St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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t gh GML L LClg I d AC Todd Baby Blue Basketball HE BABY BLL ES record thxs year can be traced to two definite factors namely laclc of talent and lack of hustle The team had ln Mrlce Muller perhaps the best elghth grade center m the cxty Mrlce was a consrstent hrgh scorer and an excellent playmalcer rm Lemon, first strung forward, was also an excellent scormg punch and Laurle Hardin was a fine guard and a consistent hustler Aslde from these three boys however, the team defimtely lacked basketball abrlrty The team opened its season on anuary 17 losmg to Landon 30 23 on the vlctors court Mlller as expected carrxed the entlre team scormg 15 pomts and flgurmg lh most of the play malclng On February 2 the elghth graders lost to an excellent Georgetown Prep team The Blues played one of thelr finest games m the first half and left the court at rntermxsslon with a 10 5 ad vantage Prep however proved to be the better team when the pressure was on and came from behlnd to wm 33 22 Mlller led the Blue efforts wlth 15 pomts and Dell was hlgh for Prep with On February 8 the Blues played their flrst game on the St Albans court ln thls game they downed an average Longfellow team 38 20 Mike Mxller was hrgh scorer wlth l7 pomts but was closely followed by lm Lemon who accounted for l5 The following day February 9 the Blues played Sldwell Frlends for therr hnal game of the year The game played on the home court was lost 25 19 Fast breaks and close guardlng were the deciding factors m the Frrends vlctory Lemon and Hardm were outstandmg for the Blues LOWER I-I l l First row. lel lo ri I: . c can, Sarnoff. . Hardin. M. Miller, J. Beall, Eccleston, Lemon. . I ue, Fuller, Ganson Purcell. Second row. left to right: S. Smi h, E. T. Miller, Bullis, Marsh, Lin ley, . . Moore, . Third raw, Ich to right: L. Warner, Meyers, Eager, Mr. M'cGehee. Achilles. Fillius, Bailey, J. Johnson. v , . . . ' 9 , . , . . J . - . , 1 Q - r y 9 ' . , . ' 9 9 ' - i , l4. , . . - . , ' l , - 1 9 u , , ' n S C O O L 1 9 5 0

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tt Hdg M h LML Hrd I gh g y TddWMGh I g HII ll McGh EGML Ldly Baby Blue Football HE BABY BLUES football season was not an exceptionally successful one this year Of their four games they won one tied one and lost two Perhaps the backbone of the team s attack was the combination of Larry Bullls Laurie Hardin, and Mike Miller who were lnstrumental in many of the team s scores The season opened w1th a hard fought 7 0 loss to Landon on October 18 at Landon The Browns made the only score in the second period wlth an end run from the eight Later in the game the Blues sparked by Bullis Hardm and Miller made two sustained drives, but failed to score On November 2 the Baby Blues fought a Friends team to a 6 6 tie at St Albans Frlends made tts single tally durlng the second period on a fifty yard end run As the game was going rnto 1ts closlng mlnutes Blll Fuller plunged over from the Friends six The converslon failed and the game ended a tie The only WIH came on November 15 when St Albans crushed Landon 3413 on Sarterlee Field Star of the game was Lo ke McLean who scored two touchdowns on 65 yard runs and one conversion Touchdowns were also made by Brll Fuller Laurle Hardin and Mike Mlller and conversions by Larry Bullis Laurie Hardin and Mlke Miller The final game was a 19 0 defeat by Frlends on November 22 at Friends Outstanding play ers for St Albans were Gilchrist and Hardin We wish this years Baby Blues the best of luck in their careers in the Upper School and hope that next year s team will have an extremely successful season THE A First row, lef o right: o e, arsh. S. Smit . Lemon, Bullis. . c ean. L. a in, Fuller. Second row, left o ri t: Leonard. J. Beall, Eager, L. Cla ue, Me ers. o , . c e ee. Third row, le!! lo righl: Eccleslon, Gilchrist. W. Barnes, K. White, Mengers, Winston, Schoenfeld, Achilles. Fourth rar, left a ri ht: o eman, Bemard. M. Mi er, Mr. e ee, Samo , . c can. in e . , . . . ' 9 9 9 9 ' 9 9 9 ' ' 9 9 ' 9 9 9 9 , ' . . , . 9 ' ' . C , - , - 9 9 9 9 9 ' . . . , . . . 9 , .

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First mn left If ugh! Ganson Purcell johnson Holleman M Miller Lemon F Brown L Warner G McLean j Beall .Sv nd row left lr nghl Achilles S Smith L Clague Rlce Bullls Gxlchnst Eccleston Fllllu ,l Gerstenfeld Baby Blue Baseball HE BABY BLUES thxs year, wxth a schedule of seven games, showed promlse of a good season Two pltchers, ack Beall and Laurle Hardin, together wxth catcher Mxke M1ller, formed an efh cxent battery Other strong pomts were oxer Purcell at rhlrd base and Vernon Holleman on second Although the team lost xts hrst two games both wlth Landon , Mr George B McGehee beheved that the1r prospects were good for the rest of the season He saxd that they could wm any or all of the remalmng games The first game, w1th Landon, was an 8 2 loss, played at Landon on Aprrl 13 Pltchmg for the Blues was l'lard1n, who dld an excellent job The St Albans runs were scored by FFSHCIS Brown and Mlller ln a return game on Aprll 18, at St Albans, the Baby Blues were edged out 7 6 when two runs were walked 1n by Beall durmg the last mnmg For St Albans, Miller and Purcell each scored twlce and l-lardm and l-lolleman once Five games remamed to be played when thxs was wrxtten two wlth Georgetown Prep, two wxth Sldwell Frxends, and one with Landon Best of luck to the team m the remamder of the season THE ALBANIA ' ', 1 ' : , , , . A . , . ' . . . . ' ro . 1 ' : ' .. . ' . . , ' , ' , ' ' . . ' ' s. . . Third row. left In righl: Mr. McGehee. Fuller. Marsh. Eager. Leonard. Lindley. Meyers. L. Hardin. Todd. - ' v