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

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I +444-+L4ei.a-+++ Track x V ,G HIS year's track team was, without a doubt, one of the best G. A. has ever had as far as individual erformers o. ust this however has been the ri- . . P . .g . f f cause of 1ts downfall in the ma orit of its dual meets this ear. The If - I .l Y Y quality of the first place winners was far above any of their competitors, fx 5 ti: but the lack of reserve material to take the all-essential seconds and thirds X q p tripped the team in nearly every meet. The following letter men reported to Coach Roberts: Captain Henkels, Caveny, Truitt, Cooney, O'Neill and Schuman. The new material consisted of the fol- lowing: Boyd, Schell, Skirm, Dripps, High, Brush and Gardiner. Henkels ran the half and mile in every meet and won these two events each time, setting up n splendid example for the rest of the squad. jack Caveny high-jumped and ran the high hurdles, in both of which he won a place, winning the high jump in every meet. His splendid showing at the Princeton Inter-Scholastics, in winning the high jump from a strong field of competitors, marked him as a winner. The fol- lowing Saturday jack went to the Harvard Inter-Scholastics, defeating the cream of the New England prep schools. This shows that he will undoubtedly break the Inter-Academic mark for this event. Truitt ran the quarters and half, placing himself consistently in these events. Cooney was unfortunate in the first meet, being spiked in his first race, but he came back and won several places in the mile and half mile. O'Neill was a little off form this year, although he ran well in the dashes at times. Schuman was the weight man, as well as pole-vaulting and high jumping in a few of the meets. He has the distinction of running up the highest individual score on the track team, with a first and two seconds in the Girard College meet. Of the new men, Boyd showed up well in the high jump. Schell and Dripps divided the dashes between them with High a close third, lacking only in experience. Skirm ran the low hurdles and in one or two meets the high hurdles, doing very well considering the fact that he was playing baseball at the same time, allowing him little practice. Brush broad jumped with Schell, but through lack of experience was unable to do much. Gardiner ran the low hurdles, but, because of his age and lack of stamina, he did not show up so well. He should develop next year. Our relay team consisting of Charlie Schell, Charlie Truitt, Tom Skirm and Dick Henkels, running in the order named, were only able to pull a fourth. A bad start coupled with some exceptional competition from Haverford caused their downfall. The results of the dual meets were as follows: George School SO, G, A. 285 Germantown High 67, G. A. 32, Girard College 49, G. A. 415 Penn Charter 67, G. A. 32, Episcopal Academy 5412, G. A. 44M5 Chestnut Hill Academy 30, G. A. 59. Prospects for the Inter-Academic meet at Haverford College are indeed very favorable, as the seconds and thirds will be well scattered there. With many of the younger members of the team back next year under the able leader- ship of Captain Caveny and Coach Roberts, better results should be obtained. 77

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at AL4-+1-+ag4eL.l-+eL4L Tennis if ITH the first three singles and a first doubles man gone,' things surely 'Q A P looked bad for a good tennis season. To date the team has played much better than expected, winning three and losing five matches. Owing to Rf- fy? the fact that Penn Charter, Lansdowne and West Philadelphia lost only one man apiece from teams which were exceptionally strong last year, our TW team had very hard matches. These are the scores of their matches to date: Haverford 4, G. A. 25 West Catholic 1, G. A. 4, Lower Merion 3, G. A. 2, Camden 4, G. A. l, Penn Charter 6, G. A. 05 Central 3, G. A. 2, Episcopal l, G. A. 5, and Frankford 1, G. A. 4. With seven matches yet to be played, they may still make a creditable showing. The team under the leadership of Captain Achenbach and Coach Oda lined up for the majority of its matches as follows: Achenbach, first singles, Eddy, second singles, Smith, third singles, Lawrence, fourth singles, Raynor and Freed, first doubles, Tilden paired with either Berkman or Moody, second singles, and Manager Ingle. This is indeed a young combination, which has had to play some of the most experienced players in Philadelphia. ' Their youth handicapped them in these matches, because they were unable to stand the fast play of their opponents. Four of this year's team will be back next year to start the foundation for another championship year. Manager Ingle has had a hard job in arranging the playing of their numerous postponed matches, due to the inclement weather. He has made arrangements to play off all the matches, mentioning the fact that the team has improved considerably and will make plenty of trouble for their future opponents. We surely wish them every success possible, and hope that next year will see Old G. A. at the top of the heap where she belongs. 79