Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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TENNIS l Front Row Lamb Heclcscher Prodls Hartley SerondRou Mr Kettell May Potter QCapt41nj Mr Archl bald Walker The tenms team had a good season thts year runnmg up seven wms to four losses Captam Potter Lamb and Hartley all veterans of last year s team formed the nucleus of the squad with Heckscher Prodls and May filhng the last three posrtlons Mr Kettell and Mr Archxbald coached the team wtth excellent assxstance from Mr Nashe who made marked rmprovements rn each team member s game Steve Walker was a capable and CHTCICHI manager Dummer racketmen Lamb playmg first posttron was the only wmner w1th a 6 5 0 6 6 3 score Potter Hartley Heckscher Prodns and May playmg mn that order all bowed to thexr opponents The next Wednesday the Red s1x beat Belmont Hrll 6 3 Lamb Hartley Ptodrs and May won 1n straight sets whlle Potter and Heckscher lost In three set matches Lamb and Potter were the only doubles losers In a rainy Saturday Aprll 29 match Wmchester Hugh became the team s second vrctxm capturlng only one match out of ntne Potter and Lamb lost tn doubles glvmg thenr opponents thetr only match Conslderlng our last year s close matches wtth Wlnchester thts -l74l 5 1 1 l 9 - ff - y 1 I 9 ' l' . . 7 . . . 7 7 Y ' 7 , , . . . 7 ' 7 The season started on April 22 with a one-sided 1-8 defeat at the hands of Governor ' 9 . A I v I l ' 1 ' 1 ' - 5 3 3 b 7 5 ' ' ' v s . Y . Y . . , 7 ' 7 ' 3

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'O S 42 vvgg .Ar -' Q-Q3 viii.. '11-1-. 'WW' The second race was dgdll'lSI Shrewsbury s hrst boar on Lalce ulnsrgamond oxer a slrcle .incl Hugglns number sexen was obhgecl to strolse the crew for the rest ofthe race The crew lost to Shrewsbury by two lengths Ihelr season though w is on the whole successful incl Mr Larson rs xcry hopeful that some of hrs boys w1ll mrlce the hrst crews next year Ixcept for the loss of the Columb1.1Cup the excellent coachlng of Mr Loclce Mr Colm ml Mr I arson mtl the h ml worlc ofC1ptun Iewrs 1nl hrs boys errnecl the crews rn excellent recorcl the-5 lfll ' ,L -e' '. -.. , . I X4 - 4' 3 . s . ,' ', V Q ., ' 1 - V-'fwfr' ,- ' ' '. r 4 I V k xv . . od V X ' . . 5 '- l X X X N , W X gt- 3 c 1 . 's ,QZQ three-quarter mile course. Ar the halfway mark. Pete Mz1rclen's stretcher bar broke, clerailing his ll ,Q c ..1.' 2 '1 ' ' L an L in ' exe. 7' f , frm eg, X

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year s vrctory was especrally gratlfyrng On Wednesday May 3 the rackctmen blasted 1 weak Browne and Nrchols 9 0 Mlddlesex won all the matches nn straight sets The Red team was on the short end ofa srmrlar score on May 6 Badly outclassed by a strong St Mark s team the squad dropped all the matches to them rn strarght sets Bouncrng back agarnst Belmont Hrgh the Red sux scored a 7 2 w1n on Wednesday May 10 Lamb and May won therr smgles rn long three set matches whrle the rest of the team won wrthout much trouble Hartley and Heck scher won thenr doubles rn three sets but the other two doubles matches went to Belmont Hrgh A proposed second team match was ramed out On May 12 and 13 the team went to Exeter to play rn the rnterscholastrc tourna ment Heckscher was the only one who lasted unt1l the second round of smgles and he was ehmrnated there The doubles combrnatrons had been shlfted just before the tournament Lamb and Hartley and Potter and Heckscher got 1nt0 the second round before bemg elrmrnated The next Wednesday the team dropped an extremely close 4 5 match to New Prep loslng rn three set matches We were unable to capture the declsrve doubles wrth only Prodxs and May wmnmg On Wednesday May 24 we edged Newton Hugh 5 4 Lamb Heckscher dll'-l PYOJIS lfl SlUglCS Hfld PUIICY dflcl HCLlsSLl1Cf and Prodns and May rn doubles were our wmners We dropped a close hard played 3 6 match to Mrlton Academy on May 27 The smgles were even up wrth Lamb Heckscher and Prodls wrnnrng We were unable to cap ture any of the doubles though and our fall ures here cost us the match A game wrth Portsmouth Pnory was ramed out The team recovered for a well earned 6 3 vxctory over St George s We were ahead all the way wrth Lamb Potter Prodrs and May wrnnnng thelr smgles rn straight sets and re shuffled doubles teams Potter and Heckscher and Lamb and Prodls takrng therr doubles Hartley and Heckscher were smgles losers and Hartley and May dropped their doubles ln three sets After a successful season Captaln Potter Captaln elect Lamb Hartley Heckscher Pro dns May and Manager Walker were awarded letters lfol , . Q V Y I , . Y. Y K I , I I 4 1 . , ' , ' r . , - A f ' y n I ry 3 . - V. , p r A f ' '- , . ' 9 1 I ' ' We split the singles with Potter, Heckscher and Pr-Qtlig winning and Lamb, Hartley and May all l - I a 1 v 7 7 y ' - I v Q V 4 f ' ' y + fi ' A - A . 1 r ' I . . I 7 V. 7 l I 1, I , . V 1 I 3 I ' v 1 1 ' I Y 7 V V