Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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NOVEMBER 1940 15 SPORTS S FOOTBALL On the very first day of school Head Coach Mc- Mahon and Assistant Coach Kyrios issued a call for football and thirty-four ecger youngsters responded. Among the boys were eight players who earned let- ters last year. They are co-captains Bill DiGregorio and Will Hebert; Eddy McCarthy, John Chamberlain, and Harold Weaver, linemen; Joe Theodoss, Bill Swiacki and Dick Renaud, backs. Others reporting were: Linemen: Dimitro Metro, Charley Gladu, Minor McLcughlin, Clarence Drew, Bill Hefner, Robert Car- penter, Nelson Carpenter, D. Duffus, Fat Capera, Charley Calcutt. Ends: Jerry Bastien, Channing Pratt, Normand Couture, Arthur Girouard, Eugene Remian, Raoul Gaudreau. Backs: Frank Swiacki, Pete Richards, Armand S i I — vestri, Charley Bastien, George Young, John Young, Pepper Proulx, Guido Barbieri, Clarence Prahm, Charley Chace. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 28 Grafton at Southbridge Oct. 5 Northbridge at Southbridge 12 Palmer at Palmer 19 Putnam at Southbridge 26 Ware at Southbridge Nov. 2 Millbury at Millbury 9 Wore. North at Southbridge 28 Bartlett at Webster CHEERLEADERS Stacia Janusz and Edward Luponi have been elect- ed to serve as cheerleaders for the coming year. They will join forces with Fatina Costa, Claire Lusignan, Stephen Lariviere, and Francois Roy who are hold- overs from last year. The cheerleaders are under the direction of Mr. Paraghamian. WELLS — 14 GRAFTON— Wells got off to a good start by defeating an ag- gressive but outclassed eleven from Grafton. The Wellsmen were in command of the situation through- out the game, but long penalties against the Wells- men stopped several marches and helped to keep the score down to fourteen. Grafton ' s strongest threat came in the third quarter when they reached Wells ' twelve yard line as a result of a fumble but that was as far as they got because the Wells line held like granite. A blocked kick in midfield by John Chamberlain in the second quarter paved the way for the first touchdown. From there a pass from Bill Swiacki to Joe Theodoss put the ball close to pay dirt and sev- eral plays later, Dick Renaud went through the line to register the first touchdown of the year. Joe Theo- doss rushed through for the seventh point. With only three minutes left in the first half, Bill Swiacki uncorked another pass to Joe Theodoss to put the ball in scoring position a second time. This time Bill went off tackle for the second and last touchdown of the day. On the try after touchdown Bill kicked the ball between the uprights for the fourteenth point. Bill Swiacki and Joe Theodoss were the outstand- ing players of the day, both offensively and de- fensively. The Wells line showed their superiority by opening big holes in the Grafton frontier on the of- fense and by repulsing every Grafton attempt on the defense. Remian le Ashworth Hebert It Schoofield McCarthy Ig Wood DiGregorio c Perreault Chamberlain rg Pelletier Weaver rt Larrivee Girouard re Brooks F. Swiacki qb Yeulenksi Renaud Ihb Atchue W. Swiacki rhb Goulet Theodoss fb Tomosunis Substitutions for Wells: Young, Metro, Couture, Richards, Drew, McLaughlin, Pratt, Hefner, Gou- dreau, Si Ivestri. Substitutions for Grafton: Brown, Belsito, Belle- feuille, Lemare, Tebo. NORTHBRIDGE— 27 WELLS— 6 The Northbridge High eleven made its appearance in Southbridge with a reputation of having one of the strongest high school teams in this section. They lived up to their reputation by smashing their way to a 27 to 6 triumph over a fighting Wells team. Joe Theodoss and Bill Swiacki led a 60-yard scor- ing march in the third quarter with the former tally- ing the six points that averted the Crimson and Gray warriors from a shutout. Bill was the outstanding man for Wells. His backing up of the line on defense was worthy of praise and he proved to be the most con- stant ground gainer on the offense. The boys from Northbridge forged ahead to a 21 to lead in the first half, but the Wellsmen, who were hopelessly behind, came back for the second half with more fight than ever and battled the opponents on even terms for the remainder of the game, each team registering one touchdown. Ken Gauthier and Floyd Gudanowski were the big guns for the invaders, splitting the four touchdowns evenly between them. Jim Malcus helped his cause along by kicking the point after touchdown on three occasions. The Spectown lads were handicapped by the loss of Frank Swiacki, regular quarterback, who was side- lined because of a shoulder injury. Eddy McCarthy was shifted from guard to fill in for the injured play- er and his place in the line was taken over by Clar- ence Drew.

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16 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Norfhbridge Wells Oliver le Remian Ovian It Hebert Lemoine ig Drew Arakelian c DiGregorio Rondeau rg Chamberlain Brown rt Weaver Ledoux re Girouard La Fosse qb McCarthy Dajirmangian Ihb Swiacki Malcus rhb Renaud Gudanowski fb Theodoss Substitutions for Wells: Silvestri, Richards, Pratt, McLaughlin, Carpenter and Gaudreau. Northbridge: McNeil, Moordian, Gauthier, Four- nier, Norlan, and Bosma. SIX-MAN FOOTBALL The announcement by Coach McMahon that Wells would support a six-man football team has been re- ceived with great approval by the students, while the substitutes of the regular eleven are especially pleas- ed because they will be the eligible men for the game that has had a surprisingly fast growth in popularity throughout the country. Six-man football will give the boys an opportunity to play competitive football under real game condi- tions and the experience gained will be a valuable asset to the regular football team in the future. Two games have been arranged with East Doug- las. The first will be played on Alumni Field, Mon- day, October 14 and the second a week later in East Douglas. The six-man football field has a smaller playing surface than the regular football field. In this new game the rules have been made to create a wide open brand of football. In order to make this a passing game the back receiving the ball from the center can- not run with it but has to pass it to one of his team- mates to put the ball in play. A forward pass may be thrown from anywhere behind the scrimmage line and any one of the six men is eligible to receive passes. The offensive team has three men in the back and three in the line while the defensive team may lineup in any way desired. GIRLS ' FIELD HOCKEY 1940 The following candidates for field hockey have re- ported to Coach Kozyra at Alumni Field: Captain Julia Liro, Pauline Lavallee, Lena Dinovelli, Sally Cheney, Margaret Keenan, Jean Robertson, Susie Tobia, Mary Dirlam, Stasia Janusz, Anne Hoffman, Lauretta Cardinal, Norma Gardner, Lorraine Liver- nois, Theresa Quevillon, Emilie Jolin, Louise Gen- ereux, and Betty Caves. CROSS COUNTRY Cross-country started its second year of compe- tition at Mary E. Wells under the supervision of Raoul Lataille, newly appointed coach of Cross- country and Track. Captain Rene Cournoyer and Norman Hebert are the only two lettermen returning from last year ' s squad, but Tom Walkinshaw and Donald Morey have had previous experience while Norman Morong was a distance runner in track. Sam Themistocles serves as manager for the squad. Others reporting are: Nor- man Mathieu, Mario Ruzzoli, James Maynagh, Rob- ert Ferron, Roland Peck. October Cross Country Schedi ile 4 Hopedale here 14 Spencer here 18 Holden there 21 Spencer there 25 Hopedale there 29 Holden here GIRLS ' FIELD HOCKEY BARTLETT— 4 WELLS— 1 The Wells girls were defeated in the first game of the season. Captain Julia Liro made the only goal for Wells while the Bartlett lassies chalked up four goals. Team : Captain Julia Liro CF Pauline Lavallee CH Lena Dinovelli LH Sally Cheney RH Margaret Keenan LW Jean Robertson Rl Susie Tobia RW Stacia Janusz RB Anne Hoffman LI Lorraine Livernois LB Theresa Quevillon G October 10 October 23 October 31 Schedule Bartlett There Bartlett Here East Douglas There