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

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I., COW'.AN, SFVFRANCIT, ENNIS, CAPTAIN TURNER DAN'Il'S

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1935 SOUTH KENT YEAR Book 1935 counted on for better tennis toward the end of the season. He has line form and only needs practice on the execution of his strokes. Townsend, last year's No. one man, is unquestionably the best player on the squad and has retained his last year's position. Formerly, his serve was his strong point, but, under the direction of Messrs. Patterson and Wagner, he has so improved his form that it is equally as good. For the past two years Townsend, upholding the high standard set by his brother, has been the leading light in tennis in all its phases at South Kent and we hope he continues at college. Bartine, who is the No. two player, has improved his form from an erratic slashing at the ball to a good, steady quality of tennis. He has a powerful serve and a forehand that speeds low over the net. With a little improvement on his backhand, we can expect some fine tennis from him. Baldwin, at the time of publication, has the edge over the other possibilities for the No. four position. He has shown great improvement and is one of the few examples of first year men making the first team. We may expect even more from Baldwin in the future. The positions of Waller and Martin, as well as of Leonard and Whittemore, have shifted around considerably. Waller has missed much practice but is a well' rounded player. Martin, who played No. four for the first two matches, has also missed too much practice to be advanced, but he is a very steady player. Leonard and Whittemore were new possibilities for this year. The former has a strong service but the latter exhibits better form. Townsend and Bartine compose the first doubles team. Because of their fast serves they are a powerful combination but their net play is a little weak. However, any faults they may have might be overlooked as they have not been playing to' gether very long. The second doubles team is as yet undecided. The team lost to Pawling with a 4f3 score. Townsend beat the No. one man, Bartine, the No. two. Milne lost to three, and Martin won in the No. four posif tion. Waller at No. five lost. Whittemore and Leonard dropped the second doubles and Townsend and Bartine lost a well played third set, which decided the match by the score of 9f11. This same team lost to the Kent seconds, but with a slightly different combination and only playing three men, it won over Romford, 3f1. Canterbury was victorious in its match with us, but it was a close match: 4f2. A greatly altered South Kent team took over the Gunnery team, 5f2. Townsend won at No. one, Bartine at No. two, Milne at No. three, Baldwin at No. four, and Leonard and Whittemore at five and six positions respectively, lost. There is, at the time the year book goes to press, one more match to be played with Gunnery. page sixtyfseven

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1935 SOUTH KENT YEAR BOOK g 1935 CREW CREW practice began this spring on April 2nd. A larger squad than ever before reported for the machines, but there was a large element of inexperif enced candidates. However, no boat touched water until a solid week had been spent on the machines, and the quickness with which the crew came to its polished form is probably due to the intensive preparation. The opening race was with the Princeton junior Varsity 150s. The date was set for the Saturday of Father's Weekfend -May 4. As Princeton brought but one boat, the race was a triangular one with our Second boat as the third competitor. The South Kent First boat crossed the line in the very good time of 2:57, and the Seconds finished at 3:05, a deck length ahead of Princeton, which was timed at 3:06. This victory was naturally an encouraging one, particularly for the Second crew, and we looked forward to an excellent season for both boats. Th: boatings in this race and all subsequent ones were as follows: First Boat: Bow, Turner CCapt.jg No. 2, Ennis: No. 3, Severance: Stroke, Cowan, Coxswain, Davies. The Second Boat: Bow, Nellisg No. 2, Echeverriag No. 3, Baker: Stroke, Crittendeng Coxswain, Merrill. The next week was spent in very hard preparation for the Choate race, and time trials showed excellent results. Choate arrived on Saturday at noon and had a trial spin before the race. The Choate Seconds won by a deck length in 2:57, in rather rough water, while our Seconds finished in 2:58. The varsity race was the thrilling race everyone expected with our First boat going into the lead at the finish with an even, powerful stroke to win by a deck length in 2.53. Choate's time was 2.54. The following week was spent in getting ready for Pomfret. Both crews rowed at different times so that the boats would not forget it was only practice and begin an unofiicial race. Pomfret arrived on Friday, May 17, and stayed overnight. Their First stroke was unable to row because of a strained back, so the Second stroke rowed in both Pomfret boats. The first race was at 1.30 and the second at three o'clock so that the stroke might have time to recuperate before rowing again. The lirst boats were off on time and South Kent led all the way until just off the boathouse, fifteen yards from the finish. Here someone washed out and the lead of half a length was lost as Pomfret went into the front. There was no time to catch up and Pomfret won by the customary deck length in 2:49. We finished a second later. The Second Boat defeated the Pomfret Seconds by a deck length. The time was 2.56. This was an excellent race and showed conclusively that the Second boat had approached closer to the standard set by the varsity than in other years. The loss of the Pomfret race has spoiled hopes for an undefeated season, but we can still look forward to ending with a good record. The races remaining are two with Salisbury, a race with St. George's at Newport on May 25th, and the Interscholastic Regatta at Worcester on June lst. This is the best crew schedule we have ever had and for it we have Mr. Cameron to thank. Coach Cameron joins with the squad in thanking Mr. Bartlett for the new motor and oars received this year. They helped out and are deeply appreciated. page sixtyfnine