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Thank you for a job well done, over and over again.
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Patrick J. Watson P16 Poughkeepsie, New York
The Impact of “The Shot”
“Remembering Jack ‘The Shot’ Foley ’62” was so good (Spring 2021, Page 58)! It brought to mind the role that he played in my choice of Holy Cross.
In January of my senior year at St. Thomas Aquinas in New Britain, Connecticut, I was signed and sealed to attend Georgetown, to be delivered in the fall. Then, two high school friends, Mike Heneghan ’62 and Mike Dropick ’63, invited me to spend a weekend at Holy Cross. It sounded like fun, so I persuaded my mother to let me take the family car to Worcester.
It was a fun time — walking around the campus (my knees were healthy then), seeing life on corridor, a meal or two in Kimball and a burger in the caf, Mass in the chapel. The highlight of the weekend was the Saturday night basketball game. Holy Cross played at the Worcester Auditorium in those days; I think we walked there, along with a stream of other men.
The opponent was UConn, a very good team. I was soon in awe of the spirit that filled the Aud. It was rockin’ in a way I had never experienced — and the game hadn’t even started! When it did, I got my first glimpse of the shot John Connors ’61 described: arms extended, two hands flipped the ball, very little apparent arc. Foley scored 56 points that night; the article said he did that as a senior, but I believe you had the dates of his high scores reversed. (Editor’s note: Foley scored 56 points against Connecticut on Feb. 17, 1962.) Had there been a threepoint shot then, the total would have been much higher. The corridors did not quiet down until long after we returned to campus. I wanted more of that!
When I returned to school on Monday, I went to the principal’s office (she was also the college placement person) and told her I had changed my mind and now wanted to attend Holy Cross. My recollection, which may contain a bit of imagination, was that I was admitted before the week was out. (Admission was a simpler process in those days.)
This may sound very shallow. Why would anyone pick a school on the basis of a basketball player? I guess it was, on the surface. I’ve always thought there was someone who helped mold the circumstances that brought me there. Shallow reason or not, it was one of the best decisions I ever made.
Bill Richards ’64 Yarmouth, Maine
Erratum
A photo caption in the story “How Agnes Williams’ Passion for Holy Cross Will Change the Lives of Generations” (Spring 2021, Page 47) contained an error. The photo was taken on the SS United States. A caption on Page 48 misidentified John Roberts’ title; he is chief justice of the United States. Holy Cross Magazine regrets these errors. ■
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