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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VARSITY BASEBALL 1952 As we go to press with thus yearbook the Kung School Varsity baseball season IS lust getting under way Coach Evald Olson will have five returning let termen from last years championship team In this group are outfielders Doug Mackey Bull Meyer and Don Zuckert Mackey us captain of thus years squad and he will patrol center field Meyer ns bemg groomed to take over second base Zuckert will play left field and possibly do some relief pitching Don Price a batting leader of last year will again play at third base and take has turn with the pltchmg duties The lone underclassman returnee Larry Scofield will do the malor part of the pitching and fill in at short stop Newcomers to the team who have won themselves a starting berth are Howard Brod pitcher and first baseman Ronnie Mutch catcher and Bull Grleslnger shortstop and first baseman A real fight has devel oped for the one remaumng outfield position Warner Thurston holds the edge but nn close pursuit ore John Brooks Wm Case Russ Grady Bull Keeshan Nick Karaukas and Mike Haines REVIEW OF THE T951 VARSITY BASEBALL SEASON Under the tutelage of Coaches Evald Olson and Robert Ramaker the Kung School varsity baseball team captured the Southern Connecticut Private School League championship with sux triumphs in eight starts It was the second tltle season In three years for the Kmgsmen who won In T949 and made the runner up berth in T950 The strong right arm of Bob Ford carried the malor pitching burden for Kung Bob worked all the league contests pltchmg sixty sux innings in all and compiling an enviable 6 2 record with an excellent earned run average of 0 96 and T22 strikeouts The catching was capably handled by Pete Kohler with able assistance from Jim Wechsler .lack Butler was a key performer at first base He finished the season with a highly respectable batting average of 327 Second and third baseman Larry Scofield and Don Price doubled as relief pltchers with Price batting a sound 312 Bob Tyers shortstop and team captain played steady ball the entire season Carl Theusen and Doug Mackey led the outfielders In batting with averages of 364 and 309 respectively Also turning un fine 'obs In the outfield were Don Zuckert and Bull Meyer with Russ Grady Steve Levine and Wm Case In reserve Bob Rider was manager The Kmgsmen opened their season In a non league contest with Edgewood School at Woodside Park nn Stamford Coach Olson started Don Price nn an effort to test hls reserve pltchmg Each team scored twice ln the first lnmng The Kmgsmen gamed the advantage un the third on two walks and a slngle by Zuckert A four run rally m the sixth by Edgewood blasted Price from the mound and msured the Greenwnchntes of vlctory They picked up an Insurance tally In the seventh and the final score was 7 4 45 Despite their loss Kung went into their first league contest with St Lukes highly keyed up Starter Bob Ford survived a shaky fifth mnlng to get the vlctory and fifteen strike outs Zuckerts double gave Kung a quick 2 0 lead Third mnlng huts by Meyer Ford and Butler made the score 9 0 Larry Scofield hut for the circuit nn the sixth The second league test was lust as successful Ford pitched a brllluant no hut game to declslon Daycroft 6 2 In their next test Kung beat Brunswick 2 O The two runs were unearned and came after Mackey doubled and came IH on a wild throw on Price s bunt single The second run came when Scofield scored on another hut by Price and an error The fourth wln was also against Brunswick The 5 4 final score was backed by the powerful hnttnng of Mackey and Butler with two huts apiece and Ford s four hut pitching Kung again lost to Edgewood In a non league game The only high point of the I2 2 loss was a homerun by Ford Back In the win column again Kung scuttled St Luke s T7 2 Extra base huts by Kohler Ford Butler and Scofield played a malor part in the victory For Ford is was has fifth consecutive win Kings efforts to clinch the title were temporarily stalled by Daycroft by a 5 5 tue The game was called by mutual agreement after three extra frames In the re played game Kung sewed up the championship by beating Daycroft 7 2 behind the three hut pltchlng of Ford Price s fifth inning two run single wrapped up the game and the championship Carl Theusen turned In outstanding defensive play The remainder of the season was comprised of two incidental losses to Cherry Lawn School and a triumph over the alumni nn a game that was called because of ram The championship put a fine finishing touch on Kung s athletic program for I95'I 1 1 1 , . . . 1 1 1 . . . , l . . . . f 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . , . 1 - 1 ' - . . . . . . . , . . ' - 1 1 ' ' I - . . - I . . . . . I . . . , . . . . . 1 ' . . . . . . . . . , ' 1 ' 1 , . . ' ' ' 1 1 , 1 . . . . . . - 1 - - . 1 I 1 ' - , . . . . . - - I . . - - - . . . . Q 1 . . . , -. . . 1, ,, . ' 1 ' ' ' I 1 . , .