Germantown Academy - Ye Primer Yearbook (Fort Washington, PA)

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i z 5 l ' Exif 1 A f'? 11, im 1 BASKETBALL O SAY that Germantown had a good season would be putting it mildly. Tj, She has an excellent record and one to be proud of always. Ten vic- tories out of sixteen starts is enough to tell of the prowess of the Old School's quintet and why she finished in a tie for second place. From ' ' this record it is evident that the spirit shown by the football team was dominant in the basketball team. S4 The team, which played the majority of the outside games and all the Inter- Academic games, lined up as follows: Captain George Hoft filled his old position at center, while Chick'l White played a guard position. They were the only letter men back. Bill Cooney played the other guard. At the forward positions were two men who worked together frequently on the second team last year- Herh Lawrence and Tom Skirm--so that they presented a good passing game. This combination'worked well together and under Coach Hartley developed a brilliant passing game, coupled with an excellent defense. Bud Stier, Wilkenson, Paul Hoft and Boger frequently broke into the line-up and proved to be of great assistance in some of our close games. In playing our first game on December 8th, G. A. created an early starting record. We easily defeated Montgomery School, 30 to 8, shutting them out in the second half without a point. Lawrence was the star with nine field goals, while Captain Hoft featured with his passing. In our next adversary, Lawrenceville School, we recognized a real foe, especially since it was on their floor. However, the team scored a well-deserved victory by defeating them 36 to 27. Chick White featured the game 'with his six field goals, four of which came in the last few minutes of play, assuring G. A.'s victory. Lawrence played excellently also, registering seven field goals and two fouls. . Our first defeat came at the hands of Friends' Central-one of the two defeats suffered on our home fioor at the Y. M. C. A. The score was 31 to 26. Rassmussen, a Friends' Central player, was their star, with some of the weirdest shots ever seen on a basketball court. Captain Hoft featured for G. A. with three double-deckers and four fouls. In the game with the Alumni our Varsity team won by the large score of 47 to 28. Hoft and Lawrence featured for the Varsity, with six field goals apiece. Sandy Wiener, playing in his old time form, added eight field goals to the grad's total. Many familiar faces were recognized among the Alumni. The following played for the grads: Nick Petry, McDevitt, Sandy Wiener, Cy Hanlon, Noble Hall, Stew Wilkinson and Duck Beard, the old man of the Alumni team. ' Just to celebrate the New Year, our team took the measure of the George School quintet on their fioor, 36 to 29. A well developed passing attack was 65

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+++++L4-Le+++ responsible for G. Afs victory in the game. Herb Lawrence, with fourteen points, and Captain Hoft with nine, were the leaders in the Germantown attack. Our team won its first Interac game in a hard fought battle with St. Luke's at the Y. M. C. A. The score was 25 to 19. The high scorer for Germantown was Lawrence, with six field goals and two fouls. The teamwork of Herb Lawrence and Tom Skirm materially helped our team to victory. Chestnut Hill was easy for us, so that we beat them 52 to 34. Lawrence again featured, running up twelve field goals and two fouls, which is believed to be a new high scoring record for the Interac League. In order to let Penn Charter know that football wasn't the only thing at which we could beat them, our team trimmed them next, 32 to 19. Lawrence scored seven field goals and four fouls to lead the scoring for G. A. Haverford and our team battled for the possession of first place at the Palestra, which Haverford won, 33 to 23. Owing to the loss of Chick White and Bill Cooney, our veteran guards, in the last quarter on personals, G. A. was seriously handicapped so that Haverford pulled away. Lawrence was high scorer for our team with ten points equaling Haverford's high man, Walt Masters. The team was not discouraged by this defeat and came right back to defeat Episcopal the following week, 39 to 32, thus retaining possession of second place in the league. Herb Lawrence and Chick White featured the Germantown attack with fifteen and twelve points respectively. A poor fioor, added to the slump which hit our team at this time, combined to make us lose to St. Lukels on their floor, 24 to 19. The Germantown team failed to get their offensive working properly and with a possible chance for victory, lost its head in trying to get the ball, with a few minutes left to go. The team came back with a bang to defeat Chestnut Hill, 32 to 25. Chick White featured for G. A. with six fieldgoals. In this game Herb Lawrence strained his ankle quite severely. Coach Hartly decided to save Lawrence's ankle for the Haverford game, so he did not play in the Friends' School game. This disrupted our team's play, because a new man had to be broken in who wasn't used to working with the other four men. In spite of this fact the team played well throughout. Tom Skirm played well for the Old School, scoring eight points. Our next game was with Haverford on the Haverford College floor. Without the services of Lawrence at forward, the team was still seriously handicapped, but 'fHerb played a fine game at standing guard. Up until the last three minutes the game was nip and tuck, but Haverford with a well balanced machine pulled the game out of the fire, 48 to 35. Bill,' Cooney, Tom Skirm and Captain Hoft featured for G. A. Episcopal gave us a sound beating on their floor, 34 to 21. Our team was badly demoralized and showed little teamwork. A flash of its real form showed at the beginning of the second half, but died out. Bill Cooney was our high scorer. 66