St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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at home 3 1 St Albans scormg be gan late ln the first half when Tom Slsson pounded m a penalty krck to glve the Blues a lead they never re lmqutshed Stanley Forster scored 1n the second half from close m and George DuBo1s scored St Albans final goal Woodberry scored late ln the game rn a most pecullar fashlon Goahe PYICCS ktck rebounded from the face of an astomshed Vtrgmxan and bounced through the goal Looklng for vengeance on St ames St Albans hampered by the absence of four regulars was bxtterly dlsappolnted on anuary 18 when the Maroons defeated them 2 1 Charlle Sme of St ames opened the scormg but Tom Slsson tied xt up shortly before the half with a penalty kick Unfortunately a St ames penalty luck ln the thlrd period gave the game to our opponents Thoroughly outplayed 1n the first half by a v1s1t1ng Eptscopal eleven St Albans rallled to take a close game 2 I on Satterlee Fleld anuary 20 We scored first in the third quarter when lm Constantinople blasted a short shot through the goal from a scramble close ln Stanley Forster made a goal early 1n the fourth quarter to gtve the Blues a 2 0 lead Episcopal s only goal was made by Steve Granakos from far out late ln the game On anuary 25 St Albans played its tradltxonal rlval Landon at Landon Hampered agam by lI1JLll'lCS the Blues dropped the game 2 1 St Albans scored 1n the first quarter when Tom Slsson tapped ln Fred Galloway s perfect corner luck However Landon kept the ball ln Blue ter rrtory for the remainder of the contest ohn Stoner s score ln the second period txed the game and a penalty kick by fullback Hall of Landon gave the dCC1SlOI1 to the Bears St Albans lost 1ts thlrd IAC game to Sldwell Frtends on February 7 at Frlends The Blue OECHSIVC centered solely tn Charlle Warner who scored all three Blue goals The majorxty of the rest of the team played poorly and our loss was unfortunate xnasmuch as we were capable of much better soccer Frlends Tony Cassus scored hlghest for th w1nners w1th 2 We contmued our losrng streak by dropping a muddy contest to a much xmproved Epxscopal eleven on Febru ary 9 Wxth Charlle Warner hurt agaxn St Albans had little scorlng punch and Granakos of Eprscopal klclced through two goals to gxve the Vlrgmlans a 2 0 vlctory St Albans showed much lm provement agamst Landon on Febru ary 11 Although we lost agam had superlatxve spmt and fought the Bears evenly throughout the game THE ALB IAN ,-. - M, , . 7 .7 ' Y f -,u . . ..., J ,. , . Q , J , U . ., , ., .I . ' . , .j . . -, ,J ' . J . . , - .. , 9 - . . , . . - . . I 1, v Q .J ' , , 1 . . 1, I ' 7 . 0. . . ., I . . . Y ',we AN