St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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cover the entxre left snde of the m held as he roamed far and wlde m quest of hard hxt grounders Wally Leach was stauoned at the hot corner for the second consecutlve year Hrs hard hrrnng and blazmg speed made hxm an ldeal leadoff man Don Tredennlclc hls understury proved to be an able Performer Usual patrollers of the outfield were Captain George Mltchell three year denlzen of left field whos con srstent st1clc work and shotgun arm were rndlspensable converted mfleld er Bob Alvord a fast strong armed Qardener who provmded the sorely needed long ball to the battmg order and strxngy Roger Klngsbury a regular smce his Thxrd Form year who besldes bemg the regular center fielder saw actron at flrst and behlnd the plate Baclcmg up the regular tnclcet men were Woody Hubbell Bruce Coleman and Monte Pearse all competent performers The opener was a 2 0 loss to Wllson 1n wh1ch Conrad allowed only one hlt but lost on hls va1n pursult ofa small boy who had grabbed three foul tlps over the fence by an enraged Al Wagner three dutxful players and a squad of conscxcntxous fans all encouraged by the exclted bellowmgs of the umplre In the next game the Unnverslty School of Cleveland capltallzed on Blue errors to rout the Blue 13 1 The Hrst Blue w1n was an 8 4 drubbmg of a group of 1ll condltxoned Alumm Woodrow Wllson Hxgh Lost 2 0 Umversnty School of Cleveland Lost 13 1 Bethesda Chevy Chase Htgh Cancelled Alumm Won Western I-hgh Won Maryland Park Hrgh Lost Gonzaga Hlgh Won Priory Lost 7 S1dwell Frlends Won Sanford Won Episcopal Hrgh Won Woodberry Forest Cancelled 'Landon Lost 75 :kSt ames Away May 1 Washlngton and Lee Hlgh Away May 1 Georgetown Preparatory Home May 1 'St Andrews Home May 2 'Interstate Academxc Conference Games THE A AN up X xi, i . . . . . y . , . 51 .4 , A , , , - . . 3 . I 1 v 9 ' sr, 1 1 3 1 3 J - v ' ' ' ff 77 , ' 1 9 9 mates' miscues. The event ofthe game which gained most response from the spectators was the ' 7 ' 7 7 ' 9 S, n . . - . . - .. .. . . . , - 3 ' , ' f 8'4 . . ' , 8-0 . is W' 4. ' , 4-1 , 8-4 ' ' -, 8-0 1 , 4.2 ' ' , 4-3 , . . -I C , 2 , 7 C , 9 , . ,, , ,s sssssss , 0 L B A N I

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MW h lyC M d Baseball Team SQUAD of high potentxal agam greeted Coaches A1 Wagner and Doc Arnds at the begln mg of the sprmg sessxon Pourmg xn from Florida, Pennsylvanla Outer Mongolia and the suburbs of Washxngton bleary eyed tourrsts met bleary eyed roues who had remamed in the Nauons Capltal for the soclal marathon called spring vacation After bruslung jungle ferns from therr clothes and jettrsonlng mysterious empty cartons of consumed provlsnons most of the Blues reached the dlamond and after several days of much needed rest m classes all were agarn play mg ball ln somethlng hlce thexr normal form Wlth only one member of last years champlonshlp group mxssmg the Blues fielded a well balanced team of veterans rrch xn experxence Bearnng rl-e brunt of the pltchmg dunes was Vous Conrad enjoying hxs thxrd stralght year as STA mound ace ust behmd hmm ln the hlll corps was Malcolm Meader a tough w1ry competitor who showed an amazmg array of pltches Buddy Somerville also showed much action on the rubber and turned m several excellent jobs Spud Parker rounded out the pltCl'llI1g staff Catching was Tom Donnelly puttmg xn his sceond year behlnd the plate Behmd him was Bannle Foley a roolcxe who showed much promise for the future At first was new comer Bob Rlley who exhibited good form afield but falled to get gomv at the plate When not prrchmv ex-outhelder Qomervxlle held down econd base ohnny Slcrllmg a flashy fxelder guarded the keystone sack when Buddy was m the out held or on the hlll Affable Frank Henderson was the shortstop and hrs lanlcv frame seemed to ATHL Frou! row, lell In right: r. agner 1Coachj, Lena , Donnel , onrad, itchell 1Captainl. Kingsbury. Mea er, Coleman. Back row, lclt lo righl: Gibson. Parker, Riley, Henderson. Foley. Somerville. Alvord, Skilling. - - - tr H ' - ' 3 9 . . , . . . , , - . 9 s a ' 1 ' . , . . . . , - , . J , , , . , . . . V o . . . ,, t S . J ! 9 ' E T I C S 1 9 5 0

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Front row left lo rxghl C Warner Hollingsworth Slsson Price Redield lCap!alnl Galloway Libby Donnelly Second row left la ugh! Harper Stenhouse Bultnck Raynsford T Trum Pryor Foster Kotz Thxrd row left to right Dewey Doeg Bradley DuBois Constantinople MrKnew Pessagno Fourth row left to nghl Mr Hall lCoachl Clagett lCo manager! Thomas lCo manager? Mr Smith lCoachI Soccer ITH only three returnmg lettermen, the soccer team seemed to have llttle chance for another IAC champ1onsh1p Meredxth Pr1ce was agaxn to play goalle, and Charhe Warner, our scoring punch, was back at r1ght 1ns1de Captam Davxd Redheld was swxtched from center halfbaclc to fullbaclc ln order to provtde a long luck ln that posltlon Durmg the first few days of practlce, play was ragged but Mr Hall and Mr Smlth saw SlgllS of promxse m Fred Galloway and Sean GCFVHSI, returmng regulars, as well as tn a number of newcomers Shortly before the Prxory game, thc team scrlmmaged Amerxcan UHIVCFSIIY and outscored the Eagles 4 1 On Dec mber 15, we opened our regular season agamst Prlorv School at home The Blue soccermen so outplayed thelr opponents that Meredlth Prlce, our goal1e, d1d not touch the ball at all, and our fullbaclcs rarely got near ll In characterlsuc form, Charlxe Warner scored three goals Fred Galloway provxded our other score wlth a long lclclc from thlrty yards out Followmg the Chrlstmas holldays, the team traveled to Woodberry Forest and lost a close game 1 0 Although outplayed, we narrowly mlssed several scores Charlle Warner s shot, which bounded off the crossbar, and Tom Sxsson s controverslal luck, whlch apparently went through the goal, but rebounded from a post onto the Held, were the closest we came Rxght lnslde Bobby Martln, of Weed erry, tallxed the only goal shortly after a corner luck ln the First period Tom Donnelly and Danny Leary starred for St Albans STA took ample revenge the followmg Saturday, anuary 14 when they routed Woodberry ATI-IL . J , ETICS1950