St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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make the distance. On their part, the Latin- ites chilled our hearts on several other oc- casions, but fumble recoveries by Tom Green and Andy McAuliffe plus a memor- able 60 yard boot by john Ellard relieved the pressure. Bob Murphy added consid- erably to the effectiveness of the punt by felling the receiver dead in his tracks. The contest ended with a Cantab flurry of passes, but the whistle found them on their own 33, and its shrill tones announced a St. Se- bastian victory. The next morning's papers gave our triumph generous attention, and informed the world that we had shaded and edged Cambridge Latin before 5,000 spectators. Our second gridiron appearance of the season came on October 6th, when we jour- neyed to Lawrence to meet a strong Central Catholic team, representing the largest school of Catholic boys in the diocese. The fact that the game was a Sunday contest and was to be played in the Municipal Stadium added to the novelty of the occasion. Base- ball, however, was still alive for the Red Sox were battling the Cards that day, and yet 3500 fans turned out to watch the first Red and Black eleven to invade the Merrimac Valley. Hardly had the fray begun, when we re- ceived an unexpected break. The home team had received Bill Harwood's lengthy boot, but fumbled on the second play, Rich- ie Doyle recovering on the enemy 40. Boyle immediately hammered out 14 yards through right tackle, a quarter back sneak was good for 8 more, and then the Belmont Bullet racked up his second first down on the 12. Within sight of pay dirt, however, the air attack failed and we had to surren- der possession on the 8, where a jump pass to Collupy had carried us. Lawrence was quick to turn the tide at that juncture, reg- istering two first downs in short order, and carrying out to the home 54. Despite the fact that Pete Pitts recovered another fumble at this point, we failed to capitalize and Cen- tral intercepted a short pass to pave the way for another first down on their own 46. Shortly thereafter the initial period ended. The change of goals did not help the home team, for we held them to no gain in three tries and they kicked to us on our own 17. Resuming the offensive, we carried to a first down on the 28 through the efforts of Boyle and Ellard, and then, like a bolt from the blue, Andy McAuliffe swept left end for a 72 yard touchdown gallop. The West Rox- bury lad had no trouble coasting through the secondary, but it took a titanic block by Bob Murphy to erase the Lawrence safety man and enable the half back to register six points. The seventh tally was denied us, however, when a quarter back sneak failed. That we were not disposed to settle for six points was manifested when we threat- ened the enemy citadel again. Needled by an 18 yard end sweep by Doyle, the Arrows penetrated to the Central 21 where an inter- ception permitted the home fans a sigh of relief. Three first downs in quick succes- sion by the local team demonstrated the po- tency of its attack, and only a desperate tackle by Vin Greene saved us from being scored upon during an end jaunt. As the half ended, we were hugging the oval on our own 18. X ik 'K X . af , X 7 97 ' J x Xxx LEFT FOOT Southpaw Eddie Quirk gets off a practice kick before the St. Clement's game.

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see YA AT mf Gam. uns --.L-Q U' '!-nn... 78 the Latin 31. Capitalizing on this break, Boyle and McAuliffe smashed out a first down in two plays, but, when we shifted to aerial tactics, the attack bogged down, for the one pass we completed was nullified by an offside penalty, and we were forced to re- linquish the oval deep in enemy territory. With the ball in their possession again, the Cantabs probed our line with no re- sults, and we took over only to see a 30-yard Boyle-Collupy bomb fail by inches. In their next series, the home team managed to swing our end for a 13 yard first down, but three plays later, thanks to a 15 yard penalty and a poor kick, we were back in the saddle on the C.L. 43. Once again Boyle and Mc- Auliffe teamed to hammer out a first down, this time on the 29. From that point it was a natural set-up for Boyle to fade back, wait until Collupy had out-run the enemy secon- dary, and then feed him a feathery pass which Hilt carried into pay dirt for our first score of the season. To make the conver- sion, Andy roared through right tackle and we led, 7-0, as the first quarter ended. Stung by our initial score, Cambridge lugged Bill Harwood's kick back to their own 30, made 8 yards in two plunges, and then ventured a pass that was completed at mid-field and carried to our 35. Two downs later, however, the passing attack boomer- anged when jack Boyle intercepted on our 20 to stave off the Cantabs first real threat. On the ensuing line-up, Dick Doyle called for a routine plunge and then, without warning, sent johnny Ellard on a reverse around right end. This change in tactics caught the enemy completely by surprise and the Belmont flyer, aided by beautiful blocking, streaked down the side-line, weaved past the secondary and crossed the last white line after a 78 yard jaunt. Still varying the attack, the Arrows took to the air on the point after, Hilt Collupy com- pleting Boyle's toss for the marker that was to be the difference between a victory and a tie. just to show that they were still in the game, our hosts uncorked an effective of- REST PERIOD McAuliffe and Doyle plan ways and means of protecting our lead over Cambridge High and Latin. fensive to beat the half-time whistle. Start- ing on their own 26, a reverse carried them to the C.L. 44, and a Cawley-Rigazzio pass advanced them to our 38 yard stripe. At that point our defense stiffened only to have a desperation fourth down heave enable Dick Walker to chalk up the first Cam- bridge tally. The P.A.T. also came via the air route, Cawley to Daurie. With the pe- riod almost at an end, Boyle and McAuliffe still found time to rack up another first down before hostilities ceased. Coming back with a vengeance, after the brief respite, the home team refused to re- linquish the pigskin before it had surged to another touchdown. With Cawley doing the brunt of the carrying, the Cantabs drove along the ground from their own 30 to our corresponding marker, then took time for a short pass, and finally went the distance when Rigazzio breached our forward wall from five yards out. The try, however, was unsuccessful and we still led by a 14-13 hair. That ended the scoring for the afternoon, but we gave Cambridge Latin at least one more scare by taking advantage of another Boyle interception to power our way to their 24, where we failed only by inches to

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fm Donimoae WQRK THAN mf. PLAYERS ... - .. 'V' k 80 -A HERE'S HOW Boyle limbers up his wing in pre-game practice. Visibly affected by the heat of the Indian Summer afternoon, the two elevens returned to the wars to hold each other at bay dur- ing the third stanza. Not a single first down was registered by either side, al- though Andy McAuliffe made a serious bid for one with a 9-yard thrust off-tackle. With the clock running out fast in the fourth period, however, Lawrence uncorked a last ditch offensive that put them on even terms with us. Starting on their own 21, in four series of plays they traversed the distance to our 16, two successful aerials being respon- sible for most of the damage. With their backs practically to the wall, the Arrows' resistance stiffened, forcing the home team to use six tries before Moran was able to plunge through tackle for the tying score. The contest ended with the same totals, 6-6, for the St. Sebastian line swarmed through to block Central's attempt to drop-kick the seventh point. The team certainly needed something to take the edge off the chagrin it felt at being tied, and nothing could have served the purpose better than the magnifi- cent dinner at Shawsheen Manor on the way home. In a section of the dining room reserved for the squad, the players were able to relax and replay the contest, and then start for home in a leisurely and frolicsome mood. Our first home game of the season brought us a visit from St. Mary's of Milford, a pa- rochial school team from the diocese of Springfield. Not too much being known in advance about the visitors, we were pleas- antly surprised when the fray proved to be a respite from the fierce opposition which we had faced in our first two outings. After Milford had received, johnny Ellard inter- cepted the visitors' first pass on his own 35 and raced it back to our 46. Reliable jack Boyle had no trouble in piling through to St. Mary's 43 for a first down, and, on the very next play, Andy McAuliffe romped through right tackle for our opening score. On the attempt at conversion, Boyle's aerial to Collupy was completed outside the field of play and hence could not be entered as a seventh point. Four plays later, Paul King set the stage for our second T.D. by blocking an enemy kick and recovering it on the visitors' 32. In the ensuing huddle, the strategy called for an end sweep by Ellard and, once again, the Belmont sprinter went all the way to chalk up his second touchdown of the sea- son. Eddie Quirk, just to prove that drop- kicking is not a lost art, pumped the pig- skin squarely between the posts to increase the lead to 13-0. At this point, with the game already in hand, Coach Murphy began to send in replacements, yet the score con- tinued to mount. Co-Captain Jim Caulfield had his moment of glory in the second quar- ter when he intercepted on the invaders' 40 and pounded all the way to the last white line, only to have his efforts nullified be- cause he had been assisted in flight by over- eager team mates. jack Boyle assuaged his captain's grief, however, by registering shortly thereafter on a 13 yard plunge, after Dick Doyle had set it up by means of a 17 yard end sweep. Not a bit tired by his scoring effort, The Bullet exploded off tackle for the extra point. With an array of substitutes in the fray, the Arrows continued their policy of capi- talizing on Milford miscues. Larry Mc- Auliffe, working in place of his brother