Pomfret School - Griffin Yearbook (Pomfret, CT)

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Varsity Basketball Although the basketball team was sure that its future lay in behind-the-back pass- es and hook shots, they finally yielded to the cry of, All right you guys, three linesl , and thus the l953-54 hoopsters plunged into another campaign. This year produced a few victories. a lot of laughs. and a laboring of Hymn Number l65. known to those who were fortunate enough to travel with the team as . , and Holy Ghost. The claim to fame of our basketeers is that they are the highest scoring team since records were inaugurated with the arrival of Coach Mansfield in l943. They accumulated 7l2 points in fifteen games for an average of 475 per contest but. unfortunately, were plagued by a porous defense which saw an even greater number of markers poured through their own strings. As for the record, let's just say that they reversed last year's good 9-6 slate. Despite a fine group of shooters, the club was materially hampered by a lack of height and a poor defense. i C e Schaeffer Tower. Capt.. Strandes. Elsas Back Row:

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Front Row Left to Rught Quarruer Wheele Langman Second Row Pratt .sjtq Q13 4 1 Burgess Ayer Foehl Straus Capt R Patterson Cluthe ter Putnam Van Schauk Pattruck Seymour W jackson Lamnatos Paune Greenman Cooper Knox Back Row Brown Asst Coach Cameron Carleton Bergman Baune Baurd Mcluone Feusner Crouse D Baker A Morgan W Cooper Hamulton Spuva Hoff Weaver Anderson Coach Ruchardson Denote letterman the next game agaunst Monson Academy lnot to be confused wuth Monson Hughl Pomfret agaun battled uts foes to an over tume penod Thus tume though neuther team was able to score and the game end at a l l tue On October I7 the and Black booters journeyed to Suffueld After two tughtly played games the team seemed to crack up Unnecessary penaltues and poor playung on the part of Pomfret brought the team uts second defeat 3 l The Wulberham game on dance weekend was next on the schedule lt was a fuercely contested game However thus tume Pom fret was outplayed by a superuor team and went down to defeat 3 l In a return match wuth Monson Hugh Pomfret pulled up uts socks and started on the come back traul The score of thus game was 3 2 un favor of the Red and Black Tom Langman s two goals and Ruck Cluthes sungle tally gave the soccer team uts furst wun over Monson sunce they have been on the soccer roster as well as the teams furst wun of the season ln the two remaunung games agaunst Kungswood and Avon Old Farms Langman Cluthe Foehl and ter Wheele all dented the twunes to pace Pomfret to 3 l and 3 2 vuctorues A new occurrence on the soccer fueld thus year was the organuzatuon of some V games by the new assustant coach Mr Brown Although the team s record was not overly umpressuve ut gave a chance to many of the up and comung substututes vvho had not played un a varsuty game to get some actual experuence The 3 3 l record of the varsuty us not any world beatung season however after only two years as a mayor sport the soccer team has shown utself to be defunutely here to stay Congratulatuons are un order to Coach Pete Ruchardson at the end of hus second year of mentorung the team and to Captaun Brad Straus who was an unspuratuon throughout the whole season Vruqf ulznu fu 1 ul . I ,P 'A X G 9, I X . , A H ' lf . 17 ft 1 X K 'l ' .,-4 , ,X ' , ' t M g A aff.. 44 1 5 ' t - , . Iv, V -tl? P ,fx - ' 1 .af V ' l ' ', E... -1-V ', ' . -uv r f ur' ' - , ' . if - J' ' , V ' l 35.25 1 o--V I Z vi ed - A , Red

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The zenith of the teams fortunes was reached at mid-season when a pressing man to man defense surprised Griswold High School and Avon Old Farms and en- abled us to score two upset victories. Our loyal rooters, led by Elmo, Jr. Pesh. and tne hockey team, saw some tine visiting teams and individual players led by Tabor Academys powerhouse, lim O'Connor, and Tourtellottes Ted Vriga. The most cele- brated and appreciated visitor of the sea- son, however, was Avons 6' lO captain, Walkerg he was uncomfortable on our floor until we opened up the sky-light so he didn't have to stoop. Pivot's gentle but persuasive nudgings kept the big boy from getting out of the back-court while lay ran between his legs stealing the ball away from the astounded behemoth as he did so, Captain Pete Tower learned that the world did not end with every Pomfret de- feat. He developed a sportsmanlike rather than a tense attitude which strengthened his character and led us in the right direc- tion. Uberimus Cole was Mr. constant of the attack. Although we were all disappointed to hear that, due to a statistical miscalcula- tion, his shooting percentage was not .709 as first announced at the lettermen's din- ner, his driving legs, push shot and ref bounding gave us our strongest lift. lay l.et's Play All Our Games At Home Elsas was the crowds favorite. Blessed with the keenest of all our keen eyes, his shots and his ability to steal the ball away from the big wheels of the opposing teams brought the biggest roars of the season from the balcony. Heinie i'Iohnston Strandes wondered what would happen if he took more than his one outside shot per game and found that he could sink that long, odd. one hander almost at will. Pomfret's athletics should be indeed rosy within a few years. junior Pivots Schaef- fer turned in a fine job at center. doing most of what rebounding we did. and scor- ing the third highest number of points per season on record. Rick Cluthe and Hank Wingate were our fourth form lettermen Rick has loads of natural athle- tic talent while Hanks serious. determined approach to the game sets a wonderful example We wish V954-55 the best of luck and leave to them three lines.