St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Hockey-Basketball banquet with distinctive jackets and letters. On behalf of the squad, Captain Fran Kett presented Coach Hogarty with a lighter suitably enscribed and joe deVicq was the recipient of a pen and pencil set in appreciation of his efiiciency as Assistant Manager. Surveying the season's record of 16 and 8, after a magnificent string of 10 straight wins, St. Sebastian's was proud of the quintet's success and was happy to acclaim this year's team probably the hnest ever to wear the Red and Black. BASKETBALL SUMMARY 1948 - 1949 C nach - ROBERT HOGARTY Capmin - FRANCIS Karr, '49 Manager - PARK HURLEY, '49 SCHEDULE St. Seb. Opp. Dec. 7 South Kingston .................. .. 49 30 10 Walpole High School ..... . . 38 14 14 St. Patrick's, Watertown . . . . . 39 A 38 17 Coyle High School ...,.. . . 45 30 19 Sacred Heart of Newton . . . . 37 14 22 Our Lady's, Newton . . . . . 44 27 jan. 7 New Prep ........... . . 70 34 9 Our Lady's, Newton . . . . . 51 34 12 Middlesex School ..... . . 41 25 15 St, Mark's ........... . . 49 34 19 Governor Dummer .... . . 23 40 22 Middlesex School ..... . . 56 37 25 Rivers School ......... . . 43 26 29 Phillips Exeter Academy . . . . . 40 49 Feb. 2 Lawrence Academy ..... . . 47 33 4 Huntington School ..... . . 34 39 9 Thayer Academy ......... . . 41 30 12 Portsmouth Priory School .... . . 41 50 1 5 Browne 8: Nichols School ..,. . . 5 3 36 17 Huntington School ......... . . 27 47 23 St. Mary's of Walthaiii ........ . . 39 44 26 Hopkins Country Day School . . . . . 42 49 Mar. 2 Browne 84 Nichols School .................. 30 25 4 Cranwell Prep ............................ 36 41 Blues fBob Kelly, Captainj 28, Reds flfrank Kett, Captain, 26 AWARDS fzIz'ie'l.i' Lelterf Coach Robert Hogarty Francis Kett Robert Kelly Williaiii Brooks Hilton Collupy Richard Collupy Edward Collupy joseph Shea Francis Downey Park Hurley LEADING SCORERS Brooks 347 Kelly 201 Carey 1 14 john Cochran Paul Burke Ralph Donnelly John Murphy William Carey James Canning james Clifford Gerald Powers Kett 108 i-ini coiiupy 67 Ed couupy 56

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Zcfdfi , 3 . . Q: ex Q 1 .1 W? The long and tedious Winter of 1947-48 certainly had been enough to keep Baseball out of anyone's mind, but our diamond candidates felt it was the last straw when Basketball Tournament play prolonged the hoop season until mid-March and thus prevented the bat and ball brigade from taking over the School cage as early as usual. However, by the 15th of March, the last basket had been made and the School jubilantly began to prepare for the final major sport schedule of the year, We use the term jubilantly advisedly, because all through the Hot Stove season our local prophets had reveled in the prospect of a great diamond year. Even Coach Murphy found it hard to be gloomy as he watched Captain Andy McAuliffe and stellar Bob McNabb going through the limbering up process that would prepare them for mound duties when the schedule opened. As receivers Senior jack Boyle and Freshman Paul Carey looked as if they would fill the vacancy behind the bat, while the infield cordon was exactly the same unit that had finished the 1947 season: Bill Gibbons at first, Bob Kelly at second, Hilt Collupy at short and Henry Lane at the hot corner. ln the outfield, Jim Grogan and Larry McAuliffe had patrolled the Red and Black pastures the year before but before long they realized that they had stout competition for regular berths from Bill Brooks and Bob Joyce, As the indoor workouts progressed, it became evident that St. Sebastian's would also be deeper in reserve strength than in previous years, Jimmy Cotter, john Donahue and Fred Brannan showed definite signs of mound talent, Bruce Harrigan proved that he could catch baseballs as well as pucks, and Frank Hennessy, Wally MacKinnon, Fran Kett, Frank Renaud, jim Coleman, john Doherty and jimmy Allen were versatile enough to be used in various capacities. Even to the casual onlooker, the enthusiasm of the squad was very apparent as it made the most of the fact that it would be the last Red and Black team to have the dirt floor of the cage at its disposal, In the meantime Easter came and shortly thereafter it became possible to hold outdoor workouts on the newly rolled diamond, At best, however, the weather remained changeable and there was considerable disappointment when the season's opening game with Middlesex had to be cancelled for the second consecutive year. The 1948 team first took the field on Friday, April 16th, against the always well- coached St. Mark's nine at Southborough. Anxious to test his mound star after a year's lay-off, Coach Murphy nominated frail Bob McNabb to undertake the hurling chores and Mac responded with a one hit performance that was reminiscent of the pitching he displayed before his long illness. To give Bob confidence, the top of the batting order manufactured a tally in the opening frame when Andy McAuliffe, playing right field, drew a walk and, on the hit and run, scored all the way from first on Henry Lane's lengthy single to right. Again in the third Hammering Hank demonstrated his prowess with the willow when he tripled to deep right center, scoring Bob Kelly, who had singled, and Andy, who had drawn his second pass, ahead of him. Those three runs were more than enough to decide the contest, as consequent events proved, but Kel inserted a timely single in the fourth to rescue jack Boyle from second base and make 1-1 161 1-1