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

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TRACK HE. C A track team this spring seems to be headed for a better than average season under Mr Roberts and Mr Porter as coaches The squad rs not extremely la ge but It shows promlse of producmg a couple of star perform rs ln the field ev nt Captam Ted Heldenrerch wlll probably pole vault broad Jump throw the dlscu and hrgh Jump Werner wlll push the shot and Pat Mann IS trammv for the hrgh jump I the track events Brud Vogel IS expected to run tl'e hugh and low hurdles ohansen the l00 and 220 yard dashes Frank Frlck the l00 yard dash and ohn Roper the half mxle The Penn Relays offer a good chance for the team to stand out and H rdenrelch Roper ohansen and Vogel have been trammg smce mld wmter for this meet When thus quartet runs the mlle relay we expect them to wm Aprrl I2 Aprrx I6 Aprrl 24 Aprrl 26 May I May 3 George School Away sprrrrgnald Hugh Home P c ar Haverford Fresh Haverford Paar. Relays U of P Swarthmore Fresh V F M A at Swarthmore Delaware Interscholastxcs Away May May May May May I 2 3 8 Eplscopal Haverford Fresh West Vrllanova lnterscholastncs Away Crxrard College Home Friends Central Cheltenham Hugh Home lnteracademlc Championships at Haverford College . -. i . y . ..: . -. . n ,rr rr - A . :J , - - 5 ' - 3 J , - '. ' .. . .-. . I . I I in town Friends ,,,,. Haverford College ' ' M sa' ..........rr.. .H of . . . 1 69

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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

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TENNIS NOTHER large squad has turned out for the tenms team whlch IS again under the coaching of Dr Oda Last year s team was rather successful wlnnlng about half of lts matches However the loss of several members by graduatlon last une necessltates the development of new materlal thls year Yet because of Dr Oda s usual patlent and perslstent work wrth the new players thls condltlon IS bemg remedied The foundatlon of the new team conslsts of our Captain and No I man Larry Cahall Howard George who was last year s No 4 man and Bob Roblnson one of last year s senlors who has returned Lew Cutter Walt Yeager Bull Farr and B111 Shellenberger from last year s squad are expected to make the team Some of the prospectlve newcomers are D ohnson R Hassold S Hagner Rlter Warner and MacKay The tenms season bemg so short the team IS forced to play two or three matches a week ln order to play an lnterestmg schedule Let us hope that the boys finish the sprmg wlth a long string of vlctorles on thelr belts At thls opportunity we thank Dr Oda for the great amount of time and mterest which he yearly glves to the tenms team All those on the team are very grateful for his help and frlendshlp TENNIS SCHEDULE FOR l94I Aprxl 28 Olney H S Away May I Valley Forge Military A Home May 5-George School Home May 8 Eplscopal Academy Away May I5 May 20 May Z2 Frlencls Central School Penn Charter School St Joseph H S Haverford School Home Home Home Home . l v . J April 2l-Friends' Central School .....,.... Away May Uk ' ' ,,... . . . 70