St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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-.

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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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de combat, necessitating the substitution of Billy Gibbons. Handicapped as we were, we started off the third period with an unex- pected first down when Andy McAuliffe, back in punting position, was opportunist enough to scoop up a bad pass and race to our 43 before being forced outside. Later in the chapter, Andy and Tom Green chalked up two more after Bill Gibbons had recovered a Somerville fumble, but they did not lead to any real threat. As the last period started to wane, Ralph Donnelly gave the Arrows a rare opportunity by intercepting an enemy pass on their 25, but, after a power drive to the 15, Bob Murphy had the ball stolen on him and the oval reverted to the home team. Encouraged by the achievement of a first down, St. Clement's tried a desperation pass on fourth down in the next series and, when the aerial went incomplete, we took over on their 28 with 70 seconds to play. A pass had pulled out verdicts for us before, so Tom Green, who had been throwing most fre- quently to Tom Hartnett, faked a toss to the Cambridge lad and passed instead to Hilt Collupy who gave a warm welcome to the pigskin in the end zone. Bob Joyce was called upon at that point to demonstrate his specialty and he obliged with a perfect effort to make the score, 7-0. There was time for only one play after the ensuing kick-off and the final whistle paid tribute to our third victory of the season. Close as the score was, St. Clement's never succeeded in penetrating beyond our 35 yard stripe during the entire game and we felt that our belated tally was richly deserved. To celebrate Parents' and Friends' Day, Case High School of Swansea was invited to Nonantum Hill on Friday, October 24th, and a fme afternoon drew several hundred to St. Sebastian Field for the contest. Once again, the injury jinx plagued us and Bill Morrissey was the latest victim to be relegated to the sidelines, the versatile Jim Ryan filling in at left tackle in Bill's place. The injured Vin Greene was well enough to start and Larry McAuliffe had a specially constructed mask to protect his mouth that had to be stitched after the Somerville contest. Unable to dress with the squad, Jack Boyle had to be content with roaming up and down the side- lines, encouraging and exhorting his mates. Almost as soon as the whistle blew, it was evident that we were facing a sturdy team that would provide plenty of opposition. We elected to receive and Bob Murphy ran back the kick-off to our 25, but short gains in the first two tries made it prudent for Andy to boot on third down. Starting at mid-field, the visitors used sheer power plays to drive us back to our own 19 before they fumbled and gave Andy the chance to pounce upon the oval. Although we did celebrate this piece of luck by a first down, the next series pro- duced little yardage and we kicked again to the Case 30. Shortly thereafter, a 15 yard penalty advanced them to midfield, but Britland fumbled and this time Joe Deignan recovered. The 29 yard line was as far as we could penetrate on this break, and, with the second period well under way, it began to look as if we would have trouble in scoring. When we surrendered the ball, the visitors rolled along for two straight first downs, although a 15 yard penalty for holding took most of that distance away from them. To recoup that loss, they took to the air but Tom Green intercepted a pass on their 32 and on this occasion we took full advantage of the opportunity presented. Tom Green probed the center for 4 yards and then turned the matter over to Bob Murphy who powered his way over the goal line by means of three consecutive plunges, the last a 15 yard jaunt through left tackle. That we did not add the extra point did not seem to matter too much, for, having made the distance once, we felt that we could repeat the performance. There was enough time remaining in the first half for Case to pound out one first down and to have another awarded them via a 5 yard penalty. With eleven seconds to go, a success- ful aerial carried them to our 18 but the whistle intervened to nip the threat. It was a far different story in the second half, for we took the offensive right from the -l 89 I-