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

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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

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excellent basketball and deserved to win. The game with Morristown which had been postponed earlier in the season followed, and the Prep quintet took their opponents in their stride, scoring twenty-nine points over Morristown's twenty-Eve. The season was completed a week later with a contest against Kingsley School which clinched for us the Group IH title. Kingsley succumbed to our faster, more powerful team which scored continually, running up a 39 to 16 tally. The record at the end of the season stood with six wins, all of them over schools in Group III, and five losses, all to schools in Group IV. Prep's winning of all games in its class, and especially its defeat of Newark Academy who claimed the honor, gave to Rutgers Prep undisputed right to the title of champions of the Group III Prep schools. A SWIMMING On the whole, this year's swimming team was better than last year's team. Although Coad, Rudolfs, and Gosse were the only veterans from the last season, Coach Reilley and his assistant, john VVinter, were able to build a fair team out of the many newcomers. While the team swam to only one victory in its tive meets. that was still an improvement over the previous season when Prep had no wins to its credit. About the middle of the season, a meeting of the team was called to elect a captain. Bill Rudolfs was nominated and elected in short order and capably ful- filled the duties of the office to the end of the season. Perhaps the best explanation for our first and only victory is that at the time we swam against Hun School, our team was in better condition than it was at any time during the rest of the season. As there were few colds, it was possible to hold uninterrupted practice for a month before the meet. Unfortunately, after that meet school had to be closed because of a flu epidemic, and. when practice began again. recurring colds and a general lack of enthusiasm did not help to make a win- ning team. On January 20th Prep took to the pool for its first meet and beat a highly favored Hun School team 39 to 26. VVinning the medley. the relay, the 100- yard backstroke, and the dive, Prep scored an impressivevictory. Malthaner and Rudolfs placed first in their events, the dive and 100-yard backstroke. Second places in the 50. 100, and 220-freestyle, and the 100-yard breaststroke were taken by Evans. Gosse, Coad, and Mohr. Third places in the 100-yard backstroke and the freestyle were taken by Geipel and Flynn, Lamberton and Cook placing third in the 220-free- style and dive, respectively. The medley team composed of Rudolfs. Mohr, and Davis won a thrilling race by inches. In the 200-yard relay Evans, Gosse. Flynn. and Farley fininshed several lengths behind the Hun team, but two of their men jumped their marks, thus disqualifying their team and giving Prep the victory. The next meet of the season with Asbury Park was the most disastrous. Coming a month after our first victory in a year, it was a severe blow to the team to lose this meet 58-8. Farley's second place in the 50-yard freestyle was the highest indi- vidual score. The remaining points, all third places, were made by Rudolfs. 100- yard backstroke. Mohr, 100-yard breast stroke, Coad, 220-yard freestyle, Flynn, 100-yard freestyle, and Malthaner, dive. Forly-Two