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

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Baseball htepthusiaistic group of boys airsweriil Eloach fiolleyf iall to base- x i f' Sn a prac ice a er spring vaca 1011. o overs rom as year were Bill Pfaff, jack Betz, jack Livergood, Lefty', Ewing, Iack Christ- X field, Art Schneier, Ted Mi11de, George Nebel, and Li11 Lee. Other C2lIldldt1tCS included jack Newto11, John Swallick, Walt Potosky, George Tracy, Ierry O,Brien, Steve Menhart, Bill Sheehy, Don Miles, Al Conhagen and Tom Behringer. The season ope11ed with three not-so-successful games witl1 South River, Sayreville, and Highland Park. The tables were t11rned in the next two games, the Prep team trouncing Newark Academy 8 to 3, and Jamesburg 5 to 4. The next two games were 1111successful, constituting a fairly eve11 opening season. Games sched11led for the remainder of tl1e season include, among others, those with the following: Woodbridge, Jamesburg, South River, Lawrenceville, Newark Academy, and St. Peters. Left-Right . lst. row: Schneier, A., Ewing, W., Conhagen, A., Newton, j., 0'Brien, G.,.Menhart, S., Behringer, T.: 2nd row: Minde, T., Tracy, G.. Christneld, J., Betz, J., Sheehy, W., Swalhck, J., Miles, D.: 3rd row: Starr, J., Potosky, W., Pfaff, W., Livergood, J., Lee, L., Nebel, G., Mr. Holley. Page furry-four

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ST. PETERS A week later, on January 12, St. Peters High visited us. Prep's tight zone defense was too much for the Petreans to fathom and they finished on the short end of an 18-15 score. SOUTH RIVER On January 14 the team played its first away from home game with South River High. The contest was almost a duplicate of the first one, with South River again victorious 33-25. This game saw Al Conhagen, leading scorer for the season, start his high scoring spree with six field goals. The game was lost in the first quarter when Prep was behind 10-2. ST. PETERS A return game with St. Peters at Columbia Hall followed. St. Peters, away to a fine start, led 13-6 at the half and held its lead through the third quarter. Fred Klein entered the fray at this point, stole the ball repeatedly, pepped up the team, and turned what had seemed certain defeat into a 22-19 victory. JAMESBURC Playing on the stage of an auditorium at Jamesburg High the following Friday, was a new experience for the boys. The game was fast, but largely de- fensive. Prep matched Jamesburg in field goals, but could not match their foul shooting, since only one foul shot was awarded. Jamesburg won 17-13. SAYREVILLE Back home again the next Tuesday, with Sayreville High as the opposition, the team turned in an easy victory 21-15. The entire squad saw action and coasted along after an 8-1 first quarter. WOODBRIDGE Woodbridge High arrived on Friday, February 4. They looked much too big and old for our youngsters, but appearances were deceiving. After an even first half, Prep gradually drew away to win 25-21, with Conhagen, Schneier, and Klein doing most of the scoring. METUCHEN The Metuchen High game was a heart-breaker. Up to this time the Jay Vees had been a great second-half team, playing with poise, and putting on a strong rally to finish each contest. This was an exact reversal of form. Leading 17-9 at the end of the third period, they blew up completely to lose 22-19. NEW BRUNSWICK The second game of the week took us to New Brunswick High to play the Colts. The boys enjoyed playing on the fine big floor with its fan-shaped back- boards, but could not quite hold their opponents in check. Although Klein and Lee scored 15 points between them, their two opponents did a little better with 18. In spite of a fine second-half rally, the Colts held on to win 27-24. JAMESBURC Weary and discouraged after two last minute reverses in one week, the Prep team had still a third game to play on Friday. The opponent, Jamesburg High, boasted eleven straight victories, one of them at the expense of our team three weeks before. The outlook was dark, but Steve Menhart did not seem to know it. Putting on the best one-man show of the entire season, Steve threw one- handers from every angle, dropping seven. Even so, Jamesburg led 22-21 at the end of the third quarter. Field goals by Krauszer, Conhagen, Klein and Menhart in quick succession, turned the tide and resulted in a 31-22 win. Continued on page 47 Page forty-rhrre

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