St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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-

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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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start. Milwood's kick came to Tom Hartnett and he raced down the sideline to our 42 before being hit out of bounds. With Murph and Andy alternating we hammered out two first downs and had another made when a fumble on the Case 12 stopped us tempo- rarily. Finding themselves unable to gain, the visitors kicked to Andy on their 45 and he brought it back to the 25 by very fancy footwork. Six plays later, the same McAuliffe danced his way through right tackle to hang up a reassuring tally that made the score, 12-0. Again the point after was denied us when Bob joyce's try was low and wide of the bar. In the final chapter, both teams exhibited some of the best Football of the day. A Jim Britland pass straight down the middle to the shifty Frank Santos transported the pig- skin to our 28, and at that point a 15 yard penalty against St. Sebastian's threatened to do more harm until Hilt Collupy hauled in another Britland aerial on the 5 to avert any further trouble. It was then that Andy found easy cruising through left tackle and racked up three successive first downs in three carries that landed us on the Case 42. When a fumble halted our march, it provided the visitors a chance to fill the air with passes, but Murph intercepted an important one at our 55 and lugged it back to the opposing 47. With Tom Green electing to try the air route, it was the visitors turn to intercept and their Santos gathered in the ball on his own 40 and escorted it to our 15. Time was rapidly running out so Coach Murphy sub- stituted generously on every play in order to permit all the Arrows to perform in front of their parents and friends. Four more aerials were left in the Case bag of tricks but Vin Greene corralled the last one to give Bob Murphy a chance to plough eight yards on the last play of the day. During the Coffee Hour afterwards, the visiting players and fans made up an impromptu cheering section to pay tribute to the sportsmanship and hospitality of St. Sebastian's. The sixth game of the season found us opposing Lawrence Central Catholic in the Municipal Stadium at Lawrence before three thousand spectators. While the squad trav- eled by bus, a large number of parents and students made the trip in private cars to be on hand for the contest. This was the second grid meeting between the two schools, the previous encounter the year before ending in a 6-6 deadlock. just to keep us injury conscious, Tom Green turned up with an infected finger that permitted him to see only limited service and gave Sophomore Wally MacKinnon a stern baptism of fire as his replacement. Ralph Donnelly also started his first battle at the pivot post, Vin Greene being out of action temporarily. At the out- set, the absence of so many regulars was not too noticeable for we marched from the opening kick-off for two consecutive first downs and we had reached the Lawrence 38 when a disastrous fumble gave the home team a highly appreciated break. The fumbling proved contagious, however, and the Central lads bobbled, allowing Hilt Collupy to re- cover, whereupon we reciprocated in the same fashion, only to have Lawrence do the same again, Harry Field regaining the oval. Because we were still in enemy territory, a pass seemed the proper weapon, but Herve Gallant snared Bob Murphy's heave and flew down the sidelines as far as our 18. On the very next play, Frank Sexton passed to Ed Morris in the end zone and we trailed, 6-0. After the point after attempt had failed, Bob Murphy gathered in the kick-off on our 10 and made a fine return to the Arrow 58. Larry and Andy had dented the opposing line as far as their 46 and made a first down, when, on the next play, we fumbled again, letting Central recover and set sail for another tally. Two plays later, the prodigious Sexton faded back 15 yards to uncork a terrific aerial that Paul Raymond completed behind our secondar and carried across the . . 7 . goal line to make it 12-0. For a second time the conversion did not materialize, because Gleason's kick hit the cross bar squarely and dropped to the ground. Still undaunted, we made another attempt to get under way, Andy and Larry delivering -I QQ 1-