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

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I952 FOOTBALL REVIEW On October 20th, Captain Schereschewsky and Company met Berkshire's fry Sweeny at Sheffield before an enthusiastic Fathers Day crowd. Defensive ls Unsworth and Hale deserve much credit as they combined with linebackers Ylen, Renkert, and Munson to smother the Berkshire back. Pete Lash scored all of Gunnery's 13 points, tallying from 15 yards out in second period as Jack Skillman and Jay Hale led a hard-charging defensive 2. Again in the second chapter Rog Walters' pitchout was snagged by the rback who outran the Berkshire secondary for the last score of the fray. Final re: 15-O. The Saturday of October 27th brought together two undefeated, untied bs as Coach Beebe's aggregation traveled to Simsbury to meet heralded West- xster. This clash, featuring two very spirited elevens, ended in a 24-14 Gun- y triumph. Pete Lash and Rog Walters tallied in the first half as their respective scores h climaxed a 45 yard Red march. The third and fourth chapters had the ring more diversified as Westminster out-tallied the visitors, 14-12, with ereschewsky and Hale contributing one T.D. each to the Gunnery's final 14 margin. In a sea of mud, snow, and rain, the Big Red outslid Trinity-Pawling to 8-0 victory. Munson and Hinkle, defensive stalwarts, slipped through the 51 RENKERT LASH HINKLE

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SCHERESCHEWSKY UNSWORTH WALTERS I952 FOOTBALL REVIEW The 1951 edition of the Gunnery Varsity football team went through seven-game schedule unbeaten and untied, the first time since 1943. Wk triumphing over such opposition as Westminster, Berkshire and South Ke the Red and Gray tallied 148 points to the opposition's 39. The defense merits a great deal of praise as it held Canterbury, Berksk and Trinity-Pawling scoreless while limiting Pomfret, Westminster, South K4 and Wooster to six touchdowns. Following two weeks of practice, the Red 2 Gray contingent opened on October 6th at Barnes Memorial Field agains lively Pomfret eleven. Gunnery's aspirants started the scoring early as the li men, led by Skillman and Hinkle, ripped open huge holes in the opponei line bringing the ball to Pomfretis 20. There Walters' aerial to Shaw in the 4 zone provided Gunnery's first six points. Both clubs crossed into pay-dirt in the third period and the linemen, R kert and Unsworth, curtailed Pomfret's last offensive threat. The final whi: blew with the scoreboard reading: Gunnery 12 -Pomfret 6. On the ensuing Saturday the Red and Gray travelled to New Milforc meet Canterbury whom they downed, 18-0. Offensive standouts Walters : Lash each contributed to the outcome, rallying two and one touchdowns rest tively. Defensively Captain John Schereschewsky and Pete Pullen continu: crashed into the Blue's secondary to make bone-jarring tackles which botw up the host so effectively that they never could get moving. 50

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SKILLMAN KIZLLOGG l-IALE Blue and Gold's forward wall time and time again to spill Trinity's scatbaci in their tracks. Within ten minutes of the first period Roger Walters had slithered 20 ai 30 yards respectively to put Gunnery in the lead, 14-O, where it stayed until tl third period when Captain and fullback, John Schereschewsky, smashed i yards for the third T.D. over the slush-snow of Barnes Memorial Field. Seni tailback Larry Schine annexed the host's final T.D. plowing two yards ov center in the dying seconds of the 28-0 clash. Showing the spirit which was characteristic of the team throughout t season, Gunnery outscored South Kent 26-7 on our Parents' Day, Novemf 10th, in the teacup classic. Before a sunbathed crowd, the Red and Gray start slowly. Then, with the two teams locked in a scoreless struggle, Mel Waterb sterling defensive end, thwarted a determined South Kent drive, stole a latei and sprinted 60 spine-tingling yards to break the deadlock. Gus Kellogg ga nered the second score of the afternoon, taking a nine-yard Walters' chuck the end zone. Rog Walters, in the fourth and final chapter, provided the tour down incentive scampering -45 yards with a South Kente-r's boot behind t timely blocks of Guida and Emerson. Pete Lash smashed three yards througl gaping hole opened by Pullen and Munson to annex the hosts third score. L2 scored again in the last period to culminate the day's 26-7 score. 52