Episcopal Academy - Tabula Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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SmiTh were ouTsTanding, using Their skill and experience To sTeady a Team, which, alThough sTrong enough in skill and manpower, showed a pronounced lack oT Teamwork which was reTlecTed in The Tinal score. On The line, The work oT Tackle Tom Franklin was superlaTive. George Swan Tallied The lone E. A. marker and The winning BarTrarn Touchdown was seT up by a blocked kick recovery. Powered by Fullback Jack KisTler, who scored once and did mosT of The ground gaining, The Churchmen gained Their TirsT vicTory oT The season, Turning back Peddie School by a score oT I3-7, a week laTer. George Swan Tallied The TirsT Blue and WhiTe Touchdown and Mike Shouvlin's superb Tield leadership was much in evidence as The Team showed a deTiniTe improvemenT. The work of ArT Largey and Roland SmiTh was 0uTsTanding on The line. During The nexT week, The soccerrnen dropped a pair of 3-I decisions To Moores- Town Friends and To Friends' SelecT in Their TirsT lnTer-Ac conTesT. Harold O'Briar scored The game's TirsT goal Tor Episcopal, buT MooresTown rallied laTe in The game To clinch The encounTer. The Blue and WhiTe booTers losT Their TirsT lnTer-Ac conTesT The Tollowing Thursday as They dropped a hearT-breaking decision To Friends' SelecT. The Jarvismen were handicapped by The absence of Freddy James and Bill Pugh be- cause oT iniuries. The game showed a decided irnprovemenT in The Churchmen's Team play and spiriT. Buddy Addis scored The only goal Tor E. A. and Ned and Roger Campbell sparked The line wiTh Their excellenT play. FOOTBALL FRONT: Largev, J. R. SmiTh, Palmer, Franklin, Swan, K. SmiTh, ReTTew, R. Pifkin, Kisfler, Shouvlin, Chadwick. SECOND: W. Crummer, Schaefer, Siegel, Hewson, Arndf, Greenleaf, Medford, Kennedy, Bensing, Siarling, Nellis, Mr. Brennan. THIRD: Mr. Orsi, Mr Keegan, Aldridge, R. Crummer, HuTch- inson, Haines, GerherdT, STewerT, Salisbury, Riechle, Sangree, Varfabedien, CrockeTT. BACK: Kersun, Warner, Huebner, LongsTreTh, Wheeler, Nixon, Park. i

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FALL SPORTS Ten days before The Tormal opening OT The I949-'50 school year, aspiranTs began gaThering aT The school Tor The pre-season workouTs oT Their respecTive squads. Among The 40-odd TooTball candidaTes who reporTed To Coaches Orsi, Brennan, Soleau, and Keegan were Ten reTurning leTTermen. These included CapTain Kenny SmiTh, Jack Kisfler, George Swan, and Mike Shouvlin in The backTield. RepresenTing The line were Ben Franklin, John ReTTew, Ed Palmer, ArT Largey, Al Schaefer, and Roland SmiTh. Roger PiTkin and Chuck Chadwick, up Trom The J. V.'s, rounded ouT The TirsT Team. Only Tive reTurning leTTer winners greeTed The new soccer coach, Mr. John Jarvis, who was commencing his TirsT year aT Episcopal. Mr. Jarvis's unusual abiliTy, his rich soccer background, and his greaT deTerminaTion and spiriT quickly gained Tor him The admiraTion and whole-hearTed cooperaTion oT The enTire squad. The group OT reTurn- ing leTTermen consisTed oT CapTain Chuck Bazemore, Fred James, Buddy Addis, Ned Campbell, and Bo Mohr. The soccer Team opened The Tall sporTs season aT Episcopal by scoring a hard-ToughT I-O vicTory over BarTram, alThough a lack oT experience and Team play was evidenT. Bud Addis scored The winning goal early in The TourTh period as he converTed an opposing goal kick inTo a Timely Tally. Chuck Bazemore's sTerling play aT The goal was a highlighT oT The game. 'Freddy James was iniured in The Third period and was Torced To leave The game. The Tollowing Thursday, The soccermen were downed by Haver- ford High School, The suburban champs, by a.close 2-I margin. BoTh The Red and Gold Tallies came as a resulT oT penalTy kicks. The loss oT Fred James aT cenTer half- back was a greaT blow To The Team, which Tinally succumbed Through a pair oT bad breaks. Bud Addis capiTalized on a penalTy kick To give Episcopal iTs lone goal. ATTer several weeks oT hard pre-season pracTice, The Blue and WhiTe TooTball Team meT a hard-running BarTram eleven on Friday, SepTember 23, losing a hard-ToughT conTesT by a slim I3-7 margin. In This encounTer, George Swan and CapTain Kenny

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SOCCER FRONT: Pugh, E. Campbell, Tucker, Addis, Bazemore, James, Swarr, Aulenbach, Slarr. SECOND: R. Campbell, Mohr, Jepson, Edson, Heppanslall, Scoll, Haslam, Jeary, Devhney. BACK: Mr. Jarvis, Wheatley, Ervin, Sliles, Hiers, McCurdy, Mr. Davis. During lhe nexl week, lhe spiril of lhe foolball leam was running high, and lhe coaches slepped up lhe lempo of lhe praclice sessions as lhey prepared lo meel a powerful Malvern eleven which had previously bealen Haverford and Penn Charler. l-lowever, a few hours before game lime, lhe rain which had been falling inlermil- lenlly all day, began lo come down in earnesl and, as a resull, lhe game was called off, much lo lhe disappoinlmenl of all lhose concerned. The soccer leam made ils besl showing of lhe season lhe following Thursday as il ballled lo a scoreless deadlock wilh Penn Charler in lwo overlime periods. The game was characlerized by exceplionally long kicks as lhe Blue and While backs pul on lheir besl performance and enabled lhe forward wall lo lhrealen lhe Penn Charler goal conlinuously. Chuck Bazemore's slellar saves were again a highlighl of lhe game as neilher leam was able lo connecl for lhe winning goal. The Blue and While gridders opened lhe defense of lheir lnler-Ac lille lhe fol- lowing day as lhey unleashed an overwhelming display of scoring power lo crush lhe Tri-color ol Germanlown Academy by lhe one-sided score of 4I-I4. The Church- men scored almosl al will in a second hall drive which nelled lhem 27 poinls. The four-horsemen of lhe backfield were all oulslanding, each scoring once. Mike Shouvlin's passing was especially nolable and Smilh and Kisller ran lhrough lhe enemy defenses almosl al will. Arl Largey and Fred Slarling scored lhe olh'er lwo E. A. louchdowns and Al Schaefer converled five of six exlra-poinl lries. Ed Palmer's inler- ceplion of a loose G. A. aerial sel up lhe fourlh Blue and While louchdown. The defensive work of Roger Pilkin, Tom Franklin, Mike Shouvlin and George Swan was also commendable. The following Monday, a delermined Cenlral l-ligh soccer leam rallied lale in lhe game, scoring lhree limes lo overcome a one-poinl deficil and win going away wilh a 3-I counl. Bob Mohr's score in lhe firsl period was lhe only E. A. lally. Buddy Addis and Chuck Bazemore were also prominenl. Three days laler, lhe Jarvismen ran inlo a spiriled Friends' Cenlral leam and walked off lhe field wilh a I-O viclory. Bud Addis scored lhe lone goal in lhe second period. Dave Swarr and Joel Jepson gave good performances on lhe line. The foolball leam mel a rugged and rough-playing Penn Charler eleven lhe nexl clay and gave one of lhe year's besl performances lo emerge viclorious by a score of 27-O. The Penn Charler leam mel far more lhan ils malch in lhe superb olfensive and