South Kent High School - Yearbook (South Kent, CT)

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1935 SOUTH KENT YEAR BOOK 1935 , l Standing MR. BAR1-Lu'r'r, PULLMAN. STURGHS, PNNDLE, EASTBURN, MANAc:im GILLISPIE Sitting Tiiomsulm. MERRELL. NlfWHALL, CAPTAIN MCCOUN, MACPHl'RSON, MOORE, Los BASEBALL N April 2nd the South Kent Ball Club held its first official practice. Five letter men reported together with a promising hunch of kids. The rookies showed up well and Coach Bartlett told reporters that he prophesied a successful season. Manager Gillespie did well in his new joh and helped the team hy his hard work and suhtle wit. A prefseason practice game was arranged with Kent High to test the team and give some needed experience and confidence. This game showed general weakness, hut especially in pitching and hatting. These defects were remedied hy putting Merrell hehind the plate and McCoun on the mound, with Moore as relief pitcher. There followed several days of concentrated hatting practice. On April 24th Salishury came down to take a game l6f8. The team was sloppy, and little improvement was shown for the effort put forth. Spirit, however, was not lacking, and hetter playing was to he expected in the future. A snappy Romford team gave us a lesson in play on the 27th, when they stole the show 12f5. Our fielding showed up very hadly, hut pitching and hitting were improved. page sixtyffour

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1935 SOUTH KENT YEAR Boox 1935 Two days later, on January 28th, the sextet met Roxbury at home. This was another fairly sloppy contest, with South Kent on the short end of a 2f1 score, The game was very erratic, although the second line played well. On Wednesday the 30th we defeated Gunnery 5f3 in a most exciting game on our rink. Going into the last period we were behind 3-1, but due to the fine spirit on the part of the entire team and particularly the good playing of Captain Merrell, McCoun, and Turner, we came out on top. The following Saturday South Kent subdued Berkshire 4-1 in another home game. Although the ice during this game was a bit sloppy, it was interesting hockey to watch. Crittenden and Severance stood out very well in this encounter. On February 6th our sextet met the only really superior team of the season. We journeyed to Lakeville to play Hotchkiss and lost 2f1 in an overtime period game. The work of Macpherson at goal during this match was laudable. Lenox was defeated on February 13th, in our return match with them played up there. The score was 5f1 in one of the best games of the year. The ice was good and the team seemed to click in such a way that we ran up a good score, with Turner and McCoun paving the way. This was a satisfying result and revenged our former defeat. The following game was played in the New Haven Arena against Roxbury. This was the first time that a South Kent hockey team had ever played on indoor ice, the score was a 3f3 tie, the teams being evenly matched. Severance and Mer' rell played their defense positions with real ability. The last game was at Washington and ended in a victory for us over Gunnery by the close score of 3f2. This match was played the day after our experience on the indoor rink at New Haven, and we considered it well done to defeat Gunnery again when they expected a decisive victory. Captain Merrell, McCoun, Turner, and Townsend all played well, perhaps because it was their last game for South Kent in hockey. A week or so after the end of the season the annual Hockey Banquet was held. Letters were awarded and next year's captain elected. A great deal of thanks as well as credit should be extended to Coach Cuyler for this year's happy season. We know the record would have been poor without his able coaching. page sixtyfthvee

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1935 SOUTH KENT YEAR BOOK 1935 By concentration on batting, we got the best of Kent High on May lst. However, the fielding was very weak. Captain McCoun showed his strength to the admiring audience by hitting a triple. On Father's Weekfeiid, May 4th, the team came through in fine shape, beat' ing Gunnery 7f6 for the first time in five years. This was in every respect a good ball game. Gunnery made their last two runs in the seventh inning and just missed tying the score. McCoun came through again for two more threefbaggers. The team showed improvement all around. The Kent 2nd Team defeated us 14'13 on the home diamond in a very sloppy game. Kent got fifteen hits in five innings, and we got fourteen errors. However, South Kent garnered 14 hits on the offensive, but faulty base running cut down the score. The next week, the team lost a hard, close game to Kent, 3fO. Merrell and Los pulled a double play, and Newhall caught a hard liner, while McCoun allowed only five hits. South Kent had fifteen men left on the bases. Three major victories followed, Canterbury was downed at South Kent when the home team hit ten times safely with Merrell and Moore hitting triples, McCoun blowing himself to a pair of doubles, while Newhall singled twice out of two trips to the plate. Canterbury was not able to bat against speed and McCoun had little trouble in holding them to three hits and retiring 11. On May 22nd, Pawling, fresh from a victory over Hotchkiss, played the team on home grounds where was witnessed the closest and most exciting game ever played at South Kent. With the score tied 4f4 for four innings, two extra inf nings had to be played before the deadlock was broken when Newhall crossed the plate on an error for the winning run. The black and scarlet team made nine hits off the three opposing hurlers while McCoun held the opponents to six blows. The team gave him good support while Eastburn and Macpherson ran away with the fielding honors, the latter turning in one of the most consistent games any inflelder has ever played at South Kent. South Kent travelled up to Lenox on the 25th of May and scored its first win over Lenox in four years with McCoun hurling South Kent's first no hit-no run game and fanning 12 men while he also led the batting with Macpherson. The score was OfO for five innings and then combining errors with timely hits, five runs were made in two innings. Three more games are left on the schedule, Ridgefield, Romford, and Gunf nery. If the team continues its playing of late it will come through the season as South Kent's strongest nine. The work of Mr. Bartlett in coaching the players has been inspiring and instructive, to say the least. page sixtyffive