Milford School - Typhoon Yearbook (Milford, CT)

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55,1 , Qwd TENNis The tennis team, captained by Earl McMurray, had among its members Don Fischbeck, Al Hirshberg, Jack Huppuch, Stan Murphy, Fred Smoot, and joe Zanolli. Although eight matches had been scheduled, only three encounters were held. The first match was played against the junior College of Commerce. This match saw the Milfordians triumph to the tune of four to two. Zanolli and Huppuch were very effective as a doubles teamg winning their match 6-2, 6-2. In its next match, the Milford team was unable to cope with the experienced Cheshire Academy netmen and lost eight to one, Al Hirshberg being the only Milford winner. The last team match was held in Bridgeport when the squad lost to the Warren Harding High School aggregation by the score of four to one. Again it was Al Hirshberg that garnered the lone Milford tally. At the time of this writing, Milford 'is planning to send four of its men to the Yale Interscholastic Matches. Had it not been for the rainy weather, the team would have undoubtedly done better. However, the team should be praised for its fine spirit and cooperation.

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JUNIOR BASEBALL The Junior baseball team, composed of the Lower School boys, formed a diamond nine this spring which, although at this writing has seen two defeats, shows great promise for future varsity material. The Midgets' schedule is ex- pected to consist of at least six interclub games of which thus far two have been played. After but five days of practice, they traveled to Woodbridge on April 15th to take their first defeat at the hands of Woodbridge Country Day School 15-8. The Milfordians are very optimistic about the return game, however, for in their last four innings with Woodbridge they were able to find the pitcher for six of their total eight runs while Fegreus' mound work held the opposition to but one run. Bad luck accounted in large part for the reverse met on the Cheshire diamond as the home team won 17-8. Bob Danahy, the catcher, was hit during the first inning and had to be taken out, traveling with no substitutes, the Midgets were hard pressed for a replacement and resorted to the services of the manager, Eddy Obert. They could not, however, overcome the loss of their catcher and, after hanging on with a 5-5 tie to the sixth, they finally fell behind as rallies brought in 12 late-inning runs for the Roxburyians. Jack Platt was chosen captain after showing his calibre at shortstop in the initial engagement at Woodbridge. Richard Fegreus and Bernard Tommers alter- nated at first base and hurling assignments, with Robert Danahy doing the re- ceiving. Bill Morris and Dick Pearson covered the other two bases, and the out- field consisted of Joe Wulfeck, Burton Hoffman, and Vincent Macaluso. The squad was coached by Jerry Pepper, and Edward Obert held the managerial position.

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2 . f qv' Ei ' f L L L- A L '. , ,ij L . 1 The badminton season swung under way about the same time as the basketball season. In order to choose a team, Coach Frank Doherty used a tournament in which the winners were the seeded players. Although Les Rome gained the number one posi- tion in this match, he was replaced in the middle of the season by Joe Cohen. The end of the season saw Ted Gumpert win a silver cup by Winning the final tournament. Other members of the squad were John Seybold, jack McLaughlin, Fred Smoot, and Bud Rosenfeld. Shortly after the initial practice session. the team met a strong opponent in the Monday Night Club. Outclassed by their experienced adversaries, Milford lost the match seven to two. The next match was a different story. Experienced by two weeks of practice, the team trounced a squad made up of the faculty members. The badminton team showed their improvement by holding the Monday Night Club to a three to three tie in a return match. On the whole, the season was very successful for the squad showed a vast improvement and an excellent spirit. CPI BADMINTON