Pomfret School - Griffin Yearbook (Pomfret, CT)

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THE SQUAD Left to Rrght Standrng Mr Strong CCoachJ Engllsh Appleton Hellstrom Heublem Smxth A Dorr Gray Evans Hall Pope Howard A Mr Twxchell fCoach7 Seated Morrrs Mclntosh Rowe Godfrey Hannerz fCapta1n7 Muhlenburg McK1nney Hatch ter Weele THE SOCCER SEASON Although soccer has always been a popular sport at Pomfret tt has lam dormant smce 1945 Thts year however under the excellent tutelage of Mr Strong and Mr Twrchell and under the able leader shlp of Nils Hannerz lnterscholastlc soccer has been revtved The first game at Munson Hugh School culmxn ated rn a 4 O defeat of the Pomfret contngent Thls game rn spnte of the one sxded score was hotly con tested all the way and the Red and Black gamed valuable experience which was brought mto full use rn the next encounter Indeed the follownng contest on the home held declsrvely defeat tts opponents the Munson Academy unxor Varsrty 4 0 In thts hrghly entertarnmg game N rls Hannerz who booted two scores Jay Morr1s a one goal man and Pete Howard excelled for Pomfret The next game agam wrth the Munson Academy ayvee team thts ttme at Munson proved to be the closest of the sertes The final count was 2 1 an favor of the Red and Black Hannerz and Howard who both tallted once and Deane Gray were the spark plugs for Pomfret The hard fightmg Munson team scored tts only goal on an expertly placed penalty shot Pomfret split the season by droppmg the last game of the campargn to a supernor Munson Hrgh was consrdered a success and much credxt must go to all who made lf what lf was iw fi , tif J K? A cc xt J ,gleafg 04-9? 11- - ll- . . . ' Q . Q S - J , ' ' , saw a much rejuvenated Pomfret eleven skillfully and team, 4-0. In the overall picture, however, the season J . . X ' l . . . . . . n , 1' QQ, pf-7 l , 'Nf I' gl Q X ff I f 4 g N vs, , N X f -7- 7 ' lp J N54 1X Jxc:-3 f X N XX m , ' fa ' Ks f , l Lf N X ......- AVY ,Q-di ff -'L-11' i

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THE VARSITY FGOTBALL SEASCN Lookrng back rt rs hard to remember the hopes and dnsappolntments the YICIOFICS and losses the feelrngs of satrsfactron and reproach that make up any athletrc season Probably few Pomfret football teams have begun a schedule mth as hrgh hopes as thrs 1949 team and yet flnrshed mth as poor a record But the records alone are 1 mrsleadrng rndex to 1 teams success Desprte the loss of the first four games thrs year the Hnal two contests wrtnessed a well orled Pomfret machrne turn rn superb per formances The only thrng to regret now rs that the begrnnrng was unlrke the end Thus 1949 football team had no rndrvrdual stars Mrllard Bryan and Smrth on the ends Somervrlle Sprague and Captatn Srmonds at the tackles Srzer Yi' 41 Grove and Wrlde guards Mallory and duPont at Center all made up a somewhat rnexperrenced but determlned lme Hrnsdale Ransom Lee Baran Goodale Langdon and Payson formed an average prep school backfield nerrher excepnonally fast nor slow Perhaps one of the most remarkable thrngs about thus team was rts amazrng unrty whrch can only be attrrbuted to the ceasless efforts of Coach Mansfield and hrs assrstants Messers Nagy and Francis Next years team wrll be bolstered by the return of twelve lettermen led by Captarn elect Mallory May they play throughout the entrre season as thrs 1949 team played at the end' THE SQUAD Lett to Rrght Standrng Wellrnc fManagerJ Mr Nagy CCoachQ Grove Cate Soutter duPont L Mrllard Krng Smith Boyer Langdon Somerville Adams J Floyd Brngham duPont H Carroll duPont V Whrtney Wrlde Nevrlle Davrs R Pond Mr Francrs 1Coachy Bensrnger Mr Mansfreld fHead Coach? Seated Sprague Ransom Srzer Slmonds CCapta1nQ Mallory Hrnsdale Bryan Lee Kneelrng Andrade Reynolds Goodale Baran Robb Hard Lunger Lyon Long Payson Warner Denotes Lettermen gas , . . Y. t . , . . . L P L . , , , ' f ' f 1 . . ' ' ' , ' ' K V I 5 . . , 1 - s , A r . , I , , - 1 W , , . . I ' G 3 7 R , . . v w 1 I r . , r L 1 . , ' . r I ' . ' ', ' ,, ' ,ar , 1 u ' as .- . , - , , . Y . - 1 . , Y 'I ' i . . , . . . -, , . , -, , , -, . a , , . an . , . -, . . , . . - - , 4 ' Q ' ' 3 4 ' i II Q ' , I . . , , . , - - , , , O K , , , , , , . - Q xl. ., 1 C Boa, W .. ' 1