King School - Kingsmen Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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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,

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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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THE LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM Standung Left to Rught Duck Northrop Cmanagerj Bull Sherman Fred Prungle Fred Wullus Duck Cooper Bull Tracy Don Hulbert Stuart Prungle and Mr Cooper fcoachj Kneelung Tom Strother Duck Vuullequez Abbott Schwebel Irv Snyder Cco captaunj Bull Smuth Cco captaunl Bob Pruce Muke Halahan and Duck Case THE LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM The league football team of T951 went down to de feat five tumes un as many starts A lack of players was the mam reason for the wunless record of the lunuor Kungsmen Under the guudance of Mr Cooper thus eleven was unmatched un spurut and determunatuon Fune backheld performance by Bull Smuth Duck Cooper Fred Wullus and Stuart Prungle sparked the squad whule pass catchung and Iune play by Fred Prungle Andy Ranhosky Tom Strother and lrvung Synder Greene Muchael Haunes Abbott Schwebel Duck Case Bob Pruce Muke Halahan Bull Tracy and Duck Vuulle quez made up the rest of the stalwart but ull fated team Smuth and Snyder were co captauns The Harvey School was faced un the unutual tult lt was played on the Colonual Road slopes Wuthm a few moments of the openung whustle Harvey made an unterceptuon and ran for a touchdown The extra pount attempt was good After the ball changed hands ev eral tumes Harvey pushed over another TD Agaun the extra pount was made In the second quarter the vusutors generated a sustauned druve whuch ca rued from theur forty flve yard lune to pay durt The extra pount made the score 2l O Sharp play kept the Kungs men un possessuon of the ball for most of the second half and they chalked up theur lone tally meanwhule holdung Harvey scoreless The final score was 2'l 7 The second game also at home was lost to Rye by a 20 7 score ln the openung munutes Andy Ran hosky untercepted an aerual and sped for a touch down The extra pount try was successful A second half surge saw Rye push across theur touchdowns to Kungs squad traveled to the Brunswuck field for theur next contest A Bruun tally early un the unutual peruod was forfeuted because of a penalty but Bruns wuck enguneered a TD ummeduately thereafter to take a 70 lead The second quarter saw a forty yard march by the Bruuns whuch resulted un another sux pounts A long pass tallued for the Greenwuch eleven Brunswuck drove for theur hnal TD early un the thu d peruod The game ended 27 O The league team s last two games resulted un losses to Greenwuch Country Day C26 6 and to Rye Country Da r2l 7l I I . . , . - . . 1 1 I I h I . . l l I . I Y I ' added the necessary punch. Bill Sherman, Kenneth take the honors. 1 l l 1 1 l 1 l I l . l F I . . . . . . Y . Y Q A