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

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I A PAVILLION VIEW OF THE KEN-MONT FOOTBALL PITCH. KEN-Mom soccfn 'ihis year the soccer program, like all the other outdoor activities, was badly hit by inclement weather. The rain however did not dampen the spirit for the game that has steadily built up over the years here in Ken-Mont. Many of the boys now had a few seasons of soccer, and as a result their understanding of the game has increased by leaps and bounds. No longer was the ball kicked aimlessly from end to end, the aim now is to maintain possession and pass the ball upfield from team mate to team mate. The better players also showed a lot of imagination and thought, by some of the maneuvers they attempted. Regardless of ability, the boys illustrated a tremendous amount of team spirit-the key to the game. As Joe Judge and Frank Flemming, 196718 soccer counselors emphasized, there is no place in soccer for the selfish player? Sheer weight of num- bers will always stop the player who does not want to part with the ball, but a good TEAM is very diilicult to stop. From the youngestto the oldest groups the emphasis this year was placed on playing the game. Team work was coached and the boys gradually began to see the importance of this aspect of the game. The BLUEJAYS, although having trouble con- trolling the large soccer ball at times, began to show some understanding of the game towards the end of the summer. With such players as DAVID KATZ, MIKE ROSENFELD and JONNY OSTRAU, the boy who never gave in for any reason, the future of soccer in Ken-Mont looks bright. The SPARROWS showed that last year's lessons had not been forgotten during the winter, and some outstanding battles developed during the season. Their control of the ball was very good at times and J ON BLANC in particular showed where the ball must go if your team is to win. Following on just behind J ON, were those three boys who really allowed themselves to get involved in every gamtb, MITCHELL SCHWARTZ, STEVE ROGER and ROBERT ARKIN. BOB never stopped laughing all the time he was playing and yet showed great determination in every tackle. Moving on to the Robins, the outstanding athlete in the group must surely have been FRANK

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Big Ten Conference C BILLY SACK .......... BOB MANDEL ...... RICKY WEIL ....... BOB BALLEN ...... ANDY HOLDER .... PETER WOLPERT -1122:-1--:ss-2' .::::4 --:HQ-H H A ::'L L': EF? r'.:i:E.' ' -1'g',ii- ' '..,-3 - H - - ' . :..:::L:g:.r :gg gg- -V I ':mf ' A 'gn--elif -'ikf'--!-.3-:-.::E'n.! -X ALL STAR TEAMS fConfinuedj Hawksj Wisconsin Badgers Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Boilermakers . . . . , . . Purdue Boilermakers Michigan St. Spartans Indiana Hoosiers BILLY BLANK ........ .......... I ndiana Hoosiers JON SHEVELL .................... Ohio State Buckeyes ALAN ABRAMSON RICH RIEGER ........... ... DAVID GODNICK ...... MIKE DOPPELT ...... Eastern Division MATT ROSS ............ MATTY NATHEL ...... JON TUMEN ............ JEFF GINZBERG ........ KEN LEIBOWITZ ....... Ohio State Buckeyes Iowa Hawkeyes I ...... Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Hawkeyes Ivy League CCondorsJ LARRY SPINNER ...... Princeton Tigers STEVE SCHIFFMAN .,.....,....,. Princeton Tigers ALLAN KLEBAN .................... Princeton Tigers LARRY KLITZMAN STAN MARCUS ........,...,... Pennsylvania Quakers Pennsylvania Quakers MIKE MOORIN .................,........., Yale Bulldogs JEFF SCHULDENER STU DOPPELT ........ JOHN ROSS .,..... JEFF WEISS ....... PRO LEAGUE Boston Celtics Boston Celtics . . . . .. Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets N.Y. Knicks ALL LEAGUES CLIFF ROSENBERG Most Improved Player, 1969 JON SHEVELL ...........,.............. Best Rebounder MATT ROSS ......... ........ B est Point Producer JON TUMEN .................. Best All-Around Player OSCAR REICHER ................ Best Team Leader LEE TUNIS .,.................. Best Clutch Performer STEVE SABLOSKY .........,.......... Best Playmaker LOREN KLEINMAN ..,..... Best Defensive Player Western Division NEAL GARDNER ..... BILL FLAXMAN ...... Yale Bulldogs Yale Bulldogs Harvard Crimson Harvard Crimson L. A. Lakers L. A. Lakers DAVE HUNTER ........ ................ L . A. Lakers OSCAR REICHER ...................,,. Atlanta Hawks LEE TUNIS ....,................. Philadelphia Warriors CLIFF ROSENBERG Philadelphia Warriors MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS BRUCE GOLDMAN .. Missouri Valley Conference STEVE SABLOSKY ............ Atlantic Conference JON SHEVELL ...........,.......l........,,........ Big 'ren LARRY SPINNER ............................ Ivy League JON TUMEN ...,............ N.B.A., Eastern Division MATT ROSS ....... ..... N .B.A., Western Division

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LAUREDA. LENNY ESFORMES and he were the most industrious and talented on the Soccer field, and with FRED MEYERS, who scored 3 ggals in the English League, and JON DOPPELT the group had a very solid core of ability from which the other ROBINS appeared to benefit. Last year the ROBIN group showed much promise, and this year as the FALCONS they more than fulfilled all that was expected of them. To name all the good players would take up half of this article, but we must compliment JON BLANK, BRUCE CGoldieJ GOLDMAN, and PHILIP KASS for their forward play and good scoring abilities-, JEFF CGooseJ DAVIDSON for his dogged de- termination and strength in defense, and JEFF GOLDBERG for his performances in goal. This was an excellent group, whose standard of skill is a credit to them and the camp. Probably the best all-round group in the camp this year was the CARDINALS. Their soccer per- formances did much to enhance their fine repu- tation. Experience over the years really showed itself, with players illustrating many of the finer points of the game, particularly ball control, passing and ac- curacy of shooting. In the last, little SCOTT WEBER reigned supreme. He could snap up half chances and so inspire his team to greater efforts. Worthy of special mention are JAY KRAMER and LOREN KLEINMAN for their powerful tackling and forceful play, and DANNY FISHBEIN, STEVE SABLOSKY and CORY SCHIFFMAN for their skill on the ball. Joining the CARDINALS in the Scottish League were the HAWKS, and although they did not have Sl1Ch a high proportion of outstanding players, the group as a whole was very good. l There was no quarter asked and no quarter given In their matches g 'fthe game is a tough one and that's the Way it should be played , appeared to be their motto. In defense the HAWKS had two of the finest 8031 keepers on campus in JON SHEVELL and BILL REICHMAN, and also two excellent baCkS In LARRY GREENFIELD and RICK EAGLE. They also had forwards of note in ANDY HOLDER, BILLY BLANK and RICKY WEIL Xgsgflglfed 16 goals among them in the Scottish The .QONDORS and EAGLES were infre- quent visitors to the soccer field because of out of camp activities, etc., but like the other groups they had several good players. In the CONDORS, STACY SIMON illustrated some of the talent that has earned him a place in his school soccer team and he tended to overshadow slightly a group of five boys whom I considered to be the better players. These boys were LARRY KLITZMAN, MIKE MOORIN, STEVE SCHIFFMAN, LARRY SPIN- NER and JOHN ROSS. Being the most senior group in camp, the good players in the EAGLE group tended to stand out from the others. Three boys stood out very clearly. In JIM RUBENSTEIN the EAGLES had an excel- lent goal keeper and a jovial character. JON TUMEN was the most goalminded and dangerous when on the ball, and KEN LEIBOWITZ was surely one of the finest ball players at KEN-MONT. His construction play was very pleasing to watch, and admired by all. Competition is an important factor in any game and soccer is no exception, and so leagues were introduced into the program for the first time. These were three leagues dividing up the various camp groups: The English League CROBINS and FALCONSJ and the Scottish League CCARDI- NALS and HAWKSJ each had eight teams while the International League CCONDORS, EAGLES, DODOSJ had six teams. The leagues were a great success and enjoyed by all the teams in them. The sides fielded seven players at a time into the mini fields, and substitutions were made at 'fhalf time , thus allowing every boy to take part. Probably the simplest and the best method of showing the outcome of the leagues, and the goal scoring performances, is to draw up the results tables, This is shown on the following page, and ll can be clearly seen that there was a lotiof action and a lot of good scoring-two very important 'factors when trying to interest boys in any form of ball game.