Pomfret School - Griffin Yearbook (Pomfret, CT)

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Leogue Footboll League football this year was highlighted by a record number of participants, sixty- nine, great enthusiasm, and the best Ionian -Achean series in years, Mr, Francis again taught the juniors the fundamentals of blocking, tackling, and the single wing, Outstanding in his group were Tony Abry, Rozy Rozendahl, Fred Pyror, and pass-catching end Charlie Till- Princeton buck lateral series, the Michigan reverses, and strong Pomfret weak side at- tack. The climax of the playing season was reached against a luckless St. Georges eleven that was so unfortunate as to play before a Pomfret dance weekend crowd of feminine inspiration, Before the reserves could take over, Young, l-loag and company had rolled up 25 points against l2. 9 , .. ,A 1 1. W Front Row- Left to Right: Mclieown, Beard, Young, Stons, Rhodes, Von Suber, Back Row: Wagner, Croft, Franzius, Caulk, W. Wil- liams, Lasell, R, Belknap, Smith, Coach Marble. Front Row 1- Left to Right: Faunstock, Brough, l-luss. Forester, Shepard. Lord. Back Row: Coach Parquette, Loeb, Stewart, P, Borden, Schaeffer, Crace, Morse, Lightfoot, Coulden. inghast. Though the team lost to a surprise ingly big and rough Rectory eleven, the boys did show that they had come to re- spect the game of football. With the Senior group Mr. Parquette and Mr, Marble. capitalizing on the versatility of Sugar Lasell, Sandy Young, Pivots Schaeffer. and Steve Sharp, fashioned a single wing offense complete with the But for Pomfret the real football did not begin until the League series, In three hard fought, hard played games, no de- cision was reached, The first went to the Ionian with Lasell snatching one in the end zone. The second went Achean as Shepard and Fahnestock clicked. And the third saw an undermanned Achean squad led by l-luss hold the bigger lonians to a draw. Pfllfff' f1l'i',ifH-,ifi7i