Morristown School for Boys - Salmagundi Yearbook (Morristown, NJ)

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FOOTBALL No greater tribute could be paid to Charlie Nevin than to state his outstand- ing record as football coach. This year he turned out his fourth undefeated team in seven years at Morristown. At the opening of the School year, the strength of our squad was uncertain. But the first game, a 31-0 victory over Rut- gers, forecast an excellent season. A few days later, a determined team now gaining momentum, overran Pingry. Morristown walked off the field with a well-earned 26-0 victory. The third game, an encounter with our ancient rival, Carteret Academy, proved the closest of the year. Carteret ran up the first score of the season against the Crimson. However, Morristown main- tained its good record and triumphed by 21-13. Morristown gained an early lead which climaxed in a sensational 80 yard touch-down run by Walt Elsaesser. Then, in the second half of the last quarter, Car- teret came back to score on a combination pass and break-away run which covered 90 yards. During the final minutes, the West Orange team was able to score again with a 30 yard run on a pass. Perhaps the greatest test came in a clash with the Bordentown Military Academy J.V.'s. A wet B.M.I. field, soggy from the constant drizzle, slowed down the power of the Crimson. Though further handi- capped by injuries to two players, the Morristown eleven succeeded in pressing through to a 12-0 victory. With the fourth straight victory of the season over Hun School, Morristown con- tinued in its meteoric path. In rare form, the team had little trouble in administer- ing a 33-0 defeat to their visitors from Princeton. The final 27-7 victory over a weak Newman school aggregation closed a re- markably successful year. This year's team was built around a real triple-threat player, Captain and Quarterback Walt Elsaesser. Jimmy Schultz, the team's leading scorer, played at half-back. Jack Regan ably filled the blocking back assignment. The passing was handled by Jack Martin, with Jerry Pangburn, an all county end, as a re- ceiver. Tribute muSt be paid, also, to the strong support of the line consisting of Charlie Traverse, end, Al Lowry and Win Hopkins, tackles, Fred Main, cen- ter, and the guards Kim Igleheart and Chic Meehan. But, more than anything else, this year's undefeated and untied season is attribu- table to something which always sets apart Morristown teams, something which only a coach like Charlie', Nevin can in- spire, a fighting spirit that rises with the size of the obstacle.