Flintridge Prep School - Log Yearbook (La Canada Flintridge, CA)

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Golf Golf, after three years of growing interest, reached a climax this year. Our team was better than average, a fact quite remarkable considering the number interested. This year the team consisted of four returning lettermen-we-Bob Hampton, Frank Pope, Ben Earl, and Earll Weaver- fand new senior, Ken Hunter and foe McLain, a freshman, Bob Hampton is holder of the funior medal re- cord of 67 at Altadena. Though he had the greatest natural ability of any one on the team, he suffered from a lack of practice. In other words, he didn't shoot too many 67's. Prank Pope is an example of a self made golfer. Last summer he spent his time break- ing records on Canadian courses and as a re- sult is called the Uncrowned Canadian lunior Champion, ln my opinion, there are few young golfers who can match his short game. Ben Earl is just plain lucky. Of him Harry Brooks, the professional at Flintridge, said, Only you and God can swing like that and hit a ball!l An advocate of hit 'em hard and the Devil with where they go he should be playing football Cmaybe?J. Earll Weaver combined his tennis and golf and was good in both. Ken Hunter, who comes from a long line of champion golfters, played exceptionally well for the time he spent. Ioe Maclain is the most promising of Flintridges future golfers. Matches were played with such well known schools asi South Pasadena, Pasadena I. C., Long Beach Polytechnic, Wilson High of Long Beach, and many others. To win matches against any of these seems extraordinary, but that we did. Although next years chances are not toc optomistic, some unknown golfers may uphold our tradition of topping the best prep teams in our district. 53

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lorgenson, swam the fifty free and was part of the four-man relay. Big and husky, endowed with fine endurance, he was a valuable asset to the teami George Frazier maintained the diving division, followed up by Brady lohnson. George was quick to learn the fundamentals which Coach offered him, and c e r t a i ri l y showed perseverance in his diligent practicing. Smith, Egbert, lvfelin, and Robbins all swam periodically during the year as did Lyon Lewis will undoubtedly unleash his ability next year in the back stroke and make a name for himself by doing so. Robbins, because of a sickness, was unable to compete as much as the team would have liked. But, he too, has another year of competition, cramps, and colds. Egbert, Smith, and Melin along with twof twenty man Ioe McLain have many laps ahead of them before they reach the end of their races. All four will form a solid foundation for teams of future years. Schiinpff, who was ex' pected to be this years first backstroke, un fortunately did not swim a great deal lf his enthusiasm were as great as his natural wit, he would have been a marvel. This season pool records were greatly bettered during practices. The fifty free style record now stands at 24.l seconds, the hundred breast record unofficially at l:O7.5 minutes. Ted Munroe still holds the twoftwenty and hundred free style records and Doug Cfoodan the hun dred backstroke record. The team again for the second successive time won the three way meet with P. l. C. and South Pasadena which determined the Pasadena champion. The All League meet was won for the fourth succes sive time by Flintridge, the competition there being rather scarce. A l-'lintridge man fGam' blel placed first in the individual medley at the L. A. f-ligh Invitational Meet, and also managed to win the lunior SU-yard free style race, sponsored by the Southern Pacific Ama' teur Athletic Association. After the writing of this article Flintridge will tackle Fullerton Un- ion l-ligh School, and will be represented at the C. l, P. championships during the middle of May. The last event of the year will be the Black Foxe Prep. School lnvitational meet, which ljlintridge should win. 52

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Minor Sp0rtS...Tennis The tennis season has been successfully launched, as this article is being written. We have the lineup and the schedule for the season and the outf look is particularly promising. The tennis team, under the able guidance of Mr. Kehler, has been practicing for almost a month. The players are: Ogden Kellogg, Beetle Weaver, lohn Eliel, Dick Munroe, Bob Ghrist, Bob Lissner, and Al. Mitchum. This team, com- prising many of the outstanding players of last year and some new members, is thought to compare favorably with any team in the league. The first match of the season was played on April 28 with Harvard Military Academy at Flintridge. lt may be said with no exaggeration that Flintridge trounced Harvard roundly. This season will include matches with Pacific Military Academy, Southern California Military Academy, and a return match with Harvard. Because of the greater turnout this year it has been necessary to use the Brookside courts instead of Og Kelloggs court which has been used for so many years. Og Kellogg and Beetle Weaver, champions of last year's league double, play smoothly and expertly together. lohn Eliel and Al Mit- chum, new partners this year in second doubles, are doing well in coordinat- ing their game to its best advantage, lol'1n's cannon ball serve and Al's vollies and overheads should make them winners in the end. Bob Ghrist, our first singles man, plays a fast game quickly taking the net and usually outmaneuvering his opponent. Dick Munroe, who is playing second singles, is very fast and manages to get back almost any shot his opponent makes. Bob Lissner will see service as first substitute. The school championship will be played off for the Partridge Tennis Trophy after the league matches are completed, Kellogg and Ghrist will probably battle it out for first place, but with improvement some of the others may surprise us. 54