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

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SB' HANAN NB' J. Y. MCKERNON 1 5 Y . Q--Y r Q:-Ygkg 2 it El ii 44' THOMSON One Hundred and Ten WOOD MATTHEWS 1955 CREW REVIEW With seven returning lettermen prospects for the crew season early this spring looked exceedingly fine Among these lettermen was the entire First Boat which had placed second at Quinsigamund last year The first race of the year was a regatta with St Marks and South Kent on April 30 For the hrst time in a Gunnery crew s history they won on South Kent waters The First Boat with jay Thomson stroking Captain Tom Hanan at three jack McKernon at two Tom Wood at bow and Dean Matthews as cox won their h ilf mile race from South Kent by l M lengths with Saint Mark s coming in third. This was also the finishing order in the other two races with the Second Boat winning by 1K2 lengths and the Third Boat by one length. The following Wednesday May 4 Gunnery travelled to Poughkeepsie N. Y. to row against Arlington High School. Although they had never towed over a one mile course and were not used to the extremely choppy Hudson River the Red and Gray added another clean sweep to their record. The First Boat came from behind to win by M of a length. The Second Boat and Third Boat also getting off to poor starts won by one length each. Saturday May 7 the first three boats were once again off to match oats against South Kent. The results were the same as the previous meeting with the Third Boat race being a little closer. When The Gunnery raced on home waters on May ll for the first time in the season, they had little trouble in keeping their record unblemished. The First Boat won over Poughkeepsie High School by Eve lengths in their first three quarter mile race of the year. The Second Boat, with Dan Harmon setting the pace at stroke, jim johnson pulling our number three, Phil Houck at two, Ralph

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4, J JOHNSON HOUCK HUGHES 1955 CREW REVIEW Hughes at bow and Johnny Schwabacher doing the coxmg won by an easy ten lengths The Third Boat came 1n six lengths in the lead On Senior Weekend the first three boats kept their record intact by beating Choate over the Mg mile course on Lake Waramaug The FIISI and Seconds took their races by three and two lengths respectively The Third Boat stroked by Norm H1nes with B111 Scherman at three Henry Rankln at two Frank Mllll ket- at bow and 1m McKernon at cox won by one length The final race of the regular season was with Salisbury the following Saturday May 70 Trying for an undefeated season the First Boat won by IM? lengths The Second Boat triumphed over the previously unbeaten Salisbury Seconds by two lengths and the Th1rds won by M a length Saturday May Z8 was the b1g racing ev nt the New England Champion Sh1PS at Lake Qu1ns1gamund 1n Worcester Massachusetts The Gunnery s ma1n competition seemed to be Exeter who was also entering the regatta undefeated In the first race of the day the Second Boat won 1ts heat over Choate by Mg of a length The First Boat won IIS heat from Exeter by open water In the afternoon finals the Seconds won over Exeter Sahsbury and Choate in the time of 4 48 The F 1rst Boat won IIS race and the New England Four Oared Shell Championshlp by IM lengths During the season the crew squad 1nclud1ng Fourth and Fifth Boats de feated 45 boats and lost to one Tom Hanan was elected Captam for the third t1me and Coach Beebe s post season smile shows promise of another great crew season next year. I!!! 1 'M SCHWABACHER 1 T515 1' HARMON One Hundred and Eleven