St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ST. ALBANS SCHOOL 8 1 with two out in the ninth, an easy grounder went through the legs of a St. Albans inielder and two runners scored to win the game for Woodberry. The team has some consolation for these two defeats in the fact that both were caused by committing errors and not by being out-hit or out- pitched. The game with Gilman was the closest, most exciting, and best played contest of recent seasons. The Blues' 2-1 victory was especially enjoyable because they beat a pitcher who had two no-hit games to his credit this year and a team which had won nine straight games. But the believe-it- or-not element in this feat was the fact that Captain Hare, who had never pitched a game for the School, was called in from the outfield to go the entire distance against him. Gilman scored in the first inning on a triple and an error, but from there on until the end it was a pitching duel between Plitt, of Gilman, and Hare. The Blues tied the score in the fifth, when Hare was hit by a pitched ball, stole second, and scored on LeFevre's single. They won the game in the last half of the ninth, when Cromelin, who got on base by an error, scored on Terry's hit. - So, although two games have not yet been played, the season is already a success. And the team will long be remembered for its fighting spirit and its ability to come from behind and win. Next year,s team will have many veterans as a nucleus for a successful team, as only four members of this year's starting line-up are leaving School. Alumni .......,. . . . Georgetown Prep ...... St. Andrews ,,.. Episcopal ......., , . . Woodberry Forest Gilman ..,,... Landon .,.,. McDonough . . . WOl'1 , WOI1 won lost, lost, won lost, lost,

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80 THE 1940 ALBANIAN and two infield outs. The varsity tied the score in their half of the first on singles by Cromelin and Hare, a sacrifice by Hannon, and a long fly by LeFevre. The remaining four runs were all scored in a fifth-inning rally. The Blues won their second game, 7-S , over Georgetown Prep. They got off to an early four-run lead on Hannon,s double with the bases full in the first inning. Georgetown retaliated with two scores in the third, but the Blues scored a run of their own in the same inning. In the seventh, they scored again on LeFevre's triple, and in the next frame com- pleted their scoring with a single run. Georgetown added three points to their total in the eighth, but the rally fell short. Dave Davidson, who allowed but five hits and fanned nine, pitched outstandingly. Continuing their winning streak, St. Albans next defeated St. Andrew's 3-1. While Trimble was giving up but four hits and striking out nineteen, the Blues picked up a total of eight hits. Hare scored the first run in the third inning, when he singled, advanced to second on a walk, stole third, and came home on a wild pitch. I-Ie again scored in the fifth. The final tally was made in the sixth inning on LeFevre's walk and stolen base, and on Hannon's single. The opponents' run came in the ninth on a single and several poor throws. Against Episcopal the team met its first defeat, 8-7. Though outhit, the Blues held a one-run lead until the seventh inning, when two singles and two errors produced a pair of runs for the eventual winners. In the eighth, Trimble relieved Davidson on the mound, but the Blues gave him poor support, and Episcopal scored two more runs, bringing their total up to 8. In the last half of the same inning, St. Albans scored twice, but the rally fell short of tying the score. Woodberry Forest made it two straight defeats for the School when they defeated the Blues 6-S. Trimble went the route on the mound and limited Woodberry to six hits. St. I Albans opened the scoring in the second inning with one run, but their op- ponents recovered with one run in the third, two in the fifth, and another in the eighth. The Blues showed their aggressive spirit by rallying in their half of the eighth to produce four runs and a one-run lead. Cromelin's double was the big blow of this inning. But

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82 THE 1940 ALBANIAN Abow: Sc'c'110 of l'I'C'C'l7f biking r'xj1r'rli1'i011s of fha Sain! Albans Trail Club, on fbi' SlJe1umzl0alJ River naar ClQarlcs1'0w11. Lefi: Four 77?C'll1!7f'fS of ibc Club staffing 011 zz hfkr from Sexton Sbvltcr, rzvar Rauzsc'y'x Craft, wcsz' of Slaunion. The Trail Club A NEW organization was instituted in the School this year when a group of veteran hikers formed the Saint Albans Trail Club. lnterest was first aroused in hiking three years ago, when Mr. Phillips, a member of the Appalachian Trail Club, led Alexander, Schoenfeld, Terry, and Hare into the Virginia Blue Ridge for a week among such colorful haunts as White Oak Canon, Hogback Mountain, and Mary,s Rock. These hikers met early in the fall this year and elected Mr. Phillips president of the Club and Hare secretary. They also drew up a consti- tution, which states that before any prospective hiker may join the Club he must take a probationary hike with some of the members. On this basis of selection Rowell and Piggott were admitted to the Club, and they accompanied the veterans on an extended Easter trek down into the picturesque Shenandoah. On this trip two members turned in an unusual performance, cover- ing thirty-two miles in less than eighteen hours of day-and-night trek- king. Leaving camp in the middle of the night, they hiked by moon- light to a distant mountain, on the summit of which they cooked break- fast and watched the sunrise. Turning back, they arrived in camp by mid-afternoon.