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Kent and Westmrnster The first game resulted m a hard fought contest wrth Lenox on therr home rce wxth the vrctory gomg to Lenox There was good reason for the Avon loss the team s lack of practxce The second game brought a drsastrous defeat dealt the valxant stlcl-:men by a strong Salrsbury squad The score was 15 0 The team n ver gave up however and the closing mmutes were as hard fought as the first Everyone on the squad was grven a chance to prove himself and prove themselves they dnd The startmg lineup of Errc Skemp Bull Davrd Bob Farrchrld Andy Murphy Larry Chapm and B1l1 Wexss turned rn a credntable performance They were relreved by Charlre Kohn Brll Warner j1m Tallaferro and Roy Attrrde Bad luck plagued the team as the remalnrng home games were cancelled because of no xce One could hardly call hockeys ma1den season at Avon successful and yet rt could not be termed a faxl ure exther For the team and prmcrpals rnvolved have profited from the mxstal-:es made and wxll not make them agam Therefore the future seems brrght and rt rs hoped that next wrnter wrll brrng a wrnmng season JUNIOR VARSITY HOCKEY Frrsr Row Cleft to rxghtj Tosr Kmcard Wenss Fawcett R Walker Second Row fleft to rrghtb Blakeley Macwrllram Cooper Smrth Thrrd Row Qleft to rrghtj Emmons Haskell Toogood Mr Saxby Wernstern Howd Edelen Rrchtmyer 1 ' 1 1 . , - ' 1 1 1 ' , . . . 9 ' 1 . . . , . . P . ' ' 2 1 . . , 1 1 1 ' 3 1 1 , , ' 3 , 1 , - Q 1 1 ' 1 1 s 1
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Frrst Row Cleft to nghtj Chapxn Skemp Davld E Brooks Warner Mr Kxlgour Second Row Cleft to rnchtj Snllgebauer Voorhees Otto Kohn Cookrnan Tallaferro Catlm VARSITY HOCKEY In the wxnter or 1958 the 1dea came to a few stu dents avxd hockey players all to promote hockey as a wrnter sport at Avon Meetlng wxth the approval of the powers that be plans were then formulated for the constructlon of a surtable playlng rmk Thus rn the summer of 1959 came the reahzatron of th1s dream as the rmk was burlt Wrth the f1rst slgns of wrnter some twenty odd boys attended a meetmg of hockey prospects held by Coach Krlgour and Coach Saxby Mr Kllgour hlm self a hockey veteran havmg played for some years 10 xarrous Canadlan leagues pamstaknngly went over the basnc fundamentals as many of the candxdates were relatxvely new to the game Unfortunately mclement weather prevented any 1ce from formmg durrng the Chrlstmas recess The team had to begrn at the very bottom and 1ce crews were appoxnted w1th M1ke Fawcett as rcemaster The hockey team and varxous volunteers spent many a late nlght spraymg the r1nk so as to have enough 1ce rn trme for the openmg game The schedule ltself lncluded games mth such teams as Choate Lenox Salusbury South - 1 s y - 1 1 ' . Y ' . . . . . - v 1 1 r s y . ,- . . . . . 1 ' L v x 1 a s s . , . y . , . . . . V - . . , 4 7 s . . , - . L a 1 1
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9903-' In Water Cleft to nghtj R Jones Cluxton J Brooks Hoyt Benedek Wxllxams Henschel Choate G Brown Kneelmg fleft to rnghtj Marks Aschenbach Favornte L Turner Decker Law G Wells Day Kmkade Stokvxs Thnrd Row fleft to nghtb OBr1en Herzfeld Wrnsor Mmnxck Antolmn C Spauldxng Usxch Merrill Blalock Estabrook R Spaldmg johnson Wall T Browne VARSITY The 1960 swxmmmg team compnled a record of wh1ch they may mdeed be proud, there were many records broken and many excmng meets Swxmmxng agamst some of the strongest powerhouses m New England, as well as the Trrmty College and the Un1 versxty of Connectxcut freshman teams, the total record of five wms, three losses and two tles lS one to be proud of Opemng the season wxth a meet agamst the Hotch knss seconds, the B1g Blue easily swam away from the younger and mexpenenced Hotchknss squad Peter Antolml set a new school record for the 100 yard back SWIMMING stroke to lead the vrctory Travelmg to Storrs, the Avon team was beaten nn nts next meet by a good Unxversnty of Connecucut Freshman team 46 40 Stnll 1n tts dol drums, the boys suffered further embarrassment at the hands of an excellent W1H1ston team Avon was lxter ally drowned m the meet as the W1ll1ston1ans swam away from us Back at home on January 30, the swimmers man aged to ue Canterbury 43 43 Followmg thns ue, the team swamped a weak Westmnnster squad by a snzeable score Then, 1n what may well have been the best meet of the year, Avon tred Tornngton Hxgh School, last 132 12- if ' , - 'F ., i X gf tg, .Q HQ' ,mtl gin' ,Z , f 5- ' Q. Q, .L-- ? 4 I Q . A Q ,- -Mgrf' q V . K ,J 1 . . . , my . p A 4 .1 , A . t Q., M , I , . sd? A t ii SL. t Q . Q A 3 .W I: . . Q ., Q six, l- kr, 1 I r I it A . ,. Y , . I ' i' I ' E 4 in 1 S f J 4 , . i - . . . E gi In 3 f F' Q as 0 G .' ' . : ' Y 3 ' I S , I I l f I I ' h ' 2 , , ' , . , , , - , , 9 . ' . : , . I, , . , . . , . ., i . , . Y Y 3 Y ' Y f I '
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