King School - Kingsmen Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL 1951 1952 The Kung basketball team of 1951 52 entered the season wlth the sole purpose of bettering the winless record set by the teams of the past two years R turmng starters Don Price Bull Meyer and John Brooks formed the core of the varsity f1ve whnch won three games whsle dropping seven Newcomers Ronnie Mutch Bull Grleslnger Nick Karukas Mel Leonard and Howard Brod rounded off the team which suc ceeded an wlnnlng Kung s flrst games un three years Kung had a new coach thus year Mr Wnlllam Nyerlck whose excellent lob of coaching was one of the mam reasons for the Improvement of the team Kung began the season wnth a 35 27 defeat at the hands of last year s league champions Cherry Lawn Accurate shooting by Karukas who was the hugh scorer wuth 13 points made a he game at the half but the Lawners pulled ahead un the thurd quarter by a wlde margin whlch the Klngsmen could not close The Varslty next played St Lukes The Colonial Roaders led at the end of the first quarter but ten points by the Saints Boatrlght proved too much for the Kung team which lost 31 29 Mutch was hugh man for Kung wlth nlne points Kung encountered Cherry Lawn for the second tnme and went down to defeat 33 25 The game was a close one throughout as the Klngsmen never trailed by more than ten points Accurate shooting by Meyer Price and Mutch kept Kings hopes allve untll the f1nal moments For their fourth game the Colonial Roaders traveled to Greenwich to play Brunswick The Kmgsmen trailed by only three points entering the last two minutes of play At thus stage when eught pomts nn a row by the Bruun s Lockwood sewed up the game for the Green wuchxtes who won 33 27 Kung s worst beatxng of the year came at the hands of Daycroft Captain Don Prnce scored twelve poznts for the Kmgsmen but thurteen each by Kahn and Mlx of Daycroft and heavy scormg by the rest of the team gave the Blue and Gold a 54 27 victory After mud years the Kung f1ve played a practlce game wnth the J M WrlghtJ V s whose height and accurate shootlng took nts toll as they went on to wln 41 36 Newcomer Howard Brod was hugh man for Kung with twenty ponnts Kung played Its return game wnth Brunswick at Columbus Hall The Greenwich f1ve found a far more experuenced team than they had defeated earluer an the season Twenty three points by Don Prlce led the Kungsmen to a 52 37 victory Sparked by this wnn the f1rst nn three seasons the Kung Varslty f1ve rolled over Daycroft 38 26 Accurate shootnng by Ronnze Mutch and .lohn Brooks wrapped up Kung s second victory of the season Before the last game Kung traveled to Darien to meet the Darren Hugh J V s In a non league game Howard Brod racked up nineteen points while Don Prlce and Nvck Karukas dunked In ten apiece Kung won thus one 48 30 The f1nal game wtxh St Luke s proved the thriller of the season The Colonnal Roaders tranled by one polnt at the end of the f1rst quarter but pulled ahead to lead by two at the half Fourteen points nn the second half by Davls of St Luke s however proved too much for Kung as they lost 38 36

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