St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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second strung All Prep honors Bob Alvord a savage blocker who brought the spectators to thelr feet wtth hrs sensatxonal pass catches ohnny Broome who rarely lost ground on hrs famous 37 reverse and Woody Hubbell startmg wmg back untll mcapacltated by ll'lJUl'lCS These were backed up by ohnny Skllllng and Don Tredenmck who shone on defense as fast hard hrttmg halfbacks Phrl Bohart alternatmg between guard and back and spark llng at both spots completed the team Through the benefxt of pre school practlce the Blues were agatn ln good condltlon and functlomng smoothly when the season opened The tradltlonal smgle wmg and unbalanced llne attack was agam employed and clicked for consistent gams throughout the season Favorlte ground gammg plays were quick opemng bursts through the lme by Leach hard savage bucks by Somerv1lle and sweepmg reverses by Broome Frequent and accurate passes by Somervxlle and Leach varred the ground attack effec tnve y St Albans opened tts season wrth a heartemng 14 7 trrumph over Devltt Prep on Satterlee Freld The Blues pushed the burly vxsrtors around the grldlron at will allowing them to make only one sustained drwe which culmmated m a third quarter score The Blues had already sewed up the game with two touchdowns w1th1n three minutes of the thlrd quarter Leach scored on a 1 yard buck and Broome tallled on a short reverse after sustalned dnves The team gamed nts second straight wm with a highly S3tlSfY1l'lg 26 6 crushing of oft trouble some Sldwell Frtends The fierce l1ne play of the Blues was the determining factor rn the hard fought contest Broome was the mdtvldual star of the contest he scored twlce on reverses one a 52 yard sprlnt to open the second half The Blues also tallied on a 72 yar pass play from Conrad to Ktngsbury and a short smash over the lme by Leach The uakers averted a shut out wxth a belated fourth quarter 17 yard end run Surgmg from behrnd xn a Frank Merrrwell flmsh the Blues avenged the past two years losses to Bethesda Chevy Chase by scormg a Z1 12 tr1umph over the plucky Maryland ers Tralllng 12 O 1n the final period the Blues exploded for three touch downs Bohart playlng hns flrst game of the year as a back smashed over for the first two touchdown and Leach added the thxrd on an o tackle sllce after drxves of 69 49 THE ALB NIA 1 , - Q l 1 . . . 3 J , ' tx an I 7 , . I 9 , - l - , 9 . , , . y . ' I. ' v . . .. Q . , . .1 a . - . . , . , . . 9 C 9 . ff- . 7 4 ! Y .-v M, A N

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fron! row lefl lo right Cleo 5econd mn It-ft lu nghl Rall Dnttmar Pnce Slsson Leach lCapta1nl Klngsbury Holhngsworth Abell Pagu-r Thxrd row Inf! to nght Bohart Conrad McCabe Alvord C Warner Pessagno Sknllmg Somerulle Broome Fourth row left to Hgh! F Henderson Mitchell Doeg Parker F Conover DuBois Harper Block Galloway K Peterson Fsffh row It-It mnght Nation Magruder Hubbell Tredennlck Mtfiehee MrCornack Dennmson Rxley Kon Yurlh row left to nght Messrs A Wagner Middleton ackson 1Coarhe-11 Elwell H Ford lA1slutant Man agerl Coleman 1Manager1 Football year opened There were eleven letter wmners returnmg from the 1949 IAC Champlons to form the nucleus of an excellent squad and no team on the schedule was a powerhouse The Blue l1ne II19.SIEldCI11C for prep school play 180 pounds per man on the average was for once able to meet all lts opponents on equal terms The lighter batkfleld made up for 1ts laclc of welght bv shlftmess and hard hlttlng al:1l1ty At ends were Roger Kmvsoury who went on to gain a second strmg All Prep berth Nleredlth Prxce who was overshadowed oflenslvely by Kmgsbury but was peerless on defense, and Ralph Pagter who was equally proflclent on offense and defense At taclcles were A11Prepsrers Tom Slsson and lm R111 both SIX foot plus mamstays of the lme and the 1ron men of the team The guards were Charlle Warner a fast hard hxttlng converted baclc and Tyler Abell, a roclc on de fense and steady drlver on offense who also gained All Prep mentlon The center was oe Dxttmar a tough, roclc em sock em player who was baclced up bv lxttle George Mitchell The baclcfleld consisted of Captain Wally Leach All Prep speedster who tallled 7 pomts for the year Buddy Somervxlle, a cool, lmperturbable workhorse whose stellar passmv and hard chargmg gamed hxm ATH I 1 OPES for the llrst undefeated football season since 1943 were exceptionally high as the school . - - , 1 . . j - - . . ' I ' - ' v . - c 1' 5 , c - 5 s c c - L E T l C S 1 9 5 O

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and 43 yards The Blue line played a savage game, stopping the vaunted running attack of the Marylanders with a total of 2 yards gained on the ground for the aftemoon and recovering fumbles at opportune mo ments Bethesda Chevy Chase had gained its early lead as the result of miscues ln the Blue backfield but the Blues finally regained their poise and swept the Marylanders off their feet with the thrilling last period ra y The Blues reached the1r climax of the season in dowmng George town Prep 26 19 Exacting sweet revenge for the previous drubbmgs which the Blue and Grey had dealt St Albans the Blue gained a hard fought victory over a powerful Prep squad Kingsbury scored two touchdowns in the see saw encounter on a 33 yard dash with a recovered fumble and an 86 yard fourth quarter pass play from Somerville which iced the game for the Blues Leach also tallied twice racing to pay dirt on a pair of 40 yard off tackle dashes The Prepsters kept in the game with their three touchdowns but ran out of steam after Kingsbury s second score The still untled undefeated team rolled over Baltimore Friends 33 14 for its fifth successive mg three touchdowns on dashes of 56 and 51 yards and a plunge of 5 Somerville tallied twice on a pair of 7 yard off tackle slants The game was never in doubt although the uakers caused a Hurry of excitement with desperation passes which resulted in their two scores A week later on Satterlee Field the Blues gained their only shut-out of the season by swamp- mg inferior St Andrew s in another lopsided contest Leach agam sparkled with his speedy break away running and tallied on a gallop of 36 yards and a smash of 6 Somerville bulled over from the 5 and Kingsbury tallied the final TD on a 45 yard pass play from Conrad as the Blues regis tered their sixth straight The Blues scored a victory as usual over their traditional rival Landon 28-7 The game was sup- posed to be close and unpredictable but Leach raced 91 yards with the opening kick off and the final out come was never thereafter in doubt After repulsmg a Landon drive the Blues scored again on Leachs 14 yard slant off tackle and Alvord and Broome caught touchdown passes Landon s only touchdown was as usual scored by Brawner On the next Saturday the Blues travelled to St ames where they ATI-IL ll . win in a game that was never in doubt. Captain Leach was easily the best player on the field, scor- . - I - s . Q Q ' I J 1 Q . j l L E T I C S l 9 5 0