Morristown High School - Cobbonian Yearbook (Morristown, NJ)

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This year's edition of the Colonials, minus the famed Mr, Inside and Mr. Out- side, jim Vance and Ozzie Simmons, respectively, of last year's unforgetable team, fooled the so-called experts by getting off to a fast start in their schedule. Defeating Hacketts- town in their opener, the Flynnmen unveiled their top scoring threat, Linny Bryant, who had been overshadowed in the Colonials' backfield during the last two years. With Bryant drum majoring the attack, the Colonials rolled over Hackettstown and Henry Snyder in short order. Following this came the big three on the schedule-Columbia, Hillside, and Phillipsburg. Morristown's line, which was undoubtedly the biggest high school line in the state, played a decisive part in the victories over Columbia and Hillside. Then came revengeful Phillipsburg in a game not soon to be forgotten. In their closest call of the year Phillipsburg edged Morristown 15-7. Roselle followed in the wake of the Phillipsburg loss and was barely edged out. The Colonials picked up after this and bowled over Long Branch and Paterson Central by awesome scores. In the Thanksgiving game, an inspired Dover team held Morristown to a O-0 tie. Head Coach Bill Flynn, the guiding hand of Colonial football machines for the past 16 years, did his usual fine job, aided by his assistant Coaches LaBove, Smith, and Schroll and Scout Harry Stilwell. Operating, as usual, from their single-wing attack, the Flynnmen featured such fleet back as joe Dempsey, Al Garcia, Russ Vance, and Lou D'Agostino, plus that powerhouse, Linny Bryant. Morristown's line, spearheaded by Mike Barry, perhaps the most outstand- ing lineman ever produced at MHS and a unanimous all-state choice, proved over and over again its value. Other outstanding linemen for the Maroon included Clive Coutts, who did an excel- lent job at center in his first year on the varsity, Ott Smith, Dan Myers, and Dick Adamsky. Four Morristown gridmen, Bryant, Barry, Coutts, and Smith, made the All-County first team. Russ Vance and Bruce Gettis were placed on the All-County second team. 'I Lk., , . L U31

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I Eilfif 5 W Q -1 i' Qfwz-6 s N ' 723 FOOTBALL Morristown High School football teams, which have become synonymous of late with state championships, failed this year by the narrowest of margins to gain a second consecutive Group III North jersey Championship. In their attempt to gain a repeat performance of last year's State Championship, the Flynnmen this year compiled a record of seven wins, one tie, and one defeat. But for the tie hung on the Colonials by Dover, Morristown might have had the State Championship sewed up.

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BASKETBALL 5'- In an erratic season featured by two three game winning streaks and one three game losing streak, Morristown High School's basketball team barely finished over the .500 mark with a season record of nine wins against eight losses. A fast finish-one of those three-game winning streaks-provided a joyous note to a rather mediocre year for the Macmen. With few holdovers from the '49 season, Coach Maclntyre built the Colonial attack around Harry Richards, a starter on last year's five, and Tom Booty-Cat Robertson, a promising sophomore from jack Hornerls jay Vee wonder five of the previous year. With an inexperienced line-up the Macmen dropped their first two games of the year to Henry Snyder and Summit but came back strong with a decisive win over Long Branch. Proceeding to drop three out of their next hve games, the Colonials, with a reshuffled line-up headed by Lin Bryant and Lou D'Agostino, caught tire and went on a three-game winning streak. Included in these victories was a win over their arch rival, Dover. Perhaps the Macmen ran out of gas with Lin Bryant sidelined because of scholastic diffi- culties fthat's one way to say itj, but at any rate they dropped three straight games at a time when it appeared that they had hit their stride. A three-game winning streak, highlighted by a spine-tingling 40-39 decision over Bayley-Ellard in a benefit game, ended the season. Undoubtedly the brightest spot in the whole basketball picture was focused on that diminitive court ace Botty Cat Robertson, who, in his first varsity year, was the team's high scrorer with 349 points. Also noteworthy was Robertson's being placed on the All- County first team in basketball. Those shock troopers, splinter benders, or perhaps even starters, at times, who will be graduated from this year's varsity, are Richards, Bryant, D'Agostino and Marty I got my letter didn't I? Katz. im