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

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L ANOTHER TALLY AGAINST KENT VARSITY BASKETBALL REVIEW Beebemen fought back rn the second half to surge ahead and wrn by a score of 60 57 Mortell came through mth hrs usual 30 points whrle Dave Schafer In their second meetrng The Gunnery had lrttle trouble rn defeatrng Hotchkiss 68 57 All of the starting fixe ended up rn double figures Williams leldrng all wrth I6 points Once agun the Beebemen had little trouble rn defeating Kent 60 46 Bob Mortell led all scorers 179 porntsl and was the key factor rn Gunnery s second trrumph over Kent Gunnery successfully avenged an earl1er loss to Canterbury by romprng to an easy 71 49 wrctory The Gunnery center Big Bob Mortell accumulated 38 pomts and set a new scorrng record at The Gunnery Wrllrams and Vfyckoff followed vuth I7 and II pomts respectrvely In what pros ed to be Gunnery s toughest opponent all year Sufiield Aca demy conquered the Red ind Gray 72 67 Early rn the fourth quarter Gunnery lost its high scorer Bob Mortell on fouls and consequently was not able to mitch the superb shootmg of Lrsrak and Plllkan of Suffield who tallred 25 and 71 pomts respectu ely Mortell scored 77 pornts wh1le Dave Schafer who played hrs most outstandrng game of the season tallied 15 In a game which the Red ind Gray had to vs rn rn order to stay rn competition for the Leigue Championship The Gunnery overcome a 14 pomt deficxt to edge an undefeated Taft qurntet 57 49 Bob Mortell led the Beebemen with I8 pomts follow ed by jim Conley xx ho netted I4 Pete Malloy featured for Taft with 74 Gunnery once again E1Slly defeated Trrnrty Pavslmg by a score of 55 40 Mortell and Wyckcaff led The Gunnery scorers with I9 and 16 pomts re spectrvely On March 3 The Gunnery met Taft for the Tr1 State Championship The Gunnery spear headed by IES Ciptun Bob Mortell held a very slxm lead through out the first three quarters of the game and then managed to stave off a Taft rally rn the final quarter of the gime to trim Taft 48 45 6 8 Bob Mortell was the games leadrng scorer xx 1th 77 pomts follow ed by Bob WyckoH who chipped in I3 WYCROI I' 11621 ml' DILLON CONLEY A111413 llaree rt 'Nl i Q' I, V' Q 'T P NN R, hfl 1 1 1 -, , G 7 4 rccae I + fffiff G-' iq-.N ' . I I . pl - uf T 7 I , v' ' ' ' ' rf ' v ' L? poured through 14. I ,, , - at . -l r a ' ' ' . r Ya' I ' ' i - . f Y ' Y V ' ' Y. ' U 1 A a . I , . . Y. -1 I I U . v ' I Y - ' ' t 1 . - . I ' I 7 7 v a l s a L . Y . .' . . X . A. A ' V V- r -- I , I , 3 Qt 5 . Y , . as 5 ' 1 1 V 4 ' ' . ' ' - - . . - ' ' 1 1 ' , ' - , - yr - V - f ll Y , V. U . 3 I Y . - . Y' J 0

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iuvvhi f'---1 771501001 .g.- MORTELL WILLIAMS vwullmgq Ninety-two SCI-IAFER 'J 1 CONLEY SINKS ONE AGAINST TAFT VARSITY BASKETBALL REVIEW Gunnery started its dominating season march by defeating a good Trinity Pawling quintet 70 65 Gunnery held a sizable lead throughout the game and held off a Trinity rally to cop the game Bob Mortell amassed 39 points to take game honors while Conley chipped in with 10 In what almost proved to be the mayor upset of the season Gunnery eeked out a 39 58 victory over a stubborn Berkshire five The Gunnery throttled by an unusual zone defense rallied in the later stages of the game to pull out its second win of the season Conley led Gunnery with eleven points followed by Dillon and Mortell with nine each Playing its first home game of the season Gunnery had little trouble in defeating a usually good Kent team From the start it was Red and Gray all the way Mortell proved to be the big difference between the two teams and the tall slender Captain poured through 30 points while Conley meshed 19 Gunnerys fighting quintet chalked up another league victory by defeating Hotchkiss 50 35 Ahead by only one scant point at the end of the first half 25 72 Gunnery put on a second half splurge to deliver themselves from any conceivable danger Once ag un Gunnery s big six foot eight inch center Bob Mortell led all scorers He collected '77 points while Wyckoff and Conley split I6 points evenly betvs een them In their hrst non-leigue meeting Gunnery ran its record to 5-0 by easily defeating an inferior Westminster quintet. Mortell with 24 points took game honors. The two guards, Wyckoff and Conley, each added 15 points. In what proved to be one of the most free scoring games during the season, a good Canterbury team handed the Red and Gray its first loss of the season, 71 70. Gunnery held a 40-35 half-time lead, but Canterbury chipped away this lead during the second half and in the final minutes clinched their win. Mortell led all scorers with 50 points while Williams and Wyckoff tallied 13 and ll respectively. Meeting Berkshire for the second time, Gunnery proved, without a doubt, that they were the better team. They easily routed Berkshire, 71-46. Once again Gunnery's big center was the highlight of the game, collecting 31 points to lead all scorers. Gunnery was forced to put on a 29 point last period rally in order to over- come a stiff Hopkins Grammar five. Trailing by eight points at the half, the

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