St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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-

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MANAGERIAL TIMBER Andy invades Dick Keelan's department to find the Arrows listed as seventh in the Class C bracket. Gene Mack also carried us as passengers in his unbeaten, but tied iitney and we were mentioned prominently in several surveys of schoolboy Football. Our next test was a Sunday encounter with St. Clement's of Somerville at Dilboy Field, and Bill Morrissey, veteran tackle, acted as game captain in place of the injured jack Boyle. jack's absence forced Coach Murphy to con- vert namesake Bob into a plunging back and Joe Deignan replaced Murph at left end. With Bob Joyce out of action also, Jim Ryan started at right guard and we hoped to have enough man power to see us through the fray. To start the festivities, Hilt Collupy kicked to the Somerville 10 and, although the ball was returned to the 35, four tries yielded nothing and St. Clement's punted outside at our 41. When a holding penalty was called on our first play, Bill Gibbons quick-kicked to our opponents' 55 and four plays later we had possession on our 28. Bob Murphy's first plunge then made six yards at right tackle to start a drive that netted four straight first downs and brought us to the enemy 7. Sparking the offensive, Larry Mc- Auliffe had threaded his way through right tackle for a 17 yard romp, while two jump passes from Tom Green to Tom Hartnett were good for important gains and helped to keep the foe guessing. At the 7 our attack bogged down temporarily and, despite the fact that Bob Murphy recovered a St. Clement's fumble on their 23, we were not able to threaten seriously for the remainder of the half. ' Vin Greene had received a bad shaking up before the end of the half and Ralph Donnelly succeeded him at the pivot post, only to have Larry McAu1iEe rendered hors -I gg 1-.