McBurney School - Lamp and Laurel Yearbook (New York, NY)

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BASEBALL Allhough lhe baseball leam slarled lhe season slowly, il ended in a blaze ol glory. Thirleen boys lound lime, despile lheir sludies and lhe Senior Play, lo praclice and play. Prospecls were good. Dick James was lhere lo pilch, and Loudon and Small could provide lhe punch. Bul lhings hap- pened. Pirsl and loremosl was lhe wealher. ll rained and rained and rained, Praclice was called all and Mr. Purcell bil his nails. The lirsl game arrived long belore lhe leam had rounded inlo shape, and Barnard won 4-2. The Manhallan Prep game, which lollowed, ended in anolher deleal lor Mc- Burney, lhis lime by an 8-4 score. Mr. Purcell had nol lound lhe righl ballery combinalion. For lhe nexl game he de- cided lo apply desperale remedies: Field- slon, lhal arch-rival, musl be delealed al any cosl. Diclc James, lhe slar pilcher, was moved lrom lhe hill lo lhe calcher's box, and John Lange pilched. The gamble worked. Lange pilched a one-hil game, was never in lrouble, and McBurney won 4-O. Too bad lhal IvlcBurney's sporls are concluded in mid-lvlay lo malce way lor lhe lesls. The leam was sel lor a slring ol viclories. Diclc James is leaving lhis year, bul John Lange, Alan Nemlich, James Lange, James Scoll, l-lerberl Karpas, Orin Small, and William lvlilchell remain. Mr. Purcell should have a line leam nexl year. Opponenls McBurney 4 Barnard 2 8 Manhallan 4 O Fieldslon 4 fx n1ixs w

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FOOTBALL The Theme song oT The TooTball Team was, Man The boaTs, we have a game This aTTernoon. ln everyone oT The Tive games, The boys had To puT up o TighT noT only againsT The opposing Team, buT againsT The wind, rain, and mud. AT The MonTclair game The Tog was so low ThaT you couldn'T see one end oT The Tield from The oTher. AT one Time James Threw a ThirTy yard pass To no one in porTicular. Korner came running ouT oT nowhere: by a sTrolce oT luclc, puT up his hands: and The ball Tell in. The MonTclo1ir players accused McBurney oT using radar. The sTarTing Team consisTed oT: SchmidT, L. E.: lan Nemlich, C.: Karner, R. E.: Alan Nemlich, L. H, B.: James, Q. B.: I-Tagberg, R. I-T. B. WiTh The able guidance aT Coach Parker, The Team rounded inTo Tine shape Auxfbfy early. The Coach had James passing and running The ends, lan Nemlich plunging Through cenTer and blocking, Woodheod running The ends, and The Torward wall aT SchmidT, Alan Nemlich, and Karner knock- ing Them down and receiving posses. Be- hind The TirsT six came a group oT sTurdy subsTiTuTes: Loudon, FGTT, Woodhead, John Lange, PeTe Lanino, and Rice, who goT ouT on The Tield and did iusT as good o iob as The oThers. OpponenTs i McBurney 20 LocusT Valley 12 27 Adelphi 6 25 MonTclair Teachers I9 7 LocusT Valley 26 2 BuxTon 20 81 83

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BASKETBALL lVlcI3iirnr:yIw highly iinderraled Varsily Baslcelball Team gained second place in The inilial N.Y.A.C.Is Privare 5chooIs Tournamenl. Cer iIGaIIoping Camels slarled all by bealing Ihe lavared Poly Prep loam by a 54-40 score. They wenl on Ia beal Trinily in Ihe semi-linal round and in Ihe Iinals Iosl Io a hard playing Tie La Salle leam by seven poinls. AI the beginning ol The season The Ieam was made up ol Ihree regulars Irom Iasl year, some ol Iasl yearls Iravoling Ieam, and a launch ol likely Ioolcing newcomers. The slarling lineup consisled of: Lawrence, Rf., Karner, C., and Baron, LG, The re- maining Iwo posilions were divided among Finn, Parsons, Anderson, Ian Nemlich, Woodhczad, and John Lange. Among The reserves were Broolcs, Karpas, and Ryall. The season ended wilh The reams record reading I5 games won and 5 Iosl, The Ieam's leading scorers were Kar-ner wilh 348 poinls and Baron wilh I68 poinls. The individual record lor poinls scored in a single game was made by Korner when he scored 39 poinls againsl Adelphi. Gpponenl McBurney I8 Walden 37 24 I3'IcIyn Fr, 50 39 De La Salle 22 I9 Wesl Islip 50 38 Vlfoodrnere 55 32 Adelphi 6I 39 Lincoln 30 I8 SI. Augusl 50 I2 Lalce Grove 34 35 Ivlanhallan 40 22 Barnard 43 27 I-lorace Mann 25 43 Franlelin 49 29 Dwighl 49 30 Eliz. Erwin 42 31 Buxlon 46 37 De La 5aIle 34 40 Poly Prep 54 36 Trinily 57 40 De La 5aIle 33 609 86I