Ken Mont Camp for Boys - Golden Days Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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In the ROBINSQ DAVE BERNSTEIN showed up for Color War competition carrying a pillow to Cushion his sore elbow! Alas, he did not win be- cause MARK HURST fired better, but the desire was outstanding. PETER SMALL fired the best ten rounds for record with a score of 86 and ARNIE ROWAN had the best five round target with 3 score of 48 of 50. KEN-MONT's Rifle team did compete in one Tournament held at camp To-Ho-Ne in Massa- chussetts. The team and their scores were DAVID GODNICK t90J, LEE TUNIS C87J, GARY Tx? sf - fm is 352 ft! I1iggSf7'1Vf7AN 085. WALTER KAss t87J, MATT th C 3Jnahd CLIFF STERLING 4635, At- Ough We dld not win the tournament we learned many lessons and are looking forward to next Year and other tournaments. Skill shooting with our 20 guage shot uns was . . g limited to boys Of Upper camp, because of the heavier weight and. much greater recoil of the shot- guns. It was a thrill to bring down a clay pigeon in llight and many of our senior campers hope to UV the areal thing with their Dads during the fall bird season. TXLLQ J . A N' q LACROSSE Chalk up another first for KEN MONT' We are the innovators of a new camp sport although it IS the oldest sport of American origin We have been told by several college coaches and by the only manufacturer of Lacrosse equipment that we are the first camp to incorporate Lacrosse into the pro am The Indian game of Lacrosse was originally called bagataway However French Jesuit miss 10nar1es witnessing the Indians play the game with 21 crossed stick named the game La Crosse and S0 the name remains Wearing blue or white helmets with face masks Hd wearing heavy gauntlet ice hockey gloves 0 Lacrosse neophytes concentrated on stick handli g der the experienced tutelage of Bob Cur Ch at Edmondson High School in Baltimore a e Shenker an attack man at the University o Hsvlvania our boys went at playlng L-aero C they were all born in Baltimore' The IH lmculf aspect of this sport 1S mastery Of 112111 Lacrosse stick Much of our time at Lacro Spent learning this stick handling teCh111 93 technique as well as the other techniques such as scooping C picking the ball up with the stickj shoot ing passing and catching Toward the close of the season we were able to engage in games in which the following campers were outstanding Hawks .I ON SHEVELL RICK EAGLE DAVE GODNICK BILL REICHMAN Condors JEFF KATZEN STACY SIMON Cardinals-SCOTT WEBER LOREN KLEIN MAN Eagles PETE IACOVELLI High schools prep schools and colleges in the East all find Lacrosse to be a more popular spring sport than baseball However it 1S unlikely that we shall be able to find intercamps competition for the next few years but we shall concentrate on the fundamentals of the game We have been invited by I nn Adams the varsity coach of the University of Pennsylvania and the coach of three national champions at West Pomt to send our best players to a clinic he runs during the Summer gf . ' : 3 ' ' - , ur - i ' '11 . 0 1 . Un O Cio' . . . Goa . . . nd ' . . . Dav , ' ' f Pen ' ' sse a I ' lik , ' ' , ost . ' . . d' - ' dling ' , t the - ' sse ' 0 was . ' . . - 'que. i' . The majority of our campers finally grasped 'fhiS '

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WA TER RDNT A C TI VITI 5 I 1 I SWIMMING O FUN highlighted the '69 waterfront season. Every camper enjoyed the games, instructions, dis- tance swirns, Red Cross testing, boating, surfing, the War canoes, and just plain 'dunkin'. Characterized by laughter and enjoyment, the waterfront became a way of life for all. After a long, hot, and uncomfortable trainride, the entire camp cooled off with a brief swim-thus beginning the season with the largest number of kids 111 the cribs at the same time during the entire sum- mer. After that evening it would be very difficult to Say what the highlight of the summer was at the Ken-Mont waterfront. Each group, and more im- POrtant, every boy remembers one or two things that were most important to him. For almost all of the members of the lower camp, the individual im- PFOVK-Iment as swimmers was extensive and miracu- lous. Hardly a day would pass when at least two Or three of the youngest would pass at least a few tests. Among the most improved swimmers in camp were MITCH SCHWARTZ, STEVE GALLANT, FRANK PINK, and TODD LEVINE all of whom passed their pre-beginner, beginner, and advanced beginner courses. These boys worked hard and deserve a lot of credit for doing so well. Others who worked hard and succeeded include MIKE KREITMAN in the deep water work, JIMMY ENGEL with stroking and skills, MARTY COHN, with stroking and diving, and many others. Older boys spent their time on the waterfront in many ways. The Hawks enjoyed paddleboarding and especially waterpolo. Many of the most excit- ing games of waterpolo saw teams of Hawks beating the less experienced counselors! Whatever team had a hard worker like PETER ENGEL was at a dis- tinct advantage. Many of the Condors will remember a canoe trip that was exciting and memorable. After waiting for the camp truck to take them to the rapid and on- rushing waters of the Housatonic River, they almost lost one of their counselors. But skillful and adept handling of the canoe resulted in a quick conquer-