St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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OUT AT THE PLATE CLASSY FIRST SACKBR Andy McAuliffe lust Misses Registering Against Governor Dummer. Billy Gibbons ln A lfamilitr Po L and Kel had a double and single apiece, while Jim Grogan came through with two timely one base blows. Our other safeties were bingles by Hilt Collupy and Larry McAuliffe. l.arry's drawing a round of applause because it was his first of the season. Witli four consecutive victories, St. Sebastians entertained nearby Brookline High on May ith. only to be forced to accept its first defeat of the season, The XVL-althy Towners built up a 4-0 lead in the first three innings off McNabb's delivery, when two errors added fuel to the flame of two hits and two walks, In the third, fourth and fifth frames, the Red and Black picked up single tallies that closed the gap to -i-3, Henry I.ane's single getting the first score. four bases on balls producing the second, and Has- kell's two errors giving us the third. That was the closest we could come, however, for the visitors scored one in the oth, two in the Sth and another in the 9th, Wliile we had men on base in almost every inning. it was only in the ninth that we were able to chase them across the plate when Bob Joyce and jack Boyle hammered out singles to score two runs and make the final count, 8-5, Although he struck out ll men, McNabb's 8 walks plagued him as much as the 5 hits off his pitching, On our part. we were weak with the stick, getting only five singles that were divided equally among Kelly, Lane, Collupy, Joyce and Boyle. Our scheduled game with Huntington School had to be cancelled because of rain. so the School nine had a five day lay-off before taking on the Boston College lireshman team at St, Sebastian lfield on May ltlth, To add to the interest of the contest, lid Quirk, St. Sebastiatrs '-ici, was in the visitors' line-up and he added to our woes before the afternoon was over. Starting his setond pitthing assignment oi the season. Andi' McAuliffe retired BC, in the first without damage and then came to bat to blast a titanic ,-1 165 it

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home run to right center that put us ahead, 1-0. That lead was short lived, however, be- cause Ed Quirk came up in the second with a man on and drove out a four-bagger to left that made it 2-1 and that lengthened to 3-1 before the side was retired. Undis- mayed by that turn of events, we put together a Lane triple and a Joyce single to get one of those markers back in the fourth, before staging a real rally in the sixth, In that frame Fish walked and worried the pitcher into an overthrow that put him on second, Andy doubled over the bank in center to score his shortstop, Henry Lane powered a safety that the B.C. shortstop was lucky to handle, and then both Andy and Hank came in on Bob Joyce's line single to center that put us ahead, 5-3. Sad to say, we were not able to maintain the pace because the visitors came back to register four times on doubles by Carl Koury and Lenny Ceglaski that followed a walk, a wild throw and an interference ruling that gave the batter first base. With the exception of bingles by Kel in the 7th and Paul Carey in the 9th, we could not get another man on base and B.C. added two more runs in the 8th to ice the contest and make the final score, 9-5. The defensive gem of the afternoon was turned in by Billy Brooks in the 8th when he made a spec- tacular, falling, over-the-bank catch of a foul fly from the bat of Bernie Mulligan. Despite our nine safeties, on occasion we failed to hit in the pinches, as when Gibby led off in the second with a double, only to languish on the keystone sack. Our next opponent was scheduled to be Malden Catholic, but cold weather and rain caused the game to be cancelled, and we did not play again until the following Saturday, May 15th, at Hopkins School in New Haven. Once again our St. Sebastian team was treated royally by the host school and, after the long trip, the boys had a keen appetite for the buffet luncheon that was waiting for them on their arival, Since Andy had worked the B.C. game, it was McNabb's turn to toe the mound, but he came up with a tough first inning that put him in a 3-0 hole, Although he yielded only two singles, the combination of the bingles with two passes, a hit batsman, a wild pitch and two passed balls proved to be productive of three big runs. After that rocky start, Bob settled down to hold the foe at bay for the next two frames, only to be touched up for single markers in the fourth and fifth innings. That fifth chapter was notable also for a circus catch made by Bill Brooks directly in front of Bob Joyce after the pair had failed to agree on first call for lindriss' fly. Meanwhile, we were not having much luck in trying to solve the slants of Hopkins' Hammond, for our first safety was a McNabb double in the third, after which singles by Lane and Gibbons were wasted in the fourth. Kel started the sixth with a one-bagger down the third base line, but he was doubled off when Andy lined viciously to the pitcher, Once again, in the seventh, a Gibby single bore no fruit, yet we managed to break the row of goose eggs in the eighth on the strength of single base drives by Paul Carey and Bob Kelly. The defeat marred an otherwise most pleasant day, but it was cushioned to a great extent by a bountiful dinner at the Oakdale Tavern on the way home. After the string of three consecutive defeats, it was pleasant to climb back on Vic- tory Road at the expense of Browne and Nichols here on our own field. This time Andy McAuliffe was our moundsman and he unfurled a two-hit performance that kept the visitors from crossing the rubber in every inning but the second. On the other hand, we lost no time in tallying twice in each of the first two frames, Fish's triple, Andy's double and Lane's single accounting for the first brace, while a Grogan double, singles by Joyce and Kelly and 5 stolen bases featured the second. After that, our attack sub- sided temporarily, even though Joyce added another run in the sixth on a walk and some daring base running, but it exploded with a bang in the last half of the seventh. In that inning, after the Hrst three batters had reached, Henry Lane inserted a timely single and Gibby followed with a long double, To keep the ball rolling, Larry McAuliffe blasted out a safety and there developed an epidemic of errors, stolen bases and wild throws that resulted in ten St. Sebastian runs crossing the plate in a single frame. It was decided, at that point, to terminate the contest there and then and the only disappointed --1 167 1-.