St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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match, the score would stand eight-all and St. Albans would capture the cup, since the other two Coolidge representatives have been eliminated, andCoolidge could gar- ner no more points. St. Albans would then be assured of the deciding ninth point, since Albanites Morgan and Smith would meet in the semis to determine who should reach the finals. Even before its start on April 28, the Tournament was obviously going to be a nip-and-tuck battle between St. Albans and Coolidge, whose representatives early secured eight points. Morgan, seeded first, acquired three points for St. Albans as he advanced easily to the semi-finals, defeating the number one player of Western, 6-2, 6-35 number one of St. John's, 6-0, 6-3, and number one of Wilson, 6-2, 6-3. A warm-up match on April 21 saw the Blues whitewash Western, 9-0. Mor- gan won 6-4, 6-15 West, 6-2, 6-3, Eddy Bellinger, 6-3, 6-13 Jonathan Williams, 6-2, 6-2g Albert Akers, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, and Don Osborn, 6-3, 6-1. In doubles Morgan and West worked smoothly as a net-charging pair, 6-3, 6-4, Bellinger and Akers teamed up and won, 6-3, 6-2, and Williams and Osborn annexed the third doubles, 6-1, 6-0. Their first IAC match occurred the next Friday, April 27, when St. Andrews School made the long trip and lost a heartbreaker, 6-3. Although the Blues captured the singles, 4-2, without the assistance of West, who had a cold, Coach Marion How- ison had his life shortened by five years when it appeared that St. Albans would lose all three doubles and the match. Hopes sank further when Williams and Osborn dropped the number two doubles, 7-5, 6-1, After two hours of a contest that had Blue rooters holding their breaths, Morgan and Bellinger clinched the match with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory. Akers and Faircloth then squeezed out a hard-earned 7-5, 6-4 win, and the match ended: St. Albans 6, St. Andrews 3. In the singles Morgan won 6-4, 6-23 Bellinger, 7-5, 6-4, Osborn, 6-4, 6-35 and Roddy Lucas, 8-6, 6-2. Williams was edged out 6-3, S-7, 9-7, and Akers, playing the fourth spot, likewise lost. Western I-I. S. ...... - . .won, 9-0 St. Andrews - ..... won, 6-3 Friends ........s. I snwon, 7-2 Coolidge H. S. .... - won, 5-4 Landon ..s,ss ..s. 6 s s iwon, 4-3 THE ALBANIAN

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ri TB . i. l lilies if m to 1 , as . , W 3' X , S l K W .. .a . f Standing, left to right: Mr. Howison, Akers, Faircluth, de Wolf lManag'erJ. l Seated. left to right: Ballinger. B. West, Morgan 4CaptainJ, J. Williams, Osborn. T o L. MORGAN, Captain MR. HOWISON B. DE WOLF, Manager HE Albanian goes to press at a time when the strongest tennis team since 1942 is approaching the most critical point in its schedule, and at a time when St. Albans netmen stand a better-than-even chance of capturing the Friends School lnterscho- lastic Tournament. The team has a record of two victories without loss, and Captain LeRoy Morgan and baseballer Bob Smith may soon battle each other to determine who gains the final round of the Tournament. Coming up May 7 are critical matches with Landon and Friends Schools which count in both the IAC and DC Championships, and a match with Coolidge, the out- standing high-school team of the District of Columbia. The Blues are out with blood in their hearts for Friends, which has for two consecutive years robbed them of both Championships with 5-4 victories won in the final doubles encounter. Despite this intensity of purpose, however, they can hardly afford to overlook the Landon team, which is made up of surprisingly youthful and top-notch players who should be, as a whole, unbeatable within two years. Coolidge High School tops St. Albans in points, 8-7, in the Friends tourney, but if Bob Smith should defeat Dick Fink, Coolidge ace, in their pending quarter-final ATHLETICS 1945

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Back row, left to right: Le Fevre, R. Shorb, Munteith, Dittmar, Hobby, Duane, Knipe, Wales, Burdick, Jared Wood. Third row, left to right: G. Eckles, G. Steuart, T. Bradley, Harrity, Truitt, Schulze, H. Chubb, Henry. Second row, left to right: Benedum, Gale, Hollingsworth, Durnan. Clifford, Forster, Block, D. Thomas. Front row, left to right: Andrews, W. Stevens. Willauer, L. Myers. Bagley, Coleman, Maguire, J. Collins. Bab Blue Football HE BABY BLUES has a better-than-average season this year, winning three con- tests in a five-game schedule. After dropping the first two games, they managed to bring the season to a successful conclusion by winning their three Hnal contests. The Baby Blues were beaten 21-6 by a driving Georgetown Prep team in their first encounter of the season. Although the Blues managed to tally late in the game on a pass from Shorb to Willauer, they were outscored by Georgetown. In the next game they fell prey to a strong Landon team by the score of 12-0. The following week they won their initial Victory of the season by winning from a weak Longfel- low eleven by a 21-0 count. Stevens and Collins were responsible for the touchdowns. Having gotten off to a late start, the Baby Blues then won the fourth game of the season by defeating Landon in a return engagement. The victory over Landon was in revenge for the 12-0 defeat the Albanians had suffered at the hands of the Browns earlier in the season. Two touchdowns by Bill Stevens accounted for the Blues' scoring, which gave them a 13-7 vic tory. The Baby Blues won their third vic- tory defeating Friends by the close margin of 6-0. ATHLETICS 1945