Monson Academy - Academy Bell Yearbook (Monson, MA)

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I. V. BASKETBALL The Monson Academy Iunior Varsity Basketball team opened up its season with an impressive 20-14 victory over the Suffield I. V. After a poor start the team was forced to rally in the second half to post their first win. Captain Reed spearheaded the rally with 10 points. In its second encounter of the season Monson ran up against a taller, more experienced Wilbraham team which set Monson back on the small end of a 33-14 score. A hard fought game in which Cushing finally subdued Monson 28-21 was followed by Mon- son's second win over Suffield 24-23. Monson's second game with Cushing saw Mr. Sweeney's I. V. team defeated 20-14. In a return game with power- ful, undefeated Wilbraham, Monson was overwhelmed 55-17. The last two games of the season were with Worcester Academy's I. V. Both games were well fought battles with Worcester coming out on top in both by slim margins 29-26 and 26-20.

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1 1 V . 5' 2- tpa 15 sftrif ft tk t rf. gi . -QQ ffm, ix .Q -ff ' :ff v t. fy , . r 4 . .rs - ll ., .y t....e.......r.,...,,.....,..gt 1 .. ,.. i at .A ww, ,dim Y UONSO ACA EH BASEBALL First Row, left to right-Don Chase, Ken Clifford, Allan Smiley, Larry Reed, Ed Lonczak. Second Row, left to right--Dick O'Malley, Elihu Martin, Iohn Moran, Ed Ellis, Art Dwyer. Third Row, left to right-Coach Sweeney, Irwin Swirsky, Irwin Rosenthal, Paul Welch, Manager Sullivan. Coach Philip Sweeney opened spring baseball this year at Sullivans Field with approximately thirty-five candidates. Only Captain Larry Reed, Ken Clifford, Dick O'Malley, and Paul Welch returning, five new men were still needed. Four of these five positions were quickly filled by veterans returning to the Acad- emy. They are Eddie Lonczak, Art Dwyer, both former Air Corps Men, and Ed Ellis and Iohn Moran of the Infantry. The remaining members of the team are Irwin Swirsky and Don Chase, pitchers, Irwin Rosen- thal, infielder, Richard Green, Elihu Martin, Gordon Gyngell, and Alan Smiley, outfielders. . Two weeks later our initial game pitted us against Williston Academy. It was a closely contested game for the first six frames, at which time Williston pushed across two more runs to make the final score three to one. Lonczak pitched the distance and allowed but two hits, and he should prove valuable to us in the remainder of the season. Although we gathered five hits, it was errors that spelled our doom, In our next encounter against the formidable Wilbraham Academy, our boys fared little better in the error column and again went down to defeat. In the third game we again faced Williston on their own field. Swirsky pitched the first four innings, allowing four hits, and Chase went the rest of the distance allowing but three more bingles. While only giving up seven blows, we were only able to produce three runs on three hits ourselves, not enough to overcome the ten runs piled up by Williston. With three games' experience and more support in the batting column, we are looking forward to a succssful outcome of the remainder of our eleven-game schedule.