King School - Kingsmen Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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The season s opener took place ID Greenwich with the Brunswick School Thus game dad not count as a league contest Odlseos skirted his right end early n the mutual period for the Greenwich team s first score They were successful In adding the extra pomt The following quarter saw Brunswick push across another tally when Gamber passed to Sackett but the extra pomt was missed The Kung backs ground out a good deal of yardage un the first half but couldnt pene trate beyond the Brunswick twenty Brunswick generated a drnve mto the Kmgsmen s territory as the second half commenced End Mackey picked off one of the Greenwich team s passes to halt the march and carried the ball out to mud field Play continued on an even status until mud way Into the final period At this stage Brunswick wound up Its scoring with a pass from Gamber to Lockwood Donars going over for the extra point Meyer made a sparkling forty five yard runback of the klck Then the Kmgsmen took to the air Price completing an aerial to Mackey and two to Meyer the second of whnch was good for the TD Price plunged across the double stripe to make at 20 7 Brunswick had time for two plays before the final whistle This game proved the merit of an inexperienced Kung squad and raised hopes for the ensuing clash with St Lukes The Colomal Roaders were eager for a victory when they invaded the confines of the St Lukes school When Kung gamed possession of the ball for the first time a penalty caused Meyer to punt The Hulltoppers took advantage of this and used an aerial attack of Luppert to Carey for a score but failed In the extra pomt attempt In the second period the Kung backs took turns IH moving the ball eighty five yards to the opposition s one Meyer went across for the sux ponnts with a lane buck massung the pomt after touchdown Hard lane play by Moffie Baldwin Case and Rider stymied a St Luke s threat as the half closed The momentum of the contest leveled off neither team being successful In crackmg the other s defense This routine was shattered on the last play of the quarter as a pass from Murphy to Davls the left end gave the Hllltoppers another tally their placement adding the thirteenth pomt This set the stage for a thrilling final period The Kmgsmen started a seventy five yard touchdown drive Behind bug Mackey s block :ng Meyer dnd the bulk of the ground gaming and finally sliced into paydurt from seven yards out The extra pomt try was not good As soon as St Lukes got the ball they had Murphy churn off seventy yards for a TD Their conversion try was blocked Only a few minutes remained as Prnce took to the air ln an attempt to knot the score Successnve aenals to Mackey clicked for a touchdown Meyer bucked for the score tying extra pomt The climax having been reached the last few plays were uneventful Throughout the game backs Thurston Zuckert and Karukas were standouts for the Kmgsmen The 19 'I9 tue against a numerically larger squad was a shot IH the arm for the grldsters The Kmgsmen were host to Cherry Lawn on Tuesday of the season s final week due to a ramout It was a flawless Kung eleven that handnly whipped Cherry Lawn 46 0 The Colonial Roaders immediately took I - 1 1 u -, s , 3- :,, f- ' . 4 , .. . . , . Q. . J ' ' 1 x' .t . I i it f t ' , .1 V .V V-.I . bl N, 4. , . 6 g ' 0 ' ,l ,yn . ' I f , I I .0 1' - . X 1 21 ' V , . . . . . . . . . . . .. , . . , l . - 1 1 1 . . . , I I . . . . . . , , , . . ' I I . . . . , . . I . . , . . . . . . . . . , ' 1 . . - , , . . ' I I , . ' 1 1 I 1 1 1 . . , . . . . 1 ' I ' I n I ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 , ,g D . 1 I. l ., . 1

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FIRST STRING VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM LINE Left to Right Doug Mackey Wan Case Bob Rnder Bull Grnesnnger Gladden Baldwnn Ralph Mome and Elllot Bunce BACKS Left to Rlght Warner Thurston Dan Zuckert Dan Pruce and Bull Meyer OTBALL The 1951 edltuon of Kmgs football team fared rather well It gave Kung Its f1rst victory In two sea sons that being a romp over Cherry Lawn The results of the three other games were a non league loss to Brunswlck a tue wlth St Lukes and a loss to Bruns wack Edgewood a traditional foe was dropped from the schedule because the team they presented dndnt conform with league requirements An entirely new Kung team had to be shaped for 51 with a few vet 37 erans as a nucleus The Knngsmen were depraved of thenr only holdover back Doug Mackey by the 180 pound backfleld wenght lumut unaugurated slnce last season Bull Meyer Don Zuckert Warner Thurston, Ralph Mome and Walt Burrows were the other seniors who saw service on last years eleven Coach Olson rounded the f1fteen candidates unto a smooth func tlonlng aggressive team 5 1 f I 1 f .. . , . . - A ' 1 1 ' , . I ' A . , , . . . , . I - 1 ' 1 . .. . , . , , . . , . . . , . . , .

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command On the openung play from scrummage Meyer deftly eluded tacklers and raced fifty yards for a TD The buck for the extra marker fauled Cherry Lawn trued to get movung but un vaun and fumbled to Thurston on theur forty eught Pruce enguneered the next score a pass to Mackey beung good for the tally Meyer ran the ball over for the extra pount The Daruen team threatened un the second quarter but Zuckert and Thurston broke through the falterung lunesmen to stop the assault Sparked by a long run by Thurston the Maroon and Whute moved for another TD on passes Mackey takung the scorung aerual Meyer plowed through the muddle for the twentueth marker In the second half the Cherry Lawn eleven con tunued to lose possessuon on downs and the Kungsmen contunued to push across the TD s Meyer took a lateral and darted for sux more pounts The pount after touch down was mussed A Pruce to Meyer forty yard pass executuon produced TD number flve and Zuckert added the extra pount Lunemen Case and Bunce con trubuted heavuly un muttlung the Cherry Lawn attack The Pruce to Mackey combunatuon reeled off theur thurd touchdown wuth the extra pount try faulung Karukas untercepted a pass and raced forty yards for the seventh and last TD makung ut 460 after Gruesunger took a pass for the extra pount Boosted by the strong game they played agaunst Cherry Lawn the Kungsmen were well braced for the unvasuon by Brunswuck on Fruday A wun would have guven Kung the prep grud tutle The servuces of Royce Oarr and Ronnue Mutch were added for thus vutal contest Brunswuck receuved the kuckoff but was stopped after several plays ot mud field The Kungsmen couldnt get movung euther ard were forced to punt Brunswuck s large hard chargung backs chewed off a luttle yard age on each try After reachung the one yard lune Sackett cracked over for the flrst tally The extra pount try was stopped Kung then drove to the vusutor s ten only to lose possessuon on a fumble A spuruted Maroon and Whute lune held for the remaunder of the peruod The thurd quarter was a stalemate both teams be ung forced to kuck on several occasuons Meyer dashed for some nuce gauns but they were nullufled by pen altues Brunswuck kucked out of bounds on the Kung thurty seven as the thurd peruod ended Meyer and Pruce wuth Mackey openung holes un the Bruun s for ward wall collaborated to produce the lone Kung score Meyer bulled through the muddle from the four for the touchdown Agaun the porceedungs fell unto the hands of the kuckers ln the last munutes of play Flood sped goalbound but Thurston brought htm down wuth a desperate lunge Oduseos and Sackett moved the pugskun on power plays to the two Oduseas hurtled over the Iunemen and crossed the double strupe by unches As the whustle blew Donnars bucked through a dusheartened Kung team to make ut 13 6 A uoyous Brunswuck followung swarmed on to the field as the stunned Kung gatherung watched lt was a splendudly played game by everyone concerned Thus concluded the Kung football days of senuors Meyer Pruce Thurston and Zuckert who comprused the first strung backheld and lunemen Mackey Moffle Baldwun Burrows and R Oarr v f,,8'c' , '-'. l 4'. h A Q is- . ..ki.r, J ' .ev it 1 -gf ' -Y 1-EEK,