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

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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

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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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BASEBALL OMES sprmg and a young man s fancy turns to baseball One month before old man wlnter had spent hlmself the candxdates for the Germantown Academy baseball n1ne were working out regularly rn the gym Wrth such hold overs as Co Captains Chuck Lutkms and Bud Honeysett ln rlght field and at second base respectively Tom Hyndman at first base Bud opson ln centerfield lm Hennessey at shortstop ohn Henlfels ln left Held catchers Bob Donnelly and Bob Yeabsley and pitchers Bob Safrln Burton Smyth and ack Denton the outlook for the fast approachlng campaign appears very hopeful Besldes thls array of talent other asplrants have turned out en masse to provide Coach French wlth a wealth of maternal ack Loughrldge and Vlnce Le Pore are garrely vylng for the hot corner posltlon Bull Shellenberger wlll probably wm a posltlon ln the outer gardens whxle such boys as Blll Lufl Blll Buehler Paul Henkels and lm Sutor wlll undoubtedly see plenty of actxon The team has a very capable and Wllllflg man ager ln R616 Landes ln short G A looms as a great threat to dethrone Episcopal Academy the Inter academlc League champlons Coach French a former Penn A C star IS one of the best baseball authorltles ln Phlladelphla and many of us wlll profit by hrs experience and knowl edge of the game A successful season IS at our very finger tlps but lt cannot be achleved by wmshful thlnkmg It IS up to us to obtaln lt by hard work harnessed wlth that undymv Apnl 4 Apnl I0 April I2 Apnl I8 Aprll I9 Aprll 22 April 25 Aprll 30 C A spmt come on I94I we re ready Frankford H S Eplscopal Academy Moorestown Fnends School Chestnut Hrll Academy George School Penn Charter School Haverford School Hull School Home Away Home Home Away Away Home Away May May May May May May May 20 23 24 31 Frxends Central School Episcopal Academy Chestnut Hull Academy Haverford School Frxends Central School Lawrencevxlle School Atlantlc Clty H S Away Home Away Away Home Away Away 14 7' - .l ' v J' , J y J Y . . , ,, ',, . . Y' . v . So , : , - ' - . , ........,....,... 2- ' ' ...... , . , . ' - ' ...,,.......,. 61 ' ,.......,.., ' A ' ' ....,. 9- ' ......., . . April I4-Olney H. S, ...,,......,........ Away May I6-Penn Charter School ........,.., Home 68