St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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

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