Milford School - Typhoon Yearbook (Milford, CT)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL As winter approached, the Milford School sports activities moved from the gridiron to the court, where coach john Gannon selected his varsity team from a large group of aspirants. Those qualifying were, Bob Blake, Russ Dery, Dave Drexler, George Du- bord, Joe Levine, Bob Murray, Al Phillips, Jim Will- cox and Channing Wood, all of whom showed much ability and spirit. Much credit is due to Mr. Gannon who is serving his nrst year as head basketball coach, for his never ending effort and patience. ln the first game of the 1949 season, the Milford Red Devils lost a thriller to Collegiate, last year's Eastern Preparatory Invitation Tournament winner, by the close score of 46-43. Milford led from the opening whistle until a minute before the close of the first half, when the 'iYellow and Blue tied the score at 16-16. In the second half, the accurate shooting and the superior height of the Collegiate Five told the story as the Milford team trailed by a few points throughout. Bob Blake, the Milford pivot-man was high-scorer of his team with 15 points The Milford hoopsters retaliated for their first defeat by drubbing Hamden Hall, 65-19. The first period was played on even terms, but in the second stanza the Red Devils took fire and from then on there was no doubt as to who the victor would be. Captain George Dubord scored 19 points for the winners and was closely followed by Blake, who connected for 18 markers. Fine defensive play was turned in by Russ Dery and jim Willcox. Playing their first game on a foreign court, Milford tasted bitter defeat at the hands of a smooth oper- ating Suffield team, 49-51. The Suffield team, which averaged six feet-four inches, took control at the opening buzzer and was never in any danger from the hard-fighting Milford five. The over-all smooth- ness combined with the height advantage made the

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Left to right: lst row-Lish, Eliachar, Iny. 2nd row-Masri, Mutis, Gutwurzel, co-captain, Roca, co-captain, Dachner, Schneider, Greenberg. 3rd row-Greenblatt, Spiegler, Stolz, Muroff, Stern, Kutai, Blum, R. E. Morris. 4th row--Eckardt, Leirner, Glaser, Raines, manager, Valery, Prizio, Murray, Pastore. SOCCER TEAM This year the soccer team was a highly improved one over that of last year. Though we had lost some good men from South America, we made it up with others from south of the border and Palestine. Back from last year for the Red Devils was Eck- ardt, Muroff, and Roca. New on the list that starred this year were Gutwurzel, Dachner, Mailhos, Mutis, Leirner, Sachs, Stern, and Valery. The co-captains this year were Gutwurzel and Roca. The games were played by a spirited team which was the main reason for an improvement in the win column over that of last year. The competition this year was tougher than was expected. Suffield, Chesh- ire, and Hillhouse were our biggest headaches during the season although we lost each game. Our opponents who didn't give us as much trouble although we had to fight for our victories, were West Haven, Fairfield, and jesse Lee. This year we had the exclusive use of our own field, which was also one of the main assets for our handling the ball in an easier fashion. Some of the games that were played on the Milford field were real thrillers, such as the Hillhouse event, when Mil- ford dropped the encounter by four to two, during a series of disputed goals. As the season ended the Milford booters found themselves hepped up and began to score a number of deciding rallies in the games that followed. Before the boys had realized what had happened, the season was over and they were putting their uniforms away until next year.

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Orange and Black the strongest opponent of the season. Dubord again led the Milford scoring with 12 points. Returning once again to their home court, the Red Devils evened their record at 2 and 2 by defeating University School 47-29. With Dubord, Blake and Cohen leading the scoring with 16, 13 and 13 res- pectively, the Milford quintet began to roll up the score after a very close first half. Meeting the first college competitors of the season, the Maroon and White Went down to a heart- breaking 55-32 defeat at the hands of the Bridgeport University V. After trailing by 10 points at the half, Milford came back strong and worked its way into the lead by one point with less than a minute to play, only to have Ramik win it for the Bridgeport team with a long set shot. This time Dubord held the scoring honors for the game as well as for Milford with 12 points. The Arnold VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM Left to Right: lst row-Drexler, Willcox, Dubord, captain, Murray, Wood 2nd row-Debrovner, manager, Blate, Phillips, J. Cohen, Rottman, manager. Y fg D29 gxfw 1 : ll K Y , Mg ' l I 1 f l X ll