Hamden Hall Country Day School - Perennial Pine Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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BASKETBALL The varsity basketball team during the winter term ventured forth in a ten-game schedule. They played such teams as Guilford, Westminster, Kingswood, and Cheshire. Although the record was not impressive, the reputation which they made for Hamden Hall as good competitors and sportsmen more than made up for the lack of victories. The team will miss such first stringers as Ray Blakeslee, Jack Cronan, Bob David- son, Glen Furbish, and jim Cave, but the improvement of the undergraduate reserves and the showing made by the junior Varsity squad make next years prospects seem much brighter. An uneventful season marked by little scoring did not in the least quell the spirit of the first and second form basketball team. Led by high scorer Humbert Fiskio, the boys who participated were: Daniel Shine, Donald Adley, Ralph Neclerio, Allan Wells, Morgan Knudsen, George Murray, Gary Clark, Jack Ferns, Ronald O'Brien, Roy Lindsay, John Ramsey, Charles Roberts, Van Corey, Robert Mansfield, and Alan Salke. VARSITY BASEBALL Front Rout H. Edwards, J. Cronan, J. Cave, P. Fiskio, A. Wright, J. McKinster. Serond Row: J. Earle, G. Furbish, R. Blakeslee, M. Christoforo, F. Sleeper. The varsity baseball team held practices during the spring vacation, and a very large number of candidates turned out the first day of the new term, April 4th. Some of the prospective players were: Ray Blakeslee, jim Cave, Glen Furbish, jack Cronan, Bob Davidson, Pete Fiskio, Henry Edwards, jim McKinster, Alan Wright, Freeman Sleeper, Ken Russell, Tom Williams, jim Earle, and LeRoy Carpenter. A tough schedule of twelve games has been arranged with such teams as: Cheshire Academy, St. Mary's, Notre Dame, Guilford, Madison, Hopkins, and Choate. If any of our hard work, long practices, and good sportsmanship materialize, this year's team should have a good season. f forty-two

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Hamden Hall's varsity suffered its first defeat by a score of 38 to 32 at Madison on November 5. Though outweighed 20 to 30 pounds a man, our boys put up a splendid battle. Madison on the first play of the game recovered a Hamden Hall fumble and promptly scored. Although we scored 12 points in the first half, it wasn't enough to equal Madison's 32. Inspired in the second half, Hamden Hall went back and scored 20 points to Madison's 6. In the final moments of the game, with darkness falling and fog covering the field, Furbish threw a pass to Fiskio for a gain of thirty yards, but five yards short of the goal. Thus the game ended-Madison 38, Hamden Hall 32. Outstanding scorers for Hamden Hall were Ray Blakeslee, with 4 touchdowns to his credit, and Fiskio, Cave, Wright, Edwards, Sleeper, and McKinster, who completed the line. At Milford on November 13th, the Hamden Hall varsity defeated Milford Prep 77 to 0. Again our varsity achieved a smashing victory. Paced by Blakeslee, Edwards, and Furbish in the backfield, and Cave, Wright, and Fiskio in the line, touchdown after touch- down was scored. The score at the half was 42-0. During the second half the second string played most of the time, piling up thirty more points. High scorer was Edwards with 3 touchdowns, followed by Fiskio and Furbish with two, and Blakeslee, Cave, and Sleeper each with one. Extra points were scored by Fiskio and Hall, who scored 6 each. BOYS' JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL Front Razr: Marvin Seaman, Ralph Neclerio, Donald Adley, Brian Kirby, Daniel Shine. Second Razr: Morgan Knudsen, George Murray, Humbert Fiskio, jack Ferns, Mr. Jordan. J. V. football this fall proved a valuable experience to all the team. Although the season was not very successful, the boys had opportunity to grow in qualities of teamwork and sportsmanship which should lead to a strong varsity team next year. Among the schools which the V.'s played this year were Fairfield, Unquowa, and Mooreland Hill. forty-one

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GIRLS' SPORTS GIRLS' SENIOR VARSITY HOCKEY GIRLS' JUNIOR VARSITY HOCKEY Front Row: Carolyn Pierpont, Natalie Heineman, Ann Front Rout Brenda Herrington, Cynthia Adams, Eleanor Perkins, Sally Corbett, Lois Hall, Norma DeWolf, Mary Russell, Katharine Clark, Joan Bolleyn, Berit Ore, Lou McNeil, Maude Pickands. Anne Pollard. Semml Razr: Marcia Snyder, Anita Ayer, Barbara Wells, Second Row: Carol Taylor, Sally Brainerd, Phyllis Beck, Joan Lise Ore, jill Sundgaard, Joy Davis, Anneliese Kluthki, Wilson, Carol Saner, Peggy McNeil, Valerie Moore, Sally Mrs. Luckey. McLain, Mrs. Luckey. GIRLS' VARSITY HOCKEY In the closing days of October the varsity hockey team played its first game in Milford against Laurelton Hall. Although lost, it was a thrilling game. The final score was Hamden Hall I, Laurelton Hall 4. On November 1, the previously defeated team struck out for a 3 to I victory over the Day School of New Haven. Lise Ore, Maude Pickands, and Evelyn Rademacher were the scorers backed by a good supporting team. Inspired by their victory, the determined Hamden Hall team, on November 8, beat the rival Hamden High with a shutout score of 3 to O. These goals were made by joy Davis and Lise Ore. Excitement and determination made the Bolton game most thrilling, even though Hamden Hall was checked in a 2 to I defeat by the opposition. JUNIOR VARSITY HOCKEY The junior varsity played their first game with Unquowa School here on October 29. Hamden Hall lost, but in a return game showed their spirit. At Rowayton, the junior varsity on November 9 played the Thomas School. The J. V.'s were defeated even though they played a skillful game. On November 19, the four schools, Unquowa, Bolton, Thomas, and Hamden Hall held a Play-Day at which an all-star champion team was to be chosen. Each team was to play every other one. Although Hamden Hall V.'s did not make the team, they held Thomas and Bolton to scoreless ties, with Unquowa scoring only twice against our resolved team. The junior varsity played its final game of the season against Milford here on Decem- ber 7 and scored a smashing victory. The final score was Hamden Hall 5, Milford O. forty-llaree