St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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

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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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l N i FOOTBALL J. J. v.'s or 1946 Standing: Father Keating, Doherty, Gibbons, Cotter, McGoldrick, Carroll, Atkinson, Evans, Fitzgerald, Sheehan. Seated: Clarke, 0'Shea, Griffin, Harnedy, Captain Mulhern, Regan, Corcoran, Santora, Melly an imposing nucleus around which a j.V. team could be built, but the later stages of the season saw them rise to Varsity status and leave the destinies of the neophytes in the hands of Bill Carey, Fran Downey, Bill Brooks, jim Canning, Hugh Bradshaw, Ralph Donnelly, Dick Schiffman, jack Cochran and others. Having opened their season with three consecutive victories over Our Lady's of Newton, St. Clement's and St. Mary's of Waltham, our yearlings faltered twice dur- ing the Christmas season, losing to the B. C. High ponies and the J.V.'s of Lawrence Central Catholic. For the remainder of the year, however, they went through unde- feated, racking up eight consecutive vic- tories over Belmont Hill, Immaculate Con- ception of Revere, Sacred Heart of Newton 12 gamesb, St. Columbkille's, Cathedral, St. Mark's and St. Charles of Waltham. Such successful results with a j.V. team are most unusual and St. Sebastian's can take very pardonable pride in the spectacular feats of its junior hoopsters. Under Fr. Hannigan's capable guidance, we also iced a Hockey team that was handi- capped by a season that failed to produce much in the way of outdoor ice. After all the available material had been well scrutinized, six games were ventured upon by a sextet that had Paul Gibbons, Dick Mulhern and Jim Cotter in the forward line, Ralph Donnelly and jimmy Carroll on defense, and Dan Griffin and john Doherty in the nets. A second line of Murray Regan, Paul Corcoran and John Doherty pressed the regulars hard, while Bill Brooks and