Massanutten Military Academy - Adjutant Yearbook (Woodstock, VA)

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VARSITY BASKETBALI,-Top Row: Piatt, VVise, Capt. I.. E. Glunt CCoachJ, Slater, john. Illiddle Row: Pulaski, Zwier- lein, Vl'heeler, Eyler, Young, McMahon. From Rofr: Raese, C., Simon, C., Carry, King, Lichtenstein, Raese, D., Glunt. Lqft la right: C. Simon, Corry, King. INTRA-MURAI. CHAMPS CALABANTAJ-Qld! to righil: Spitalny, Clark, W., Dick, Wheeler, Miller, R., Fahnestock, McCurdy, Degan, G. ord held by Mercersburg CI:36.2j, doing the dis- tance in 1:36.8. Other teams who met defeat at the hands of our boys were: Duke Frosh by the score of 51 to 15, Vilashington and Lee Freshmen, in which meet our boys took every lirst place except oneg Staunton Military Academy, which was defeated by the score of 37 to 29. In this meet Don Boyer broke the National Interscholastic 50-yard free style record. His time was 23.5. At the Rutgers University Interscholastics Mas- sanutten took first place, defeating Trenton High, the defending champions. The Purple and Gold earned 26M points to 21 points for Trenton High in second place. Over thirty schools competed in this meet. The real thriller of the year took place in Phila- delphia, where the Purple and Gold was nosed out by Mercersburg for first honors in the National Interscholastics. Two points was the margin by which Mercersburg became the National Prep School Champion. However, Massanutten did not leave Philadelphia empty handed, for in this meet the free style relay team won once again the George Malphas Trophy, in addition to winning more first places than any other team represented at the meet. Ted Hobert won the 50-yard free style, Don Boyer, the 100-yard free style, and Ronnie Trumble, the diving. JUNIOR VARSITY SWIMMING The Junior Varsity mermen completed another very successful season, losing but one meet and that one to Wilson High School of VVashingt0n, a team out of our class. In the first meet, against Hagerstown Y. M. C. A., the Junior mermen garnered 31 points to their opponents 26. The last event, the 160-yard free style relay, decided the victory. The relay team of Greenwood, Busken, Reichman and Prew made the distance in 1 :27.6. The 120-yard medley relay was also won by Massanutten's team of Prew, Tilley and Klein in the time of I:I0.1. In the second meet, against Fort Hill High School of Cumberland, Maryland, the V.'s took every first place with the exception of one to win the meet by the score 49 to 17. Greenwood cap- tured the 50-yard free style, Watson the 40-yard breaststroke, Klein, K., the 220 free style, Prew the 40-yard backstroke, Harold Hershey the div-

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travelled to Staunton to play the V.'s of that school. In this game a real spirit was displayed. S. M. A. was leading by two touchdowns and it looked hopeless for our boys. However, where most teams quit, our V.'s begin. They were de- termined to win that game and win they did, for the final score was M. M. A. I4 and S. M. A. 13. SWIMMING The record of the Purple and Gold teams is envi- able in the best inter-scholastic swimming circles. l.es Ifouts, our swimming coach, points with pride to our record ofthe p1lSf seven years. Ufseventy-one meets hflassanutten has lost but four. Among its victims are numbered such outstanding teams as Yale Ifreshmen, Princeton Ifrosh, Naval Academy Plebes, and Trenton High School. In 1936 Massa- nutten won the National Interscholastic Swim- ming Championship. In addition to this, Massa- nutten has been State Champion for the past seven years. In the first swimming meet of the season, the cadets defeated Woodrow Wilson High mer- men of Washington by a score of 43 to 23. Two interscholastic school records were broken, one by lfdward Sidwa in the loo-yard breast stroke, time i:o4.8. The other by the 160-yard relay team of Bob Brooke, Bill Tilley, Don Boyer and Ted Ho- bart, time l:I4.8. This lowered the record estab- lished by the relay team of Blair Academy in 1937. In the Open A. A. U. meet held at the Shoreham Ilotel, W'ashington, Coach I outs's team annexed :mother trophy in winning the meet. This year the team won by a wide margin, scoring 27 points to 7 for Baltimore A. C., which team took second place. lNcIassanutten's crack swimming team continued its winning stride against Allentown High School, Allentown, Pa., by the score of 43 to 23. In this meet three pool records were broken. At I.ehigh University Interscholastics, which was represented by fifteen schools, the Purple and Gold took second place, losing to Mercersburg by the margin of seven points. Despite this fact, Mas- sanutten won five out of a possible eight first places and in doing so broke five tournament records. Against North Carolina State University Fresh- men, Massanutten recorded 54 points to ll for the Freshmen. In this meet Ted Hobert, captain of the team, broke both the pool and the Southern Conference records in the 50-yard free style, which he completed in 23.9 seconds. In the meet with the University of Virginia Freshmen, our boys gained ll points to 5 for the Iirosh. Iildward Sidwa established a new pool rec- ord in this meet when he completed the loo-yard breaststroke in I:37.8. In this same meet the loo- yard relay team of Hobert, Tilley, Brooke and Boyer approached the national interscholastic rec- JUNIOR VARSITY SWIMMING SQUAD Rusk Ruse: Capt. I.. Ifouts, Coach, Mitchell, McI.eod, Cole, Dusenbury, Degan, G., johns. Scrum! Raw: Myerston, Greenwood, Watson, Reicllman, Busken, W., Soles, Morvay. Front Rate: Ronci, Benchoff, Horner, Traver, Wilson, Shein. CHAMPIONSHIP RELAY 'I'I'1AM-Hubert, Brooke, Tilly, Boxer D VARSITY SWIMINIING Capt. I.. Pours fCoachl, Klein, K., Anderson, D., Brooke, Trumble, Hardman, Clark, R., Boyer, D., Hubert, Sidwa, Tilley.

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ing, while Myerston took second place in the 100- yard free style. Reichman, Watson and McCleod won the I'2O medley relay, while Klein, Busken, Greenwood and Prew took the I6O-yllI'CI free style relay. In meets against Staunton, Fort Hill freturn meetl, our young swimmers showed the form that makes champions. Coach Fouts is relying on sev- eral of these young men to fill varsity positions next year. VARSITY BASKETBALI, The 1939-1940 basketball season was the most thrilling in Massanutten history. After dropping the opener to .Allegany High School of Cumber- land, M aryland, the Gluntmen went on a southern trip to meet I-Iargrave Military Academy, Duke Ilniversity Freshmen, VVake Forest Freshmen and VVashington and Lee Freshmen. The Duke game was played in the new gym- nasium at Duke as a preliminary to the Duke- Citadel game. The Purple and Gold outplayecl a stronger opponent and it was not until the remain- ing minutes of play that Duke Frosh managed to garner enough points to win by the score of39 to 34. Hargrave Military School was the first prep school team to face Massanutten in the 1940 sea- son. Hargrave presented a very strong team and was leading the Purple and Gold IO to 4 at the end of the first quarter. At the half, however, Massanutten was leading 30 to 21 and retained the lead to the end. The final score: I-Iargrave 38, Massanutten 44. VARSITY BASI-fBAI.I. SQIIAD-Slumb ing Ucfl lo righll: Capt. I.. Ii. Glunt ICoachJ, john, Piatt, McMahon, Pulaski, Furman, Courtney, VVillingham fMana- gerl. Sealed: Buchanan, King, Corry, Simon, C., Williams LCapt.l, Slater, Wise, Young, Ifyler. At Wake Forest the Purple and Gold took a very close one by the score of 46 to 4.4. It marked the first loss of the season for Wake Forest. Everett Berger, former Massanutten star, played against several ofhis former teammates, who held him to five points. Among the teams who fell to defeat before Mas- sanutten were: Staunton Military Academy, Fork Union, Shenandoah College, Washington and I.ee Freshmen and University of Virginia Freshmen. Seton Hall Prep of South Orange, New Jersey, was the only prep school team to defeat the Purple Dragons. Massanutten was declared State Cham- pion for the second consecutive year. In the All-State selections Bob Corry and Charles Simon were named as forward and guard, respectively. Leroy Glunt, Jr., and Dan Young were also very steady and consistent through the season. INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL In addition to the many Varsity and Junior Var- sity teams represented by Massanutten Cadets, a very important feature of the school is the Intra- mural Basketball I.eague. About eighty boys com- prise the various teams in the league. Each hall has a team and a regular schedule of games is drawn and adhered to. Rules and regulations for- bid members of Varsity teams to play in the intra- mural league. This year, as in years gone by, the interest was very high. The teams are as a general rule quite equal, but during the past season the teams ap- TRACK SQUAD' Sfrlildiflg flrfl to rightl: Capt. I.. DI. Fouts tCoaChl, Ronci fMan- agerl, Tilley, Raese, C., Corry, Litchen- stein, Slater, Beck, Clark, W., Dennis. Sermm' Row: Curran, Raese, D., I.ambing, Greenwood, Reecher, Morvay, Brooke, Zweirlien,Simon,W. I ir:lRotc.- Mitchell, Marmiun, Shanor, Price.