Principia School - Blade Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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This years B basketball team gave Prtn its first undisputed B division championship since l932 The Beezers had a record ot six stra ght victories until the last game with Iohn Burroughs We lost this game 29 25 in an overtime thu making pos sible a tie for first place w1th Burroughs Ten days later Country Day deleated Burroughs 20 l8 thereby giving Prin the championship With a record of six victories and one defeat for the season ln almost every game the Bee-zers took control from the first quarter on but then there are games like the last Codasco game in which we came rom The squad had an exceptionally fine spi it of team unity The boys who lettered are Van Pelt lag Beckett Hartman lanowitz Silva Willie lag was the high point man with 38 points for seven games Cap tain Merwyr Van Pell was second with 35 points Prin totaled l56 points against 125 for their opponen s The Beezers were truly a tean Mr Craig and Mr McCandless could be proud of E H Buck Row left to right Mr Craig CCo::xcHl Iagg Icmovr Stlxa McCollum Lynch lblanagerl Front Row le!! to nght Beckett Van Felt tC,aptcxml hu trnan 56 I W , . behind to Win 2l-18 after being badly behind at the halt.

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I s K ,ua I HSK .W XJ QW' UZ' Q :I fl Back Row left to nght Blanxs Alt Harnln fCapta1nJ Bacon Abbott Front Row left to nght F Wnght S olers Buxcquet G Clark Weld1ng th1s year s team around tour returnung letterrnen Coach Laugh lm gave Prlncxpla one of the best basketball teams tt has had stnce they won the champlonshlp 1n 1932 The Blue and Gold played 13 games wmmng 8 and losrng 5 The team got oft to a fast start before Xmas vacatlon WIDHIIIQ two ln a row However they cane back and dropped four out of the next SIX games two of them ln overtlme t1lt Cornmg out of thls slump the boys won 4 out of the ftnal 5 losmg only to the champlonshmp Burroughs team The h1ghpo1nt of the season was the game agamst Pembroke Country Day from Kansas C1ty whlch we won 57 31 Hlgh pomt men for the season and Prtr' s representatlves on the league all star team were Dlck Alt and Edde Vtfngnt Nme boys recelved thelr letters and with only one returnmg pro pects fo n xt year arent so good but when the t1me rolls around galn we wlll all be out there pulllng for you 55 J' ,N ' , - 1 ID .y-,S KN ,C L, 1'-,fu l Al ,ai 3, 'HV' L . h 'I ,J , 'X I I , I. v ' -- 'S I U ' I F lg 4 1 F' 5 1 'l :xi s I -Ns 1 If HL' g J I 4 V - x ' J .X .J 1 1, , J XM tx 1. 93' JL so . X. lx , I . ' , 5 X . , A 5 A 5 il 9 .,V y I if ' A lX R ,X ,V I E B i . 5--W M g u . ' : .. I ,laun I , v ' ,I I Q . . . . Q . U , l . , 1. Q ' . l . . C L . 4 , - I I I . . 1 . , . . . - l . , ' . ' , s r e ' , . G . . . I

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Back How left to nght M McCandles oachl ar St a ntrre 'S file Hertler M French CCoac D PllC'l16 Clvfarageh Front How left to nqht M Gee Pxke C a k S The C team started the season wtth a green mexpenenced bunch of ooys Tney Came along slowly at f1fSl out nevertheless they drd tmprove and at the end of the season they were lUO better than they were at the start Although they dtd not rank nlgh rn the percentage column vftnntng floor and expressed many of the qualttres whtch tt ts the goal of all Prtnctpra teams to achteve Because of an overabundance of smoll oo,s thts year We had a D tea n Under Coach Van Velzer they d1d very welt W rtnrnq 3 out ot 5 ga tes Yes ndeed we are proud of our gtar t ktllet Back How left to nght Front Row left to nght C7 , ' : r K J s YC , Campbell, laws, F rgrreve, . M :I ' T'..2,G- . A ' M: C H A A, R ,l A: , f:'f KCC-Capfitnl, Cextscn Pafes - l , V , . V l . C 1 . , . . 4 A v. . only three out of seven contests, this years C team were great sports on the :' r l lv' ' I , ' . V l is' ' rr . . , C. 'l I WS. . ' : E' Lf E Mine' 5' .'z': if l.fi'.tr: 'I' fi' 'fin 'fe , ' : ' ' 'fzrniex Him' F1 '.f'.i