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

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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

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lt was still :m miimpressive l'rep team that faeecl l.awre1leex'ille ancl lost lw a score ol 5-l-IZ, .-X lone hrst plaee was eapturerl hy lfarley in the 50-yarcl freestyle. ' llutlolfs took seeoucl in the lOO-yarcl lmaekstroke, aml the remainder of the team's points were from thircl plaees taken by Gosse, lO0fyartl freestyle. Coacl, 220-yarcl freestyle. Mohr. l00-yard lmreaststroke. :mtl Maltlianer, clixe. ,Ns in the yxsllllff' llarli meet, we lost lroth the relay atttl the metlley. ln the return meet with ,'xSll1l1'Y Park, Prep lost again. hut nearlv clotihlecl the point score of its lirst meet. XVith seeoml places in hoth the 50-yard'freestyle :mtl lOO-varml haekstroke macle ln' livzms aucl Ruclolfs. and a first aml thircl in the flive. l'rex macle a lmetter showiuj in this meet than mreviously. Thircl Jlaees were l 2 l 1 taken ln' Mohr, IOO-varrl lrreaststroke. Gosse. lOO-yard freestyle, Coacl. 220-yarcl tm tht clxtx 1 t t .O tit freestvle. and Rolfe. rlive. xlZllllllLl1Cl'iS Hrs ' ' i 'X vz s h- hiffhest illclivirl rl Prep iseore. The hual tally was :XslJt11'y Park 51 3 Prep 15. The last meet of the season was against Veclclie. lieeause of our early victory over Him. and Htm's sulmsequent win against Petlrlie, we had hopes of wiiming this meet. Unfortunately, we rlifl not win. but at least we macle the seeoncl largest Il1ll1llJ0l' of points seorecl in a meet this season. Prep took three first plaees: lfvans in the 50-yard freestyle, Ruclolfs in the 100-yarcl luaelcstrolce. and Nlalthauer in the flive. Three thircl places were eapturemlz Mohr. 100-yarcl lmreaststrolteg lrlyllll N70- vartl freestvle, aml Coatl, 220-varcl freestvle. One seeoml plaee was macle by Rolfe in the clivei. Altlitmttgli Rolfe only twelve years 4 mlcl aml has cliverl lmt twiee for the team, his skill has surprisetl evervone and has earuerl him a place on the team. 7 J 21 The linal seore of this meet was Perlilie. 4-51 I' rel. Forly-Thaw'