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

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CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY 123 Bruinn nf Cllrark, 1931 On Monday, February 15th, Mr. Williams issued his first call for track candidates. Only three lettermen had returned from last year's squad: Captain Lippe, Hamerstrom, and Parachini, J. The squad this year has been stronger in the running events than it has been in the field events, and much credit is due the coaches, Mr. Williams and Mr. King, for their untiring efforts. Our squad this year had in it such men as Captain Vin- cent Lippe, our fast quarter-miler and consistent winner of this race, Hamerstrom, our splendid miler, who has turned in some very good times this year, Wolbach, our flashy dash man, Williams, T., shot-putter, Parachini, J., another quar- ter-milerg Barber, sprinter, and Eastlake, our broad jumper. To launch the season, the track team encountered Ger- mantown Friends School on their field on Monday, April 20, and after all the events had taken place, the score ended in a tie, 1140-40. Again, as in previous years, the Academy sent a team to the University of Pennsylvania Relays on Saturday, April 25. This team, which was composed of Captain Lippe, Hamerstrom, Parachini, J., and Williams, T., took fourth place. On Saturday, May 2, the relay team, composed of Captain Lippe, Hamerstrom, Parachini, J., and Pearson, O., journeyed to the relays held at the University of Delaware, in which we placed fourth in an array of Class A relay teams. Olney High School journeyed to St. Martins on Monday, May 4, and was defeated SOVQ-39M. On our schedule there still remain: the Princeton Interscholastics on Saturday, May 9g Germantown Academy on Thursday, May 143 Friends Central on Thursday, May 21, and the Interacademic League Championships at Haverford College on Friday, May 29. In the Interacs the Academy will have Captain Lippe, in the dashes and the quarter-mile, in which he placed third last year, Hamerstrom in the mile, a race he won last year, and Wolbach in the dashes. The others participating are Wil- liams, T., Parachini, J., Barber, Pearson, O., Eastlake, Fer- guson and Reader. Elie Srhrhulr Germantown Friends School ,..,..,,.,... April 20 ,, ,..., Away Penn Relays ..,.,.........,....,.......,., .... . April 28 .. ,.,.,. Away Delaware Relays ,....,........ .... . .. May 2 Away Olney High School ..,.,......... ..,..... M ay 4 Home Princeton Interscholastics ..... ...,.... M ay 9 Away Germantown Academy .,...,........ ....,... M ay 14 Home Friends Central .... ...,,................,.,.......,. M ay 21 Home Haverford Interac Championships .. May 29 Away

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CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY 125 Bruinu nf Zllfenniz, 1931 After several years, in which there was no organized ten- nis at the Academy, it was decided to offer those interested an opportunity to revive the sport this spring. Mr. W. F. H. Godson was appointed coach and asked to arrange the best schedule possible on such short notice and to develop a team from the dozen enthusiasts who wished to play. Mr. Codson has played tennis ever since his own high school days, when he made the team at Western High School, Wash- ington, D. C. He played at West Point and has won several military tournaments in the Army, but it is as a coach rather than as a player that he has had the greatest success. He coached the tennis team at the Bordentown Military Institute for four years, and was instrumental in giving tennis new life and impetus in the Castle Heights Military Academy in Tennessee. Most of the nearby high schools and college freshmen teams were challenged, and before long, a satisfactory sched- ule was arranged. Three trips hroke the sameness of play at home, and these were arranged with the Bordentown Mili- tary Institute, in Bordentown, New Jersey, the University of Pennsylvania freshmen in Philadelphia, and with Episcopal Academy, there, in return for a game at home. Home games were arranged with Drexel Institute, Taylor Business College, Haverford High School, West Philadelphia High School, St. .Ioseph's Prep., Temple University Freshmen, and La Salle College High School. An unusual feature of the season was the arrangement to play the last two teams mentioned on our indoor court, in pre-season matches, before the outdoor courts were in con- dition for play. While it was difficult to play in normal style on the gymnasium floor, by reason of the walls being a little close to the back lines, the lighting being very poor, and the apparatus being too close overhead, the matches were interesting, nevertheless, and did much to develop a team that could make a creditable showing outdoors a few weeks later. The practice indoors was valuable in spite of the handicaps, as the players were under the immediate eye of the coach and obtained instruction in serving, lobbing, and the fundamentals of good strokes, for which there was less time and oppor- tunity later in the season. At a meeting early in the year the team elected Edward Cook, team captain. Cook played in good form. His suc- cess in doubles, teamed with de Ceballos, makes next yearls prospects very promising, as these two players gain experi- ence and play more together. In the singles, two players were rated above the team captain, and played at number one and two, respectively. In the number one singles, the team had a very strong player in Ned Sukhsvasti. Easily the best stylist on the squad, he perfected his strokes by constant work with the Cricket Club professional, and developed almost perfect form. His close victory against the very powerful, hard-hitting number one of La Salle College High School was the feature of that match. ' - .