Severn School - Yearbook (Severna Park, MD)

Page 50 text:

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.

Page 49 text:

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.

Page 51 text:

. -i ,,...:,i .. .5 ANCHQR .sr WHEEL 'XX are . Varsity Soccer AFTER a few weeks' heavy practice the green Severn team opened the soccer season by journeying to McDonogh and losing the opening tilt by the score of 4-2. The Maroon and White consist- ently outplayed the veteran Cadets, but lacked the ability to score. Time and again our team would take the ball up the field only to overshoot the goal. McDonogh earned their tallies by rebounds, and a sure booting club. Two days after the holidays we were hosts for the strong Poly team. We held this experienced outfit to a single goal in the first quarter, but Poly broke through to win by the score of 5-0. Our next guest was City. We held them to a 3-0 score. This was the first game in which our booters really clicked. St. Joe was next in line, and they departed from Severna Park on the long end of a 1-0 win. The score indicates very little. Although our opponents put up a good fight. we kept the ball almost all the time. but lacked the punch to place the ball between the uprights. Forest Park was our next victim when they dropped a close game by a 3-1 score. Again we showed that we could keep up our winning streak. In the return game we defeated them 3-0. The green and white men put up a good fight but could not hold off our smooth working forward line. In the final game of the season Gilman managed to hold us to a Q-2 tie. We scored too early after the opening whistle and this really kept us from winning the game.