Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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MIDDLESFX Sc HooL Covc ORD MAssAcHUsETTs was Dick Shriver vnho put in tvscnty points for the Middlesex team all the time playing a hne defensive game Shriver put in ten of these twenty points in the first period but the team as fi whole looked its best in the fourth period when it compiled twelve points to its opponents four Belmont H111 offset the Brooks game by racking up the biggest score yet against Middlesex The score in spite of the determined efTorts of the whole team was 37 51 The team began a winning streak with the Nobles game which we won by 1 one point margin 46 45 Captain Green scored eighteen points and lanky ohn Martin a newcomer to the starting lineup was second with eight Shriver played a very aggressive brand of play this game and contributed largely to the team s victory The second Brooks game fed another victory into the Middle sex machine Green and Anderson together racked up more than half of the team s total of 36 points compared to 30 for Brooks by together scoring 28 points Boston Garden was the site of the next Middlesex victory Cam by coaches Huckins and Quirk and the score was fairly evenly divided among 111 those who played Green was high scorer with 13 closely followed by Shriver with 10 and Martin with 9 This game showed that the team could score once it got started and was a good morale booster for following games The last game of the four game winning streak took place at St Paul s in Con cord N H On the whole the team looked good a few weak spots were shown and they were quickly fixed The final score was 50 31 with the top scorers being Green with 13 Shriver with 11 and Martin in the double figures for the first time with 10 The Belmont Hill club and Belmonts midget court served out 1 35 415 Page S rein 18161 Q 1 3 1 1 , ' ' 1 1 1 y 1 fs 1 1 1 1 1 4 7 3 . 7 . ,C 1. . . . . A 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 Y 1 7 1 Y 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - ' ' . . 7 . , 7 . J . , I . Y . 7 . .7 g . 7 . . ' Y 4 ' 1 1 1 1 ' v 7 - 1 bridge School lost this game by a score of 56-25. The benches were emptied r, 1 1 . , , 1 1 1 1 1 1, ' 1 -1 1 1 1 I ' 1 - , . A . , . 1 I , t D - 1 1 1 ' 1 .,, . ' 's tix 'af,c5,,1k,..,,, , 1 1. , V. 1,

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'NllDI7LlESliX St3Hoo1. CoNt1oRn. hlASSAfQHlTSlE'l'T5 Basketball BAbKE'1 BALL full! R111 D rstllofl Qt 1 bprout kg Warl lik, cn g IX J boot ou 5, 1 fm 0111! R011 Nr Hutkms Hamilton Manager Hammond H Q Nl M L n ct J H if I Mal' 1 R Anderson it l J Little if P A lxrumbhaar Manager Mr ulrk The 1931 basketball team started tts season mth an rmpresswt rosttr of rtturnrng lettermen and a large group of newtomtrs vtho looked 11kt promlsxng support for the team The lettermen were Captarn Bob Green, Regglt Andtr son, Dltk Shrlver ay Wfard B111 Sprout and Ltnme Dursthoff The squad was completed mth ohn Martm Maury Hammond erry Dole Chrls Harrxs Warren Llttle B111 Goodnoyy Marshall McLean The ttam lost IIS hrst game to St Sebasnans by a store of v7 43 but shovx td fine potennal sxntt tht game took plttt only 1 vytek atttr Chrrstmas xatatlon Two days lattr Mlddlesert took anothtr drubbmg it tht hands of tht Mxlton qulntet Tht stort vyas '74 37 mth Grten and Anderson pourlnsz ln tlghtttn of tht ttam s points We tontxnutd our lostng strtak by gtllflg, dovsn btfort Ltagut Cl1dI'I1PlOI1S St Mark s 'Iht tt tm touldn t qultt ty tr gtt starttd Ind found ltstlf untblt to stop tht rtm trktbly ttturttt bt M trks stt shots Tht stort xx ts 77 lb Tht tt lm got ts hrst short ttstt ot ylttory In mt Brooks .gtmt vxhlth xyt xxon IS 7 Tht outstlnt mg p lytr of thls utmt l'1 Stltllx .1 ,. 1 , 1 , K .I K , ef y W N , f : u g . , ' KHP. - t 22, Gre KRD, 5hrVer mf. , ' in l 1. , Dole 1g.J. . 3 ' ' , ' ' ' 3 ' . , r . t' ea . , arris . , tn tt.2. '. . ' '. 3 . ' . ' 1 3 , Q ' '. - P . 1 v. 1 . ' 3 A s ' 1 - 1 y rs ' ,A Q ' 1 1 V .l .1 J - .'r . 1 I r .1 l Y ,J , T - ' J , ' , J . . . I y 1 1 1 . - .L ' . 1 1 '. ' , , - . 7 -X - . ., Vg .1 . ', A 1 f 1 t, v 1 vl r A , - . t 71 '1 . l r 1 A . Ar P 1 1 . g 2 , 1 s ' ' . - , N jf, 1' , . 1 . ' ' ' L ' .A as , ,I ' ' . f ' . l H 1 v y ' y . . . . . , . , , , . , . . .2 - , H. . ' ' 2 ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 'Q ' 1 N 2 ' . 2 ' . ' N D . V . va - ---'y'. . .L 5 !k- W - R- . f ' 1 I- v 1 ' - ' A . 1 v. - 4 1 . I' mm -,' - .-Za. ' .. I f l. . . t t t .gt f 1 -ll'-.

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Xlinni 1 si X bt Hoot Coxc oRn Mfxssfxt Hl si TTS yictory The third and fourth periods were the winning ones for Belmont fo in 1 a them they scored 37 of their points com pared with 70 for Middlesex in the same length of time Shriy er and Martin shone in this game by their tggressive playing which netted 17 and 10 points respective ly A brief respite oeeurred when the team again met Cambridge and won by 1 score of 41 30 Green was high scorer with 16 and the rest of the score was evenly distributed among the remaining players Another league loss was suf fered at the hands of the Milton team in the return match The score was 39 45 with Green Shriyer Martin and Ander son being the big scorers jay Ward played his usual game of smart basketball Adding another loss to the teams long ehain was St Marks in the delayed game at Middlesex Again the set shots were almost unstoppable and it was only due to Shriver s Martin s and Sprout s determined playing that the team fared as well as it did the score being 40 55 Bill Sprout put on a wonderful show in the last period by adding eight points to the team score The Groton game was quite discouraging in that we lost to el team that is organized strictly informally The score was 43 55 with our Y now was high man with nine points followed by Anderson with eight The list game of the season ended with the ,M-4.3, mf seore 44 60 in favor of Nobles Nobles ,Qu outseored us in every period particu ltrly since Middlesex couldn t seem to get started If 1 rally was beginning to shape up it would be destroyed by an unnecessary penalty On the whole however the season w is good A few too many penalties were drawn but when the team played together it pl iy ed very well and looleed is food IS my of its opponents A iood te lm is promised next year under the le idership of Iohn Martin Mayor letters were iw irded to Captain Green Ciptiin eleet ohn Mirtin Reggie An derson Diele Shriyer Ity Warel Len nie Dursthoff Miury Himmond ind Xlinlger Bill Hlmilton Pu Sz i 3: - 'ui . 1 ri t 7' yi A i 2 . ' vs . V 4 A A A , . , H A . . V .ZH .J ,,, a 1. 3 ' A 4 A l ' IW, , ' ' . , D Q52 5 f - ' A ,, -Y 3 , . . 4 . 7 4 Y .- . - ' , - 1 3 7 1 - C. . 5 I - Q rl . I . 3 , , , . . I . , . - g . Y . . . U V y,' - 7 V. points being well distributed among most of those who played. Bill Good- V V .Y . . . y . I 7. ll . , . ' 'pg' L. ff - Z '-'ti ' s ::W'PV'1 f, - 1 ' it 5-air 3 , . ,7 - 3 i li 1 1 7 . L r ' ' V i Y 7 7 C . V 7 V 7 ' 'z Y . ' H L Y Y 5 2 V V ' I 1' g 2 2 A ' . P rl 1 ' ' ' A 1 ' . ' . tl 4 4 'A .2 V2 1 I . 1 2' - J z ' , 1' - . - x ' - P ' r A Q 2 y I Q - 7 ' , z ' 2 , 1 i a tg ' 1 I . ge ,e rulj-eiglv!