St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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scant consolation until we reached home to see our icemen triumph over Malden 2-1. ST. SEBASTIAN'S 46- ST. PATRicK's or WATERTOWN 29 The neighboring Green quintet paid us a return visit on February 6th and were not Well rewarded for their pains, for We defeated them by a much more decisive margin than we had achieved on their court. A mid-way 19-15 margin for the Red and Black was in- creased in the third and fourth quarters, due chiefly to McNabb's 7 baskets in those two periods, and the final Whistle awarded us the laurels, 46-29. Our 46 established a new team scoring record for the season, and both Cap- tain Dan and Sarge McNabb equalled the campaign's individual high tally with 19 points each. Fish was not in the race this time, for a fifth foul deprived us of his services early in the second half. ST. SEBASTIAN,S 31-BURDETT COLLEGE 45 Taking on more mature competition, the Red and Black entertained a Burdett hoop team whose size and age made them a for- midable foe. On the Wings of a whirlwind start, the in-towners drew away from us steadily and we did Well to hold them to a 45-31 margin. Sull's 13, McNabb's 9 and Hilton's 7 paced our efforts, and our foul- shooting reached a season's peak with 7 successes in 10 tries. ST. Si2BAs'riAN's 46-- SACRED HEART oif NEWTON 22 To take the place of a contest cancelled by Our Lady's of Newton, the local Sacred Heart quintet faced our hoopsters on February 13th. Handicapped by lack of practice facilities, the visitors were no match for St. Sebastian's and we took the lead from the opening whistle. Reaching his season's peak form, although he was rested frequently by the insertion of jimmy Logue into the line-up, Bob McNabb sunk 4 field goals in the first half and then doubled his gleanings in the second to finish off the day with 24 points, a new School individual sharp- TWO POINTS FOR McNABB Bob is serenely confident, while Fish prepared for any contingency shooting record. Fish's 10, Sull's 7 and new- comer Jimmy Logue's 5 enabled the team to equal the record 46 established against St. Patrick's a week earlier. ST. SEBASTIANlS 41-ST. COLUMBKILLElS 45 With a squad reduced to seven players by reason of illness, we visited the local parish for our second night game to put on an ex- hibition that was nip and tuck from start to finish. Right from the start, Dan and Hilton matched baskets with Brighton's Buckley, Lenihan and O'Leary, although several quick breaks enabled the home team to lead by 7 points at half-time. When hostilities began again we applied the pressure to tie the score and assume a short-lived lead, but the final quarter saw us tiring rapidly, while St. Columbkille's had enough in reserve to nose us out 45-41. Dan Sullivan emerged as high scorer for St. Sebastian's with 14 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

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with Collupy and McNabb in supporting roles that added 13 and 10, respectively. ST. SEBAsTxAN's 351HUNTINGT0N SCHOOL 51 Our return contest with Huntington on the Y court showed us to be much improved over the quintet that had faced the same team earlier in the season. Playing for quick break-aways, we racked up 8 points before the game was three minutes old, but our wily foes changed their defense to meet this tactic and bit by bit overhauled us to estab- lish a 27-17 lead at the midway point. Sull's loss via the foul route handicapped us in the second half and allowed the home team to coast to a 51-35 win. McNabb's 15 headed our scoring column and was topped only by the 18 achieved by Huntington's Rota. ST. SEBASTIAN'S 52-BROWNE AND NICHOLS 15 The appearance of the Cambridge five on our cage floor provided us with an opportu- nity of eradicating the false impression that our feeble 8 points had left in the first meeting between the two teams. With Sull and McNabb leading the way, the Red and Black exploded right from the opening whistle to register 14 points before the visitors could find the hoop. The figures at intermission time credited us with a 20 point lead, and the second half saw us keeping approximately the same distance in front despite the insertion of many substitutes. Late in the game it became evident that this contest would enable us to set a new scoring record, and the packed student gallery cheered each successive basket wildly until the final gong sounded just after FreshmanDick Hook had made it 52-6tallies above the old mark of 46. McNabb, Sullivan and Collupy had 14, 13 and 10 respectively, but they had help from Cremmen, Harwood, White, Logue and Hook. ST. SEnAsTiAN's 39'-BELMONT HILL 38 The final home game of the '45-'46 hoop season arrayed us against Belmont Hill, a team that we had defeated on their own court earlier in the year. We evidently under- estimated the adversary early in the game. for the visitors took the initiative and liter- ally dazzled us with their improved play that gave them a 27-18 edge at half time. Between the halves, Coach Murphy shifted Sull to cover Belmont's Nemrow who had sparked their attack with 5 baskets in the first two frames. How completely Captain Dan ful- filled his assignment is shown by the fact that the visiting forward only racked up 1 field goal in the two closing stanzas. In the mean- time, Dan was not neglecting his offensive play, for he rang up 5 baskets to lead our comeback surge. jack Cremmen proved to be the difference between victory and defeat, for, when our forwards were having difficulty getting within shooting range, the blond guard worked himself into a free corner four different times to sink difficult angle shots and give us a 39-38 verdict. The visitors' whirlwind efforts to shoot a decisive basket in the closing seconds of the game gave the contest a breath-taking climax that will long be remembered. The totals gave the scoring laurels to Sull for his 14, with Fish's 13 and Cremmen's 9 supplementing their captains efforts. Sr. SanAs'r1AN's 46-Rivnns 17 To ring down the curtain on the competi- tive campaign, we visited Rivers' gym in Chestnut Hill to submerge the home team under a 46-17 score. In ten playing minutes Bob McNabb chalked up 12 tallies and then retired together with his starting mates to let the substitutes take over. Given a chance to play as a unit, Logue, Hefler, Kett, McGarty and Hook made a very favorable impression with their sharp-shooting and team-play, the young war veteran's specialty in lay-ups netting him 15 points.