Chestnut Hill Academy - Caerulean Yearbook (Chestnut Hill, PA)

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CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY 113 illruirm nf Eaakrthall, 15311-1531 0.1112 'Harnitg The first basketball practice was held on December 1, with a squad of some seventeen men. Of these Bryant Har- roun was the only letterman to return. We can rightly be proud of our basketball team this year, which showed won- derful spirit, due to the untiring efforts of Coach Shuttle- worth. On December 15, the varsity tackled the Alumni and suffered a reverse of 40-19, and on December 17, we again were defeated, 35-12, by West Philadelphia High School. Shortly after returning from the winter recess, the team played the Schoolship Annapolis, on January 9, and was defeated 35-13, which was followed on the next day by a defeat of 17-10 by George School. On January 16 we engaged in our first league encounter, against Germantown Academy, who won a rather one-sided contest, 4-3-19. On January 23-we battled with Episcopal in a close game which ended 33-21 in their favor. By virtue of thenfact that Episcopal led 20-7 at half-time she was enabled to win. The Hillers journeyed to Haverford on January 30. Haverford won this closely contested game 27-30 only after a hard fight against the plucky Hillers. Our quintet reached the peak of the season when it de- feated Montgomery to the tune of 30-23 on February 6. The home team came up from behind to lead 15-12 at half-time. On February 13 we encountered Germantown Friends, only to be defeated 31-25. The game was hard-fought and not until the final whistle blew did the Hillers lose their fighting spirit. Getting off to a poor start against Penn Charter on February 20 enabled them to win this tilt 39-22 in a hotly-contested game. The last game of the season was played on February 27, against Friends Central, the Interac champions. Our team was outplayed from the start, but nothing could daunt their courage. lt was a Chestnut Hill team through and through that was on the floor that afternoon, determined to fight to the finish. The score was 53-24-. Captain Harroun was the shining light for the Hillers and is to be commended for his good work. He was ably seconded by Captain-elect H. Parachini, Connors, and Wil- liams. The varsity was completed by Rich, Bugbee, Klink, Cook and Everhart, who unfortunately was unable to play toward the latter part of the season because of an injury received during the season.