Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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On the road agam we lost a werrd game to Brooks 24 18 At the end of the half the score read 6 4 for Brooks Bob Green Finally found the basket to score nine pomts rn the last perlod alone but lf was not enough On anuary 25 we dropped a 54 36 declsron to league leading Belmont Hull Although we played some very good basketball for three perrods we couldn t hold on IH the fourth and then fell apart and dropped 18 pomts behmd Playmg nn the Boston Garden the next day we won our first vxctoty of the year over Cambrrdge The 47 17 score reflects the fact that we had the advantage of herght and controlled the backboards wlthout much dtfhculty Nearly everyone figured ln the scorlng but Bob Green led the parade wrth 17 markers At home agam we lost another close one to Nobles 50 48 Although we were at a disadvantage ln respect to herght we played a fast aggresslve game kept up all the way and al most won B111 Sprout looked very good and Bob Green poured rn 23 Even though hrgh scorer Green was out ofthe lrneup because of an lnjury we almost squeezed by Brooks rn the return game However we couldn t qurte pull lf out The final score was 30 28 Maury Hammond was hlgh man wlth erghr pomts Playlng St Paul s on February 4 we were trounced 54 32 We could not seem to get started although Ken Huggins played an excellent game under the basket Dlck Anderson led the scorlng wrth 15 pomts At Southborough we lost agam to St Mark s 46 30 Captamjrm Green played hrs usual steady game and sparked the team by scorrng 11 pomts In the return game wrth Mrlton we showed the xmprovement that we had been makmg all season but agam we lacked th final drlve to pull the game out of the hte The hnal score 34 33 was a moral vrctory smce Mrlton was leadlng the league at the tlme Drck Shruver played a beautlful game holdmg hugh scorer Conzelman to four pomts l61l s ' - , . . , . s x v - v 1 . 1 . , . . . , . - y . , ' . . , '. . . . , ', . - o , e . 1 '- s ' , .

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BASKETBALL Front Rau Anderson Dursthoff R Green .I Green CCapta1n McChord Sprout Ward Se'ror1u'Rnu Hutter Mr Huckrns Shrlver Goodnow Hammond Mr Qurrk Hamrlton The basketball team reported for practrce early IH December with a great deal of enthusxasm and spxrrt Three returnmg lettermen Captam rm Green Dick Shriver and Bob Green formed the nucleus of the team They were well supported by newcomers Drck Anderson Blll Sprout Ken Huggms Len Dursthoff jack McChord Maury Hammond B1ll Goodnow and ay Ward Coaches u1rk and Huckms rnrtrated a new offense employmg a fire house type quick break They also changed the defensrve pattern from the 1 3 1 zone to the man to man In the first game less than a week after the Chnstmas vacatron the team lost to a taller and more experlenced St Sebastian s five 49 32 Bob Green however showed the scormg potentlalltles that were to enable hrm to set many scorrng records durmg the year The next Saturday we traveled to Mrlton to play a flashy well co ordmated team sparked by Conzelman and Osgood therr tall center Inabrlrty to take advantage of our sconng opportunrtles helped brlng about our 55 29 defeat Bob Green was agam hrgh wnth 11 markers Onjanuary 18 playmg at home we lost the first of a serxes of very close games to St Mark s 36 34 Going lnto the last quarter we were tralllng 26 20 but suddenly caught fire and ned the game 37 37 But we couldn t score the wmnrng ponnts before the horn blew 4I60l 1 N ff ix' F ,. 'D ,- - v u - 1 - a 1 u - - v - s 1 a r - 1 - - , 1 , v ' ' a 1 v 1 s s J - Q 7 . . , . ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 Y . . 1 , . a 1 , . . . . ' 1 - '- - ' 1 . , . . .

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07 We lost a hard fought 34 11 game M -...M to Groton on the vsrnner s floor W never could find the basket and com mrtted far too many fouls for our osxn good In the next game we couldnt seem to shake the Nobles jlnx going down agaln by one point 49 48 We were behmd by 18 points durlng the thrrd perrod and slowly pulled even but trme ran out before we could move ahead Maury Hammond and jack McChord turned IH line performances during the final perrod At home again we mauled Rrvers 64 50 Bob Green dumped IH 30 pomts to set a new team record Everyone played well but Len Dursthoff and Reg g1e Anderson were really sharp under the basket Hrll We were outclassed from the begnnnlng but Bob Green and Reg Anderson dld therr best to keep us rn the game scorrng eight points aprece jack McChord amazed everyone as he dumped rn s1x polnts rn less than a minute rn the closrng seconds ofthe game Although our vson and lost record was far from good the fact that so many of our losses were by one or two pornts shows lots of promrse for a wrnmng team next year Another thrng that POIHIS to a vunnrng season next year IS the fact that all but two of the lettermen vull be returnmg Major letters were awarded to Cap tam jnm Green Captam elect B Green Reggre Anderson Drck Shriver Blll Sprout ay Ward ack McChord Len Dursthoff and Manager Don Hutter l 4021 A , ' . e . , I b ' ' r I I r, A , , , . In the last game ofthe season we went down 65-33 before league Champs 13611110115 ' ' , ' - ob ' 7 , . -I . . Q