Pennington School - Penseman Yearbook (Pennington, NJ)

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Ever since soccer was started at Pennington as a varsity sport back in 1931, the success of the team has been measured more in enthusiasm and participa- tion than in number of games won. This year was no exception. The team gave many boys their first chance to play soccer, and in that respect it was a suc- cess. The record of the Pennington booters for the 1954 season was a poor 0 wins and 6 losses. The first game was played on October l, away, against the old arch rivals, Central High School. The local kids , who were well coached and well organized, whipped us 4 to 0. Mr. Don Pugliese, commuting from Trenton every day, was handling our coaching in fine style until he changed his job and had to resign as coach. He was replaced by an able young man from Trenton State Teachers College, Charles Champ Harcar. The Red Raiders, many of whom had never played soccer until this year, were continuing to improve. The next game was another tough contest against Blair Academy at Blairstown. We came out on the short end of a 7 to l score. Gordon Stanley, our second year center half-back scored our firstgoal ona scrimmage in front of the Blair goal. Our next game was on the 15th of October against Pennington Central at home. It was called off because of hurricane Hazel, and re-scheduled for October 27. The next day, Saturday, October 16, we journeyed to Bordentown to play B.M.I. We went out in front midway in the first period on a long boot by Stanley, but B.M.I. came back with one in the third period and then, with a few minutes left in the game, they scored again to win Z to 1. We played unbeaten and unscored- upon Trenton High next, but were no match for them. The final score was 3 to 0. On October Z7 the Central High game was called again because of rain. On November 1 the game with Perkiomen was cancelled because of snow and wet grounds. On November 3 the Pennington High game was played. It was a very closely fought game and the only goal was scored on a penalty kick by Pennington High's inside right. On November 10th we played against the State Prep School champs at Lawrenceville and were out played 6 to 0. This year there were only two returning lettermen on the squad, Mark Cohen, who played well on defense and the forward line, and Gordon Stanley who was a stalwart at center half-back, plus getting our two goals. Stanley also captured second team honors in the 1954 All Regent Team. Art Smith had never played soccer before, but after a few days he was quite at home in the twines and, at the end of the season, made an honorable mention berth on the All Regent Team. Rafael Pina, our aggressive little center forward also gained honorable mention. We wish the best of luck to the 1955 soccer team and all the soccer teams to come. 63

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