St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

Page 92 text:

STOPPED IN HIS A lofty Danvers kick drives us back to the shadow of our goal line. TRACKS 545' FUMBLE St. john's gets a break when McAuliffe fumbles. From there in, Larry McAuliffe and Pete Pitts, the latter having been shifted to the backfield for the occasion, alternated in plunges with Pete registering the six points. Tom Green's placement made it 14. Avoiding the ignominy of a shutout, the Reds took advantage of Dick McCarron's fumble recovery on their own 25 late in the game and on the following play Jack Boyle reeled off 28 yards on an end sweep. It was his last effort of the day, however, for he left the field with a shoulder injury shortly thereafter. Carrying on in Boyle's stead, Jim Ryan took over the passing duties and got off a beautiful spiral which jack Crem- men took on the 20 and carried all the way for the lone Red score of the contest. The shades of darkness were making their pres- ence felt as Ed Quirk galloped 25 yards on the final play of the day. Thus the 1946 gridiron wars ended and we could look back complacently enough on a season that brought us the stiffest testing ever undertaken by a Red and Black eleven. To measure the season's laurels by the yard- stick of total victories would be grossly un- fair, for we scaled great heights in the tied games and did not readily accept defeat. St. Sebastian's had every reason to be proud of this season's warriors for they carved their names indelibly in the School's Hall of Fame.

Page 91 text:

just before the goals changed, Boyle suc- ceeded in making the distance and Ed Quirk followed with a 7 yard thrust, but a fumble nullified this advance. Ed had hit his stride, however, and when Somerville kicked to our 23, Quirkie, carrying 3 out of 5 times, proceeded to rip off 3 consecu- tive first downs and put us within threaten- ing distance of a score. The march con- tinued via the air route, two short passes clicking to the rival 28, after a mammoth 50 yard heave by Boyle just eluded jack Cremmen's frantic grasp in the end zone. To vary the attack, Richie Doyle pulled a 13 yard sneak and, then three plays later, went all the way to the l yard line, only to have the play called back for two men in motion. At that point the attack petered out and St. Clement's took over to kill the clock with line plays. We did have a chance at one more try just before the final whistle, but a desperation pass boomeranged and the alert Hartigan intercepted and raced 45 yards for a touchdown. The conversion at- tempt was also good, so the final score read, 19-6. In the traditional Red-Blue game that followed the competitive season, johnny Ellard's Blues insured him a plaque at the expense of joe Ford's Reds. With the two teams evenly matched, joe Jenks broke the scoring ice for the Blues when he toured right end in the first quarter and Ed Quirk followed with a drop-kick gem that put the Ellardmen out in front, 7-0. The Reds, however, had something to cheer about shortly thereafter when a Boyle bomb to Tom Hartnett was good for a 55 yard gain to their rival's 30. Again in the second chapter, the elongated Tom starred when he recovered a fumble on the Blue 28, but Dave Hanron's tally on a reverse was Called back and the incipient threat thus failed to materialize. Red jim Ryan's recovery of a fumble set the stage for another Boyle- Hartnett aerial that was good for 22 yards, but the midway whistle found joe Ford's aggregation stopped at the Blue 5. After the rest period, the Ellardmen lengthened their lead to 14-0. Joe Jenks set up the score by intercepting a Boyle pass on his own 40 and lugging the oval to the Red 19. TOUCHDOWN Andy breaks away for a long gain against Lawrence Academy. END JAUNT right wing. Green fakes to jenks and shovels to Doyle as they try St Mary s

Page 93 text:

FOOTBALL SUMMARY - 1946 Combs, C .ss.. .4 ,,,A , L L , ,,, , C . ,HVINCENT C. MURPHH' Assistant Coach ,7,7 7. . . THOMAS F. CROSBY C0-Cqpming rsrssr . ..r. jAMrs CAULFIELD, '47 WILLIAM HARWOOD, '47 Alqngger , ,, ,,,,, W ,,,A , ,, ,,,,,,, ,, JOHN BOLES, y-47 SCHEDULE St. Sebastian? Opponent Sept. 28. , . . ,, ,Cambridge Latin. . ..VO..OOO.OOOO i. . 414 15 Oct. 6, ,.,,.. .Lawrence Central Catholic ,. , 6 6 Oct. 11 .. . , . St. Mary's of Milford ...... . 32 0 Oct. 19 , . .. St. John's Prep .. . . 7 7 Oct. 27, , St. Mary's of Waltham . 19 0 Nov. 1 ....,,,, Lawrence Academy. , ,. , 0 14 Nov. 17 L C . . . St. Clements of Somerville... ...,..... .... . ............ . D 6 19 Blues Cjol-IN ELLARD, Capminb 14 - Reds CJOSEPH FORD, Captain! 6 'W LETTER AWARDS ' James Caulfield john Boyle William Morrissey Andrew McAuliffe John Ellard Thomas Green George Hayes james Ryan Thomas Hartnett William Harwood Richard Doyle Hilton Collupy john Darwin Edward Quirk Vincent Greene John Cremmen Paul King EJTgdBE?gnor john Ellard Finally Robert Murphy Francis Pitts William Gibbons Eugene Pierotti Lawrence McAuliffe john Slattery David Hanron Richard Hook Hangs His Plaque.