St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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MOUND ACE The NO-HIT KID in a warm- an inside pitch and Gregg ran for him. At this point, Ladd, the big rangy short- stop who had smashed out a vicious dou- ble in the third, drove out a long fly to left which Henry Lane took easily, the run- ners advancing to second and third. Lynch again entered the picture but was given an intentional pass to load the sacks. Now the chips were really down and McNabb poured everything he had into each pitch to Moses, the centre fielder, until the ball and strike total ran up to a full count. Finally, with the stands in a frenzy and the runners off with the pitch, Bob blazed in a letter- high, inside pitch which Moses failed to touch and the game was decided in our favor by a 5-4 hair. David had slain Goliath again and we had achieved the most remark- able victory in our diamond history. johnny Ellard and Eddie Quirk had been out of the Exeter game with injuries but they returned to the line-up the following week when we visited Malden Catholic to submit to our first defeat in two years. Op- posing our McNabb on the mound was jack Mulrennan, son of a former major league player, and he had just enough of an edge on Bob that day to eke out a 2-0 ver- dict. We lost a golden opportunity in the fourth when we loaded the bases with no one out, but Mulrennan set down the next three men in order without a run scoring. On their part, Malden scored when a third strike, that would have retired the side, got away from jack Mulhern and allowed Pilot- ta to register from third. The next batter pushed a single through the infield to send across another tally that made it 2-0. While we threatened in the last two innings via Andy McAulifTe's triple in the eighth and two men reaching in the ninth, we didn't have enough to bring them in. The result was that, even though he had fanned 14 and had given up only five hits, McNabb suf- fered his first defeat as a St. Sebastian hurler. JOLTING JOHNNY Ellard demonstrates the swing that gives him a consistent .500 average. up pose. KEEPING HIM ON A n d y McAuliffe makes Parker Har- rison hug the ini- tial sack in the Roxbury Latin game.

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QUNS C? 9,3 S same moundsman against Belmont Hill in 1945. By the third inning it was evident that we were to have an easy time of it, for at the end of that frame we led 7-0, having tallied in each stanza. The scoring orgy continued through three more innings and, with the Red and Black at bat in the sev- enth, darkness intervened to call a halt to the proceedings. The final tabulation read 17-1, but our twelve basehits were not as much responsible for the total as were the ten errors chalked up against Middlesex and the eight bases that we stole. In the batting department we made only one extra base hit, a double by Mulherng Mul lead the hit- smiths with three safeties, while Sullivan, Gibbons and Doyle collected two apiece. On the hill, McNabb was in command at all times, striking out 15 and yielding four walks. Bob was deprived of a shut-out in the last frame, when a passed ball gave the home team their lone tally. On the Wednesday of Easter Week, we reached our season's peak by downing a formidable Phillips Exeter Academy nine on its home grounds, 5-4. We drew an ideal day for the game and the long trip by bus was broken up by a pleasant stop at Lamie's in Hampton, N. H., for dinner. Upon ar- rival at the Exeter campus, our lads were rather awed by the impressive athletic facil- ities, particularly the number of playing fields. They were awed also by the start that Exeter got off to in the first inning. After we had been held scoreless, the home team came to bat and blasted out a four ., QE? -nasa- 120 run lead that seemed insuperable. McNabb had struck out the first batter to face him, but followed this feat with two walks that were separated by a double by Carbonneau. As yet no damage had resulted, but when Lynch, the first baseman and a left handed batter, doubled down the left field foul line, three runs tallied and Lynch added a fourth shortly after by scoring on an error. The nightmare came to an end when Moses was thrown out trying to steal home. Up to the fourth, Dan Sullivan had been the only visitor to reach base, due to a single in the first, and, like a real captain, he sparked our rally in the fourth by driv- ing out a lead-off single. Fish Collupy got a life on Ladd's error and Mul drew a walk, so the stage was set perfectly for Bill Gib- bons' single to right which scored Sul and Hilton. On McNabb's infield roller, Ex- eter decided to make a play for Mul at the plate, but the speedy jack was in under the throw and all hands were safe. Gibby made third on the play, and, while Doyle was fanning, McNabb stole second to advance to third as Billy scored on Boyle's long fly. With the score tied, Paul McGrath went in to pinch hit for Bullock and was repaid for his patience with a walk. Not losing any time, Paul scooted for second on the first pitch and, when McNabb saw the long throw going down, he sped for home to beat the return and put us out in front, 5-4. McGrath died on second as Andy whiffed, but the big inning had put us back in the game. Neither team was able to score again, but Exeter threatened in every remaining frame except one. This was not due to slugging on the part of the home team, for they made their fourth and last hit off McNabb in the fourth, but rather to St. Sebastian errors that put runners on the base paths. In the sixth, a two-base error let the dan- gerous Lynch reach third with one gone, but Mac put on steam to whiff the next two men, one a pinch-hitter. Again in the seventh, after Exeter had loaded the sacks on an error and two walks, Bob had to face Lynch in the clutch, but Hilton Collupy was in the right spot to snag his liner with a back-hand grab. The apex of the chills and thrills, however, came in the ninth. With the top of the Exeter batting order coming up, Dick Doyle threw out the lead- off man, but the Exeter captain, Chase, drew a walk. Carbonneau, a heavy sticker who had doubled in the first, was hit by

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On Wednesday, May lst, the Boston High School of Commerce visited our Hill for the first time, and it was a welcome respite, after the furious struggles at Exeter and Mal- den, to have them accept a 10-3 defeat with- out too great a struggle. They did, how- ever, enjoy a brief splurge in the opening frame when they took advantage of Paul McGrath's wildness to chalk up their only tallies of the day. After that, Paul settled down and held them scoreless until he was relieved in the sixth by McNabb who lim- bered up his wing by getting 9 strikeouts in the last four innings. Offensively, Mc- Auliffe, Boyle and Ellard led our attack, get- ting two safe blows apiece, and each con- tributing a double. We batted around in the third to forge into the lead 4-3 and we were never headed from there ing in fact, we picked up six more runs in .the remain- ing frames to make our margin 10-3. In the never-to-be-forgotten department must be recorded jack Boyle's terrific round-trip- per to deep center in the third which was nullified by his failure to touch third. In BALL HAWK jack Cremmen gets set for a high 0116. the field we played flawless ball for the first time in 1946 and our heads-up running of the base paths left nothing to be desired. May 4th found us paying our first ath- letic visit to Groton School and bringing home a 5-0 trophy. To add zest to the day, we had the prospect of facing Henry Gray, considered one of the outstanding pitchers in private school ranks. When he retired our first six batters via the strike-out route, we realized that his reputation was not un- founded. In the third, however, it was evi- dent that he had tired for we pieced to- gether three runs, aided by his wildness and a timely error on the part of his third base- man. The fourth frame yielded us three successive walks but no score, and eventu- ally Gray gave way to a relief hurler an inning later. Our stickwork accounted for the last two rallies in the seventh, when Sul led off with a single and came in on a Mul- hern triple to the woods in leftg to rescue the catcher, Ellard punched a single down third and that ended the scoring. Once again, McNabb was superb on the mound, scattering four hits and giving only three free tickets. Although Gray had started in whirlwind fashion, Bob edged him in whiffs, 10-9. In the fielding line, Mac turned in a neat, unassisted double play, when he caught Gray's attempted squeeze pop with bare hand and then chased and tagged out Zabriski as he was attempting to scramble back to third. For all the work they had to do, our fly-chasers might have stayed at home, for not one of them was called upon to make a putout or assist. At Kent Field, Brookline, Paul McGrath returned to the mound to humble Hunting- ton School in easy fashion, 12-2. While our hurler was keeping the foe at bay, we had little trouble scoring in every chapter of the seven-inning game, except the third. Mul