Massanutten Military Academy - Adjutant Yearbook (Woodstock, VA)

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I Our Uifzlefir Trogram or Mgnefeen jirgy HENEVER mention is made of prep school or college athletics, the average person visualizes either a group of athletes playing a number of scheduled games or an arrangement whereby stu- dents, threatened with demerits, are forced to com- pete in an intra-mural program. The advocates of this latter system have many supporters, but we at Massanutten differ, owing to an unique sys- tem which originated many years ago through the initiative and aggressiveness of the students them- selves. Very early in the school's history, when Dr. Benchoff became Head Master of Massanutten, one Frank Harrison came to him as a representa- tive of the students and asked whether he objected to an athletic program. Receiving encouragement, Harrison organized a first football team, and that team was so enthusiastic that it purchased its own athletic equipment. From that time on, Massa- nutten's athletic program has been spirited and commendable. Today over eighty percent of our boys partici- pate in organized athletic games. The remainder find relaxation from the routine of the classroom, etc., in hiking over the countryside, in military drill, and among the beautiful environs of the Lupton Center. Thus, nearly every boy, guided by the inspira- tion ofour leaders, builds himself physically in the manner that he likes best and has a fine time doing so. GUR COACHING STAFF Massanutten is fortunate in having on its ath- letic staff three former students who have grown with her and who are instilled with a school spirit seldom found in the average coach. Leroy E. Glunt, our director and head coach of athletics, has been coaching for nineteen years, sixteen of which have been spent at Massanutten. After being graduated from Massanutten, Mr. Glunt matriculated at California State Teachers' College where he was known as a good student and athlete. He trained further at the University of Pittsburg and Alabama University. Mr. Glunt began his coaching career at Eastern Bethlehem High School and then was asked to accept a posi- tion at California State Teachers, College. How- ever, Mr. Glunt's dream was to return to Massa- nutten and it was not long after his return to Cali- fornia that Dr. Benchoff invited him to direct and coach athletics at Massanutten. Reflecting back over past athletic history, Mr. Glunt said that his biggest thrill was during the 1939 football season when our cadets defeated our rival in sports, Staunton Military Academy, 27 to o. It was played on Mr. Glunt's forty-fourth birthday. The team that kept Mr. Glunt's nerves on edge more than any other team in his coaching career was our 1940 State Basketball champions. COACHES AND CAPTAINS -Smnding: Pulaski CVarsity Footballl, Hobert fVarsity Swimmingl, Reecher Cjunior Varsity Footballl, Smith Cjunior Varsity Baseballl. Sitling: King CVarsity Basketballl, Capt. L. Fouts, Capt. Leroy E. Glunt, Prew fjunior Varsity Swirnmingl. This was owing to the fact that at least six games were not won until the closing minute or seconds of play. Mr. Leslie Fouts is another former Massanutten boy who is doing great work at Massanutten. Mr. Fouts entered Michigan State University after completing his preparatory school work at Massa- nutten. He excelled as an athlete at Michigan State and it was during his stay there that ath- letics began to grow even more rapidly than before at Massanutten. Thus it was that Dr. lienchoff offered the position as assistant football coach and head coach of swimming and track to Mr. Fouts. Mr. Fouts is a quiet person but, like Mr. Glunt, is very proud to be at Massanutten where he has been coaching for the past twelve years.

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Mr. A. -I. Keaney, although not a former Mas- sanutten student, has caught the school spirit from the very start. Mr. Keaney succeeds Mr. Mag- nifico as junior varsity baseball coach. Very little can be said about baseball as this goes to press, but if we are to judge from practice, we can say that Mr. Kearney will have a very fine team to compete against the various high school teams in the Valley. 'VHIQ .tm ifoow.-x1.1. sr3AsoN qv.-xasrrrp The H1311 football team, which was considered one ofthe strongest in Massanutten history,opened its season with less than ten days ofpractice against the Navy Plebes, who were ranked the strongest plebe team in years. The week before the plebes met lVlassanutten they held the Navy Varsity to a tie during the first three periods. Thus it was that a Navy Plebe team in razor edge condition met a Massanutten team that was far from ready. The Plebes scored at will and the odds were com- pletely against us, but our men fought hard to the finish even though lack of practice showed ragged edges in the Massanutten play. The greatest thrill of the game occurred when Slater of Massanutten intercepted a pass behind his own goal line and Zig-zagged his way for IO5 yards for a touchdown, but the officials ruled that hc stepped out of bounds near the mid-stripe line. The final score: Navy Plebes 34, Massanutten 6. ln the second game of the season the Purple Dragons faced the Roanoke College Freshmen, a very plucky, team which fought a very hard defen- sive game in its own territory during most of the first two periods. With less than three minutes to play before the half, the Purple and Gold opened up with a bag of tricks and scored twice in two minutes. During the second half our boys added two more touchdowns to defeat the Frosh 27 to o. The next opponent was the Franklin and Mar- shall College freshmen, who came to VVoodstock with a very strong defensive team. Massanutten VARSITY lfCXYl'BAl.l. SQUAD Bark Rua' lglzjff In ri-Qhtl: Tran QAss't Managcrl, Boyer lhlanagcrl, Connelly, Slater, Corry, Wise, Mannion, Coach l.. Pi. Glunt, Coach l.. Fonts. Thim' Row: Simon, W., Shanor, Zwicrlcin, Albrewzenski, Young, Racsc, D., Simon, C., Raesc, C. Sfroml Row: lirdelyan, Wheeler, Zuma, Buchan- an, Beck, Morvay, McMahon, Courtney. Front Row: Price, lfurman, Pulaski, King, VVillingham,McCurdy, Cusumano, Ander- son. x, Wz An nfl'-tackle thrust in the Roanoke Frosh game. completely outplayed the Lancaster eollegians but could not push over a single tally that would have spelled victory. Our boys were equally as strong defensively but offensively we had the edge on the Froshg however, not enough to penetrate the strong defense. A powerful and brilliant attack and a bad fourth quarter for Staunton Military Academy brought victory to the Purple and Gold in the annual game between the two rivals. The final score was 27 to O. Pre-game comment gave Massanutten an even chance to win, and some thought Staunton had a slight edge on us, in view of S. M. A.'s string of victories that included a 43 to o victory over Mer- cersburg. In the first half Staunton fought Massanutten quite evenly but in the second half, and especially during the last eight minutes of play, our Purple Dragons were superior both on the offense and on the defense. In the Scott Stadium of the University of Vir-