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

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DERIDDER GORRY EMERSON CREW REVIEW The 1952 Gunnery oarsmen seldom had a chance to dip their blades in placid watel on Lake Waramaug. However, choppy water didn't seem to handicap the Varsity on rar days for they compiled the best record since the sport was launched at the Gunnery i 1947. After three weeks of preparation Coach Beebe had made up the three top boat all of which journeyed to St. Marks to match bladework against their hosts and South Kei on April 26th. The first event of the day was the Third boat race which the Red and Gr: captured by one length. Following the Third's triumph, the Second boat, rowing at constant 56, emerged the victor by a length and a half over South Kent. But the Big Red First boat could not make it a clean sweep. They lost to South Kent by a half length . the last few strokes on the half-mile course. The following Saturday the Red and Gray raced South Kent on home waters. Tl two lower shells notched their second straight victory, but the First again could not mai tain their lead to the finish. South Kent's strong bid at the close of the race again enabli them to jump into the lead at the linish line and win by three to four feet. Next on the Crew schedule was the Yale '55 seconds, but this crew was decimated l an outburst of measles and in place of Yale, the two Varsity boats took on Kent's third bc on May Sth at Lake Waramaug. Kent, which broke up their eight-man shell into two fou was not expected to give the Gunnery rowers a stiff race. But the race was a spectato race all the way and it was the first time that the 2nds were pressed for victor laure After the first quarter marker, the Big Red rowers crept into the lead and stayed the until they finished about a half-length ahead of Kent. However, the First boat's iighti: spirit won an entirely different type of race as they rowed to a live-length triumph.

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Q, l 5 5 i it wg my i f ll fl AT Sr. Marks Waramaug Waramaug Salisbury Quinsigamond Finals Back row, left to right: Mr. Darbee, Coachg Peck, Waterbor, Arch bald, Renkert, Samsonoff, Mitchell, Gorry, Emerson, DeRidder Vandercook, Managerg Mr. Beebe, Coach. First row: Bakwin, J. Ebers. FIRST AND SECOND BOATS VARSITY CREW SCOREBOARD LOST Gunnery lsts St. Marks lsts South Kent Znds St. Marks Znds South Kent 3rds St. Marks 3rds Gunnery lsts South Kent Znds South Kent 3rds Kent 3rds Kent 3rds Salisbury lsts Salisbury Znds Salisbury Srds Gunnery lsts Pomfret 1sts Belmont Hill lsts Gunnery 2nds South Kent Znds Belmont Hill 2nds f2ndD Grd? C2ndJ Grd? C2ndJ C3rdJ C2ndD fflthj C3rd7 C2ndJ f4thD C5rdD C2ndD WON South Kent Gunnery Gunnery South Kent Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Exeter Brown and Nichols lsts Znds 3rds 1sts 2nds Srds lsts 2nds lsts Znds 3rds lsts 2nds Captain and C ouch DERIDDER, MR. BEEBE

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af' RENKERT SAMSONOFF Traveling to Salisbury on May 24th, the Red and Gray oarsmen won shirts in all 'ee races. The Third's, who rowed the day before, crossed over a length ahead of the 'um. The Second shell found the smooth water to their liking and rowed a ine race, nning by two lengths. The Firsts, with little check in the boat, defeated Sarum's First at by a length. Carrying the best record in Gunnery's rowing history into the New England regatta Worcester, Mass., the top two boats qualified in their first heats by taking second place. the Hnals both Red and Gray shells lacked their usual lift and just missed third positions. eter captured the race for First boats and Brown and Nichols won the Second boat sprint. This yeat's Second boat jumped from eighth position to fourth while the First uained in the same position as last year among the ten competing schools. The Second and Third boats both went undefeated in five and four contests respec- ely, while the First won two and lost two in four meets. ...-v' ,.,-a fafwf ' . 195- . iw- ' ,'P'? f ff K 8 it ARCHBALD . . ,,....nv4 M9 PECK