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

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DOWNS CONLEY MORTELL PHLLON VARSITY BASKETBALL REVIEW The Red and Gray opened its annual pursuit of the Tri State League basketball title December 9 1953 against Trinity Pawling in Washington and permitted the visitors to steal the game in the closing seconds 61 60 With only five seconds remaining the Beebe men held a seemingly insurmountable four point ads antage but Trinity Paw ling employ ing a full court press stole the ball twice for drive in scores and added one foul shot to take the victory Larry Downs topped the scorers with 34 points while Bob Mortell followed with 17 markers With the season recommencing after the Christmas vacation the team yourneyed to Berkshire January 13 where it won handily 57 48 Off to a slow start leading by only three points at the half 31 78 the Red and Gray pulled away in the third stanza ably assisted by Downs and Mortell who assembled 27 and 16 points for the day Appearing against the perennial League title challengers Kent on the Kent floor anuary 16 The Gunnerys ego was rudely deflated 69 57 The outcome was never in doubt for after the first quarter the visitors never narrowed the gap to less than four points Downs was again the leading scorer with 37 points Mortell being next with 10 They could not however match Kent s trio of Topham Drouet Hughes which amassed a total of 59 points Returning home anuary 70 the ct urt men smothered a small Hotchkiss team mostly under the boards to triumph 50 34 The losers how ever were in the ball game for the first two quarters trailing by only three at the half Restricting the visitors to only two field goals during the third period the quintet subsequently pulled away never to be headed again Once more the durable Dow ns led the scorer with 73 points while Mortell notched 13 romped to an easy victory with newly elected captain Dow ns registering 71 of his 30 points in the first half The next encounter found Mr Beebe s forces at Canterbury anuary 77 where they coasted to another easy win 63 47 The match seemed a fair one up until the inception of the third period when with Dow ns and Mortell totaling 74 points between them in this frame the contest became a rout Home again anuary 30 for their second game with Berkshire the Beebemen glided to a 58 39 decision thus bringing thetr record to a respectable 5 wins and 7 losses With Downs recording 10 of his 76 points in the first quarter and the Red and Gray defense led by 6 7 Bob Mortell holding the Green scoreless from the floor the winners were never passed Phelon and Mortell follow ed in the scoring with 10 and 9 points respectively With the Tri State League title x irtually at stike the team trax eled to Taft February 4 where it lost a squeaker 51 49 Because of the proficitncy of Dow ns Mortell and Phelon 58 y . . .- . , Xi 7 7 I Y 3 - ' 5 - , , , . - , . . . , . a 1 s ' - 1 3 -' 7 Y . . . . 7 5 y J ' - 1 ' , , - x 1 ' 1 ' . ' .. , . 6 7 1 a 1 ' s u 7 v V 7 ' ,J '- , 1 ' , J '- ' s Y s Y , , U , J . Y Y b . 7 . Playing their first non-League tilt, january 23, at Westminster, The Gunnery men f K Y v - ' , v 3 ' ' - ' ,., . ' , J H 3 , , ri 7 . -. i i ' ' K I D , I Y . -1 V Y . . . J . Y Y. . Y . 'Y , L A A K V -L . , M 1 , I fl ' Y' , , ' - a 1 , f , ' , 4 ' 1 y f , V 7 ' 7