St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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WHIRLING DIZRVISH Bob Kelly Wcnrks lt In Against Phillips lfxeter. SWINCS AND SVUAY Fran Downey Demonstrates His Southpaw Technique. had 7, and Brooksie and lfish who had 6. The remainder of our stores were split among joe Shea lid Clollupy Haj, liran Kett, Bill Carey, Dick Clollupy fl eachj, and Ralph Donnelly Defeated onl' once in 15 starts, we 'ournc-'ed to New Hainwshire to en ra 'e a l I l l is fs power-laden Phillips lixeter team that proved just a hit too strong for us, Taking an earl f lead, the home team cawitalized on its height and it was onl r hr cashin ' in on free l l 1 l 5 2- tries that we were ahle to catch them at 10-ltl, The deadlock was soon dissolved, how- ever and lfxeter led li-I0 at the cuarter, ln the second stanza, close coverin v hr hoth , l 2- l A sides kept the score low, hut we managed to outscore our hosts 7-3 to reduce the deficit to JO-I7. NX!hen play was resumed, we lost Fish on fouls in six minutes and, although his hrother lid, who re wlaced him, did a su werh ioh, we missed his tawing and hack- lb 1 l I l l . l hoard clearing. lfac h of the two final periods resulted in a three point superiority for lfxeter, with the result that the final score read, -19-will against uso liar from discouraged at the outtome, the School felt that our Red and Black hoopsters had acquitted them- selves very commendahly in the face of' top-flight competition, Sometime later, we were uleased to see that the Academy news wawer had given the victorx' over St, Sehastians I . l l 1. . headlines on the first page and in the hox score we found our scoring recorded as follows: Brooks li, Kelly IO, Carey 6, H, Ciollupy 5, Kc-tt 5 and lf. Cfollupy 5. 1-l l52 lf

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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-

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Back on our home court once again, we inaugurated the month of February auspi- ciously enough by taking Lawrence Academy into camp, 47-33. Bob Kelly got us away on the right foot by scoring from Bill Carey's out under our basket, and we never relinquished the lead thereafter, To give them their due, the Groton lads did their best to pull up on even terms with us, but the first period yielded us a 17-8 edge which became 25-18 by halftime. Maintaining the same pace for the remainder of the after- noon, the Arrows were able to use substitutes regularly without jeopardizing the out- come which proved to be 47-33 in our favor. Enjoying one of his best days, Brooksie set the scoring example with 16, while Bill Carey employed his push shot effectively enough to register 11. Besides giving us command of both boards all afternoon, Hilt Collupy accounted for 9 to top Kel's 7 and Fran Kc-tt's -1. Players on both sides were quick to notice that the referee was Elbie Fletcher, former major-leaguer from Milton. Although our quintet was a pre-game favorite over Huntington School, the in-town visitors handed us our third setback of the year on Friday, February 4th. Deprived of the services of Hilt Collupy, Mr, Rebounds, who dislocated a shoulder in practice the previous afternoon, we yielded a 10-7 lead to our guests in the first quarter and then allowed them to take a 19-13 edge to the locker room at the rest period, For the Red and Black, Bill Brooks was the only marksman able to hit consistently and even he was robbed several times when his shots went in only to pop out. While we outscored our opponents in the second half, it was only by a meager point which was not enough to avert a 39-3-1 defeat. Witli the issue so much in doubt, neither coach substituted until the final three minutes of play, at which time Joe Shea and jim Canning relieved Ed Collupy and Bill Carey. Unfortunately, Brooksie's 17 did not evoke much competition from his team mates, for the nearest they could come was 6 by Ed Collupy and Fran Kett, and 5 by Bob Kelly. UP FROM UNDER Captain Fran Kett Makes A Bid Against Our Lady's. 153