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

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WILLCOX AND SEGAL RUSH THE GOAL 1954 SOCCER REVIEW Back on home grounds and entertaining an old rival Trinity Pawling The Big Red Booters received their sixth straight setback of the campaign 3 0 For the hnal contest of the year Gunnery engaged an always tough team from Hopkins Grammar November IO and lost 5 1 Hopkins scored once in the opening frame hen twice in the third quarter The home team s only score came when right wing Bob Ebers passed to Murphy who deftly headed the ball into the opponents goal Anderson and Willcox were outstanding in limit ing the opposition who were constantly pressing the Red and Gray cage to yust three goals At a post season meeting Dennis Murphy the teams high scorer was elected to captain the 1955 team. While posting an unimpressive one win seven loss season record the Gun- nery Soccer Varsity had more power and ability than this record shows. Time after time in season play the Red and Gray forwards pushed the ball deep into enemy territory only to be thwarted by the making of countless near goals. The team simply lacked that extra spark that makes the difference between al- most success and successes with good prospects for next year in Martin Abel Dennis Murphy, Sam Rakdham, and Chris de Guigne. r I l MURPHY CHATFIELD SCHERMAN ANDERSON WILLCOX

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MURPHY THWARTS AN ENEMY ATTACK 1954 SOCCER REVIEW The return of the 1954 edmon of The Gunnery Varsxty Soccer team read three returnmg lettermen and a new coach Under the enthuslastrc coachrng of Mr Wrllcox and spearheaded by letter men Bob Ebers Bob Mortell and Captatn goalre Larry Hoyt the team devoted nts early fall practrces to mtra squad scrrmmages The 1n1t1a1 game was played October 9 and proved to be a thrrller Enter tarntng the Lenox Varsrty Gunnery reversed 1ts 1953 loss to the Yellow and Black and won 1 O The lone goal was plummeted neatly 1nto the opponents net by Alan Bam Englrsh Exchange Student ln the second overt1me Outstand mg defense work was put 1n by Martrn Abel and jrm Wlllcox of Gunnery whrle Bob Ebers B111 Scherman and Dennts Murphy sparked the offense The Red and Gray suffered 1 3 0 defeat at the hands of a well organlzed Canterbury team on October 13 Gunnery was able to hold the Canterbury eleven to a scoreless t1e rn the first perrod of the game but ln the next frame Canterbury pushed through two goals breakrng the game wrde open There after the Gunnery offense never offered a serrous threat and had lf not been for the protectlon of backs Bob Chatfield Chrls de Gu1gne Jon Anderson and the beautlful saves of goalle Larry Hoyt he deficrt mlght have been greater The Wtllcoxmen found themselves unable to repel an aggressxve Choate JV squad and lost on home grounds 9 to O Choates forwards gave an early prevrew of the final score by nettmg two goals rn the first five mrnutes Gunnerys worst defeat of the season was admrmstered by a txghtly knlt experlenced Berkshlre team to the score of 5 O The Gunnery eleven gave up two goals 1n the openmg quarter and desprte desperate Brg Red defensrve efforts the Green and Whrte clearly super1or scored once rn each of the re marnmg pertods Play1ng for a large Parents Day turnout October 23 Gunnery bowed to the vrsrtmg Kmgswood team 3 to O Sprrrted by Bob Ebers and Dennts Murphy the Red and Gray OHCHSIVC' never looked better but none of the many offensxve threats ended rn Gunnery talhes It IS srgntficant to note that all of Krngswood s scormg occured rn the openrng and closmg seconds of the game thus the Gun nery booters never really looked out of the contest untll the very end Vlsrtxng the Taft JV s the Red and Gray booters suffered a hard fought defeat 3 1 The Red and Blue caprtalrznng on a loose ball ln front of the Gunnery nets were first to score Then after a long scrlmmage Murphy took a Scherman pass and fired the ball mto the tvs mes However Taft retallated rn the next perlod and Gunnery was never able to recover although they drove deep mto Taft terrltory tn the closmg seconds HOYT EBERS BAIN Eighty sewn 1 1 7 1 ' ' 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 ' ' 1 , . 6- 1 1 1 - ' 1 . . . , ggi 1 1 1 Y 1 1- - 1, 1 .. , . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 V 1 1 1 1 1 . . . , y 7 ' ,.. 1 1 1 1 1 . V. . - 1 1 ,t

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