Buckingham Browne and Nichols School - Torch Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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From Row: left to right, Lamarche 4 3 Reischaucr, Capt. lllatcliforcl, Mason, Tucker, Dowd. Burk Raw: left to right: Ollonnor, Coach Colby. Sy- monds, Coon, VVQN, F1.1nchol, Iohn- son, R., Tyler, Cooke, Clarke, Moran, Coach Denny. The face-05. BEN ruslzer. The Browne and Nichols Hockey Team won one game and tied one this past season. lnexperience and lack of consistent practice hindered the team's success throughout the year. Injuries to Captain Blatchford and other of the team,s more skilled players certainly proved detrimental to the teamis complete efficiency. The annual Christmas tournament, held at Watson rink, in which most of the private schools participate, proved to be the only means of practice before the team encountered Governor Dummer. The starting lineup for the Dummer game was Banks, Reischauer, and Tucker on the Hrst forward line, Clark, Lamarche, and Coon on the second, with Moran, Franchot, and Wax on the third line. Captain Blatchford and next year's captain-elect Mason comprised the first defense, while Todd and Tyler composed the second. Cooke and O,Connor were the goalies. On Ianuary eighteenth, the team played Governor Dummer at Watson rink. We lost 3-l. The highlight of this game was Paul Larnarche's solo goal late in the third period which salvaged B.8zN. from a shut out. M.I.T.'s freshmen team beat us in a very close game, which had to go into overtime, by a score of 4-2. Our lack of experience showed up in this game as M.I.T. put the game on ice by scoring two goals in the over- time period. Cooke and Tucker scored for the losers. Don Cooke put on the goalie pads in our game against a very powerful St. Marks squad. Proving to be no match for the opponents, we lost 12-1, Reischauer scoring our lone goal. Against New Preparatory, we were obviously outclassed. New Prep won handily 14-0. We then suffered another defeat, this time 8-0 at the hands of Middlesex.

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Higher luhn. We hit a performance peak at Thayer Academy on lannary 14. ,Xhead all the way, we won 64-33. lackson hurled 2.3, Captain Cunningham I4. jackson and Altman starred again against New Prep at Camhridge. VVe started slowly, hut wound up on top 42-24. Our second meeting with lielmont llill was more successful than the lirst. VVay ahead at the hall, we lielt we had it sewn up. The surging llelmont cluh, how- ever, pulled up to us in the second hall. Art Cunning- ham's marvelous clutch shooting saved us a three point margin, 49-46. Another close game was played against Governor Dummer, where we trailed hy a point at the half. lackson's 20 points and Shapiro's 30 rehounds kept us on top 44 -H. Our second game with Thayer was a shocker. Two points down, with seconds remaining, Shapiro tied the game as the huzzer rang. We won it 45-41 in overtime on haskets hy Shapiro and Altman. The next lour victories were less dearly earned. VVQ heat St. Sehastian 58-35 on major point outputs hy lackson and Cunningham. Christian was heaten again 60-39 when lackson scored 30. Rivers was downed NJ-il as lackson and Cunningham stink 59 points he- tween them. New Prep was overcome again on 28 points hy Iaekson and I5 hy Shapiro. Our winning streak ended with our season. XVe lost our last game to Lawrence Academy at Groton hy a li0l'Illltl3ll5lL' score. l.ess than a week later, we lost our semi-linal Tournament game to lielmont Hill hy two points. The skeptics were wrong. We certainly had a re- warding season thanks to a line team effort hy Adams, Clove, Altman, Cunningham, jackson, and Shapiro. Art Cunningham's fine joh as captain and Mr. litter's confidence were vital factors in the success of our 13-3 SCZTSUH. lurk.-'nil xfmufs' Hmzgry tlgtlifl

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The stalwart defense. 9 The Hockey Team scored its nrst victory against Thayer Academy by a score of I0-I. This game was the highlight of the season thus far. Playing extremely well, B.8i.N. overwhelmed the opponents. The scoring honors were divided between Reischauer. with three goals. Mason with two goals, and many others, in- cluding Captain Blatchford with one apiece, The team was now starting to show some scoring ability, but experience was still lacking. On the first of Ianuary, we lost to Brooks in a hard played game, 4-0, and were next defeated by a strong Noble and Greenough team 8-l on February fifth. ln the latter game, we played well for the first period, but then slowed down. Banks scored our only goal. Our best effort of the season was made against Lawrence Academy at Groton. Reischauer, Mason. and Banks each scored one goal, with Clark providing two. The game, however, ended in a 55 tie, when the overtime period proved scoreless. Don Cooke played excellently in the nets. Milton then beat us 5-l at Milton, our lone goal scored by Clark. This game was followed by a 10-1 defeat at the hands of Groton. NVe then played St. Sebastian's in a rescheduled game, but they poured in four goals in the last period. Mason was our only scorer. On February Fifteenth, we played our annual game with Belmont Hill, this year at Belmont. The unde- feated opposition was too much for us, and we were beaten ll-0. Captain Parker Blatchford did an excellent job dur- ing the season. He and Banks will certainly be missed next year. The squad was comprised of many sopho- mores and juniors who have gained the experience necessary for successful teams in the future. CEI Q 1 ! M 25 vu 1 Ifrlnmnr Alllxlfkf Gunn' Time.