St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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April 16 SHOWING THE WAY Captain Danny Sullivan registers against Malden Catholic. BASEBALL SUMMARY-1946 C ouch-VINCENT C. Mun PHY Captain-DANIEL E. SULLIVAN '46 Manager-R. MICHAEL BARRBTTE '46 SCHEDULE Browne and Nichols .LLL,L.,,.,..L,,..,.,,,L 17 Middlesex School LLLL,LL, 24 Phillips Exeter ,. 29 Malden Catholic .i.,iL May 1 Boston Commerce ,L 4 Groton School ....,. , 7 Huntington School St. Seb. Opp. 19 3 17 1 5 4 0 2 . 10 3 5 0 , ..., . 12 2 8 Thayer Academy ..L. L,LL,,,,,, .....V,v 9 2 10 Sacred Heart of Newton LL,L,,L .,L,,V. 2 3 2 15 Belmont Hill ,,,L,,,i,. ,LL.,L,L, L Rain 17 Lawrence Catholic ..w. . L,M. Rain 20 Malden Catholic 6 5 22 St. Mark's ,LL..,...,,.. 6 8 25 Cranwell Prep ........ ..., 16 8 29 Roxbury Latin ,L.,,LLL,..,.L, LLLLLL L 31 3 31 Sacred Heart of Newton L,,,,,, LLL,L 1 9 2 June 3 St. Columbkilleis ,,,LLLL,,i,,L,,,,,,,,,,,.... ..,., ......... ...LLLLLLLLLLLL 4 2 5 St. Mary's of Waltham ....,.............V..,,,L,,,ev,,1i..,.1.,,....,. Rain Reds CPaul McGrath, Captain? 6, Blues U0 Daniel Sullivan Paul McGrath Richard Doyle William Gibbons Arthur Craig joseph Ford john Boles LETTER AWARDS Robert McNabb Andrew McAuliffe John Boyle Henry Lane Richard Griffin Francis O'Donoghue John Kirk hn Ellard, Captainl 3 john Mulhern Hilton Collupy john Ellard Myron Bullock Edward Quirk R. M. Barrette Richard Killion

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BREAKING DOWN THE FENCES Lefty Ed Quirk polls out a long one. 6-3. Adverse weather conditions caused the length of the contest to be curtailed, but that did not prevent the tilt from exhibit- ing the unusual features expected in such a meeting. Paul McGrath and Andy Mc- Auliffe opposed each other on the mound, and Andy was the first to weaken, yielding up two tallies on a wild pitch and its conse- quences in the second. In their half, the Blues came back with one and scored on a passed ball, just to be different. Desperate to even the count, Blue Ed Quirk ventured a steal of home in the third but Ellard had the pellet waiting for him. Doyle's tally in the fourth and Deignan's in the fifth stung the Blues into a two-run retaliation but it was their last threat and later scores by Doyle and McGrath opened up the Red margin and made their final victory, 6-3. With vic- tory in the palm of his hand, Paul McGrath had to leave the rubber in the seventh be- cause of an arm injury, but Henry Lane changed places with him to come in and trap Quirk off third to end the civil strife. Thus the 1946 Baseball season passed into History and the 13 victories in 15 games did much to increase the athletic prestige of St. Sebastian's. The Boston newspapers were visibly impressed and Fred Foye, john Aherne and Ernest Dalton took pains to eu- logize our success in their respective col- umns. Looking back on the season now, we can safely say that the schedule attempted was far from being an easy one and the fact that we survived it in such creditable fash- ion is in itself a tribute to the work of Coach Murphy and the indomitable courage of the boys who carried the School's colors into battle. SACRED HEART'S CONQUEROR Dick Griffin burns one over. FAITHFUL JOE Joe Ford warms up McNabb be- fore the Malden Catholic game.

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JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTS The scholastic year 1946-47 witnessed a tremendous development in junior Varsity activities here at St. Sebastian's. To begin his Football work, Fr. Keating, junior Var- sity coach, had many veterans returning from last year's squad and their number was reinforced by the arrival of fifty new zealots, all of whom were serious candidates for the Red and Black J.V. eleven. After the tortures of push-ups and deep knee bends had conditioned the neophytes, they settled down to the task of learning plays and assignments with an eye to the schedule ahead of them. With lads of assorted sizes to deal with, Fr. Keating divided his legion of candidates into j.V. and j.j.V. units and arranged equitable competition for each. The j.V.'s traveled to Newburyport to make their de- but against the Freshman-Sophomore team of the recently inaugurated Immaculate Conception High School and returned with the laurels of a 19-13 verdict. George Mc- Goldrick was our offensive powerhouse and his effectiveness was made possible by the timely blocking of his mates. Shortly there- after our J.-I.V.'s went into action against the mighty midgets of Thayer Academy and, under the impressive leadership of Cap- tain Dick Mulhern, used the T formation strategically enough to register a 26-13 win. In a return game two weeks later on the South Shore team's home grounds, our lads again prevailed over the opposition by a 14-7 margin. St. Mary's of Brookline provided the next testing of our j.V.'s and afforded George McGoldrick the opportunity of having fun at the expense of his fellow townsmen. De- spite the fact that our little men were out- weighed both in the line and the backfield, Captain Bob Kelly's generalship was superb and was the deciding factor in a St. Se- bastian 20-12 triumph. When the two elevens met in a return engagement, it proved to be a Dick Merriwell affair in which young McGoldrick turned the tide in our favor by galloping 80 yards on a kick- off with only three seconds remaining to play. The lone defeat of the j.V. season came at the hands of a more experienced Lawrence Central Catholic Junior group which managed to outscore the Red and Black 12-6 in a see-saw battle of well-drilled teams. To acquaint St. Sebastian fans with the extent of the j.V. program, the squad put on an exhibition scrimmage between the halves of the St. johnis Prep game on Parents' and Friends' Day and their imitation of Varsity finesse won the applause of spectators and officials alike. At the season's end, a J.V. Red-Blue game was played but it proved to be a 6-6 stalemate from which the rival cap- tains, Murray Regan and Jack Cochran, emerged with honors even. With the advent of the indoor season, Fr. Keating issued a call for j.V. Basketball candidates and this invitation started off the most successful J.V. hoop season ever en- joyed by a junior Red and Black quintet. Thirteen games were arranged for the younger cagers and in eleven of these con- tests they were returned the victors. At the outset of the campaign, budding stars like Bob Kelly, Frank Kett and Joe Shea made