-play that enabled us to chalk up an 18-11 superiority at half-time. From that point, however, We faded and the visitors' whirlwind finish nipped us 30-28 on Leo Buckley's 11 second- half points. Sull's 13 markers was the day's bright spot, but we could attribute the de- feat to our failure to convert free tries into points. ST. SEBASTIAN,S 8- BROWNE AND NICHOLS 21 Our third game was played in B8cN's ice-box gym that completely stifled us, used, as we were, to the wide open spaces of our own cage. Finding ourselves so completely cooped up on the small court, we even lost our eye for foul tries, failing to rack up one out of eight tries. McNabb's 4 points con- stituted our best individual effort. ST. SEBASTIAN'S 12- ST. MARYVS or WALTHAM 28 Three days later we entertained the re- nowned Walthem quintet, and were too courteous to offer them serious opposition. In the first quarter only were we in the run- ning, for thereafter the foe pulled away from us steadily. Our grist for the day was a meagre 3 baskets and 6 fouls-not much to talk about during the Christmas vacation. ST. SEBAsT1AN's 22- ST. MARY'S or LYNN 49 Back from the holidays, we again played the perfect host, bowing to the North Shore powerhouse 49-22. Trailing by 8 points at the half, we rallied to within 2 baskets of the foe, but their experience and reserves allowed them to gallop away from us at the finish. Bob McNabb had his eye, at least, and personally accounted for 13 points-more than half our total. ST. SEBASTIAN'S 19-RIVERS 16 Using a make-shift line-up, we finally scored our first victory by a narrow margin. McNabb led the parade with 8 markers,

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closely pressed by Spike McGarty's 7. McS0rley and Freda with 2 apiece gained valuable experience, and Senior Art Craig did yeoman work at left guard. Sr. SEBASTIAN'S 33-BELMONT HILL 29 Having set our feet on Victory Road, we were loathe to leave it. In a junket to Belmont, we overcame the home team's 7 points in the first five minutes to lead at the mid-way point 21-16. Even though thc third period saw us tied and passed by the Hilltoppers, we roared back in the final stanza on McNabb's sharpshooting to emerge a four-point victor. This win was par- ticularly pleasing, since Belmont had topped us twice in the previous year. Dead-Eye Bob had credit for 15 tallies, while Fish found the range with 9. ST. SEBASTlAN,S 22-HUNTINGTON SCHOOL 48 Back on our own court again, we were unsuccessful in matching baskets with the lads from the Y gym. Snowed under from the start, we rallied to put up a brave exhibition in the second half, but it was not enough to bear fruit. Once more we showed a glaring weakness in foul shooting, cashing in only on 4 of our 17 chances. Captain Sull topped our scoring column with 8, to be seconded by Fish's 6. ST. SEBASTIANYS 29- ST. PATRICK'S or WATERTOWN 20 The first night game of the campaign called us to Dan Sullivan's bailiwick to throw cold water on the ardor of several hundred home crowd fans. Sparked by an initial V. victory, our Red and Black warriors used a zone defense to thwart their rivals and lead 17-12 at intermission. Despite a Watertown flurry of three quick baskets, St. Sebastian's faculty of winning the fights at the back- boards carried the day and produced a 29-20 edge. McNabb's 13, Sull's 9 and Fish's 7 made up our winning total. ST. SEBASTIAN'S 40-PORTSMOUTH PRIOARY 53 On January 24th, the Rhode Islanders visited us to avenge the defeat we had served them in Football. Sull and Fish gave us an early lead by scoring four baskets apiece in the first half to put us ahead 22-19 at inter- mission. When play resumed, however, the visitors' Hammel found his eye to register 16 points and be the chief factor in the Priory's 53-40 win. To set a new Red and Black individual scoring record for the year, Sull racked up a total of 19 tallies to head Fish's 12 and McNabb's 7, but even though Cremmen's two successful foul tries made our total 43, it was not enough. ST. SEBASTIANYS 32-CATHEDRAL 30 The turning point in our hoop season came when we toppled a league-leading Cathedral quintet by a 32-30 hair. Matching our op- ponents point for point in the opening period, we drew away in the second to lead 18-14 at half-time. Returning to the court, we in- creased our edge to 28-20 in the third frame, but Cathedral shot the works in the final stanza to tie us 30-30 with forty-seven seconds left to play. It was then that Jack Cremmen took things into -his own hands and, having worked the ball to center court, arched a Frank Merriwell shot that swished through the hoop to give us a 32-33 margin and victory. Certainly it was the most sensational win ever achieved by Red and Black hoopsters, and Sull's 12 and Fish's 8 were highly important factors. Sr. SEBASTIAN'S 20-PORTSMOUTH P1uoRY 51 Leaving the Hill after the Mass that closed our Annual Retreat, we made a three hour trek to Portsmouth, R. I., to be routed by a home team that capitalized on the irregular features of its own court. Half time found us trailing 15-13, but the last sixteen minutes of play found us capable of amassing only the anaemic total of 7 points while the Priory was garnering 36. Fish's 8 and Sull's 7 were