Bronxville High School - Bronco Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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SOCCER During the fall season of 1945 the Blue and Grey soccer team participated in the heaviest schedule ever undertaken by B.H.S. The varsity record was five wins, two ties, and three de- feats while two V. tilts ended in deadlocks. The season closed earlier than anticipated when a V. contest planned for December 4 with Irvington and two varsity games against Hack- ley, December 5, and Riverdale, December 14, were canceled because of a heavy sickness toll and adverse weather conditions. Only twice did the team fail to score: once against LaFayette, rugged P.S.A.L. champs, and again with Peekskill Military Academy. On the other hand, the Blueis opposition was white- washed in six games. The Grey also smashed their old scoring record of five goals when they swamped Bronx Science 7-0. Enemy markers for the season totaled thirteen as compared to Bronxville's thirty. In the way of individual laurels, Jerry Hiner, Bill Murphy, Bob Neall, and Pete Rounds were the first boys from outside greater New York to attend the dinner held at Long Island City Turn Hall on February 27. The purpose of the dinner was to present awards by the New York Soccer-Football Association to soccerites use- lected for their outstanding ability, sportsman- ship, and conductf, Not only are the boys the first not attending Metropolitan Schools to be so recognized, but they are also a part of a very small group of players which consists of twenty- two boys from each of the two school systems, private and public in the city. Enough aspirants reported in September to warrant Mr. O,Neill, new mentor of soccer, to schedule two games for the j.V. squad which, incidentally, was the first time Bronxville has had a second team. A home-and-home series with the Fieldston juniors produced two ties, the first at Fieldston being a 2-2 affair. The re- 1 Page twenty-eiglzf turn engagement on November 5 was 3-0 at the half in favor of the visitors, but the Blue and Grey, coming back with two scores by Don Tredwell and another by Bill Honan, were able to eke out a tie. The varsity's first game, captained by Jerry Hiner, on October 15 was at Van Cortland Park in New York City with Bronx Science. Pete Rounds, high scorer for the season with eight, and Bill Murphy, next with one less, kicked home two tallies apiece. Jim Collins, John Tewksbury, and Don Tredwell also joined in the scoring record for Bronxville. Four days later, the Blue tied Horace Mann 1-1 on Murphy's last canto goal. Although the visiting Broncos, led by game-chief Bob Neall, clamored for over- time play, the hosts left content with a stand- off. The next week Morris H. S. went down under a five goal onslaught with the unusual occurrence of halfbacks Andrus, who was fra- cas leader, and Bob Neall scoring. The next two games found Bronxville on the short end. LaFayette won 2-0 on their windy home field where the Broncos felt they had met a team that really deserved the victory, gale or no gale. Commerce of the Bronx came from behind to triumph 2-1 in a hard fought over- time battle on the Bronxville turf. Gil Bryan scored the 1ocal's goal on a long boot from mid- field. Pete Rounds again notched a pair and Bill Murphy the other in a 3-0 drubbing of Birch Wathen. Pete and John Tewksbury scored while the Grey was losing to Fieldston, 3-2, on the latteris field. The Broncos bounced back for two 3-0 victories over Columbia Grammar and McByrnie. Rounds garnered three of these goals, Bill Andrus, Bob Neall, and Charlie Stev- enson accounted for the others. The last con- test was at Peekskill on a bitter cold November 20 and a very muddy field. Despite two over- time periods there was still no score and the fra- cas ended. Before starting back to the land of Gramatan, the team took advantage of P.M.A.'s swimming pool. On December 8, Mr. Murphy, Bill,s dad, treated the varsity to a fine dinner at the Bronxville Field Club. Mr. O'Neill was warmly thanked for his grand support and the soccer team broke up for 1945.

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