St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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pomts were never behind Several days later the Blues routed an Alumni aggreganon 60 37 In a game in which Coach Wagner used everv one that dressed Kingsbury was high with twenty SIX pomts St Albans gamed their third stralght v1ctory at the expense of Be thesda Chevy Chase High the Blues winning by a 40 32 score The Blues employed a zone defense for the first nme this season and If slowed down the Barons offense excellently The lead changed hands several times and the outcome was in doubt until the last minute of play Kingsbury won scoring honours for the day with nineteen pomts The Blues next breezed past an mfernor Sanford five 60 18 on the winners hardwood Once again all those who dressed for the game played Kingsbury scored twenty and Alvord fourteen 1n the Blues first I A C contest The Blues made it tive straight defeating a strong Wtlson quintet 51 45 on the losers court Once again the Blues tight zone defense slowed down a usually hrgh scoring team The Tigers held a 29 22 lead at halftlme and only a magmficent scoring spree in the fourth quarter won the Young led Wllson with twenty one St Albans lost its first IA C contest of the season to an xnspnred Baltimore Friends team 41 32 on the wmners court The Blues employed a man to man defense throughout the game and Friends men were able to break into the clear for numerous points Kingsbury was high wlth twenty Five pomts for the losers who tralled throughout the game The Blues next downed Georgetown Prep 65 49 at St Albans The Blues led throughout the contest and after the first perxod the Little Hoyas never threatened Klngsbury and Alvord sparked the St Albans five with thirty and nine teen pomts respecttvely St Albans defeated a line Staten Island School team 57 51 on the Acnvtties Buildlng court anu ary 77 The Blues were ahead at the end of all four periods Kingsbury with thlrty-one Alvord with nine and Thornton with eight led St Albans to their seventh win of the season whtle Baden hansen was high for the losers with twenty five pomts THE B A game for St. Albans. Kingsbury was again high for the Blues with twenty-five points, and Jim , - , . . . . . ,J - A L A N 1 N

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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

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After a ten day layoff the Blues won out over Epxscopal Hxgh School 47 39 on the losers hardwood In what was probably the St Albans qumtets fmest game of the sea son Kmgsbury scored twenty three potnts wh1le the Alexandrla teams hxghly touted star Charley Gamble was held to eleven The Blues lost thelr fourth game of the season to St Andrews 47 45 at Mxddletown Delaware The Blues not scormg untxl the Red and Whlte had amassed etght po1nts tratled throughout the game Ktngsbury who played w1th a fever led the St Albans flve with twenty two points Playmg wlthout the serv1ces of Kmgsbury the Blue team was edged out 37 32 by Priory on the losers hardwood After havmg ned the score at twenty srx at the end of the thtrd perlod the vlsttors connected for three stralght sno blrds late tn the hnal perxod to wm the game Alvord was h1gh for the Blues wxth thtrteen po1nts Once agam wlthout Kxngsbury the Blues were defeated by St James 38 37 The game was mp and tuck all the way and the lead changed hands several tlmes Finally the score was txed 36 36 at the end of the regulatlon txme necessxtattng an overtlme perlod The Blues scored first ID the overtlme on a foul shot by Pagter but wxth only a few seconds remammg Sarver sank a layup In the1r next contest the Blues defeated a Boys Latm quxntet 64 32 on the St Albans court Held to a slum one pomt margtn at the end of the flrst pertod St Albans caught fire and pulled away to a 36 14 halftxme lead The Blues were led by Kmgsbury and Al vord wlth thxrty-one and twenty two po1nts respectlvely St Albans downed a hard flghtmg Landon School team 39 34 on the losers hardwood The Brown Bears led by Coupland led the Blues 2018 at halftxme The Blues went on a late scormg spree to sexze the contest ln the fourth perlod Klngsbury was htgh for St Albans wlth twenty po1nts The Blues won the1r thxrd I A C contest by defeat mg Sldwell Frlends 41 25 on the Act1v1t1es Butldmg court St Albans leadmg by a wxde margm coasted through the game subst1tutmg freely Once agam Kmgsbury led the Blues thxs ttme scormg seventeen po1nts In the quarterfmals of the Prlory Tournament St Al bans ehmmated St Pauls School 49 31 on the Prxory court The game was close untxl mxdway IH the thxrd perxod the Blues got hot and paced by Kmgsbury wldened thexr ATI-IL 7 , F . , , ' s 9 . ' . . . , 9 9 9 ' 9 ' 9 5 ' , 7 3 . . . . , , . 7 . , , , . . . . - ' a . . . , i , - u , . . 7 3 to clinch the game for the Maroon. Alvord was high for St. Albans with elghteen potnts. 7 s ' ' ' 1 ' ' 0 , - 7 ' 7 ' v y 5 ' 1 ' . . . , i , . . . ' Y 7 , . , . . , i - ' a ' a 9 s . v l ' ' E T I C S l 9 5 0