St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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On December 17 the Blues met the Gallaudet V team StA amassed an early ll 0 lead wlth Meader and Broome wmnmv decl sxons and Elwell wmnmg by a fall McCabe McGehee and McCor nack however lost thelr matches but Conrad won a declslon whlch put St Albans ahead 14 13 In the heavywelgh class Dlttmar lost and Gallaudet pulled away 16 14 anuary 7 saw a powerful and ex perlenced M Donogh wrestlmg team down the St Al ans matmen 33 3 Hlghhghts of the match were El wells vlctory and Conrad s match wlth McDonogh s colourful 165 er The mghr of anuary 14 the Blues met the ohns Hopkins freshman team rn Balumore Meader drew Conrad declsxoned and Elwell won by a fall Young Leach Truxtt and McCor nack lost and ohns I-lopkms won 21 10 On anuary 20 the Blues encountered on of the strongest college freshman teams m the Southern Conference mn Maryland Unlversrty Broomes decxsxon and Leachs draw scored the five polnts for S Albans un the 24 5 loss Meader Elwell McCabe and McGehee lost declsxons whxle Conrad was pmned The next afternoon the same team wxth the ercceptlon of McCabe who suffered a back xnjury at Maryland journeyed to Woodberrv Forest Meader Broome Elwell and Conrad won dec1s1ons McGehee lost a dec1s1on whxle Leach Truxtt and Bohart wrestlmg h1s last match lost by falls making the hnal score Z3 12 for Woodberry anuary 27 the team encountered a hlghly rated Gxlman team 1n Baltlmore where Trultt Broome and McGehee lost declslors and Lea lm and Fletcher were pmned Conrad and Elwell won by dec1s1ons and Meader drew maklng the hnal score Gilman 78V St Albans 7' On February 3 the team took on Severn ID Annapol1s Fletcher and Conrad p1nned thexr opponents and Elwell declsloned the c a p t a 1 n Broome Perry McGehee and Bald w1n lost dec1s1ons Meader and Ma were pmned The match ended wxth Severn ln front 77 13 On February 4 tht St Albans grapplers were downed by a strong St Andrews team 2011 Hardln Meader McGehee and Young lost hard fought dec1s1ons whlle Creve Img and Mace were thrown Fletcl er won by a f ll ard Conrad and El well won de lsxon ATI-ILFTICS195O D , a 1 ' 9 9 - 1 . g . ' a 1 ' c l , L - . L, - 9 - 1 A s s a y - v 9 9 ' .I r '5 ' - - 9 - - a . Y , - .. ' a e a ' 1 7 1 1 , A ' Q , , ' 7 3 7 7 3 7 - s . . . . X . , . , . i - A-. 1' J . , . , c . I , .. rv ' , v. 1 7 a r s I g ce X . g , . , . . , . . - , , a a - A 1 - ' 7 'I a . ' - r f-I 'f Q