St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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center, but it came after two were out and he was left at the keystone sack. Again in the fourth we theatened to score when a double by Andy plus a walk and a hit bats- man filled the bases but once more there were two out and George McGoldrick's fine bid as a pinch-hitter was nullified by a fancy play by Curran, Thayer third baseman. The Braintree club took advantage of a pass in the third and followed it up by a Rutilla two-bagger that sent Holland across with their second run. This two tally deficit was bad enough, but we made the situation worse by presenting the opposition three more scores in the sixth without the benefit of a hit. After this debacle all seemed lost until we produced a five run eighth inning that made the contest a new ball game temporarily. With one down Hilt Collupy tagged a line drive over second to launch the attack and then the otherwise reliable Curran helped our cause by booting john Ellard's grounder. A fielder's choice that proved to be a hair too late loaded the bases and Andy proceeded to clean them with a savage double to right center to make it 5-3. Wavering for the minute, Gaskell walked Ed Quirk but came back to fan jim Grogan for the second out. At that critical juncture with the hit and run sign on George McGoldrick drove a sharp single to left center scoring Andy and send- ing Quirkie to third. When the play was made for Ed at the hot corner, McGoldrick scooted for second and made it safely. Keeping the rally going, Senior Frank O'Donoghue placed a nice grounder between short and third and the score was tied at 5-5. With Bob Kelly at bat, Coach Murphy flashed the steal signal to McGoldrick at third and he broke for the plate only to be called by Umpire Yetter even though it appeared as if Wade, the catcher, tagged him with an empty glove while holding the ball in his right hand. After such a grand comeback, it was ironical that we should give the de- cision away in the last half of the same frame, yet we did so after the first two men were retired, and Thayer took advantage of two miscues and a stolen base to register the KEYSTONE GUARDIAN, BOB KELLY winning marker and send us down to a 6-5 defeat. The records revealed that while we had outhit the Braintree aggregation 7-5, our fielding lapses had nullified McAuliffe's 14 strikeouts which were deserving of a better fate. In our last April game we tasted Victory again by downing a good Coyle High nine to the tune of 4-3. The hitting of George McGoldrick and Frank O'Donoghue at Thayer had entitled them to starting berths and they took over right field and third base respectively. Bob Kelly started us off on the right foot by leading off with a single in the first and this greeting obviously disturbed Fagan, the visiting hurler, to such a degree that he hit one batsman and passed two others, forcing in Kel with our Hrst run of -I 136 I-

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thc day. Three frames later, the same diminu- tive slugger came up with Quirk and Mc- Goldrick on third and second as the result of two walks and a passed ball, and he laced a neat single to center that scored the two runners with ease. Our final counter was a real gift from the foe, for Jim Grogan strolled and then stole and, when the key- stone guardian failed to cover his catcher's peg, the ball went all the way to centerfield, permitting jim to amble all the way around. In the meantime Andy McAuliffe was having a great day on the mound, getting rid of the first eleven men to face him before being reached for a safety that was soon discounted by a Collupy-Kelly-Gibbons double play. Only in the sixth did his control falter tem- porarily when he walked three men, two of whom scored later on an error and an infield out. Although Coyle tallied once more in the eighth on a two-base wild heave, it was with- out the semblance of a hit, for McAuliffe did not yield another bingle until the ninth and that proved harmless when the next three men went down in order. Ten visitors whified the breezes and only two balls were hit to the outfield besides the two singles that constituted the Taunton nine's attack. On the other hand our offensive was rather weak, for Kel, Gibby and Andy were the only players able to solve the Coyle twirlers' delivery and their safeties were held to singles. It was more than a week before we were able to play another game because the miser- able weather, which had caused cancellation of games with Middlesex and Lawrence Central Catholic earlier in the season, also washed out our May 2nd contest with Malden Catholic. When we arrived at St. Mark's on May 8th, snow flurries greeted us and made us wonder whether we should head for the Hockey rink instead of the diamond. In the absence of Coach Murphy, Fr. Flanigan started Henry Lane at third and, to cope with the temporary injury of Hilt Collupy, sent George McGold- rick to the shortfleld. The rival pitchers showed the effect of the raw cold day in the opening frame, giving up two walks apiece, and setting up a run in each instance. St. Mark's broke the tie in the second with two markers on only one bingle, but we came back on even terms in the third, thanks to timely line drives by Kel and Johnny Ellard. In their half of the fourth, however, the home team took advantage of Andy's wildness to insert sharp singles at the most appropriate intervals and hang up four more runs. Our best rejoinder was two scores in the fifth on solid hits by Ellard, Gibby and Grogan, and, when Andy's wing succumbed to the cold in the same frame, jimmy Cotter was forced to take the mound with very little warm-up preparation. With the Southborough nine leading 11-5 it was decided to call the game in the seventh and the premature ending was most satisfactory to all concerned. About the only consolation that could be gleamed from the day was the fact that the weather did not impair our batting, eight hits rattling off our war-clubs with Ellard and Quirk accounting for two each. The remaining four were SOUTHPAW ACE, ANDY MCAULIFFE -I 138 I-