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

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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

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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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SWIMMING The swimming Team goT oTT To an early sTarT This year. When The call was TirsT senT ouT by William IvliTchell, The manager, Tor all swimmers To reporT Tor pracTise, a score oT mermen responded. From lasT year's Team came Richard James, who placed second in A.A.P.S. diving: Halsey Cook, our chieT backsTroker7 Raymond Reid, This year's undeTeaTed capTain spe- cializing in The l00 yard and 50 yard Tree' sTyleg Guy Loudon and Julian Luykx, who swam The breasTsTroke. 5Tan Erickson and Edmund TrosT helped Dick James in The diving, The Team Tinished The season wiTh a clean record: six vicTories-no deTeaTs. The closesT meeT was wiTh Lincoln School, which led unTil The lasT evenT, The TreesTyle relay. ThaT was some race. Lincoln School led aTTer The TirsT lap buT McBurney came Through in The end. The 50 yard TreesTyle sprinT was swum by Edward DuThu, Jack EckhardT and ErnesT TaroTT. Barrie Trebor swam The long 220 TreesTyle wiTh David Davis and ErnesT TaroTT alTernaTing as sec- onds. The medley Team consisTed oT l-Tale sey Cook lbackl, Guy Loudon lbreasTl and Barrie Trebor lTree sTylel. The Team ended The year by placing Third in The annual A.A.P.S. meeT held in The McBurney pool. CapTain Ray Reid placed TirsT in The T00 yard and 50 yard TreesTyle, seTTing a new record in The T00 yard. Guy Loudon and l-lalsey Cook placed Third in The breasTsTroke and backe sTroke respecTively. Dick James running neck and neck in The diving, Tailed To Tal-,e TirsT by less Than Two poinTs. The medley Team placed TourTh. AlTogeTher, IvlcBurney's swimming Team had a very successTul year. 0pponenTs McBurney 22 ManhaTTan Prep 37 25 Adelphi 36 3l Lincoln 35 7 ST. Johns 27 24 Poly Prep 33 28 FieldsTon 38 T37 206 n-. .lf Ai 31nafaa