St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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48 THE 1940 ALBANIAN I Front row, l. to r.: Dow, VVenley, Hempstonc. J. Crittenberfzer. Second row, l. to r.: Murphy, Wolcott, Morrison, G. Bell, E. Miller, Leadbetler, Reeves, Knapp, M C k C t c rac en, ar er. Back row, I. to r.: Hawkins, Iselin, C. Buchan, A. Clemen. C. G. Parker, Poland, Ford, Dunsmnre, J. Parker, Monroncy. Lower School Athletics LTHOUGH this year's Baby Blue football team was very inexperi- enced both in the line and the backfield, they nevertheless looked im- pressive in two of their four games. ln the second game of the season they downed a slightly lighter Landon team 13-0. Early in the first quarter Captain Leadbetter dashed thirty yards for the first score, and McCracken made the conversion on a line play. Later, Wolcott inter- cepted a Brown pass and ran for the second touchdown. The team halted several spirited Landon rallies in the final period, but could not threaten seriously again. In the final encounter of the season the Baby Blues played a fine de- fensive game as they held a more powerful and experienced Landon third team to the extremely close score of 7-0. Landon, having made their only touchdown in the second quarter, was forced to halt the strong Blue attack headed by Wolcott and McCracken. The other two en- counters saw the Blues lose heavily to a superior Friends team. The sixth team completed another season undefeated and narrowly missed being unscored upon. They brought home an overwhelming triumph over Devitt, and two convincing victories over Landon and

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ST. ALBANS SCHOOL 47 HK, I y .L J H , A . .f ull V. W in , -S M,-by Pl'f'Sitl1l'lIf Wll.LIAM VAN DUSliN WISHARD Vin'-P1'r'sirfw1l' Svvrefrzry WILLIAM BROWNING SELBY PLTER FRANK TAPKE Tl'l'd.K7l7'f'V FREDERICK PHILLIPS MCCORMICK-GOQDHART Frfmf row, I. to r: William Prescott Martin, Robert Edwin Mann DuBose, Frederick Phillips McCormick-Goodhart, William Browning Selby, William Van Dusen Wishard, Peter Frank Tapke, David Eliab Wood, V, Robert Roosevelt O,Donriell. Bark row, I. fo r.: Michael Echegaray, Philip Noble Powell, Edward Cortlandt Parker, Jr., Peter Albert Sturtevant, Henry Sears Lodge, Dudley Allen White, Jr., David Huntington Rumbough. Abseni: Calvin Robert Cafritz, Adolfo Cosmelli.

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ST. ALBANS SCHOOL 49 Friends. In the second game with Landon a shifty Brown halfback sprinted sixty-hve yards to make the only points scored against the School eleven all year. Jordan, Cushman, Ferris, and Huidekoper were stars of the team, although the entire line is due much credit for its amazing defensive record. The Baby Blue basketball team, although it scored only one victory in three games, nevertheless handled the ball proficiently and played as a coordinated team. Because many of the boys lacked experience, much of the daily practice was spent working on fundamentals. Yet, at the end of the season, the team appeared to be a first class outfit. Although they dropped the first two games with Friends, 8-10 and 7-12, both could have been won by the Blues until the final moments of the fourth quarter, and were characterized by the hard-fought and fast play of both sides. The lone Blue victory occurred near the end of the season when they completely shattered a weaker Landon defense and compiled the con- vincing score of 28-9. The substitutes played the same team the follow- ing week and lost an extremely close contest by the margin of one point, 12-11. Outstanding members of the squad were Leadbetter, McCracken, Chandler, Morrison, Dunsmore, and Poland. The wrestling team, under the leadership of coach Tom Clayton, was much better organized this year than ever before, and many boys took wrestling for their major sport. The program of intramural matches was climaxed by the annual Blue and White tournament in March. The best boys in the various weight classes, which range from fifty to one Front row, l. to r.: Charest, C. G. Parker. Perry. Leadbetter, Poland. Chandler, Dunsmore, McCracken. Second row, I. to r.: Fletcher, W. Ernst, A. Clemen, E. Smith, Sayler, S. Birney, J. Lee. S. Moore. Back row, l. to r.: C. Buchan, E. Miller,lBaird, Ford, Huidekoper, G. Bell. l .