St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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

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l7ish's 6 and Kel's 5 representing our best efforts. with Carey's 2 and Kett's I completing the offensive picture, Viewed from long range, our defeat at the hands of Governor Dummer was only reciprocal justice lor our snapping ol' their Baseball streak in a classic game last Spring, The following Saturday we re-gained our victory stride in a return game with Middlesex played at Concord. Remembering the close first-half score in the previous contest, the Red and Black lost no time in taking the lead with Kel and Carey pacing the attack, so that our I9-I0 edge at the quarter mark had grown to 50-I6 by hall time, The third period found us preserving just about the same margin, so Bob I-logarty took advantage of the Opportunity to allow his second team to gain valuable experience While they were outscored 15-14 in that final stanza, they played well together and came off the floor happy that they had contributed to our 56-37 victory, High scoring honors for the day went to Brooksie and Kel, who had ll points eachg Kett, Clarey and john Murphy finished second with 6 tallies apieceg I-Iilt Collupy, Ralph Donnelly and joe Shea finished in a dead heat with -ig lid Cfollupy and jim Canning tied with 2 points each. Our meeting with Rivers had an added interest for the members of the team who had faced the Chestnut Hill quintet the year before, because they recalled the two nip- and-tuck contests played on the Rivers home court and at Boston Garden, This year it was different, however, for the visitors seemed lost on our spacious floor and in no time at all we had a commanding lead and thereafter were in no danger of being over- taken. Because we had a 27-5 margin at the end of the half, Coach Hogarty withdrew Bill Brooks and Bob Kelly for the day and substituted various combinations in the third and fourth quarters, In these periods, Rivers fared considerably better and, by the end of' the game, had whittled us down to a 15-26 verdict, lfor the first time, John Murphy was the pacemaker of' our attack with IO points, finishing in front of Kel who LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL Ralph Donnelly In A Puckish Mood. l E -1 ISI 1-