St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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First raw left I0 rgh! Butler Loker Fle h r Meader Broome Elwell Conrad 1Cap!aml Leach McCabe G McGehee W Trunt McCormack M 'Vlace .Sect nd ron Ich to nghl Mr Perkins fnedlander lCovManagerl K Haynes lCo Managerl M Perry Hub- bell S Qmerhurt Magruder Mlmfne Tanstrhelf Young Baldwin Crevellng Moffett Max ell Krogh Krl patnck lAssl Managerl Mr Nolfl Wrestllng LTHOUGH the wresthng team was greatly weakened throughout the season by numerous m yurles ln 1ts startmg lineup, the team, spurred on by an mdomltable spxrxt, never failed to gxve a laudable performance even when defeat seemed mevxtable The matmen, m the heavxest sched Th1s year the Blue grapplers seemed to get more than thexr share of bad breaks It was dns heartenlnv at t1mes to the Blues, but the team, mspxred by Captam Conrad Mr Perlcms, and Mr Nolfl never let up Despite the mjunes and the plague of bad brealcs, the team was always htgh spmted and scrappy Thxs season was a great advance m the development of wrestlxng here The team beneflted greatly from the experlence and the wxse and able mstructxon of coaches Lulce Nolfi and Mr Perlcms, for at the Eastern Preparatory Tournament at Lehigh St Albans represented by five men, copped seventh place out of mneteen of the top notch, hlghly rated teams of the East In talcmg seventh place wlth sxx pomts, the Blue matmens performance was the most commendable record shown there by St Albans smce the school first entered four years ago The season was hlghhghted by such feats as Captain Conrad s tournament matches that won hxm second place Vorxs added to his lmpresstve wm column thus year a record of Hve pms and slx declslons Other hlghlxghts were the four pms by Elwell, who lost only ore match, Broome s double victory durmg the weelcend whxch scheduled Maryland and Wwdberry Meader s HTIPICSSIVC WIDS agamst Woodberry and Gallaudet, and McCabe s vxctorxes agamst Woodrow Vlfxlson and Bullxs Snll others were Fletchers pms agalnst Sevem and St Andrews, McGehee s performance m the Episcopal match, Leach s draw at Maryland Magruder s thrlller m the St Andrew S m8fCl1, and Dxttmars fall at Baltlmore Fnends THE A l ' , i I . . :c v . - . . - ' - - - ' I n ' : . l ' , ' ' l I l . v . l A . - . . . . - - 5 Q 1 A . v . - . ' s . v v M' - H . ' . uled season in wrestling history at St. Albans, were completely outclassed in several matches. . D . . . . , i . . 9 - - ff 97 ' I n Y ' . - . . - 7 Q . . . 9 . I . . . . . Y . . . , . 9 - ' ' , 1 . , u 1 . ' l . - , . . . 1 ' . I , . i, . . 1 , , . . , . . A L B A N I N