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

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A-Aa FREEMAN 1954 TENNIS REVIEW A week later the Red and Gray netmen met South Kent for the second trme South Kent upset the vrsrtors from Washxngton 5 7 Smrth and Handy were the only vrctors of the day as they captured therr sxngles matches wrth ease Reboundrng from their last defeat The Gunnery met Avon Old Farms on the Avon courts to wm handtly 6 l tm Crawford played well but was unable to capture hrs smzgles In the other sxngbles and doubles matches of the Travelrng to Berkshrre May 19 the Red and Gray met wrth a 5 2 defeat Northrop and Smrth recorded the only match pomts for The Gunnery Washrngton was the scene May 75 of a match between Carter s stalwarts and the Taft Seconds The Varsrty netmen recorded a 4 5 wrn Krasow Crawford and Smlth playrng rn that order won pornts tn singles whrle Smrth and Freeman defeated therr doubles opponents to supply the wrnnrng match pornt On the followrng day the Varsrty Racket Squad played a prevrously postponed match wrth Wooster Both teams were well matched rn the srngles but The Gunnery took three vrctorres rn that category Wooster came back rn the doubles to supply the poxnts for the ulttmate wrctory 4 9 In a return march wrth Canterbury at home May 79 the Red and Gray men took three srngles matches but couldn t cop the doubles pornts Cravs ford Krasow and Smtth turned rn the wrns sxhrle Northrop succumbed to a power ful opponent 6 7 10 8 After postponements the match wrth Hopkrns frnally occurred une 4 Smrth and Krasow won rn srngles berng the only pornt wtnners rn thts 3 7 loss At the annual team meetrng Paul Belfantr was elected manager for the 1955 season The electron of captatn was delayed untrl next sprtng 81 - .. f- -1-rd HANDY PX SNIITH is do-vi Y x' ,S Q, 3 , I 51,1 , ' 1-15-f...,. N ---er'---we aw.. y .. tb --., N ,,., V., ,... 412'-, t --L , H K, V fa ,.,fv'ir A , - li J' , . 1 . . I . U L I, , L . - . J. . . Y I . Y day the visitors were victorious. s V ' ' l 3 - 9 f . y - - - - . ' , . . . . - A . , ' , 5 3 D 3 3 . I 1 - -. 'M . U V p . . , , 5 . D A - . , p l . . ,,f, ' ' Y' j' ...-. . . .--.-,.f...,...aark, at , , , by - '7 - ' rt K, - , A , I ,u A L K 7 t VS . . Q Y L . 5 1

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NORTHROP KRASOW CRAWFORD 1954 TENNIS REVIEW The 1954 Tennrs Squad coached by Mr Samuel Carter and captamed by Terry Northrop the only returnmg letterman comprled a season record of five wms and seven defeats New men spearheadxng the tnexpetxenced team were jim Crawford Dlck Krasow jack Handy and Pete Smith In the opemng match of the season the Gunnery Racquetmen were host to a strong Canterbury squad whrch was overpowered by the slnm margtn of 4 5 jtm Crawford Captam Northrop and Pete Smrth playtng the first second and thlrd posttnons respecttvely were vrctortous m thenr matches In the doubles Northrop and Krasow were the only victors wmnmg the necessary last pomt to g1ve the Red and Gray the wtnnlng edge Aprrl 24 the Red and Gray conttngent playmg on the home courts was defeated by Westmlnster 6 3 In the srngles Smxth and Krasow were the only grve The Gunnery xts thxrd pomt The Gunnery netmen were defeated by the Kent Seconds on the followrng Thursday rn Kent Agann Smnth and Krasow were the only smgles wrnners but tn the doubles Krasow and Northrop played a draw C7 5 4 6 5 5D whrch was called because of darkness Consequently the fmal match score stood 41,6 to 21,6 m Kents favor May 1 South Kent met the Red and Gray on the Washnngton courts South Kent was edged out 4 3 Number five man Jack Handy won hrs smgles while Northrop and Crawford dropped thetrs m hard fought matches Krasow and Freeman teamed up m a wmnmg combrnatxon to add one pomt to the three from smgles VICIOIICS to amass the total necessary for the team wtn Four days later The Gunnery was thoroughly outclassed by Trmxty Pawl mg 9 0 The vtsrtors from Pawlmg N Y dlsplayed a strong team led by thelr number one man Murtha a natxonally ranked player 80 . , n I . . 7 7 ' . l D 3 7 . ' Q 4 4 , u 1 - ' . . . ' . ' . . . 3 ' ' , . 3 . , i .. , . . , 9 ' ' 1 point winners. Westminster defaulted the doubles to Smith and Crawford to - , - , . 3 l '

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