Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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SOCCER TEAM Stackpole, Carr, A., Breclunin, Brown Mgr. Gilliatt, Coulter, Chapman, Perkins, Cortesi, Eldridge, Davis, Mr. Koehler Faber, Robertson, Hartmann, Capt. Perry, Bradley, Farrington, Brayton SOCCER STATISTICS 0 Quarters Goals Assists Eval. Pts Perry CCapt. I . 82 2 .. 38 1 Hartmann . 32 0 1 344 Farrington . 26 O 0 239 Coulter . 23 0 0 189 Perkins . 14 0 0 181 Cortesi . 28 2 1 169 Bradley . 26 3 0 154 Brechemin . 20 0 0 153 Brayton . 26 0 0 149 Robertson . . 28 0 1 146 Faber . . 2 1 2 1 122 Chapman . . 2 1 0 0 112 Brown . . 17 0 0 90 Eldridge . 18 2 1 85 Stackpole . 18 0 0 65 Davis . . 1 8 1 0 5 1 Carr . 1 3 0 0 35 58

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Cgdootbalf A green, sweaty, cheerful, but condi- tioned crowd began contact drills during the first week of practice. This crowd, ini- tiating a new formation, the Princeton single wing, started with a store-house of handicaps, but every gap was filled with re-doubled spirit. Shortly, this crowd came to be like on person, it responded, started, and hit like one person, and this made it a team. St. Georgeis ventured north for the first game. Revenge for the previous year's de- feat gave the Milton eleven extra KA- POW. The Ticknor to Ward combination clicked as Arty received the pass from Mal and ran ten yards carrying an opponent on his shoulders for a touchdown. The final score: Milton 21, St. George's 0. St. Sebastian's, who hadnit played the Academy since the 1920's, came here to Milton. It wasn't easy, but after Ash Hallett cut up several of their plays, blocked a punt, and fell on it in the end-zone, the day was under control. Dave Sheehan and jim Hambuchen executed a beautiful screen play, and with some key blocking, jim raced for a touchdown. Milton racked 34 to St. Sebastian's 6. The next week, Governor Dummer ar- rived. On the opening play, Pete Durkee ran a Buck 34 single wing rightf' for 65 yards, tripped, fumbled, but Kim Parker recovered for a touchdown. Milton's tim- ing was bad, but the Team fought hard. In the last play of the game, Dave Sheehan returned a punt through a very amazed op- position for a touchdown. The final score: Milton 19, Governor Dummer 27. Milton lost a heart-breaker to St. Mark's at Southboro. Milton bashed up and down, Art Ward tackled St. Mark's Creel with a whomp that shook the field. Darley Randall smashed through with a wedge for Miltonis only tally. The final score: Milton 6, St. Mark's 7. This was all Milton was going to take from anyone, and the following week an- other team to be revenged got its. Groton came to Milton on November 1, Father's and Sonis day. That day's best was when Esaui' Baker, a tackle, recovered a Milton fumble and ran 35 yards with a key block by Stan Emery. The day's proceeds: Mil- ton 21, Groton 7. By far the season's best game for both sides was against a much favored Noble and Greenough team. The first half con- sisted of beautiful line play, Swett, Baker, Ward, Williams and Olson submarined the Nobles offense to a jarring halt. Mal Ticknor intercepted a Noble's pass and dashed for a touchdown in the third quar- ter. Nobleis Bartlett blocked a punt in our end-zone, and a safety resulted. Milton marched to a cry of KAPOW, as Bill Farnham ran an intercepted pass back 60 yards. Fritz Schwarz did some excellent quarterbacking, and Milton was headed up- field, 10 yards to goal, when time ran out, the score Milton 6, Nobles 2. The season's last game was played against a very heavy Middlesex team. Milton's offense hinged on passes, Mal Ticknor to Win Sargent, and an interception by Art Ward. Dave Greenway broke away on a 41 single wing rightf' with key blocks by Sargent and Olson. The final score: Milton 25, Middlesex 7. There are memories we, the Squad, will always carry. But the best to us are the men who tore us apart, put us back to- gether, and shaped us into a team. Coaches don't come any better, nor more efficient, yet friendly, than Stoky and Cap. Our new C string coach, Leon Harvey tackled a big job well, Louie 'is probably still tap- ing, and Doc Quimby never lacked business on our Squad. These men did more for us than our thanks can repay, but our thanks for some of the best times we've known is all we can give them. Good luck to their future Teams, from a now decrepit but still spirited 1952 Team.

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OCCQI' With five returning lettermen, it looked as if the Milton Soccer Team might again win the Gummere Cup. As it turned out, there was not enough strength and experi- ence for the Team to end up with a win- ning record. In the first game, the Squad looked better beating Brooks 3-0 than it had in any pre-season practice. Frank Davis, playing soccer for the first time at Milton, scored first. Tony Bradley, likewise playing his first year of soccer, scored the second goal. A penalty kick by Phil Perry accounted for the last Milton tally. The next opponent was the Harvard Freshmen. The defense played brilliantly, especially fullback john Farrington and goalie jim Perkins, who held the Crimson to the lone goal of the afternoon. The team might have won an unprecedented victory against the Frosh if there had been a good scoring punch. Facing a powerful Tabor Team, Milton made a very creditable showing until the final period. Going into the last quarter, the score was tied at 1-1, but towards the end of the game Tabor put in two quick goals to win by a 3-1 margin. The Team missed Perkins who had sprained his ankle in practice. The defense again played well. At this point in the season, with the Team desperate for a scoring combination, Cap- tain Phil Perry, a natural center halfback, was moved to center forward. This paid off in the next game, as Milton beat Browne 81 Nichols 3-1, Perry scoring first on a break. Harry Eldridge came through with the other two goals. Governor Dummer proved to be too strong, as their two Liberians each scored in a 3-0 Milton defeat. No Milton player excelled in this game. A windy day at St. Mark's found the Orange and Blue outplay- ing the opposition but losing in a 2-1 game. Henry Cortesi scored the lone Milton goal. Belmont Hill came up with an upset, beating Milton 1-0 as the Team played its worst game of the year. It was the first time a Belmont Hill Soccer Team had ever won a game from Milton. The Team played its best game against Nobles. The opposition scored early in the first quarter, but Ebby Faber quickly put in the equalizer. From there on, Milton kept the ball in the Nobles half of the field most of the time, although there wasn't another score until Tony Bradley found the nets in the third quarter. Ebby Faber scored again and Henry Cortesi put in the final tally to make the score 4-1. Durant, Cortesi, and Perry all played very well in this game. In the final game, Milton faced a strong Graduate Team which was soundly beaten, 4-0. This was the first time in three years that the Grads had been defeated. Faber picked up two goals and Robertson and Perry each scored once, the latteris being on a penalty kick. As the season drew to a close, the Team showed the scoring power which was so badly needed in earlier games. The retum of Jim Perkins also strengthened the Team greatly. Fullbacks john Farrington and David Brayton are to be commended for their out- standing defensive play. The halfback line of Durant, Hartmann and Cortesi proved to be very effective and will doubtless form the nucleus of next yearis Team. Tony Bradley, playing inside, improved rapidly and Faber developed into a real scoring threat as he scored four goals in the last two games. jim Perkins showed the po- tential of being a stand-out goalie in the few games which he played. Perry was the high man in evaluated points, closely fol- lowed Bill Hartmann. Much credit is due Mr. Koehler for his excellent coaching. Best of luck to him and to Captain-elect Bill Hartmann in bringing the Gummere Cup to Milton again next season.