Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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8I'lI'll.S' The Tennis Team lost three of its first four matches, but then proceeded to win six of the remaining eight and tie for second in class in the Interscholastics. After winning only one doubles match against Harvard and being blanked by Exe- ter, the Team lost only three sets in defeat- ing Newton, 9-0. Playing an experienced St. Marks squad, the OBIB lost, 6-3, drop- ping three of the four three-set matches. Sweeping through Belmont Hill and Brook- line, each 9-0, we came up against MIT. Playing out of our class, we won by a 5-4 margin. The Team lost its next two matches, both 5-4, against Cov. Dummer and Andover. The latter loss was the closest Milton has come to beating Andover in recent years. Improving constantly, the Team proceeded to beat Middlesex, 8-1, St. Ceorge's, 7-2, and Groton, 834-2. The St. Ceorgeis score is misleading, however, since five of the matches went to three sets. Weld: Neddy started the season at num- ber seven, and went on to play number one for the last three matches. He had a record of nine wins and one loss in singles and showed very steady play throughout the season. He played doubles in live matches. Nichols: Humphrey played singles and doubles in every match. Playing number one for most of the season, he was a very determined player and showed a lot of ex- perience. He proved his place on the Team by being elected Captain for next year. Cortesi: Henry probably had the most improved game on the Team. He was at his peak in the St. George's match, in which he beat an excellent opponent. His spirit was a help all through the season. His doubles showed a great improvement also, he and Faber had a seven and one record. Perry: Phil, playing for his third year on the Team, had many of the longest matches in the season. He was the deciding factor in many meets, and was constantly trying to improve his position. He showed great improvement in every way, throughout the season. Faber: Ebby was one of the more reliable players and the best fighter on the Team. He was the spark plug of the year, and played good doubles with Cortesi. McSweeney: Having Danny drop from one to six was hard on the Team, but by proving to himself that he could win, he became a greater asset. He played some good doubles with Nichols, at number one, during most of the season. Capt. H. Marlow: Hugh played doubles with Phil Perry, and had a record of seven and four. He played in one match with Weld, which they won. Although his play- ing was erratic, he and Perry helped to de- cide several matches. Woocl: Sydney, a Fourth Classman, with a three-two singles record, will be one of the high scorers next year. He showed a thorough knowledge, and only time will tell when he will become one of Miltonis top players. He played doubles with Weld, quite successfully, in five matches. A. Marlow: Tony played in live matches and had a four and one record. He showed great potentialities, and with a little more determination he can become one of the finest players at Milton. The team is greatly indebted to Mr. Koehler. Without his patience and skill, the Team would not have been as successful, or the season as enjoyable, as it was. Best of luck to Captain-elect Humphrey Nichols and the rest of his squad.

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elddd- fContinued from Page 311 Bird, Walrus, and jasbo were the only ones heard from that summer. They roughed it for a while, till Fritz almost lost a toe. Back at school, we found Pork in Forbes House, the Beed, Fuzz, Heap, and the Rat in Wolcott and Batista and Big Mike in Robbins, all strangers. Twom joined the brotherhood of boarders after years of Day- School bliss. It was this year that Blades and Esau were in Honor French, the class that had 17 full-period tests in the last 20 classes. Not to be forgotten are the post- cards passed from one to another, and Hnally, via Wex, out the Window. Finnie's Five was organized, and included Butch and Vince who kept jazz alive, joined by Twottley. Conrad, making more history, shot an F.B.I. agent and later kidnapped a Boston Common pigeon, which he lugged through the subway alive, finally to have Needlenose stuff it. We began to be mechanized, as Alan, Art, and Hughie got licenses. Frankus conquered Wolcott- age without a rope Organized sporting events were even more rewarding, with Second Team records of 3-2-1 in Football. 6-4 in Basketball, and 6-1 in Baseball. And no more social errors, Harrylv The next September, more of us got a taste of football efficiency, and others, un- der Mr. Kempner, formed a formidable Second Soccer Team. Several members of this Team stuck by their coach through Second Latin, and both Ebby and Phil will remember the day eight alarm clocks went off periodically during a single class. There was also a dim memory of white mice, which had better remain a dim mem- ory. Another historic class was D. Bfs, in the room that tried hard to be a biology lab. There must still be test tubes in the window shade and pellets on the floor, and, if the projector still blinks, it is not Wald, Steven, but that missing fifth of good Scotch. Life under a tree and a tempest gave the H boys some chuckles, and finally, Artemus, say 'EE' with your lips roundedf, Goo. Aside from classes, Phil, Tom, Vince, Charles, and Web had a good deal to do with the movie industry. Tony and Frankus started playing badminton, and the Fish and Game Club flourished to such an extent that Bird and Womby one night were nearly caught poaching at Turneris Pond by Pedro, Carlos, and Win. The three were scared stiff themselves, smuggling a large box back to Robbins House. Eldridge and company attacked VVildcat that winter. Nearer home, sports included torpedoes on the trolley track and an in- cident where two Wolcottagers pressed their luck on a roller coaster. The sands of Provincetown are enriched by one ignition key, since a trip that spring with Conrad, William, and others. How many dirty glasses were found in Losis room fSouse of the Boarderj that spring? And what in- spired Beakis pingpong ball pushing on the walk? We remember swims up at Squeakis pool, and long rehearsals for the Mikado, in which Vic was the first China- man with red freckles that we had seen. But one of our members missed out. Wal- rus was apparently living life as it should be lived, in London and later Paris. With brief but intense celebration, we welcomed freedom that summer, and for some sailors, the welcome Wasn,t so brief. While Win and the shore boys were cough-