St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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J. V.'s OF THE 1946 GRIDIRON Rear Row: Fr. Keating, McGoldrick, Cochrane, O'Brien, Dore, Hurley, McCarthy, Oldfield, Brooks, Schiffman, Sheehan Center Row: Donahue, Carey, Burke, George Kelley, Cap- tain Bob Kelly, Downey, Cochran, Donnelly, Blazo Front Row: Kett, Elston, O'Neil, Regan, Cotter, Nelson Fred Elston constituted a capable second de- fense. To open the competitive season, the Varsity of Brighton High School was en- gaged twice by our yearlings and it was no disgrace for them to be beaten, 5-0 and 3-2, by older skaters. A trip to Lynnfield then ensued from which much discussion re- sulted over the final score of 4-3 against St. Sebastian's. In this contest Murray Regan rose to great heights, scoring three goals, and our boosters maintained that Ralph Donnelly had pushed home another which was not allowed. Victory finally came at the expense of the Milton Academy j.V.'s when Bill Brooks and Ralph Donnelly rified home markers that gave us a 2-1 edge. The final games of the brief season were against the Natick High Seconds and the Lexing- ton High Varsity and they both resulted in reverses for our hopefuls, 8-2 and 5-1 re- spectively. In addition to the valuable ex- perience gained in these battles, a fair share of the j.V.'s saw limited service in the Var- sity Catholic League games. Freshman jim Cotter was a member of the second Varsity line, while Paul Gibbons, Dick Mulhern and Murray Regan constituted a diaper line whose efforts to match strides with longer-legged competitors were highly ap- preciated by Skating Club fans. The J.V. Baseball wars of 1947 are ap- pearing on the horizon as this account is being written, and we have every reason to expect that our diamond youngsters will emulate the success of the 1946 junior nine that enjoyed an undefeated season. Coached by Fr. Flanigan the youthful Red and Black aggregation rolled up an impressive

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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

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J. V. HOOPSTERS Standing: Fr. Keating, Schiffman, Brooks, Griffin Seated: Cochran, Canning, Carey, Donnelly, Downey, Keefe string of wins that included triumphs over Browne and Nichols, Our Lady's of New- ton, the Rivers Varsity, St. Thomas of Ja- maica Plain and Angel Guardian. On the mound, Dick Griffin and Henry Lane turned in sterling performances, Dick's out- standing feat being the 2-1 decision over the Rivers Varsity. joe Ford and Dick Wat- son divided the receiver's role, while Frank Hennessey and Bob Kelly were the regulars at first and second. The left side of the in- field claimed the alternating services of Henry Lane, Frank Kett, Tom Hartnett, Ralph Donnelly and Bob Sullivan. In the garden, jack Cremmen, Joe Deignan and Art Craig were a dependable trio, but jack Darwin managed to break into the line up fairly often. Our j.V. athletes in all sports deserve the highest praise and recognition. They will be the Varsity competitors of another year, having benefited by the experience in the fields of competition just described. To them the School extends its heartiest con- gratulations on the successes of the past and at the same time expresses its hope of seeing their names on the Varsity rosters of the near future.