HOW TO REACH US youngest, Matt, made the choice for
Foley scored 56 points that night; the
the college on The Hill.
article said he did that as a senior, but I believe you had the dates of his high
Your magazine offers wonderful depth and substance that is lacking in
scores reversed. (Editor’s note: Foley
scored 56 points against Connecticut on
journalism today. Your dedication is
Feb. 17, 1962.) Had there been a three-
shown in every issue and cherished.
point shot then, the total would have been much higher. The corridors did
Thank you for a job well done, over
not quiet down until long after we
and over again.
returned to campus. I wanted more
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office (she was also the college
Poughkeepsie, New York
placement person) and told her I had changed my mind and now wanted to attend Holy Cross. My recollection, which may contain a
“Remembering Jack ‘The Shot’ Foley
bit of imagination, was that I was
’62” was so good (Spring 2021, Page
admitted before the week was out.
58)! It brought to mind the role that
(Admission was a simpler process in
he played in my choice of Holy Cross.
those days.)
In January of my senior year at St.
This may sound very shallow. Why
Thomas Aquinas in New Britain,
would anyone pick a school on the
Connecticut, I was signed and
basis of a basketball player? I guess
sealed to attend Georgetown, to be
it was, on the surface. I’ve always
delivered in the fall. Then, two high
thought there was someone who
school friends, Mike Heneghan ’62
helped mold the circumstances that
and Mike Dropick ’63, invited me to
brought me there. Shallow reason or
spend a weekend at Holy Cross. It
not, it was one of the best decisions I
sounded like fun, so I persuaded my
ever made.
mother to let me take the family car Bill Richards ’64
to Worcester.
Yarmouth, Maine It was a fun time — walking around then), seeing life on corridor, a meal
Erratum
or two in Kimball and a burger in the
A photo caption in the story “How
caf, Mass in the chapel. The highlight
Agnes Williams’ Passion for Holy
of the weekend was the Saturday
Cross Will Change the Lives of
night basketball game. Holy Cross
Generations” (Spring 2021, Page
played at the Worcester Auditorium
47) contained an error. The photo
in those days; I think we walked there,
was taken on the SS United States.
along with a stream of other men.
A caption on Page 48 misidentified John Roberts’ title; he is chief justice
The opponent was UConn, a very
of the United States. Holy Cross
good team. I was soon in awe of the
Magazine regrets these errors. ■
spirit that filled the Aud. It was rockin’ in a way I had never experienced —
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and the game hadn’t even started!
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