St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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were our only accomplishment in the first quarter, which ended in a 6-6 stalemate. In the second chapter, we were not as fortunate, however, for our grist was 7 while Waltham piled up 16, Wfhatever Coach Hogarty injected into the Arrows during the rest period has not been disclosed, but they came back roaring in the third frame to outscore St. Marys 18-15 and thereby reduce the visitors' lead to 37-31, Bill Brooks' only tallies of the evening came at this time and, combined with Bill Carey's 6, they provided the spark of our attack. Continuing the surge in the final round, Kett and Kelly stole for scores and Bill Carey knotted the count at 39 all with a timely jump shot. There was 1:35 remaining in the contest, but, to save our lives, we could not find the range again, although Waltliaiii achieved 5 points that determined the outcome in their favor, 4-i-39, Surprisingly enough, it was Bill Carey who paced our offense for the first time with 13, just enough to top Fran Kettls 12. Brooksie was away off form with 6 and Kel was also below par with 4. To complete the tabulation, john Murphy and joe Shea were credited with 2 each, The last regularly-scheduled contest of the campaign was with Hopkins School at New Haven on February 26th. Good weather made the trip enjoyable and, as usual, we received a most cordial reception. Vlhen the play began, we lost no time in piling up a considerable lead that once reached 13-2, but the Nutmeggers kept pecking away at it until they finally passed us at 21-20 near the midway mark, A free try by Fran Kett put us back on even terms again, but, by the arrival of the rest period, we trailed, 26-22. To put us back in the running, Brooksie came up with 5 consecutive baskets in the open- ing minutes of the third period, and Bill Carey gave us a temporary 50-29 edge with a side shot. It proved to be only short-lived, however, for Hopkins pulled away to lead 36-33 at the end of the third stanza. Not counted out yet, the Arrows stayed in the running by cashing in on free tries until Bill Carey regained the lead for us at 59-38. At the automatic, the edge had see-sawed back to the home team and they were able to extend it in the last three minutes, so that the final gong ended the struggle with the score, 49-42, in their favor. Wlieii the totals were tallied, Brooksie had credit for 17 points, Bill Carey 12, Kett 5, Kelly and Shea 4 each. A grand dinner at the Publick House in Sturbridge was seasoned by discussion of whether we would be invited to the Private School Tournament or not, PRlfSl2NTATlON Fran Kett Presents A Gift From the Squad To Popular Coach Bob. fi 156 1-.

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This query was answered when we were invited to play Browne 84 Nichols for a place in the Class B Tournament the following Wednesday. Played on the neutral court of Milton Academy, the play-off contest proved to be much harder than our first encounter with the Cambridge quintet and the first two periods resulted in 6-5 fin our favorj and 12-12 scores, with Brooksie and Bill Carey the only Arrows able to register. At the start of the second half, Hilt Collupy returned to the line-up for the first time since he had dislocated his shoulder, and his presence was a boon offensively as well as defensively. Kel soon broke the tie with a conversion and a basket, just before Fish tapped in a rebound that was a great morale booster. For the rest of the afternoon, we had control of the backboards and our covering of the opposition was so thorough that BsiN was able to sink only four baskets during the entire second half. In particu- lar, Bill Carey did a superb job in holding our rivals' high-scoring johnson to a mere 7 points for the day. Never headed in the last half, we led 23-19 at the end of the third frame and 30-25 at the final whistle, Leading the scoring procession was Bill Brooks with 12, Kel and Carey tied at 7, while Hilt had 4 in his limited appearance, Having gained a play-off berth in Class B of the Private School Tournament, we drew Cranwell Prep as our opponent on the fioor of the Garden on Friday, March 4th, It was the first hoop meeting between the two schools, Starting rather slowly, the Arrows matched the Berkshire boys point for point, chiefly because Brooksie registered our first 8 tallies. By quarter time, Cranwell held a 13-12 lead and then opened the gap to 25-19 during the second frame. As in several other games, we returned to the court after the rest period to put on a drive that warmed the hearts of our followers. Scoring in quick succession, Fish and Brooksie paved the way for Fran Kett to put us in the lead, 28-27, after which we managed to climb to a 34-29 advantage. Something hap- pened at that point, however, for the opposition whittled us down to 34-33 at the three quarter mark and then passed us, 35-34, early in the final stanza. Our best efforts were free tries that deadlocked the count at 35-35 and 36 all, but at that point, Cranwell's set shots found the range and bombarded us into 41-36 submission, In his last court appearance for the Red and Black, Brooksie was superb as he threw in 19 markers to finish far in front of Fish's 6, Kett's 4, Carey's 3, and the 2 apiece scored by Kel and Shea. There remained now the Red-Blue game to be played before the basketballs could be deflated and tucked away until the next season. To lead the teams Fran Kett and Bob Kelly were chosen respective Red and Blue captains and, on paper at least, the Blues seemed much stronger with four regulars in their line-up, Despite the fact that they were the underdogs entering the fray, the Reds moved right out in front with a 7-5 first period and a 12-8 edge at the half, Not wasting any time in the third frame, the favored Blues came back strong with Billy Carey tieing the score at 15-15. From that point on to the end of the third period, no more than two points ever separated the rival teams and they finished the stanza in a 19-19 draw. When the final chapter began, both sides alternated in taking tenuous leads which were quickly equalized by their rivals. With less than three minutes of play remaining, john Murphy earned a 26-26 tie for the Reds and the situation remained unchanged when the automatic sounded at 1:55. At the 50 second mark, Dick Collupy fouled Bill Carey and, when the Bel- mont lad missed the free try, the Blue captain, Bob Kelly, tapped in the re-bound to win his own game, 28-26. Both contestants and spectators agreed that this was the closest Red-Blue game ever played on St. Sebastian's court, and that the Reds had put up a magnificent battle. Jim Clifiord's tabulations distributed the Blue markers as follows: Carey 11, Kelly 8, Hilt Collupy 4, Brooks 3 and jim Canning 2. In the Red column the credits were: John Murphy 13, Shea 7, Donnelly, 3, Kett 2, Dick Collupy 1, Before the squad left the locker rooms, they elected Bill Carey captain of next year's team. To show the School's appreciation of this year's team, the squad was honored at the 158