St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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advance and Andy McAuliffe's punt was blocked, Hopkins recovering the ball back on our 19 yard marker. Taking full advantage of a golden opportunity, Halfbacks Fred Maher and jack Sheehan alternated in thrusts at our frontier, Captain Maher eventually scoring from the four yard line. To try for the extra point the Connecticut team used left-footed Red Brown and a drop-kick technique, but his effort was short of the distance and we trailed by 6-O. For the remainder of the first half, the most we could achieve was three successive first downs that carried us from the 8 to our own 41, Tom Green getting two on quarter- back sneaks and Andy carving out one through right tackle. In the meantime, Hopkins had swept our ends for two long runs but they were finally halted at the 8, just failing to make the necessary yardage. When they stopped us at the 41, they pro- vided us with more chills by marching on our citadel as far as the 19, where Maher was thrown out of bounds as the whistle sounded. We received to begin the second half but did not get far in our first four tries, and, when the home team took over, Joe Deignan jolted Jack Sheehan with a five yard loss just before Jack Boyle intercepted a short pass to put us back in the running. Starting on our own 45, Tom Green chose his plays wisely and sent Andy and Larry scurrying through the tackles when Hopkins was expecting Boyle to blast through the center. In alternate thrusts the brother combination hammered out four consecutive first downs, the last a 19 yard scamper by Andy that carried to the Hopkins 9. A time out was certainly in order and the Connecticut lads called it to plan a defense that held us to two yards in the next three tries. On fourth down with goal to go, there was only one thing to do, so Jack Boyle took the toss from Tom Green, dropped back cooly to the 20 and then arched a feathery pass that Hilt Collupy snatched from the clutching hands of three defenders over the goal line for our only score of the day. In getting ready for the point after, the Arrows took too much time and, with the handicap of five extra yards to cope with, Bob joyce's toe did not make the conversion. . The rest of the game saw the action con- tained mostly within the two 35 yard stripes and St. Sebastian's earning a 3-1 edge in first downs. On the first play of the final quarter, Andy skirted left end to reach the Hopkins 57 but neither passes nor line bucks could continue the advance. Later on, Tom Green sneaked a first down to the enemy 48 and, toward the end of the contest, Andy was awarded a pass completion on the home team's 45, but both opportunities failed to materialize. In the final minute, Bill Hind- inger set up a last ditch threat by intercepting a Boyle pass and the final whistle sounded as Dave Fitzgerald vainly attempted to catch up with a Fred Maher heave. Thus ended a most satisfactory gridiron battle marked by the highest type sportzmanship and by offici- ating that left nothing to be desired. After a buffet luncheon in the gymnasium, the two squads set out for the Yale Bowl to watch the Elis take on Cornell and thereby bring to a close the most pleasurable visit ever made by a St. Sebastian athletic team. The following Friday introduced another innovation, for the Arrows took part in the first game ever played under arc lights by a Red and Black eleven. Our opponent was Hudson High School and we arrived in the town to be pleasantly surprised by the facili- ties afforded at Riverside Park. As a matter of coincidence, our visit came during the week of the men's mission and the starting time of the contest was delayed until the services had ended. Preceded by the playing of the nation- al anthem by the local school band, the game got off to a most amazing start with Hudson taking Bob Joyce's boot and marching on three successive first downs to the Arrow 16 before giving up the pigskin. When we did get possession, we sustained a terrific loss, for jack Boyle was painfully injured in a pile-up when a St. Sebastian player fell on him and wrenched an important ligament in his left leg. With Bill Gibbons replacing jack, we managed to get one meager first down before the quarter ended, but the -I 85 j-

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Hudson trio of Garcia, Mendes and Jacobs racked up two more and then kicked to Andy on our 15. His return trip was only tem- porarily interrupted at our 27, for, without warning, he broke through left tackle on the very next play and, aided by beautiful block- ing, streaked 73 yards to hang up our first score. The figures on the scoreboard remained that way, because a Green-Deignan pass went incomplete. Before the half ended, We chalked up an- other touchdown in most opportune fashion. On the fourth play after the second kick-off, the Hudson kicker fumbled and, when he was smothered by the entire Red and Black line, we were awarded the oval on the enemy 22. Bill Gibbons smashed off each of the tackles to gain seven yards and then, with the secondary drawn in to back up the central section of the frontier, Andy toured left end for a second touchdown to give us a 12-0 lead. After Bob joyce's placement had been blocked, the country boys put on a scoring drive of their own, mixing up passes and plunges in such effective fashion that they ate up 65 yards and their quarterback, Pitard, was able to knife his way across our goal line from the one yard marker. joe Deignan blocked Halfback Shea's kick and we retired to the field house for the mid-way respite on the right side of the 12-6 score. When play was resumed, Bill Gibbons took the wind out of the Hudson sails by intercept- ing a Jacobs pass intended for Bonnazoli, and the Arrows proceeded to launch their most sustained offensive of the night. Three first downs in quick succession, punched out by Andy, Larry and Tom Green, conveyed the ball to the rival 30, but a holding penalty and an ill-fated lateral pass drove us back to mid-field. Forced to punt, Andy got off a coliin corner boot that went out of bounds on the home 6 and imprisoned the foe in his own territory for the rest of the game. Because Tom Green was hurt on the follow- ing play, Andy moved up to the play-calling slot and joe Deignan fulfilled a life ambition by carrying the ball and gaining seven yards. Despite its make-shift character, the Red and Black backfield rolled on to the Hudson 14 where an intercepted pass prevented another score by the Arrows just before the final whistle. Earlier in the season, the conclave of Boston sportswriters had voted St. Sebastian's a Class C rating, and during the week after the Hudson win, we were pleasantly surprised SURPRISE GREETING lndy roars in to stop a St. Clement's back in his tracks. Acting Captain Bill Morrissey greets the St. Clement s leader -I 87 1-