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

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.242 M ! 7 wr-v-nr--.Q SLP-TER WILLIAMS VARSITY BASKETBALL REVIEW from the floor durrng the first half the men from The Gunnery were able to capture the lead 26 25 Following the 1nterm1ss1on Taft paced by Captain Lanny Baird pulled out in front by 7 only to watch the visitors come all the way back 49 49 Fifteen seconds remained Baird took a pass rn the pivot drove in and got off a short jump shot which went 1n cleanly to give Taft the ball game and its captain an 1nd1v1dual total of 30 points Downs registered 25 scores Playrng host to Westminster February 6 the Washington quintet gained a 25 10 lead in the first perrod and coasted from there to a 63 48 win Hotchkiss was the scene of the next fray February 10 There The Gunnery received a scare in the last quarter before triumphrng 44 47 Holding what appeared to be a safe 11 point lead entering the final frame the team all but dissipated that margrn and just managed to eke out a win As usual Downs was high scorer this time accounting for 23 points Avengmg their previous defeat at the hands of the Blue and White The Gunnery hoopsters trimmed Kent 64 47 February 17 on the home court Dow ns wrth 30 Morrell with 22 and Phelon wlth 8 led the attack wh1le Drouet garnered 76 for Kent The Gunnery crushed a weak Canterbury quintet 61 47 February 17 at Washington as Downs sank 25 of a game total of 38 points in the first half to help clmch the game Morrell followed him with 16 markers On the road once more the Red and Gray tackled a quick and alert Trlnlty Pawlmg team February 24 and were conclusively thwarted 67 47 The game became an absurdity after the first stanza and Down s 77 points Morrell s 9 and Phelon s 7 could not match the scoring of the hosts who were led by Coutures 76 markers The momentous day finally armed after many years of expectation as The Gunnery met Choate February 27 on the court of the new Memorial Activities Building The after noon was a success as a capacity crovsd watched Larry Dow ns make 37 points while leading his team to a 57 42 victory He was follow ed ln the scorlng column by Morrell and Conley who tallred 13 and 8 points respectively In the last fracas of the season March 3 The Gunnery succumbed 61 55 to Taft now the League champions As throughout the season Larry Down ns was high scorer marking up 25 for the day However these were of no avail for the Taft men seemed able to score from anywhere on the court Endmg the League season in third place with 7 suns and 5 losses the Varsity qulntet compiled an overall record of 10 suns and 5 defeats Axeragrng 777 points per game Captain Larry Downs amassed 416 points to lead the team rn scoring Running second to Downs w1th 12 3 per game was Bob Morrell who was elected captain for next year C fer-fm SCHAFER , 'X N I ' ' 1. 'f Mlm k s x ' ' 1 a a , ' . ' s , . , 1 . v ' a 1 4 s . - ., Y . 1 1 - - 5 , ... . 1 ' ... 71 i I i . , 1 1 1 ' 1 x 4 -' - Y 7 ' 'i gel 'N ... . . Y . Q-4 , - 1 1 1 1 . ' 4 ' 1 1 ' 1 , ... ' . - . . V . . Y ' I 1 1 . 4 ' , I . 1 , 1 ' '1 , . , ' 1 '. , l V V ' I . Y. . v L , Y - ' . y . . L . Q . Y. . ' , . v ' F . 1 ' . x. x C 0 S... 59 Q Q

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IW ku! P9 N ig? Back row left to r1g,ht Obervwenser Puzmsky Mozzochr Hrllman Sumner Brown Katz Perklns Mt Post Front rovs P Belfantx LeVasseur Leahy T Belfantn Smlth Hagyard Mrlhken Masslmo Levxne THIRD BASKETBALL TEAM SCOREBOARD Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery Gunnery .......... Gunnery Gunnery Washington H.S., j.V. Junior Republic ......... Canterbury ................. Trinity-Pawling ......... junior Republic ......... Westm1nster .............. Canterbury ................. Trinity-Pawling ......... St. Marys ................... 61 Coach and Captain MR. POST, SMITH