St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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another first down after the kick-off. When the teams changed sides in the second period, Larry McAuliffe found a beautiful hole at right tackle and galloped 35 yards to the Lawrence 17 where Paul Raymond caught him from behind. Two plays more advanced us to the 11 where a tragic fumble robbed us again and the home team took over to consume the rest of the period in a slow but steady march that resulted in a third T.D. Again it was a Sexton bomb to Ed Morris, eating up 30 yards to our 5 yard stripe, that set up the six points, and the talented passer plunged over to change the score to 18-0. The second half produced a much better Red and Black defense against aerials, but not much in the way of a concerted offensive. Central penetrated to our 18 just before the end of the third quarter, but 20 yards in two tries by Larry carried the ball out of the danger zone. On the first play of the last chapter, Andy kept the drive rolling with an 18 yard scamper to the Lawrence 45, but he was hit so hard that the pigskin was jarred from his grasp and claimed by the rival quarterback, Bajak. Launching a fresh assault, the home team drove along the ground and skirted our ends until Bill Durkin hung up the final points of the day on a left end sweep that swelled the margin to 24-0. For the remainder of the game we dominated the play, gaining ground on short passes from Tom Green to joe Deignan and Bob Murphy, but even this threat was extinguished by a Lawrence interception on its own 15 and a consequent freeze that lasted until the final whistle. Thus we suffered our first defeat, yet we were chagrined that the score should be so one-sided when fumbling alone con- stituted the difference between a well-played game and an overwhelming defeat. The following week-end was much more pleasant, giving us a pleasant trip to the Berkshires and a 31-13 win over Cranwell. Transported in a fiotilla of cars that left the School at Noon on Saturday, we reached the Irving Inn at Dalton in plenty of time to enjoy a lobster dinner provided by Mr. STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN Larry about to out-fox the Cambridge Latin Collupy. Afterwards, we spent a pleasant evening, swimming and playing games at the town's very fine recreation center before turning in for the night. Quite a group of parents made the overnight jaunt and they assisted with us at the Mass celebrated by Monsignor Mclnnis in the parish church next morning. The game was played in the early afternoon and for once we were at com- paratively full strength, lacking only the services of Jack Boyle. While our foes were not considered as strong as in years past, they jolted our complacency by pushing across a touchdown as soon as they took possession of the ball. Pete Gillespie was the villian who scampered 25 yards for the score and then added insult to injury by passing to Dick McGrath for the seventh point. In less time than it takes to tell it, how- ever, we recovered six of those points, Bob Murphy tearing 23 yards on four straight thrusts and Tom Green hurling a 25 yard pass to Hilt Collupy on the Cranwell 5. Andy raced over through right tackle for the score, but Bob Murphy's cleat touched the sideline on an end sweep for the P.A.T. and we had to be content with a 7-6 deficit for the moment. Although we threatened again early in the second quarter on the strength of first downs by Andy and Larry, a fumble -j 91 j- secondary

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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-

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cost us possession on the enemy's 23 and we had to wait for an interception by Andy at the rival 40 to get underway once more. On the interception the ball had been carried to the home team's 17 and from that point our three running backs took turns in gain- ing yardage until Larry smashed over for his first score of the season to put us ahead, 12-7. A tackle smash failed to produce the extra point and the half ended shortly there- after with no further scoring. In the third chapter we were well on our way to another T.D., having reached the Cranwell 8 on substantial runs by Larry and Murph, when a freak play cheated us of a score and added six points to our opponents total. With a lateral pass called for, Tom Green's shovelled pass hit Murphy on the knee, bounded into the air and was caught by Pete Gillespie on his own 5. Keenly alert to the opportunity, the Berkshire fullback streaked down the sideline with Tom Green in hot pursuit but not quite able to overtake the leader in the 95 yard sprint. Gillespie's second touchdown thus made it 13-12 and again we trailed the home eleven by a single point. After the foe's unavailing try for the extra tally, St. Sebastian's roared back to take the A A e la.. EXULTATION ack Boyle and Frank Renaud congratulate Bob Joyce after his game-winning P.A.T. -I 92 1- lead again in 12 plays. Murph gained the greater part of the distance with considerable assistance from the McAuliffe duo, but in crossing the last white line the Arrow full- back fumbled and only a quick-witted re- covery by Tom Hartnett gave us the lead 18-13. In the final quarter, we hugged the oval until we had racked up two more scores, the first by dint of a strong ground attack in which Larry's 16 yard jaunt set up Tom Green's score and the second by virtue of Larry's interception which he followed up with a 20 yard scamper that preceded Murph's register. After Tom Green's touchdown, Bob Joyce stepped back to try for the extra point and amazed the opposition by passing to Tom Hartnett for the marker instead of place-kicking. That same tally allowed the elongated end to emerge as high scorer of the day for the Arrows. The game over, we hustled back to Dalton for a substantial dinner before setting out on the long trek back to Boston. To ring down the curtain on the 1947 competitive season, we paid a visit to Danvers to engage the St. john's Prep team that we had met and tied in the most spectacular game of the preceding season. Our hosts were reputed to be a strong and highly ag- gressive eleven despite their rather average record of three wins and as many losses. When we arrived at the stadium, red paint was much in evidence and the Prep students staged a funeral march in which a moribund St. Sebastian warrior was the central figure. Getting under way early, the Arrows ham- mered out two straight first downs and were on the verge of another until a fumble gave the oval to St. john's on their own 25. For the rest of the opening quarter the home team retained possession, pecking away at our frontier for small gains that added up to first downs. At our 12, however, they were unable to gain in four tries and we took over only to have a poor pass prevent Andy from booting the ball beyond our 27. Re- newing their assault, the Prep lads completed a 12 yard pass after which Divencenzo toured the end for a first down and Ferri plowed