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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1948
Page
11
In Garden last week the Middlesex basketball team fell in the opening game of the private school tournament. Cantabrigians led by Browne and Baillargeron, with Stodghill contributing, secured a 39 to 29 victory.
Tommy Gill captain of Concord High School led the team against North East Prep Academy at Boston Gar with high scoring in the finale a 30 point effort hampered by an apparent loss. Gill scored in the semi final against Groton Kingswood before the final setback.
Weekend ski event in Vermont features Concordian Volkmann from Williams College placing high. Volkman finishes in top spots with Middlebury and Chelmsford competitors also noted.
West Concord The Knights of Columbus of Concord captured the Nashoba Valley Basketball League title with a 44-31 victory over Our Lady's CYO West Concord. Jimmy Dee scored 20 points to lead the victors as Jack Wallace topped the losers with 10 in front of a large crowd at Hunt Memorial Gymnasium. The win came after a series that went to a deciding third game with Our Lady's forcing a tie before the K of C sealed the championship.
Maynard Billy Gallagher son of John and Mrs Gallagher of DeMars Street will act as mascot for the Holy Cross basketball team at Madison Square Garden New York tonight as the defending NCAA champions open the defense. Billy has received the varsity letter the 1947 championship season and is a beloved figure among students and players.
Concord windup of intramural basketball shows high school seniors undefeated with three wins in the round robin. Juniors take two wins with one loss, freshmen finish with one win two losses, sophomores go winless.
Concord High School forces eight strong failed to score in the Bowdoin Interscholastics at Brunswick Maine last Saturday afternoon. Captain Nick Souile won his heat in the 300 but did not place in the scorers. The relay team finished third and also did not earn points.
Belmont wins the Eastern Massachusetts Tech Tournament at Boston Garden, beating Concord in the final after also defeating Concord in earlier rounds. Belmont claims its first Tech Tourney title after four prior finals, with St Patrick's of Watertown knocked out in semis. Concord will play in the New Englands next week.
West Concord Our Lady's C Y X lost to Clinton 81 63 after a high scoring game. McNally led Our Lady's with 20 points, Wallace 19, McCarthy 18 while Clinton had five in double figures. A return game is scheduled for Friday March 19 at the gym with JV game before.
Coach Wendell P. Raymond trains candidates indoors at Middlesex School cage in Concord. The team prepares for a 1948 Greater Boston opener versus Waltham, followed by seven April games including a Ce High matchup. Last year Middlesex beat Concord 3 2. Captain is pitcher John Simonds.
Concord reports about 40 baseball hopefuls joined coaches Walter R. Carew and John J. O Connell for the organization session at Hunt Gymnasium. Warm ups for battery candidates began at the State Armory with Capt. Bobby Flynn leading veterans. early outdoor practice will follow suitable weather and the Middlesex League season is slated to begin around April 19 with Patriots Day games.
Acton High School girls beat Burlington High 37 to 32 in the girls tournament at Littleton. Eleanor Justice scored 20 points while Lois Colwell led the team with 111 points in the game.
Roger Walsh, three-sport coach at St Columkins in Brigh ton and Navy veteran, led his team to 18 wins in 22 starts to clinch the Division 2 championship of the small school tournament. He previously coached three sports at Acton High before the war.
Two local girls in Quebec helped the United States team win the women's ski championships. Miss Ann Johnson finished fifth and Miss Ruth Volkmann placed tenth in the downhill team race. Red dye for silk is made into a powder from Euphorbia seeds known as wurris.
Concord hosts the All-Star game Saturday night March 20 at 8 in Hunt Gymnasium. Nashoba Valley stars Bill ONeill Jimmy Dee Fred Wasiluk and Jack Wallace join 12 more to face Inter-State notables including Joe Sullivan Barney and Rutherford. Half-time awards honor ONeill and consolation winner Keith Scott while West Concord and Our Lady’s of West Concord receive gifts as fans fill the arena.
Four Concord High coaches joined others at the Eastern Massachusetts Officials Association meeting held at the Hotel Lenox in Boston. Bernard Megin athletic director and football coach led the session as district chairman, with Walter R. Carew baseball coach, his assistant John J. OConnell, and John F. Donovan, vice-principal and assistant football coach all in attendance. Art Valpey the new Harvard coach was among the speakers.
The schedule shows Thursday adult recreation classes at Hunt Memorial Gymnasium, Friday activity at Concord High School baseball informal work, Saturday a Nashoba Valley League all star basketball game at Hunt Gymnasium and a seven thirty p.m. game. Monday Mill Dam Bowling League hosts five matches in Lexington at seven. Wednesday Ladies Ten Pin Bowling at Lexington with two matches at seven.
Emerson Junior high opens its intra-mural playoffs under Dick Lawson. Seventh Grade teams see Team 3 crush Team 1 15-2 led by Sims and Sharpe, Team 4 edges Team 6 13-6 with Rogers, Team 5 beats Team 2 14-10. Eighth Grade races see Team 1 beat Team 5 10-6 with Eley Stewart Rutkowski sharing scoring, Warila and MacDonald lead Team 2 to 20-8 over Team 6, and Team 7 defeats Team 4 11-7.
Maynard paced by Nowick led Team 1 to a 24 to 20 victory over Team 2 in the first round at the school gym. Columpo fueled Team 1 with 12 points on five field goals and two free throws. Team 3 edged Team 4 16 to 12 in the other playoff game, Penniman starring for the winners and Piecewicz for the losers.
In Concord Recreation Commission action at Hunt Gymnasium, the Bombers beat the Capitals 24 to 19 led by Joe Denaro eight points and Mackey Caldwell five. Paul McLaughlin scored 12 to lift the Knicks to a 25 to 10 win over the Warriors.
A fragment of the old Vecchio bridge foundation in Florence persists, tracing back to Roman work and signaling enduring medieval reconstruction volumes.
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