Suffield Academy - The Pioneer Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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Footba 'ff' N...- ROGER Trxrsor crrpmm Wrlbraham pass on the goal lrne and ran lUU yards for Suffrelds touchdown The stands on the Suffreld srde were quret as we trred to krck the extra pornt The krck and the referee srgnaled .no good but wart there was a horn on the play Wrlbraham off srde Another attempt for Suffreld whrch they made good and won the game 7 6 The squad from Wrllrston Academy of Fast hampton was the next team to fall under the power of the Suffreld boys They were defeated at Suffreld by the score of l4 U The vrsrtors never threatened to score whrle the academy boys scored on an 80 yard march after the openrng krck off and agarn rn the thrrd perrod when they marched 65 yards for therr second and last score of the game Monson Academy of Monson Mass proved to be the seventh vrctrm of Suffreld They were de feated by the score of 20 6 on the Suffreld freld Thrs game was one of the best played by the Suffreld team all yea The student body and frrends of the academy pard recognrtron to thrs years squad at the fall sports banquet whrch was held rn the school drnrng room on December 4th The marn speaker of the evenrng was Ed Danowskr head coach at Fordham Unrversrty and former ace passer wrth the New York Grants of the Natronal Professronal Football League Ed mentroned many rnterestrng experrences of hrs botn as a player wrth the Grants and as a college player at Fordham where he garned All Anrerrcan honors At the banquet the frrst team was presented wrth Gold Footballs Robert Aschenbach Henry T Bartnrckr Walter F Crabtree Henry Drewnow sk Harvey Krrstern Mgr lohnF Krrmmel larnes Lacey loseph D Lamana larrres F Matrango lohn L Meehl Wrllram Mrller Van E Mrtchell Marro L Fresentato Stewart R Salford Roger A Talbot loseph R Telepcrak Warburton C Webb Ralph L Webster The followrng members of thrs champronshrp team recerved therr letter S Terrence F Burke larnes S Cadrgan Collrn Campbell Wrllrarrr F Davrs loseph LaRocco Francrsl ONerl lohn W Dooney Bernard A Shaprro Suftreld Opponent Krmoall Unron Collegrate Prep Krngswood School Admrral Brllard Wrlbraham Wrllrston Monson l34 Pornts ea ,N tb N- . r' krr - ' A Q . F 14 ' l ' 7 A' 13 ' U . . . . , 33 ' U . 1 , 33 ' 4 0 . . , 7 ' ' 5 . ' , l4 ' ' U . . ' I 20 6 . , . , 19

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Football Team Hear Row Head Coach Terw1ll1ger DAscol1 Bango Meehan Crabtree Welson Safford Whrtman Telepclak Greenberg Bartmckr ONe1l Lamana Krtmmel Asst Coaches Buffrngton and Frtzgerald Asst Mgr Apter Asst Coach Sweeney Cadrgan Lacey Deyette Meehl Webster Barber Shaptro Mtller Drewnonsk1 Burke Presentato Schatz Mgr Krrstem Front Row Lalftocco Aschenloach L.,ol1tt1 Carter Schwartz Talbot Webb Cooney Fnzgerald Campbell M1tchell Football Team Undeteatecl W1tl'1 Seven VICTOIISS Under the capable coachtng of Head Coach Warren Terwrlltger and asststants Bob Sweeney Dave Fltzgerald and Torn Buffrngton Suffreld Academy s football squad emoyed therr flrst un defeated season stnce the early 20 s Playlng a seven game schedule whtch mcluded some of the best prep school teams rn New England the academy boys scored a total of 134 pomts wh1le holdrng the1r opponents to 19 The season started on October 5th when Suf freld lourneyed to Merlden N H to meet the hrghly favored Ktmball Unton team A long pass thrown early rn the second perlod enabled the home team to score 7 pornts and to take the lead whrch they held untll late tn the last quarter Wrth less than ftve mrnutes to go Suffreld really went to town scored two touchdowns and won the game 14 7 Collegtate Prep of New Haven v1s1ted the Suf freld Campus on October l2th and went honne on the short end of a 13 0 score The game was played rn a sea of mud and heavy showers whlch somewhat held up the offense of the Suffreld team Suffleld scored thelr two touchdowns w1th1n the ftrst 5 mrnutes of play and from there on used the1r reserve team to coast to an easy vlctory Kmgswood School of West Hartford was the next foe of the Suffreld team and they were de feated by the score of 33 O The Kmgswood lme although fatrly heavy was not able to stop the fast chargrng backs of the Orange and Black squad Thrrty three to nothrng was agatn the score the followrng week when the team from Admtral B11 lard School of New London vrsrted our grrdrron Agarn outwerghed the Suffleld backs were able to shake the dust off thetr feet and score at w1ll erther on the ground or through the a1r November 2nd was the day of the brg game wrth our tradttronal r1val Wrlbraham Not rn e ght years had a Suffreld team been able to de feat thts team from Massachusetts Suffleld krcked to Wrlbraham and they rmmedrately marched 60 yards to score thetr frrst and only touchdown The try for the extra pomt was no good Late rn the las quarter a Suffreld reserve back rntercepted a . . 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . . 1 , , , , . . . . ,, . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . -. . . . - 1 1 v 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . n u I 1 , . 1 . . , . . 1 . . ' . 1 1 ' - 1 1 1 1 - -1 1 1 , 1 1 - l 7 - 4 1

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1946 Soccer H' ' Missing G Fenton I Fenton Godiksen ODonnell Fifth Row Harrison Grossmann Fourth Row Pendleton Haskell Wilber David Bassick Daniel Bassick Nowotarski V-lerman Roberts Third Row Mr Stevens Eberhardt Pro Williams Batchelder Backman Kuras M Lotane Fishman CManagerl Mr Wilkie Second Row L Whitman Clark Lees Allaire Fitzgibbons CCapta1nl Muller Martinez T Ford Smith Front Row Lagan Patchen Costales Marcial Richter Thompson Knowles Simon Eight wins l tie 0 defeats high scorers Fitzgibbons Clark 1946 Soccer Team Has Undefeated Season 9 VICTORIES AND ONE TIE COMPLETE A REMARKABLE RECORD First Time 1n History of Sport at Suiheld This seasons soccer squad set a record of being the first undefeated soccer team in the his tory of Suffield Academy Playing such powerful opponents as Springfield College Iunior Varsity and Ludlow High School which had been unde feated for five successive years it completed a schedule ot nine games with a 2 2 tie against Ludlow Coaches Gerhardt Wilke and Bill Stevens welded the individual players into a smooth working unit which was very seldom challenged in any game. Among the outstanding players were Bob Batchelder of Torrington- Fred Pro Andy Back- man Chick Lagan and Bill Clark of Bloomfield. Fay Williams of Springfield- Ed Fitzgibbons of Holyoke- and George Lees of West Hartford. On the 4th of October George Lees captained a victorious team to a 4-2 decision over an inex- perienced Kingswood school eleven. The follow- ing week Bill Clark and team out booted the Wil liston Academy team at Easthampton Massachu setts to the tune of 2 l On the following day the same team lead by Ed Fitzgibbons downed a hard charging aggressive Monson Academy team by a score of 3 l Four days later the team ran over its town rival Suffield High School un der the able leadership of Fred Pro the score being 4 O On October l8 Chick Lagan and the Suffield Academy booters brought the total to five victories in as many starts over Wilbraham Acad- emy in a pouring rain. Our boys proved to be good Mudders dominating the ball the entire game-winning by a score of 1-O. On the fol- lowing Monday Chet Kuras led the undefeated team to its sixth straight victory and its second over 'Suffield High--score 3-l. On October 23 Monson Academy was beaten 3-l with lohn and Eugene Fenton as co-captains. A week later the