St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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

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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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Thayer Academy was the next visitor to appear on the fioor of our cage, and we bounded back on that occasion with a 41-30 win. Probably the most gratifying aspect of the victory in the eyes of Coach Hogarty was the accurate foul-shooting of the Arrows, for they converted on 13 of their 15 free tries. Although the South Shore lads matched us point for point in the early minutes of the game, a set shot by Kel, followed by a Brooks steal that let him go all the way, broke the spell and gave us a lead that we never lost. By half-time we were in front, 18-11, and by game's end we had stretched the gap to 41-30. Scoring almost half of our points between them, Bill Brooks and Bill Carey were good for 10 apiece to finish in front of Kel's 8 and joe Shea's 6. The remaining markers were credited to Ed Collupy Q51 and Frank Kett f2j, A long trip to Portsmouth Priory was next in order, but it came on a Saturday and we left in plenty of time to arrive at the Benedictine school for lunch. On the way down, the subject of conversation was the small gym at the Priory, but, upon inspection, it seemed even smaller than we had supposed. The first quarter resolved itself into a mutually cautious feeling-out process and, at its end, the score was tied 7-7. In the second stanza, however, we found the range and 10 baskets put us out in front at half- time, 27-20. While this augured well, the home team clipped our margin to 35-31 in the third chapter and then came with a terrific rush in the final period to score 19 points and win the decision 50-41. Most of the damage was done after the automatic, for, at the compulsory rest period, only one point separated the two quintets. Despite the difii- culty that the Red and Black had in setting up plays, Bill Brooks was good for 20 points, while Captain Kett was runner-up with 7. Two 5 point totals by Bob Kelly and Joe Shea, together with 4 by Bill Carey was the sum of our offensive and it compared poorly with the achievements of our hosts who had four players hitting for double figures. A line dinner at North Attleboro broke up the long trip home, but did not erase the conviction that we threw away a game that we should have won. The following Tuesday we faced Browne and Nichols on the floor of the Boston Arena, fully cognizant that the game would mean much in determining what schools would be invited to the Private School Tournament, Our opponents boasted a 15-2 record entering the contest, while we could point to 14 and 4 as our accomplishment. Added interest was injected into the meeting when it was recalled that B8cN had won the Class C championship at our expense the year before by a 33-31 hair, To open the game, the Cambridge quintet employed a man-to-man defense and we found that we could run them off their feet, so that by half-time we had a 24-17 advantage. After the rest period, we were faced with a zone defense but set shots by Kelly and Kett, reinforced by Bill Carey's push-ups, undermined that strategy. The final quarter was our heaviest one, 20 points swishing through the strings to make the final reading on the scoreboard, 53-36. Once again, Brooksie was on the bull's eye for 18, Carey hit for 10, Kel sunk 9, Shea made 6, Kett and Ed Collupy tied with 4, while John Murphy scored our final 2, lt was reserved for us to play our poorest game of the year in the return match with Huntington at the Y.M.C.A, gym, The earlier contest had been a battle all the way, but this second meeting found us outclassed from the starting whistle, Before we called a time out, the home team was ahead 6-1 and they proceeded to amass 32 points in the half while we were gathering 8. The third stanza resulted in our favor, 11-4, but the handicap was too great and the final bell announced that we had gone down to a 47-27 defeat. Strange as it may seem, our best efforts were 7 by Brooks, 6 by Ed Collupy and 5 by Shea. Kel and Carey had to be content with 5, while Kett made 2 and Ralph Donnelly 1. Such a showing was gall and wormwood indeed, During the Washington's Birthday vacation, we essayed a night game here in our own cage with St, Mary's of Waltham, and the visitors brought quite a few fans to spur them on to great heights. Once again our play was sluggish and Fran Kett's 6 points 1 I 154 I-1