The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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Robert G Ilsley C' enter Wrllram Pond Left Halfback I949 FOOTBALL REVIEW Splrrt and fight tharacterrzed the 1948 Gunnery Football Team The seasons record showed only one vrctory rn srx games the exact reversal of Gunnery records rn the last three years But thrs was an entrrely drfferent team from past Red and Gray elevens It was lrght young and rnexperrenced The lme averaged slrghtly over one hundred and srxty seven pounds and the backfield about one hundred and fifty pounds per man Consequently the team was outwerghed rn most of the games There were no outstand mg mdrvrdual players as rn prevrous years and so Coach Beebe really had a tough job rn hrs first year as Head Coach But he was well fortnfled wrth Mr Godman s renowned tech nrque and he drd 1 commendable job wrth the materxal he had The seasons debut was wrth Pomfret new rrval who replaced Salrsbury on the schedule Gunnery s rnexperrence was evrdent Donald E Courtney Quarterback QM 'Vim W Arthur K Stedman Rzght Halflmck 46

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O0 fe as 4' .f I3 5' JP! wr A, 4:1 My 3 1 Eli F Bruce Bradshaw Rzglat End 'wwf .X V9 in the first half Costly fumbles and shaky defense allowed Pomfret the games only score at the close of the first period The team suffered its second seven to noth ing setback the following Saturday agalI1St Canterbury It looked like an early Red and Gray score in the first period when Courtney and Stedman on successive runs carrled the ball to Canterbury s twenty five yard line but the Irishmen held thelr ground and after a seesaw battle finally tallred late in the final perrod On Parent s Day Gunnery tackled a highly rated Berkshire team The Red and Gray line centered by Captain Bob Ilsley and composed of Bradshaw and Offutt ends Hiefrje and Lalumia guards and Sherwood and Wfilliams tackles showed tremendous improvement Berkshire scored early in the first period but Gunnerys offense was the best to date and Pond scored and added the extra point in the second quarter to put the Red and Graymen out in front for the first time all year. However the slim 7-6 margin was not sufficient to hold the more experienced Berk- Wlg Richard M Sherwood Rzglat Tackle james B. Offutt Lawrence E. Williams Leff Emi 47 Left Tackle