Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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1946 '7fze Qaacle Page WE RETURN TO THE FOLD HI: school year of 1945 46 w1ll long be re membered 1n Stetson hxstory as a season of sports accomplrshments At the openmg of the school year lf was learned that the hrgh school had after an absence of several years returned to the folds of the Headmasters As SOCIHIIOH One of the rules of the 01'g1fllZ3I1OIl states that all the athletes must be passmg three major subyects to partnclpate nn school sports letnc events such as the Tech Tourney and schools not assocrated Wllh rt are not eleglble to compete The football team went through a thrrlllng eason undefeated and brought the bacon home for the frrst trme 1n the schools hrstory rn the form of the Class D co champronshrp The hoop flve ended a fast season wrth an ll and 3 record and were 1nv1ted to compete nn the schoolboy tourney played on the Boston Garden boards Formatnon of four leagues among South Shore hrgh schools called the Southern Con ference adds keener competmon to the sport and the award of a cup for the wrnner of each league glves somethmg for whlch the boys can strxve FOOTBALL I'IH all eleven fnrst strmgers havmg var snr experience much was expected of the 1945 Stetson grid edltlon After a few weeks of hard practrce the team lmed up against Hmgham rn the South Shore Football Jamboree as follows Right end Jackre Callahan Cal rs our of fensrve end and IS a born pass snagger jack also does the puntxng for the club On the op poslte vtmg lb Larry Mason Larry IS the fnghter of the club and when the chlps are down thats when Larry ns ln the thlckest of the frght Larry plays a crashmg type of game that makes h1m an expert play breaker Ready to step rn for either was Bmg Corey who coull handle erther wtng wrth ease Mates to these boys are oe De Slsto and Pottsre Porter both yumors oe and Pottsne are two bug reasons why the opposition only scored three touch dow ns all year through our llfle Big nd rug A1 ,, V li I I ' ' s 4 . U K I - . , . . . . . . . I D y Thhrs group 1S also the sponsor of many ath- , ' ' y 9 7 . Y . . . ' K 1 I W . , . . I , - - J

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XYQQXQ5, Nh KX A sax, ,fx COACH EHIND every success their lies 'in inspiration. a nucleus for achievement and accom- plishment. To a football team or a basketball team. it is the coach giving to the boys invaluable instruction and knowledge of the game and how to play it. Coach joseph .. Zapustus of our High School came to us in the year 1943 when sports at Stetson was at its lovnest mark in years. Starting with a group of entirely green boys and by patient handling and hard work that extended over '1 three year span gave to Stetson perhaps the best season of sports accomplishment in the schools history. During the season of 1945-46 he piloted the grid squad through a nine game slate undefeated to the Class D co-championship, and lead the court five to the boards of the Boston Garden in the Eastern Massachusetts Basketball Tourney. Coach Zapustus graduated from the Unix ersity of Fordham, where he played quar' terback and from which college he was tvs ice chosen as All-American in the year 1933. Entering into pro-football, he played with the old Boston Shamrocks from whence he signed to the New York Giants. Professional baseball too, was not strange to our versatile coach, having been in the ranks of Connie Macks Athletics for a num- ber of years. Coach joe started his coaching career at Cliffside High in New ersey, then piloted Mission High in Boston, and after successful seasons at both schools, arrived at Stetson in 1943 to take over the coaching duties. The result of his work is evident. All in our town know the coach as a wonderful man and a splendid coach, but it is the boys who have played under him who really get the full advantage of his sterling character, jovial disposition and boundless knowledge of the game and how to win it. Page My 7fze 1 9 4 6 ,J Q., 'Qt s , 'ffTel7if scpfflfffw C , 1 , . ' if . ' 66 99 . . ' t 1 1 ' L L t ' l - ' 1 I A yt L Y A V L A L Y A L I L L V A A A t , K 1 i l 4 X , 1 , . L Y 3 , . ' 1

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Page Forty two we 1 9 4 C ged they drsh out plenty of rough trmes for tne guy on the other slde Our watch charm guard Charley Gallagher and Arnold Makara need no urgmg at any ttme One reason why these lads are the players that they tre ts be cause or therr love tor the sport lt IS seldom that any yardage rs galned through our mtddle srnce these two along wxth tmmy Kxlcoyne cur center form a wall of rock tmmy s frrst year as varslty and he sure d1d a heck of a job rn the llne Haullng the mall we had a well balanced foursome Speed of the group was provtded by XValla Hess Sophomore star who was fxfth htghest scorer ln the state Wallas speed and broken freld runnrng made htm 1 dangerous threat tt all ttmes And Walla was unequaled as a lrne backerup The sxtuatton fourth down two yards wlll the quarter back call for a boot or try for the twof If George Con nolly IS tn that backfleld you ve got the yards any trme you want them Connolly spelled power and lots of If George gave us more flrst downs on hrs pet power play than any play ln the book Most sensatronal passer scored at least one td IH every game Red also took care of th qutck ktcks Callrng the plays for the devtls was o Lombardl and he rrunded out a well balanced backfreld one that wtll be lonv remembered Our Cheerleaders GOOD basketball or football game IS always thrllllng to watch What makes II so' Surely the play rt elf But wrthout cheer leaders to work up the Splflf of the fans when lt needs pepprnc, up the games would not be so excttlng We have come to take the cheer leaders for granted They are at every game home or away But lf they mtssed one game therr absence would sttck out ltke a sore thumb Four of our cheerleaders are graduatlng this year after dorng a fme job Thelma Frrth thrs years captarn veteran of two seasons and her CYPCIICHCE and no how were rn many ways helpful to the newer grrls rn therr yob Irene Kiley Lorraine Krely and Bobble Flsher were all new thls year but the way 1n whlch they went at rt one would thtnk that cheerleadrng was therr ltfe occupatlon Another vet of last vear was Grnny Rota and her pep and sp1r1t were lxmttless throughout the year Lu c tlle Cuddles O Rlley and Mary Sprague were also new to the job l-ut after twhlle had the fans cheerlng for the gurls as well as the team Coverlng all I can say about our glrls was a plece ln the Boston Globe after our w1n over Hanover ln the Tech Tourney Stetson Ztegfleld Lacrobats were voted the best n the lourncy tor pep preclslon and poslttve ness Brother thems our cheerleaders HINGHAM BOWS TO STETSON Stetson 6 Hrngham 0 One two three four frve and brngol Thats the way thrngs vtent at Abrngton on September 16 1945 the date of the frrst South Shore Football amboree Before flve thousand thrlll el spectators who had previously WIIHCSSCJ four other games betvx een local footb 1ll squads Red Hoeg tosslng them from the fullbtcl-. YOSIIIOH completed the day wlth a 1000 ave rtge throwrng strlkes to Hess Connolly Lom bardl Green and the TD heave to jack Cal lahan Red s tosses stole the show and splen dld runnlng by George Connolly who made the longest mn of the lamboree a thrrty frve yard Jaunt that put Stetson ln scorrng terrltory featured the flrst perrod MIDDLEBORO BITES THE DUST Coach Al Farley of Mrddleboro had expectel the Stetson squad to run from a stngle wtns., and use .1 strong passtng attack as shown t week prevlous Coach Zapustus crossed thlngs up by havlng the boys break from a qutck T formatron whlch pald off as Walla Hess scored on runs of nlne and frfty one yards ack Cal lahan put both polnt afters through the cross bar to end the scorlng for the day Features of the game were the brllltant running of Hess and the l ne play of Mason and De Slsto who played a hard charglng and heads up game of a FOXBORO BECOMES THIRD VICTIM Stetson 19 Foxboro 0 The gtme played at Foxboro was fettured bv three spectacular Stetson scorrng plays The flrst came IH the frrst perlod when George Connc lly blazed thlrty frve yards for the score to put Stetson rn the van Callahan placed the ball for the polnt whrch proved valuable as Foxboro scored and mrssed the try for pornt and trarled 7 6 In the second perlod a bad center pass sarled over Hoegs head and the play looked llke a huge loss But Hess was left uncovered on the goal lrne and Hoeg spot trng Walla heaved a surprtsmg touchdown pass Wlth the score 13 6 joe Lombardr added slx potnts by taklng a short screen pass frcm Hoeg and lopmg slxty yards for the score behmd clearmg rnterference - 1 D, E 1 1 , 1 I I' H . 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