St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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saw thelr hopes of an undefeated season and an Interstate Academlc Conference Champlonshnp rudely dashed by a stunning 26 19 upset by the Maroons As has so often happened If was the St ames hoodoo which caused the St Albans Waterloo The Blues needed only a wm or a txe agamst St ames to take the IAC crown but through thelr loss they ended up V pomt behind the Maroons ln the final standmgs The game opened 1n typical St Albans fashion wlth Leach s ractng 66 yards to the 1 from where Somerville plowed over However the Maroons bounced baclc to tally ln three plays Thls see saw method of scormg contmuecl unt11 the half at which time the Blues led 19 13 Kmgsbury had caught Leach s pass ln the end zone and Alvord had bucked over from the 1 to score the Blue TD s In the thlrd quarter however St ames hlttlng the tackles on cross bucks put together sustained drlves of 99 and 66 yards to wm the game and lull St AI Devltt School Won ndwell Frlencls Won Bethesda Chevy Chase I-hgh Won Georgetown Preparatory Won 26 19 altlmore Frxends Won 33 14 t Andrew s School Won 0 andon School Won 2 :list ames Lost 26 19 nterstate Academlc Conference Games THE ALBANIAN . J I I s a l - 1 . 2 . , n , . 4 7 .11 , I I - bans' hopesi 1 ' ,, , , 14-7 XS' ' H H . 26-6 - ' , 21-12 XB ' ' Y Y . XS . , 27- '1.. 8-7 :KI '

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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

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tt gh t gl R H d Basketball HEN varsxty basketball practxce started shortly after Thansgtvlng Coach Al Wagner had the not unpleasant task of forming a team around a nucleus of flve returmng lettermen from last year s champlonshlp squad The team, playtng a dtfll ult seventeen game schedule, won eleven and lost stx Because of thexr fine record the Blues were mvlted to a post season tournament at Prlory In the tournament St Albans won one and lost one Speclal cred1t for the season goes to Captain Roger Kmgsbury, All Preparatory center leadmg scorer 1n the clty and an msptratron to hts team at all times, and to Bobby Alvord whose fiery Splflt and excellent shoottng sktll were mdlspensable to the Blues Alvord at forward, Kmgsbury at center, and Buddy Somervtlle at guard started con ststently throughout the season Bllly I-loffer, Don Tredenmck Eddie Thornton erry Conover and Ralph Pagter skxllfully handled the other two posxttons St Albans opened thetr season wnth a 52 42 loss to Eastern Htgh on the Actxvmes Bunldmg court December fifteenth Kxngsbury kept the Blues nn the game for three perxods and amassed a total of twenty seven potnts to wxn scormg honours for the day The Ramblers finished second tn the Inter High league and went on to ehmmate Blair m the Star Tournament In thexr second game of the year the Blues were defeated on their home court by Central Hlgh 63 44 Bobby Alvord led the Blues wxth etghteen points tm Pantos was h1gh for the VllClhgS wxth fifteen potnts In thexr first game followtng the Chrtstmas holldays the Blues won thexr first game of the season by defeatlng a Western High qumtet, 56 39 St Albans led by Kmgsburys thtrty one ATHL Front row, lel o ri I: Somerville. Alvord, Kingsbury fcap ainl, Hoffer, Pa er. Second row, left to right: Rill, iley, Barnes, en erson, Tredennick. Third row, left to right: Mr. Wagner lCoachl, Marriott 1Co-managerl, Thornton, F. Conover, Brown 1Co- managerl, Mr. Jackson fComchl. . . , . . . . F ' 9 1 7 - , , J , 1 ' . 1 - , . 1 . . . Y . . . . , . - U Q , ' E T I C S 1 9 5 0