Detroit Country Day School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Uaraify joofdaf First row Lippit, Schlussel. Va'n1derKloot, McCoy, Webster Second row: Bagley, Gooel, Howlett, Hardy, Roosa. Hankims. Jacobs. Turnbull. Belenky. Andrews. Wozniak, Richardson When September came around last year, Coach Cavanagh was faced with the problem of putting a football team together. Only a few of last year's first sftringers were returning. Jerry Bringard was the captain of the '52 team. The Yellowjackets won their first game against Harper Woods, 20-6, but ran into trouble the following week and were polished off by A. E. Smith 14-6. Country Day got back into the win column by beating Fraser 26-0, but then were handed successive defeats by Grosse Ile and D.U.S., 25-12 and 27-0, respectively. The Yellowjackets then Went to Maumee, Ohio and knocked off the locals 36-0, but then lost their last two games to Bloomfield Hills and Huron by 20-0 and 7-6 scores. The only consolation for the year was that Jerry Bringard, Ed Gurdjian, Bob Webster, Tom Hardy, and Norm Lippitt were named on the Detroit News, all southeastern conference team. twenty-one

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twenty .xgflzdefic efaarfmenf WK MR. RAYMOND SHEUMAN MR. PATRIC L. CAVANAUGH Assistant Coach Coach Oberlin College, B.S.- Student-University of Detroit University of Michigan, M-S. Instructor: University of Michigan Detroit Country Day School It isnft very often that a school is privileged to have two fine coaches like Pat Cavanagh and Ray Sheuman. These men have spent many hours on the field in turning out fine baseball, basketball, track, and golf teams, every one of which is greatly indebted to them. The time spent by these men on the teams is not confined to the athletic field alone, but includes time spent on scouting opposing teams and figuring strategy. Much of this work was done on their own time.

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r ardify Z?a:iLefda! First row: Hardy, Brownell. Bringard, Jacobs. Lowell Sccond row: Assistant Coach Slteuman, Wells, McCoy, Lippit, Hankins, Coach twenty-two C a1,va,1m1Lg lt Country Day suffered most in basketball with the loss of many stars who had graduated in the preceding year. But Coach Cavanaugh managed to put a team together with Ed Gurdjian as captain of the '52-'53 team. The Yellowjackets lost their first five games before defeating Lakeview. After this game, Country Day couldn't seem to get going and lost the rest of their regular games. The Yellowjackets then entered the State tournament and won the district title before being defeated by All Saints in the regional tourna- ment. One bright note was that Ed Gurdjian was named on the Detroit Times' all conference team. We of the Yearbook staff feel the team will have better luck next year.