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

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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.

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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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amifg gaaedaf First row: Hardy, D. Smith, Jacobs, Bringard. Gurdjian. Brownell, Schussel Second row: W. Smith, Gooel. Hankins. Coach Cavanaugh When April came, Coach Cavanaugh organized a baseball team. Jerry Bringard was the '53 captain. Up to this time, Country Day has played four games, winning two and losing two. Country Day defeated Lakeview in the first game 12-11, getting six runs in the last inning, climaxed by Tom Hardy's three run triple. In the second game, Jerry Bringard managed Country Day's only hit and the Yellowjackets were defeated by A. E. Smith 7-2. Country Day then beat Huron 6-0 with Ed Gurdjian pitching a four hitter, but Huron came right back three days later and slaughtered Country Day 16-1. twenty-three