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

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SQUASH HE squash team dxd not make a very good showmg thls year ln vrew of the final scores but the record of each game played shows a great Improvement over prevlous seasons It IS also very promlsxng to note that only two of this year s team Captam Carothers and Lutkms were semors the rest of the squad berng composed of lower classmen The first team dnd not wm any of nts matches this year but because of the expenence and enjoyment they obtamed the team was content wlth the seasons results Flrst year players who had never before played squash constxtuted the team yet despite their lack of expenence thelr ever mcreaslng concentratlon on practlce dad much to better their games A second team lhltlated thls season had remarkable results throughout lts schedule with three vlctorles and one tle to ltS credlt as compared to one defeat Although this team suffered at first from lack of expenence the players became more prohclent as the season progressed Consldermg the lmprovement of the first team and the record of the second team we can see that our squash IS a comer We extend our smcere gratltude to our coach Dr Oda for has generosxty 1n sharmg hrs tlme and glvmg us so much help and we offer hlm every wlsh for future success ln hrs coachlng of G A squash teams 66 9 . . . . , . - x , - v . . . p . , . 1 1 u Y - a y 1 v 1 - rs n - - . , . 1 v 5 ' l ----'1 - ' '

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BASKETBALL HE G A basketball team started the year wlth five veterans of the prevlous season mcludmg Captain ohn Mlller ack Hoey Bud Honeysett Bob Yeabsley and 1m I-lennessey The season looked rather promlslng and a number of potentlal stars were dlscovered ack Hoey filled the center spot wlth Yeabsley and Mlller at forward and l-loneysett and Loughrlclge at guard Larry Cahall at forward was a conslstent scorer ln the Haverford and Eplscopal games scorlng exght and ten pornts ln them respectlvely Mr Stocker a former Penn State player filled the coachlng posltlon and lntroducecl G A to the famous Penn State shlftmg zone defense The team finished second ln the lnterac League Dec Dec Dec a Fe Fe Fe Fe Fe Fe BASKETBALL RESULTS Cheltenham H S Moorestown Frxends School Roxborough H S Bryn Athyn Academy Valley Forge Military Academy Chestnut Hull Academy ohn Bartram H S Hrll School Penn Charter School George School Haverford School Episcopal Academy Friend Central School All the letter men are graduating but the second team promlses a successful season next year so good luck to the coach and team of 42 6: . . .J . ,J v , , .IO-G. A.. ....., ......,.....,........ 2 23 . .......,,.,,,.,..,..,... .28 .I4-G.A.., .... ...,.,.,. . .. ...... 44: A ' ......... .. .27 .l7fA-C-.A.. ,,........., . .,..... I6g . . .,.,.........., .. ......,36 -ln.l0'G.A.,. . .. ,. ..,,.. 23: Jan.l7-C-.A.. ,,..,,..,.. .. ..,, .. ...... I7g ........ .35 Jan.24fG,A.... ...,. ,....,..,... ..,., , , l7g ' ...,...4........ .....l4 Jan.28fC.A... .. ,,.......,,.. .. ..43gGermantown Friends'School.... , ...,....24 ,Ian.30fG.A,.. .. .........,..... ..... 22:1 . ...,........ .. ...,.,.36 b. If-G.A.,. ,.,, .,... . ,. .. ,. .... 29: 'U ................. b. 7-G.A.,.. ..... .. .. . ...,. IS: .J ,...,... , .. . H32 b, 8fG,A.. ,. ...,.. ., ..,.. 20: ....... ...,... . .. b.l4-G.A.., .. , ,..,. .. .293 ......... ,....,..25 b.2l4C.A... ,... .,.. . , .,.,...,.. 30: ' ,..,..., ,,., . .. ,,,.26 5.28-G.A..., .,.. ..,,,,,....... ,.... 2 2 : ' s' . ,... ............, . U36

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SWIMMING HE. swrmmlng team dnd well this year even though It hut only a halfway mark nn wmmng three meets and losmg three The success was due largely to the scormg of Captain Shellenberger Carothers and Darrow Shellenberger havxng the highest score for the season and Carothers the next place An lmtlal lack of expenence sickness and other troubles accompamed the team through a varying season but one which featured lhdlVldUal achievement ln defeat as well as ln vlctory Shellenberger took fifth place this year ln the fifty yard freestyle of the National A A U Scholastic Meet for Preparatory Schools and set two school records one in the two hundred yard swlm wlth a tlme of 2 mmutes 22 seconds and the other nn the fifty yard swim wlth a time of 25 3 seconds ln the next meet when only the men returning next year partlclpated the German town Y M C A umors had to concede a score of 33 24 proving that next year s team wnll be one of our best and that under Coach Truesdale s guidance It should take most of the meets and more places ln the Natlonals Only five men earned letters this year Shellenberger Carothers Darrow S Hagner and Morehead Of these five only two are senlors further reason to hope for a team whlch will soon be tops Many members of the squad who lacked the number of pomts re qulred for a first team letter recelved their second team awards We are greatly lndebted to Mr Truesdale for hrs excellent work as our coach and we slncerely hope that he and the Swlmmlng team will enjoy successful seasons m the future St Thomas More H S Central H S La Salle H S Swarthmore College Fresh Germantown Y M C A umors 67 . . . . j ' - , ' ' G. A ...,.,,.......................,........ 35: . . ..........,............, 22 G. A ..,.....,...........,..,,.............. l9: . ..,.........,......,.....,....., 38 G. A. ........,...........,........,.,...... l7g George School ........,.,.... . ......... ..... 4 0 G. A .......,,.....,....,................,.. 38: . ........,.....................,. I9 G. A ..,....,.....,.. . ....................,. 273 ,................ . . .20 G. A .,.,......,...............,.,.....,.... 33: .... ,I ' .......,...... 24 , ll ld Q 'fl ff' . , , . ,. Q s R 'f f. --.J 5534: 'S