St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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TAP-OFF Hilt Collupy .lumps Agni nst Dave Nanglc. 5l',f5A,, 49 HIGH-SCIORIZR IN ACTION Bill Brooks GL-ls Ono Off in thc St, Pufs Thrillcr

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in attaining our fifth consecutive victory. Getting off on the right foot when Brooksie scored on the tap-off, the Arrows registered nine tallies before Sacred Heart found the range. At quarter time our edge was 11-2 and by half time it had climbed to 25-9. Al- though the tempo slackened in the final periods, our second team was able to hold the opposition in check and the final score read St. Sebastian's 37, Sacred Heart 14, Once again, Bill Brooks emerged with the high scoring laurels for his 16 points, Kel con- tributed 8, Ed Collupy was good for 6, Bill Carey threw in 4 and Frank Kett swelled our total by 3. To close out our pre-Christmas schedule, Our Lady's of Newton was invited to our cage on the night that had been set for the School's Annual Christmas Party, The game itself drew the greatest number of spectators to throng our gym this season, partly be- cause the rival team brought a large number of fans, but especially because the St. Sebastian's Association was to conduct the raffie of the Television Set that had been up on chances for several weeks, While Brooks scored the first basket of the evening, the visitors racked up the next three to give us a bit of a scare. After calling a time out to discuss the situation, the Arrows drew even on Bill Carey's two successive baskets and a nip and tuck battle ensued for the duration of the period that ended with Our Lady's ahead, 11-10. That was as far as the contest went, however, for the Red and Blacl-: defense was so thorough in the second quarter that the opposition registered only on two free tries, while, in the meantime, we had garnered ten points, In the third quarter, Our Lady's rallied to the point that they matched all our baskets save one, but the last chapter saw us pulling away steadily so that the ultimate verdict was 44-27 in our favor. The big guns of the evening were Bill Brooks, whose 18 markers were well applauded by the appreciative Red and Black spectators, and Frank Kett, who left his defensive floor-general's role often enough to chalk up 10. Figuring also in jim Clifford's record book, Fish's 6, Ed Collupy's and Bill Carey's 4 apiece together with Kel's 2 just about constituted the margin of our triumph. Other features of the contest were Father Beatty's cheering that nettled the opposition and the selection of one of the dainty visiting cheerleaders to make the rafiie drawing. After these six successive victories, the Christmas holidays were a pleasant inter- lude and the squad returned from them reinvigorated and ready to undertake the more arduous portion of the schedule, The First Friday of january brought New Prep to our gym and the Cambridge quintet must have thought us most inhospitable in using the occasion to establish a new high scoring record of 70 points. Registering practically at will, St, Sebastian's ran up a 12-O edge before our rivals counted once and after that the disparity remained almost equally great. When the totals had swelled to 39-17 at half time, Coach Hogarty sent in the second team and then reached down into the barrel to pick out players that were making their first appearance in a Varsity uniform. Late in the third period, it was Bob Kellyis lay-up that smashed the old cage record and it was the same little hoopster who came out of the fray with 24 tallies, the highest individual scoring feat of the season. Sharing the plentiful harvest, Brooksie ran second with 13, Fish came up with 10 and Ralph Donnelly put on a scoring spree of his own with 8. In the lower bracket, Ed Collupy turned in 5, Frank Kett tossed in 3, joe Shea, Bill Carey and Jim Canning were good for 2 each, while Bud Fisher was proud of his free try singleton. The following evening, St. Sebastian rooters were pleased to find that Gene Mack, jr., of the Barton Traveler, had been impressed by the Schools hoop conquests and had billed our quintet's record in headlines, Refusing to let such publicity throw them off stride, our Red and Black cagers paid a return, neighborly visit to Our Lady's on Sunday, january 9th, and, despite the handicap of an improvised gym, they racked up the same 17 point margin that had decided the earlier game between the two teams. For the second time, the parochial aggregation proved to be a better first-period club than we, and the home fans exulted as their favorites went out in front 9-1, then 11-3 and 13-5. The second quarter, however, found Bill Brooks on the beam for 12 points which, with :-I 148 I-Q

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the assistance of Hilt Collupy and Bill Carey, overtook the Our Lady quintet and then passed to a 23-20 advantage by the mid-way mark. To duplicate their performance on our floor, the home team came back rather strong from the rest period and pressed us hard in the third chapter, only to crumble in the fourth. As a result, we were able to double their second half totals and the final summary put us out in front, 51-34. Rivals for scoring honors were Brooksie with 21 and Kel with 15, Frank Kett and Bill Carey shared third place with 4 each, Hilt's grist was 3, Joe Shea accounted for 2, while Ed Collupy and Paul Burke were credited with 1 point contributions. On the following Wednesday, Middlesex School journeyed from Concord to match baskets with us and provide very close competition for the first half of the after- noon. Bill Brooks' 5 were our only offensive feat in the first quarter and, in the second, the West Roxbury lad came up with 6 more which, coupled with swishes by Kelly and Kett, allowed us to lead 15-14 when the teams retired for the rest period. When play was resumed, the very effective close covering of the visitors drew fouls and eventually cost Middlesex the services of the Green brothers. Under these circumstances, we man- aged to establish a six point lead in the third chapter and that mastery continued to grow in the fourth until the final gong crowned St, Sebastian's 41-25 victors, Brooksie's 19 constituted almost half of our offensive, while the remaining counters were very evenly divided among Kel with 5, Fish and Frank Kett 4, johnny Murphy 3, joe Shea, Bill Carey and Ralph Donnelly 2, During the refreshment period after the game, the visiting coaches were most generous in their praise of the alterations that had been made in our gym. Against St. Mark's on january 15th, the Arrows turned in another neat perform- ance that resulted in their tenth consecutive victory by a comfortable margin of 49-34. Successful in dropping in a pass from Kel after the opening tap, Brooksie set the pace and was quickly imitated by Fish and Frank Kett. Each of the first two quarters were productive of 13 tallies for the Red and Black while, in the meantime, the Southborough cagers were slow in finding the range and could boast of only 12 points by half-time. A vast improvement was noticed in their style of play when they returned to the floor and they gave our loyal fans cause for uneasiness by outscoring us 11-7 in the third stanza. Fortunately, the Red and Black rose to the challenge in the final chapter and finished strong with a 16-11 achievement that made the final outcome 49-34 in favor of St. Sebastian's. In the locker room after the contest, jim Clifford's tabulations revealed that Bill Brooks had achieved top rating with 22 credits, Bob Kelly had assisted with 11, Frank Kett had garnered 7, Hilt Collupy had sunk 5, while Ed Collupy and Ralph Donnelly had tied at 2 apiece. Bob Hogarty was quick to point out the fact that our victory was to be attributed to our first-half efforts, because the second half had produced a 23-22 nip and tuck battle. All winning streaks are made to be broken, as we found out the following Wednes- day when Governor Dummer's fast-finishing quintet came from behind to defeat us on our own floor, 40-23. Starting off very poorly, the visitors tallied only two points in the first stanza, while the Arrows seemed comparatively stronger on the basis of their 7 tallies. In the second quarter, however, the opposition served notice that they were not to be regarded lightly by outscoring us slightly and climbing to a small 14-11 deficit. To open the third canto in auspicious style, Hilt Collupy tossed in a brilliant lay-up, but, sad to say, that was the only St. Sebastian success in the chapter, while, at the same time, Dummer's Rod Jennings began to find the range and so did his mates. The tall, former Newton High star, who had been held to two points in the first half, personally delivered 8 markers in the third period and then went on to round out his day with 7 more in the fourth. After bogging down in the third, the Arrows showed signs of reviving in the fourth period when Kel tucked in a lay-up and also cashed in on a fioor-long fast break. However, Bill Carey's tap-in of an unsuccessful free try was our final basket of the day and the Red and Black was forced to bow, 40-23. For the first time in many a game, no Arrow cager was able to hit double figures, Brooksie's 9, -1 150 1-z