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centers and ends, while Frank Coyle tussled with the guards and tacklers, Inter-squad scrimmages became possible when the players had learned their assignments and then, as a warm-up for the opening game, Brighton High visited St. Sebastian Field to test the mettle of the Red and Black and give the coaches an opportunity to watch their men under game conditions, just a few days before the opening game with Cambridge High and Latin, Bob Murphy lost his father in a tragic automobile accident and his death was felt deeply by the entire School because Mr. Murphy had always been a real friend to our athletic teams and an enthusiastic sponsor of all St. Sebastian activities. Despite his great loss, Bob insisted on taking the field with his team the day following the funeral and his presence meant much to the inexperienced and untried eleven that lined up to face C.L. in the third grid meeting between the two schools. As was the case in the two previous years when we edged the Cantabs each time by a single point, our eleven was a decided under- dog in the estimation of the newspapermen, but we felt that that had not proven a bad omen before. After winning the toss and electing to receive Captain Tommy Green found himself with Bill Gibbons, Paul Carey and Bob Murphy as backfield mates, while Ralph Donnelly held down the pivot post, flanked by Bob Joyce and Dave Connor as guards, Ed Ryan and Charlie Sullivan as tackles, and Jim Hefier and Bill Carey as enus. Although Paul Carey's runback of Rice's boot brought us to our own 31, the first sequence of plays found us jittery and our errors let the enemy take over on the St. Sebastian 35. Three plunges gave the home team a first down on the 25 and at that point the age-old Statue of Liberty play was effective enough to catch us napping and permit Halfback Boudreau to take Sylvestre's offering and gallop around his left end to register the first score of that Sunday afternoon. Rice's dropkick was wide of the mark, but his kick-off was deep to our 10 and Paul Carey ran beautifully in returning it to the 30. Unable to gain more than 9 yards in 3 tries, we kicked to the home team and, when they attempted a long pass deep into our territory, Paul Carey intercepted on the 25 to snuff out the threat temporarily. By this time joe McCarthy, jim Harnedy, Frank Murphy, Bill O'Brien and Dick Schiffman were sent in as replacements and the fresh impetus they gave our attack brought about three consecutive first downs before Billy Gibbons was forced to punt to Boudreau on the C.L. 13. With the first quarter ended and the heat of the unseasonable afternoon taking its toll, the coaches resorted to fre- quent substitutions so that Pete McHugh, Dave Keelan, Paul Burke, Dick Sullivan, Murray Regan, Dave O'Connor, Wally MacKinnon and Ed Connors were called into service. After yielding two first downs to the Cantabs early in the second period, we then stemmed the tide and appeared to be in no trouble until we had a kick blocked and then recovered by the enemy's Doyle on our 2 yard stripe. One tackle thrust was all that Gaudet needed to score and we were thankful that the placement attempt at con- version was missed. There was still a spark left in the Red and Black, however, and Wally MacKinnon fanned it with a neat runback of the kick-off that set down the oval on our 41. Before the half ended, Gibby smashed out a hrst down on the ground, after which Tommy Green uncorked a 20 yard aerial that Bill Carey completed on the 25 and we had just reached the C.L. 20 when the half time whistle blew. To open the third chapter, Bob Joyce drilled the kick-off to Sylvestre on the home 20 and, when the Cantabs found themselves unable to gain, Reed Gomperts returned their kick to our 43 yard marker. At that point our offensive really began to function with Bob Murphy acting as the spearhead. Carrying the ball or receiving it 9 times in 14 plays, Bob plunged viciously, skirted the ends neatly and completed Tommy Green's passes artfully with the net result that he tallied our first T.D. of the year on an end sweep. During that drive, jim Coleman and Duke Demeo gave us reserve end strength and, although Bill Gibbons' end sweep failed to add the extra point, we felt that we still had the last quarter to catch our opponents. -H181-:
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SPORTS HISTORY ' I x Q an v -V 1-.asv anlili With Labor Day making a belated appearance on September 6th, Coach Vin Murphy and Captain Tommy Green had to wait until Wednesday the 8th to view the candidates for their 1948 eleven, Shortly after Noon on that bright day, Nonantum Hill came to life as singly and in groups the tanned horde arrived, eager for the touch of the pigskin. Something new had been added, they discovered when they reached the gym and there were oohs and aahs as they inspected the newly installed wooden floor in the cage. The locker rooms also had been freshly painted and it was with a proud sense of proprietor- ship that the older fellows showed the new boys around. Standing at the Tennis courts and watching his new charges file down onto the field, the coach sadly noted the absence of most of the regulars on last year's team. Actually, Graduation had cost him the loss of 14 lettermen, leaving only Quarterback Tommy Green and Tackle Bob Joyce as holdovers from the '47 unit. That Vin was not the only one to analyze the situation in this fashion was evidenced when Dick Keelan, man- ager of the previous year's team, announced that he was resigning his executive duties and reporting as a candidate. However, there was no dearth of enthusiasm among the more than 40 prospects as they raced hither and yon trying for passes that would stump an All-American end. To inaugurate the proceedings in formal fashion, Coach Murphy's hand-whistle sum- moned all candidates to the banking below the Tennis courts where Father Flanigan welcomed all in a cordial manner and introduced the new members of the group. At that time also, the new line coach, Mr, Frank Coyle, was presented to the assembled squad and it was announced that Jimmy Clifford '49 had been named Varsity Manager for the 1948 season. With these preliminaries disposed of, Vin took over and spoke briefly on the urgent need for an arduous conditioning process in view of the fact that St. Sebastian's opening game was only two weeks and a half away. At the conclusion of his remarks, it was noticed that many familiar faces had put in an appearance to be of whatever assistance they could in this opening day workout and the coaches were quick to welcome Bill Harwood '46, Bill Morrissey, jack Boyle and Andy McAuliffe, all of '47. Thus the first of eight long conditioning sessions got under way to the tune of laps, push-ups and grass drills and it was a weary group that dragged itself to the showers each afternoon. When School opened on the 20th, the workouts had to be shortened necessarily, but by that time even jimmy Hamedy had reached sylph-like proportions. As the goal of condition was gradually reached, the coaches began to screen their mate- rial carefully and to try the candidates in different positions, Vin working with the backs, 41171-
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