St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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50 THE 1940 ALBANIAN Front row, l. to r.: Jones, E. Miller, Lcadhetter. Morrison, Chandler, Perry, R. Clemen. Carter. Back row. l. to r.: C. Buchan, A. Clemen, Wolcott, Dunsmore, McCracken, Baird, Huidekoper, R. Oliphant. hundred thirty pounds, aided considerably in securing the trophy pre- sented the School by the District Junior A. A. U. Shorb, Moffett, Perry, Griffin, Bell, Chandler, and Miller were among those who represented the School. The Baby Blue baseball team is one of the hardest-hitting and alert nines ever to represent the Lower School. The competition is so keen that the coaches have not been able to pick a regular line-up. However, Chandler, Knapp, Carter, and Wolcott are the team's outstanding slug- gers, while R. Clemen is by far the best all-around ballplayer. Offsetting strength in these departments, the pitching staff has been weakened by the graduation of last year,s ace, Jimmy Trimble. Nevertheless, with more experience, McCracken and Leadbetter may develop into good hurlers before the season is far under way. Supporting them are W. Miller and Magruder, catchers, and A. Clemen, Dunsmore, Perry, Huidekoper, Bell, Morrison and Jones. Although the team went down in defeat twice in the first two games, they were playing against much older and more experienced nines. Nevertheless, they kept in the ball game until the last man was out, and in the second encounter with Friends's third team they forced their opponents into two extra innings before losing 7-6. In the opening game of the season with the School's third team, they revealed a well coordinated and strong-throwing infield, but dropped an extremely close game, 8-6. The remaining games are scheduled with Cleveland Park, Friends, Landon, and Georgetown Prep.

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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 .

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