Episcopal Academy - Tabula Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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sTeadiIy ThroughouT The season, hiTTing iTs peak Torm in The game wiTh Penn CharTer and conTinuing in greaT Torm Tor The remainder of The season. UnquesTionabIy The Blue and WhiTe TooTbaIl Team was one oT The besT Teams, if noT The besT Team, in The area. All oT The Ten senior members of The TirsT Team received recogniTion on The coaches' All-InTer-Ac Team. SmiTh, Shouvlin, KisTler, and Franklin were named To The TirsT Team: Ed Palmer, George Swan, Roger PiTkin, and Chuck Chadwick were second Team selecTions and John ReTTew and Roland SmiTh received honorable menTion. In addiTion, Ken SrniTh was chosen as The ouTsTanding player in The Philadelphia area, winning The Wilmer G. Crowell Award. SmiTh was also an all-schoIasTic back and Tom Franklin was a second-Team all-schoIasTic choice. AI SchaeTer's I9 poinTs aTTer Touchdown seT a new school record, eclipsing Newbold SmiTh's record. seT ih I943. ArT Largey was elecTed nexT year's capTain. A greaT amounT of crediT musT go To The superb coaching of Messrs. Orsi, Brennan, Keegan, and Soleau To whom The members oT The TooTbaII Team owe so much and whose coaching was mainly responsible Tor The Team's success. The soccer Team was plagued by injuries and bad luck all Through The season and The comparaTive inexperience of mosT oT The Team members was apparenT in iTs games. The season as a whole was characTerized by spoTTy and inconsisTenT per- formances, buT in several .games The Team played an inspired brand oT ball which, if iT had been shown in all The games. would have given a much beTTer record. The coaching oT Mr. Jarvis IeTT liTTle To be desired and was every biT as good as ThaT of Mr. Mills, his predecessor. Buddy Addis and Fred James were easily The ouTsTanding members of The Team and were selecTed members oT The coaches's All-lnTer-Ac Team. SOCCER FOOTBALL E. A. opp. E- A- OPP Bqrffam IIIIA , I , I 0 BBl'fI'lITl ........ .... 7 Haverford High .... .... I 2 Peddie .................... I3 7 Moo,-,gh-,yn Ffimds I H M I I 3 Germanfown Academy .... . . 4I I4 Friends' Seleci ...... I 3 Penn Cherhr ....... . ....... 27 0 Pgnn Chu-f,r .A., ,,4, 0 0 Haverford College J. V. .... 42 7 Cgnf,-,I High IAII. H. I 3 Bryn Afhyn . . .. .......... .. 27 I3 Friends' CenTraI ....... I 0 I'IGV9l'f0rd School .... -- 6 0 Haverford School ,... .... I 2 Garmanfown Friends' . . . . . 2 4 Lower Marion ............. 0 2 GermanTown Academy ...... 3 I

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The Blue and WhiTe gridders conTinued in a Tie for firsT place wiTh l-laverford as They ground ouT a decisive 27-I3 vicTory over a small buT scrappy and deTermined Bryn AThyn eleven. George Swan was The prominenT player of The day, scoring Twice and sparking The Team wiTh his greaT all-around play. Mike Shouvlin and Ken Smifh scored The oTher Two E. A. Touchdowns. The line play oT Roland SmiTh and Ben Franklin was noTable as was Shouvlin's passing. On Thursday, November IOTh, The soccermen suffered Their only shuT-ouT defeaT oT The campaign aT The hands of a sTrong Team Trom Lower Merion High School. The score was 2-O. ln The final and deciding game of The season, The Churchmen won The lnTer-Ac championship for The Third year in a row, winning ouT over a rugged Haverford Team by The narrow margin of 6-O. The Blue and WhiTe Team rose To greaT heighTs and played Their besT game of The season To win a well-deserved Triumph. Mike Shouvlin Took The ball over for The game's only Touchdown midway Through The lasT period as a climax To his mosT brillianT performance. Shouvlin played an inspired game as did The resT of The backfield. KisTler ran as he never had before and ground ouT greaT chunks of yardage Through The Haverford line. SmiTh played a greaT game boTh offensively and defensively and Swan's brillianT caTch of a pass undoubfedly was The game's deciding play as iT seT up The Touchdown. The line played a greaT parT in The vicTory. Throwing back every Maroon and Gold ThreaT. The work of Ben Franklin, Ed Palmer, and Roger PiTkin was especially noTiceable. The Blue and WhiTe soccer Team closed The season wiTh a 3-I vicTory over Ger- manTown Academy. The Churchmen, deTermined To end The season on a vicTorious noTe, fielded a hard-TighTing and defermined eleven. Buddy Addis scored Twice and Joel Jepson Twice To pace Episcopal To a well-earned Triumph. Chuck Bazemore and Freddy James were again prominenT. The vicTory gave The Churchmen a Tie for TourTh place in The league sTandings. The soccer Team encounTered The warriors of The gridiron in The annual mud bowl game on Friday, November I7, and emerged vicTorious in a game ThaT provided many laughs for'The players and specTaTors alike. The soccermen were in conTrol ThroughouT The game and from The ensuing mayhem There emerged The baTTered remnanTs of The once-proud lnTer-Ac champs on The very shorT end ofa 6-O score. All in all, The TooTbalI season was one of The mosT successful in many years and was marred only by The loss To BarTram in The season's opener. The Team play improved

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'3 S. BASKETBALL FRONT: Shouvlin, James, Kisller, Swan, Smilh. SECOND: Largey, Devaney, Williams, Jepson, Sfarling, Gerlmrdl. BACK: Beecher, Swarr, Ervin. WINTER SPORTS When Coach Andy Knox called lhe lirsl basketball praclice in mid-November, lhe leam had high hopes lor an excellenl season, wilh live relurning lellermen lorming lhe nucleus ol lhe learn. They included Caplain Jack Kisller, Kenny Smilh, Freddy James, Mike Shouvlin, and George Swan. This group ol veleran regulars was ably supporled by Arl Largey, Lloyd Williams, Fred Slarling, and Bob Gerhardl. The lirsl game againsl lhe Swarlhmore College J. V.'s lound lhe live velerans slarl- ing and lhis line-up remained praclically unchanged unlil lhe closing weeks ol lhe season when sickness and iniuries forced ils revision. Caplain Jack Kisller scored 27 poinls and Kenny Smilh eighl, bul lhis was nol nearly enough lo win, as lhe learn wenl' down lo a 66-44 deleal in a loosely played conlesl. The following Wednesday, lhe Knoxmen lrounced Morrisville l-ligh School by a score ol 52-38. Mike Shouvlin and Jack Kisller each scored l2 poinls and Fred James, II. On Friday, a Blue and While rally lell shorl as lhe leam losl a hearl-breaking 39-37 decision lo Collingdale High School. Jack Kisller and Fred James scored I2 poinls apiece, bul Episcopals lack ol accuracy on lhe foul line proved lheir downfall. ln lhe nexl conlesl, lhe Blue and While quinlel ground oul a 57-42 lriurnph over Girard College. Mike Shouvlin led lhe leam wilh I7 rnarkers and Arl Largey scored eighl as lhe leam piled up a lre- mendous advanlage al halllime and coasled in lrom lhal poinl. The lollowing Tues- day, lhe Blue and While baskeleers ran up againsl LaSalle High, lhe cily champs, and wound up on lhe shorl end ol a 77-28 score. Jack Kisller paced lhe leam wilh nine poinls. During lhe Chrislmas vacalion, lhe squash and wreslling candidales worked hard al lhe pre-season praclices ol lheir respeclive squads. Three relurning lellermen mel wilh Coach Dixon and Mr. Wallace Johnson lor lhe lirsl workouls. These included Caplain Roger Campbell, Buddy Addis, and Dave l-lewsoh. These lhree, along wilh Bob March, l-larold Slarr, Cal Place, and Dan Gardiner, formed lhe varsily leam. Seven relurning letter winners were on hand lo greel lvlr. Roberl Troul, beginning his lirsl year as Episcopal mal coach, lor lhe lirsl wreslling workouls. Among lhem were Caplain lvlarkley Schellenger, Roger Pilkin, Jim Daugherly, Harold O'Brian, and Tom Franklin--all seniors, and Bob Twining and Dave Daugherly. These seven, along wilh Frank Reichle, Sandy l-laslam, and newcomer Dave Fricke, made up lhe leam which wreslled in lhe maiorily ol lhe meels. The baskelball praclices were necessarily cur-