Rutgers Preparatory School - Ye Dial Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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standing up, and by Ratti who made a short left-end run. Muha added a score on a plunge through center. Well on its way to the Group III championship, Prep next took on Newman School. The first period was scoreless, but a few plays after the second period opened, Ferd Ratti crossed the line for a touchdown, and Hasbrouck caught a pass from Werner for the conversion. The next score came in the second half on a series of line plunges by Muha, who crashed through the entire Newman team and ran forty yards for a goal. A pass to Kluey was good for the extra point. An un- fortunate accident in this game put Fred Parkinson, our center, out of the game with a broken nose. Rolling in high gear, the Prep juggernaut overcame the Pingry eleven 25-O. Opening the game with a beautiful bit of strategy, Manny Werner received the kickoff and immediately kicked the ball back to set Pingry down to their live yard line. They punted on the first play, and Ratti was stopped 011 his own forty yard line when he returned the ball. Three plays later a pass to Pennington brought the first score. The first play of the second period also produced a score with Muha plowing through from the one yard line. The second team played a major part of the game and did well throughout. Coming up to its game with Montclair a bit over-confident and cocky, Prep was held scoreless for the first three periods due to its sluggish ground attack while its aerials were grounded. The fourth quarter brought the first completed pass of the game from Muha to Kolakowski. The next play was a fifty yard pass to Pen- nington. Two running plays set the stage for the big thrill of the game. Ratti re- ceived the ball from center, ran full speed to the left side of the field, leaped into the air, and shot the ball to the far corner of the end-zone where john Kluey made a beautiful catch off the fingertips of a Montclair man. And that was the ball game, 6-0. Bringing its season to a close, Prep encountered the fast George School team. The first four minutes of play produced a score when Muha charged through center for six points. The third period showed the last touchdown of the season scored by a thirteen yard dash around end by F erd Ratti. The team emerged from the battle undefeated, untied, and possible Group III champions. I N Thirty-Nine'

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FOOTBALL Capping a three year losing streak with a magnilieent display of tight and determination, Rutgers Prep achieved the enviahle goal of an undefeated foothall team for the season of NSS. XVhen. at the opening ot school, Coach Petke issued the call for players, an unusually large group reported for practice. Throughout the autumn the tield beside the Delta Ilouse was the scene of great activity and much conscientious work, which, under the ahle coaching of Mr. Petke and Mr. llolley. resulted in an unlmroken string of victories for our tireless team. Starting its campaign against a strong Morristown team, Prep unloosed its power and scored early in the hrst quarter with a touchdown hy George Kluhag Kluey's conversion made the count 7-O. The next score was the gem of the game. Ferd Ratti, running hack a punt. was hit hard and ftunhled: the alert tlim Penning- ton snatched up the hall and left the hewildered Morristown team standing in its tracks as he ran 55 yards for a touchdown. Morristown now pnt in its hid and quickly scored a goal. minutes hefore the half ended with Prep leading 13-6. Once inore in the last half, Prep pounded the goal line. which Ratti crossed for a score from the six yard stripe. Rutgers Prep won the game 19-6. incidentally, Norris- town was the only team to cross our goal line all year. This was their tirst defeat in two seasons. Opening its First home game against Kingsley. Prep pnt on an exhibition ot' near perfection. both on the ground and in the air. as it trampled its opponents for a 38-O victory. George Mnha threw three pay-oft' passes. one to Pennington, one to Kolakowski, and one to Kluey which came as the final gun sounded. The other scores were on an intercepted pass hy Tony Gwiazdowski. who crossed the line Thirfy - Fig hi :Z- -Will'

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BASKETBALL Basketball, this year, filled its usual position in the life of the school and followed the tradition of being the most popular of the school sports. It was not far ahead of football though, as the gridders came through their season undefeated, while the basketball team dropped all the games outside its class. However, the team won all the games against Group III teams, thereby gaining undisputed right to the state championship, even though there was no Group III tournament. Winniiig the title this year brings the number of consecutive championships to three. This record can be attributed to the fine work of Mr. Rudy whose thorough understanding and able coaching have developed three winning teams. A call issued for candidates early in November brought forth some thirty-odd hopefuls who, after a week or so of fundamentals, were separated into the juniors, who continued under Mr. Holley, and the varsity squad consisting of Bill Harper, Jack Bartow, Harvey Moynihan, Charles Morfit, Ed Kolakowski, Bill Hasbrouck, jim Pennington, John Schmidt, and Jim Wells. After the Christmas holidays the team gained a valuable asset in John Kluey who had remained idle until then, rest- ing a shoulder which he had injured during football season. During the month of December the squad practiced each day developing the various abilities of the indi- vidual players and learning the offense and defense prescribed by the coach. Hours were spent perfecting the zone defense and the fast break attack. Since Bill Harper, John Kluey, Jack Bartow, and Harvey Moynihan were the only players left from last year, Mr. Rudy had to drill his new charges in his style of play. The loss of Joe Tretsky, around whom last year's defense was built, was noticed soon after practice started, but during the regular season, John Kluey's accurate shooting and steadfast defense work compensated for the loss of Joey. After Christmas. work started in earnest and the team began to prepare for the opening game which was scheduled for january 14th with Perkiomen. The night before the game, how- ever, snow fell to a depth of eight inches and, because of the length of the trip and uncertain condition of the roads, Mr. Rudy decided that the game should be can- celed. The letdown of the tension of the players was great but they recovered enough to trounce their opponents in the game which opened the season three days later. On January 17th Prep met its arch-rival, Pingry, in the local gym for the first game of the season and defeated the visitors by an overwhelming margin. the final score being 43-24. Prep scored first and led all the way, while the weaker Pingry five struggled vainly for the advantage. Kluey showed himself to be the spark-plug of the team, ringing up eighteen points: he was followed by Bartow with eight points. Mr. Rudy watched closely for defects. which were none too few, and started smoothing them out during the next practice. The lineup along with the numerous substitutions showed the positions of the squad as follows: forwards, Has- brouck, Kluey, Morfit, and VVellsg centers, Harper and Kolakowskig guards, Bartow, Moynihan, Schmidt, and Pennington. The next game which was played against Newman School of Lakewood ended in victory for the Prep five. This game showed a decided advantage all the way for Mr. Rudy's team and brought the championship a little closer. Three days later the first defeat of the season was suffered when Pennington overcame the local team by a lop-sided score. The home team was outplayed throughout the game. and only once, in the third quarter, did Prep make a stab at taking the lead. Then on Friday afternoon after a light workout in preparation for the Morristown game. a telephone communication was received cancelling the game. It seemed that the Hu epidemic had laid low three players as well as the Morristown coach. Forty .,,,, ,. A