St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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wrestled for possession in Walpole territory. Thus ended one of the most thrilling games of the season and Brooks' 15, Kett's 10 and Bradshaw's 8 were major factors in our victory. While Kelly's total only reached 4, one of his baskets came with lightning speed after he had passed out from under the Walpole hoop to Kett who promptly re- turned it to Bob inside the court and the tally followed. With a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, we entertained Thayer Academy in our own cage on the 11th of February and the result had to be entered on the wrong side of the ledger. Although Fish broke the ice to score first, the most we could achieve thereafter was a fleeting tie at 4-4, and the visitors went on to a 43-33 triumph. Beside the 10 and 11 point totals for Thayer in the first two periods, our 6 and 4 achievements were puny and, although we outscored them 23-22 in the second half, our start came too late and could not offset the early lead they had ac- cumulated. Our foul shooting, however, was a bright spot in the defeat, for 7 conversions out of 11 attempts gave us a 63? average. By this time it was becoming a habit for Brooks to lead the scoring parade and his second half performance entitled him to that honor and a total of 12 points. For second place Collupy and Kelly ran neck and neck with 6, another tie developed between Brad- shaw and Hearn at 4, while Frank Kett had an off day with 1. It was reserved for a night game at Our Lady's, Newton, to produce more chills and thrills than any other contest during the season. The neighboring parochial school had done very well in Catholic League com- petition and we knew that it would be a hard club to beat on its own court. Once again we drew first blood on Frank Kett's set shot from the side, but Bradshaw was the only other Arrow to find the range during the first period and at its end we trailed 8-4. Before we tallied again, the home quintet had scored three times in quick order and it was only near the half that we climbed to an 5 18-11 view of the leaders. In the third stanza, however, it was our guns that carried the heavy ammunition and Kett showed the way with 3 goals that helped to give us a 13-9 edge and reduce our deficit to 27-24. When the fourth quarter began, once more it was the home team's turn to press and, by the time the automatic was reached, they had raced ahead, 35-29. With 2:45 remaining, Kett scored on a lay-up but joe Lord matched it, whereupon Charlie Hearn tossed in a free try and Bill Brooks followed with two goals in rapid succession, one of which was made possible by a Kett steal. Leading now by the narrow margin of a single point, Our Ladyfs called for a time out and they breathed easier when they were given a free try on a technical foul and made it successfully to go out in front, 38-36. From our standpoint all seemed lost for the technical gave our opponents possession on the side and it was only to be expected that they would freeze for the seconds that remained. Out of a clear sky, however, the play boomeranged for Bill Brooks interposed himself between the ball and the receiver, and then proceeded to dribble all the way unopposed, racking up the equalizing goal and making it 38 all. Pandemonium reigned and, when Our Lady's brought the ball down the court, a despera- tion long-shot by Nally swished through the strings but the scorers ruled that it had been attempted after the bell. By mutual agree- ment an overtime period was played and, sad to say, although we scored first to break the deadlock, our rivals took advantage of five free tries and added a goal to settle the issue at 45-40. Naturally, the lads were dis- appointed to have been defeated after making such a comeback, but they were consoled by the fact that they would have an opportunity later on to face the same team again. As the players dressed, Tom Barrette read out the scoring figures and they gave the palm to Frank Kett for his 12, even though Brooks' 10 and Bradshaw's 8 were not far behind. Kel hung up the majority of the remaining tallies, 6, while Hearn's 3 and Collupy's 1 closed out the columns. 1-

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CHEER FOR THE OPPONENTS The season was beginning to wane very definitely by this time, but interest in the game with New Prep was heightened by the appearance of an old friend, Elmo Freda, in the visitors' line-up. As a contest, it lacked the close competition of our previous game, for we took the lead from the opening gun and were never headed or very seriously threatened. By the mid-way mark we had lengthened our first period advantage of 10-6 to 18-12 and that margin was main- tained pretty well for the rest of the fray, although the visitors put on their best offen- sive in the third frame, holding us to a 14-13 hair. We were a trifle strong for them in the final stanza and at game's end we were a 44-34 winner. Bob Kelly and Bill Brooks were high scorers at 12, Andy McAuliffe reached a new personal peak with 6, Frank Kett and Bill Carey tallied 5 each, while Charlie Hearn found the range for 4. St. Charles of Waltham were our next foe and we had heard that they would not be at their best because they had lost the -l l27 services of several players who had been regulars. During the first half we had things pretty much our own way, scoring on the opening tap and amassing a lead that at one time reached 9-1. In the second period, however, the visitors were able to slow down our surge somewhat and find their shooting eyes to cut our supremacy to 18-11. Whatever they were told between the halves made them roar back and outpoint us for the rest of the day, even though we managed to stagger through to victory. The assault reached its peak in the final frame when Ahern, McCabe and Hines filled our hoop to take over a 29-27 edge. By the time the automatic sounded, Kett had caged a set shot and Kel had added ae free try to put us in front again, 30-29. At that point, Mr. Hines scored a goal and then repeated the feat when Kett came through to nullify his earlier effort. As the minute hand started its last trip around the clock, we were behind 33-52 but we received an unexpected break when a Waltham player stepped out of the court and the ball was awarded to us under the enemy 1-