Severn School - Yearbook (Severna Park, MD)

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ANCHOR 8: WHEEL g Al- 1 . . -I-'ff 'I 'I .f 13 0-Pound Football THE 130 candidates reported for football practice the latter part of September. They came out regularly, with high ambitions to annex the championship in this division for the fifth consecutive season. After several weeks of practice an inexperienced team met and defeated Forest Park thirty to swabo. The following week the team traveled to Gilman School and won another victory by a score of twenty-six to swabo. During the next few weeks the team showed steady improvement and were now ready to meet their rival, lNIcDonogh School. Severn team played McD0nogl1 School on a field of mud. The result was a touchdown and a safety for eight points in favor of the Cadets. During the next few weeks the team was busy getting ready for the last game of the season. Gilman came to Severna Park and the Severn team came out ahead on a twelve to zero tally. Severn's team was ready to put up a great fight for the cham- pionship. McDonogh School was to be the contestant in this fray. If Severn won, there would be a tie for championship honors and if they lost, hIcDonogh would gain the trophy. The rivalry between the two teams was intense. When the final whistle blew, Severn's team led thirteen to six. The team as a unit should be congratulated on their fighting spirit and determination to practice in order to have a good team. A large part of the success goes to our coach, hlr. De Bell.

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ANCHOR 8: WHEEL . A AA - Junior Varsity Football ISY virtue of their exceptional coaching ability Mr. Halsted and Mr. Peek rounded out of twenty-five unpromising, but willing, would-be football players a team that out of eight games won five, lost two, and tied one, to finish third in the Maryland Junior Var- sity League. The J.V's got off to a good start, defeating Poly by a score of 13-0. St. Paul, in the next game, put up a stubborn battle and the final score was 6-6. City College fell easy prey to the B Squadders, as well as Mount St. Joseph and also Forest Park. McDonogh and Gilman, however, proved too strong and marked the only two defeats of the season. The climax of the schedule came in the last game when Severn defeated the strong team from Landon High in Washington. This game was put on ice in the second quarter this year and ended with the Landon team on the short end of a 14-0 score. Probably the most interesting, as well as the most exciting, game of the season was the Gilman game. The strong Gilman team scored their total of 14- points in the first few minutes of the first quarter. Then the Severn team settled down and held that line. The second quarter found the Gilman boys on the defensive with Severn rushing constantly nearer their goal. In the third quarter Severn scored, but the try for extra point failed. The fourth quarter ended with the ball deep in Gilman territory, the score 141-6. The B Squad made another good showing, completed a success- ful season, to everyone's hearty approval without a casualty.

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ANCHOR 81 WHEEL W- -A - A 118-Pound Football A green and inexperienced 118-pound football team, coached hy Mr. Paul V. Hoover, sallied forth like knights of old to battle with Gilman for the first game of the season. Although Severn fought desperately, and, in the earlier moments of the melee, almost suc- ceeded in obtaining a touchdowng they returned home on the wrong end of a 6-0 score. The maroon hoys next met the mighty little Cadets from Mcllonogh who retained the upper hand, winning the contest with a 21-0 tally. A return game with Gilman resulted in a sea-saw affair for the first two quarters. Gilman, in the third quarter, broke through the maroon line to score. In return, Sipple of Severn magnificently running half the length of the field went over for the first touch- down of the year. Gilman succeeded in scoring later in the game to win 13-7. Severn journeyed to lNIcDonogh for a return game. VVallowing in a field of wind, rain, and two inches of mud, it was a combined fight against the forces of nature and the strong Mcllonogh team. The game ended all too sadly in favor of the Cadets with a score of' 14--0. The following game with Annapolis High culminated in a 7-0 defeat. As a climax to a rather disappointing season Severn met the high-spirited legions of St. Paul's Academy and through complete and synchronized co-operation smashingly defeated them hy a huge score of 35-0.