Milford School - Typhoon Yearbook (Milford, CT)

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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

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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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College junior varsity handed Milford its second one point defeat in a hard fought contest on the Terriers' home court. This time the battle was tight all the way with Blake and Cohen pacing the losers with 15 points each. A shot by jim Willcox with less than a minute to play, gave Milford a 45-44 edge and what seemed a victory until Arnold's Strachan hooked one up with 4 seconds to go to put it away for the college boys. In the third away game in a row Admiral Billard handed Milford its third defeat in as many games, 50-40. The fast, hard driving military team was well out in front as the first half ended, but Milford rebounded in the second, and with Blake leading the Way narrowed the lead to 8 points with two minutes to play. This however was as close as they could come and the game ended with Milford 10 points down. Panceina, who scored 20 points was high man for the game, followed by Blake who scored l3. Travelling to Greenwich, Milford ended its three game losing streak by trouncing Edgewood 56-35 and thus gaining her -first victory away from home. Milford took the lead immediately after the opening tip- olf on two consecutive hook shots by Easy Bob Blake, and were never in any trouble thereafter. Although the Edgewood boys held the height advantage they were no match for the maroon and white sharp-shooters who enjoyed their best shooting percentage of the season. Blake, Cohen and Dubord alone scored 43 points with 16, 14 and 13 respectively. As time, tide, and printers wait for no man a full coverage of this basketball season is impossible. The remaining games are with Suffield, Collegiate, and Arnold College. As in the past Milford again will enter the Eastern Preparatory lnvitation Tournament, and with them go wishes for good luck from the whole school. in w1lrrf1111 1- . an