St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ST. ALBANS SCHOOL 75 Hardest fought match was that of 135-pound Captain Michel Rizik, who lost the decision because of lack of aggressiveness. Having been led to expect an extra period, he apparently planned his match accordingly, only to discover at the end of ive minutes that the referee had over- ruled the original decision. The closest contest of the season was that with McDonogh, who won from the Blues 19-13. After two extra two-minute periods, Baird Snyder lost an extremely close match. Another long bout, but somewhat rougher, was Allison Miller,s last-minute victory, in which after securing five near-falls, he finally pinned his opponent in 4 minutes and 58 seconds. Rizik and jim Bell were also winners against their McDonogh oppo- nents, Bell throwing his man in 3 minutes and 26 seconds, and Rizik gaining a hard-fought time-advantage. Throughout the bout, Bell had the advantage, securing two near-falls, and winning easily with a well executed Princeton Lock. In the Hrst meet, Eastern High School won six matches, while the Blues won only two. The most exciting match was Rizik's defeat, after his opponent gained a slight advantage in the first period and finally in the second downed Rizik with a spectacular high-bar and body hold. The two winners in this opening contest were D. Gaillard and Snyder, both of whom threw their opponents with a crotch and half-nelson. Most crushing defeat of the year was St. Andrew's 40-19 conquest. However, in this defeat the Blue matmen showed great improvement over last year, and next year the team promises still greater improve- ment, for at the close of the second-team matches the score was only 13-11 in the Red team's favor. Outstanding among the first team,s matches was Captain Rizik's decision in an over-time contest after obtaining .several advantages by freeing himself from his opponent,s grips and almost pinning him. In the eyes of Mr. Clayton, the best progress was made by Jim Birney, who learned more for his first season than any other. Rizik was a good captain for his aggressiveness and fight to winf' The coach's chief regret is that the limited enrollment of the School does not allow more candidates for wrestling- but if we are able to give more time to wres- tling in the Lower School, I look for one of the best teams in this section of the country in the next few yearsf'

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74 THE 1940 ALBANIAN Front row, l. to r.: Bell, Gadd, Rizik. R. Buchan, D. Gaillard. Second row, l. to r.: LeFevre, Cromwell, R, Winant, Hutcherson, Birney, Seal, E. Toense. Back row, l. to r.: Ham, Collin Moore, R. Toense, J. McClure, Snyder, P. Gaillard. MR. CLAYTON MICHEL RIZIK, Capfaini cc LTHOUGH the teams lost all three of their matches With other schools, commented coach Tom Clayton, I believe that they more than made up for their defeats by Winning the District Junior A. A. U. Wrestling Championship. He added that even in their defeats the boys did Well, considering that this was the first full season from Thanks- giving to Easter. With sixteen out of eighteen entries reaching the finals in the A. A. U. meet, and with six of these-Alvord, P. Gaillard, D. Gaillard, J. Bell, W. Chandler, and Moffett-Winning their class championships, the team totaled 17 points more than all the other competitors combined. Shortly after David Gaillard secured the quickest fall of the evening by pinning his same opponent of last year in 1 minute 28 seconds with a double wing, Alvord downed his man in the short time of 1 minute 35 seconds with a modified spread-eagle. i

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76 THE 1940 ALBANIAN Seated, l. to r.: Doyle, Chewning. Cooper, Lee, R. Myers, Standing, l. to r.: Stephenson, Mr. Goeltz, Quizgle. Mr. Howison. Tennis REGGII2 COOPER, Crzjntain MR. HOWISON COURTNEY SUNDAY AND DAVID STEPHENSON, Managers MR. GOETZ Cv ITH five of the seven lettermen returning from last year's District of Columbia and Interstate Athletic Conference Championship team which won thirteen matches and lost only one, the tennis team looked forward to a stellar 1940 season. Then Maurice Cowan, last year's num- ber one man, did not return to Saint Albans, forcing every man to move up one bracket and thus greatly weakening the team. Also the services of number ,four man, Manger, were lost for over half the season through sickness, and those of number five man, J. Myers, for the whole season by a back injury. Despite these setbacks the team, led by Captain Cooper, has lost only three matches out of the eight played to date. With a good two weeks' practice behind them, the team started well with an easy S-2 win over McKinley Tech High School of Washington. Cooper, Chewning, Lee, and Doyle, playing in that order, all won their matches with the loss of only one set. R. Myers dropped the fifth singles in a hard-fought three-set match. Cooper and Chewning won the first doubles handily and the second was defaulted to Tech.