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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
7
Acton boys beat Westford 47 to 36 after a 14 point performance from LePage and 18 from Sullivan in a league game. In the girls game Victo Lagsies and Cooke led Acton with strong scoring while Hampson added 12. Both teams suffered league defeats and now sit with six wins.
The Concord club hosts a three day gala starting Friday night at Torelock with five shows, vaudeville acts, a dog show, and 12 prizes. Proceeds support the Veterans rehabilitation fishing program, booths by merchants and sportsmen, and a wildlife exhibit from Benson's Animal Farm.
In a Nashoba League double header at Hunt Concord Lex ington snapped a 12 point first half deficit to win and seize first place. Ed Harrington led Wat Hawks with 12 points while Bud added 11. Bill O Neill led the locals with 18 points, with Dee and Giusti each scoring six.
Concord Company H battled until the third period before slipping to Company G of Woburn at Woburn last week. Bain sprained his ankle, halting momentum. Next game set for Friday March 4 against a strong squad coached by Jack Walleley, noted Philadelphia Phillies scout, with a high winning rate this season.
The Middlesex School squash team travels to Concord New Hampshire to face St Pauls School in a return match. Last December Middlesex lost 5 0 to St Pauls but has history of success including a 16 game win streak against the same opponent two years ago.
West Concord beat Chelmsford 40 to 30 at Hunt Gym in a Nashoba Valley League game. Jack Wallace scored 23 points and Jack O Grady added 12 as Our Lady's led most of the night. Bob Angus paced the visitors with 16 points.
Lansing reports gains in blue-winged teal, black ducks, mallards and pintails, with some increases in totals. The note adds that hybrid corn yields each year exceed a hundredfold returns, signaling strong agricultural returns alongside hunting data.
Acton Juniors defeated Concord 18 to 14 after trailing 12 to 3 at halftime. Kenneth Marple scored eight, Raymond Hickey and William Kazakas excelled on defense, and new players John Ashline Roger Gregory and David Nichols appeared. Paul Post and Ronald Colwell combined for six points.
Wakefield and Melrose star Jim Crawford lead a Middlesex League all opponent selection with Ed Boyle of Belmont at center and guards Jack Dunbar of Belmont and Paul Roche of Winchester. Utility picks include Joe Busa of Lexington and Tony Bonanno of Belmont. The team totaled 695 league points this season with Crawford 197 Glynn 187 Boyle 144 Roche 85 Dunbar 82 Busa 178 Bonanno 147.
Our Lady's CYO Five defeated Harvard Town Team 56-31 at Harvard to post their seventh league win. Callahan led with 21 points, O Grady 14, Cope land Loomer six each, Wasiluk five, McCarthy four as the squad used a strong second half to pull away and settle in fourth place with two games left, including a clash with Groton.
Rindge Tech of Cambridge defeated Concord tracksters 45 to 29. Concord winners included Dick Finan in the 600, Jack Finan in the mile, and Bob Learmonth who upset Capt. Jim Alexander in the shot put.
In Hunt Gym Our Lady's e g edged Boston College 57 to 52 after a come from behind second half. Dick McCarthy led locals with 22 points followed by Jack O Grady with 18 as Kinchla Finn Finn contributed 16 each for BC.
West Concord stems a 61 38 defeat, then defeats Our Lady's at home Saturday night. Tevion five breaks six game winning streak. Joe Callahan returns. Kent Our Lady's opens with five points in seven, locals slump next two periods. Jackie Wallace leads with 13 points, Our Lady's scores 15 in final period, Jack 11.
The old Providence Arsenal site is back in service as a battery of the 169th artillery. The facility, once shuttered after Civil War to World War I service, now houses troops again and signals the ongoing defense effort.
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