St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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