St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ST. ALBANS SCHOOL 71 a comfortable lead. The reserves played the last half and increased the lead slightly. The most thrilling game of the year was the finale played at Hagers- town against St. James. St. Albans assumed a small lead at the beginning, but the home team, led by six-foot-three Stewart, cut the Blue advan- tage to one point at the half. With three minutes to play, St. James forged ahead and gained a five-point lead. Then the Albanites came to life and quickly scored three points. With but forty seconds remaining, LeFevre scored the tying basket, but missed a foul-shot attempt. During the tense extra period, the Blues scored five points to their opponents' two. The extra period, incidentally, was the third in four years between the two teams. The three hardest-fought battles were those with St. Paul's, Landon, and Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Although all three were lost, the Blues played their best basketball of the season before succumbing after fierce struggles. Their opponents were highly favored in each of the contests. Against St. Paul's, winner of twenty-seven out of twenty-eight games, St. Albans lost 29-22 to probably the best high school team in Baltimore. That the Blues were fighting against their celebrated opponents is shown by the fact that at the end of the first quarter St. Paul's led only 9-8. Although the eventual winners held a 17-11 lead at half-time, the team surprised their hosts by tying the score at 22-22 with three minutes to play. However, the superior height of the Baltimoreans enabled them to pull away and win. The Landon game proved to be another bitter struggle. The two teams were tied until the last two min- utes of the first half, when two succes- sive baskets gave Landon a 12-8 lead. A second-half rally gave the Saints a 16-14 advantage, but two baskets by Baker from mid-floor provided the winning margin for Landon. Terry and Hannon shared honors for St. Albans, while Amussen and Baker led for Landon. Not at all disheartened by this bitter defeat, the Saints played an excellent game against Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Sinking their long shots consistently for the only time during the entire season, the St. Albans players pressed their fa- vored opponents throughout the game. At the crucial moment, however, when Bethesda led 37-34 with three minutes 1 left, Hannon was carried from the floor l S

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70 THE 1940 ALBANIAN Front row, l. fo r.: Hannon, LeFevre, Schoenfeld. Hare, Terry. Second row. l. to r.: Chcwning. Crawford, H. B, Davidson, Bundy, Holmes, Trimble. Back row, l. to r.: Mr. Bassin, Luebben, Payne, Mr. VVagner. Basketball DEIKEK SCHOENFELD, Capfaiaz MR. A. XVAGNER T CARL LUEBBEN, Manager MR. BASSIN HIS winter St. Albans experienced its most successful basketball sea- son in four years. Although the team suffered eight defeats as against six victories, it lost two games by the narrow margin of two points. This improvement was due to the return of Captain Derek Schoenfeldg of Hannon, high scorer of last year's team, and of Hare, Holmes, and Terry. LeFevre, a newcomer, proved a valuable asset to the team by capably handling one of the vacant guard positions. Three of the Blues' most coveted victories were those over Boys' Latin, Gilman, and St. James. ln the Boys' Latin contest, the Saints played an aggressive game to win 23-17. ln the second period, the Blues scored eight points while holding their opponents to one, in the last half the Latinists rallied but could not overcome their host's lead. Hannon was high scorer with nine points. ln the second victory, the Albanites gained revenge for many previous defeats when they swamped Gilman 28-10 on the loser's court. During the second quarter, the Blues rolled up fourteen consecutive points for

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72 THE 1940 ALBANIAN with a badly sprained ankle. Then the visitors clinched their victory 41-34. Terry, with fourteen points, was high scorer of the game. The three remaining Blue victories were gained over St. Andrew's, Sidwell Friends, and Woodward. St. Albans played a poor game against a much weaker St. Andrew's team and held only a 17-13 lead at half- time. The teams played on even terms in the last half, and although the Cardinal team outfought the Blues, St. Albans finally won 28-25. The team defeated Sidwell Friends chiefly because of its effective guarding of Neumyer, leading District scorer. Successful long shots in the early moments gave St. Albans a lead which was not threatened in the second half. Blue reserves finished the 27-18 victory. In another easy game, the Saints won their sixth victory over a weak Woodward five, 35-23. Of the remaining games on the schedule, the best and most exciting was that against Fairfax which resulted in a close 24-22 defeat for the fighting Blues. Playing without two regulars, St. Albans held the lead until the last few minutes, when Fairfax went ahead. Hannon tied the score with two foul-shots, but in the last few seconds, Butler, high scorer of the game with twenty points, sank the winning basket. The annual contest with Georgetown Prep was another hard-fought game. Georgetown, led by S. Barrett, was a superior team and won by a 44-29 count. The Saints also played a good game before succumbing to the American University Junior Varsity 33-23. Early in the season the Blues lost to a more experienced Episcopal quintet 38-21, were out- played by Baltimore Friends, 34-17. Boys' Latin ....,....... won, 23-17 Episcopal ,..,, lost, 38-21 Gilman , .. .... ,.,.. w on, 28-10 Baltimore Friends ....,. lost, 34-17 St. Paul's ,...... . . lost, 29-22 Georgetown Prep . , . . .l0st, 44-19 American U. V. . . . , lost, 33-23 St. Andrew's . ,..., won, 28-25 Sidwell Friends ........ won, 27-18 Fairfax ,,.. . , Hlost, 24-22 Wfoodward ..., .... w on, 35-23 Landon ..,., , , . . lost, 18-16 Bethesda-Chevy Chase , ,lost, 41-34 St. James H. ... Hwon, 25-22