St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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FOOTBALL SUMMARY - 1947 Coach - VINCENT C. MURPHY Captain - JOHN BOYLE '48 Manager- RICHARD KEELAN '49 SCHEDULE St. Seb. ..19 .. 6 ....12 .. 7 .. 12 .. 0 ....51 Sept. Cambridge Latin ............. Oct. Hopkins Country Day School ..., Oct. Hudson High ................ Oct. St. Clement's of Somerville . . Oct. Case High ................ Nov. 2 Lawrence Central Catholic .... Nov. 9 Cranwell Prep ............ Nov. 16 St. John's Prep ....... Blues Captain john Boyle Manager Richard Keelan fWilliam Morrissey, Captainj 6-Reds fVincent Greene, Captain, JACKET AWARDS Captain-Elect Thomas Green Hilton Collupy David Connor joseph Deignan Ralph Donnelly Harold Field William Gibbons Vincent Greene Thomas Hartnett Paul Burke James Coleman John Cochran Edward Connors Paul Corcoran David Hanron George Hayes Robert Joyce Andrew McAuliffe Lawrence McAuliffe William Morrissey Robert Murphy Eugene Pierotti Edward Ryan James Ryan Robert Sullivan LETTER AWARDS -I 98 I- Wallace MacKinnon Francis Murphy William O'Brien Charles Sullivan Murray Regan Mr. Arthur Pierotti OPP 18 6 6 o 0 24 13 26 0

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followed the fortunes of the Arrows during the season and they heartily enjoyed the varied program. When the tables were cleared away, Monsignor Mclnnis paid his personal tribute and that of the School to the gridiron warriors and then turned the microphone over to Fr. Flanigan who acted as Master of Ceremonies and introduced the principal speakers of the evening, Dan Kelly, dean of top-flight Football officials, and Artie Gore, popular National League umpire. Noticing Herb Kopf, former coach of the Boston Yanks, in the gathering, Fr. Flanigan invited him to address the assemblage, and he rivalled the well-received speeches of his predecessors so brilliantly that everyone present agreed that the speaking program left nothing to be desired. To bring the festivities to a close, the annual athletic honors were bestowed, jackets for the veteran players and letters for the neophytes. Jack Boyle was accorded a personal plaque for all-round athletic excellence, while Bill Morrissey hung his shield in token of the triumph achieved by his Blues. As a complete surprise to all present, Gene Pierotti's father was awarded the Varsity S in recognition of his services and loyalty to the Red and Black over a period of years. Thus another volume of St. Sebastian Foot- ball history was written in the Fall of 1947 and it has been reproduced here in the pages of The Arrow as a tribute to the athletes who disported themselves so creditably on the gridiron that they added to the ever- increasing laurels of the School. 'S C0UN7p,, 'G 1 -141-+5-r. Q ,WM f lu ff' QW qo- 5' - '5 +55 fi, 'ii w Q ,q i xkqly 'MASSACB -I 97 1-

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AMW ff HE advent of St. Sebastian's fifth season of Hockey competition was not hailed too enthusiastically by Arrow fans, because, shortly before the Catholic League schedule began, the School authorities announced that the Red and Black sextet was withdrawing from full membership in the circuit and would have only a guest status in the cam- paign ahead. In arriving at this decision, St. Sebastian's was endeavoring to foster the well-being of its own complete athletic pro- gram in private school ranks and at the same time not prejudice the prospects of the Catholic League. As a result, our games with the other seven teams would be exhibition contests and therefore would not be tallied in the league standing. To prepare for the competition ahead, several preliminary practice sessions were held at the Boston Arena and they provided Coach Murphy with an opportunity to screen the large number of candidates and to decide upon his squad membership. For the first time in his St. Sebastian career, the sports' mentor had a comparatively easy task in this regard, for it was his good fortune to find that he could field practically the same sextet that had gone through the rigors of the previous campaign. Led by Captain Bob Egan, the icemen of '47-'48 were paced by the Egan-Murphy-Deignan forward unit, boasted a veteran and efficient defense in Jack Boyle and Bill Gibbons, and had a superb net- minder in Bruce Harrigan whose wizardry was well demonstrated the year before. Besides this stellar aggregation, it soon mi' fa ' I fx. 'Y' became evident that the Arrows would enjoy a depth of talent not present in other years. To rest his starting line, Vin would be able to send in capable substitutes like Andy McAuliffe, Henry Lane and jim Ryan, fol- lowing up, if necessary, with a fresh frontier composed of Frank Hennessy, Bob Kelly and Jim Cotter. Places also would have to be found for Murray Regan and Paul Corcoran, graduates from previdus diaper lines, to- gether with jerry Burns, Vin Durnan and Larry McCarty, the last two being new Freshman arrivals. At the defense posts, sub- stitute material was not as plentiful, but Sophomore Wally MacKinnon and Freshman Bill McCarthy were definite prospects, while reliable Harold Field and enthusiastic john Doherty afforded adequate replacement for Bruce Harrigan. After four years of play at the Skating Club, the Catholic League decided to transfer to the Boston Arena and it was on that ice that we met Lawrence Central Catholic to open our season on Sunday evening, Decem- ber 7th. As newcomers to the circuit, the Merrimac Valley lads were an unknown quantity, but reports were circulated that they had enjoyed a banner season the year before and should serve to strengthen the league competition. It was our entire '46-'47 club that skated out to meet them and it did not take the Arrows long to demonstrate that they had not lost the skill and speed that characterized their play of a season ago. Collecting the puck behind our cage after one minute of play had elapsed, Bob Murphy had little trouble in outskating the Lawrence -1 99 1-