St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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The forward line played remarkably hne soccer and kept the Landon fullbacks very busy Hal Butts of Landon made the only score with a penalty kick m the first quarter On February 15 the soccer team climaxed its season by Journeymg to Hagerstown and defeat mg St ames 2 1 St ames scored almost immediately after the game began Later in the first quarter however we retaliated when Forster pumped in a shot from close to the goal In the sec ond half Warner shot a powerful kick almost directly at the goalie who fell backward into the goal and St Albans took the game The last game of the season was played against Sldwell Frlends on Satterlee Field February 21 The game evenly played throughout ended in a 1 1 tie St Albans scored early in the first quarter when Stan Forster rlcocheted a shot off a Friends player into the goal It seemed until the last mmute that St Albans would take the game, but Carnevali Friends star center forward made a perfect placement from fifteen yards out to send the game into overtime Although both teams tried desperately to score the count remained the same at the end of the ten mmute extra period Tom Donnelly s excellent play at halfback sparked the Blue attack At the conclusion of the season Captain David R diield and Meredith Price were awarded with Tom Sisson were selected o play on the All Preparatory soccer team against a corresponding combination of District semi professional teams Next years team ably captained by Charll Warner will have much to look forward to With such steady players as Woody DuBois Gorge Pessagno ohn Doeg Nick Kotz Don Mc Knew Bobby Raynsford Fred Bradley and Tom Truitt they will have almost an entire team o experienced players who should go far Priory Woodberry Forest Woodberry Forest fSt ames Episcopal High School 'Landon xsldwell Friends Episcopal High School YLandon 'St ames 'S1dwell Friends Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Tie 'Interstate Academic Conference Games HLETICS1950 , . , , . . . v 1 , , . . , I . , , ' . . , ' 7 . . . , a ' 1 ' s , h . . I , . , . . 9 . . major letters in special recognition of their outstanding play for two years. These two, together . . v - . . , . . .a . V 7 ' 7 ' - v s J H 9 ' . . . Z 9 - 9 a 9 1 Y ' 7 . . , d