St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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 next Frlday February 10 the stlll hrgh splrrted wrestling team were surprlsmgly upset by strong but xnexperlenced Epnscopal Hugh School Magruder Meader and McGehee won decrsxons Conrad pmned hrs man and Elwell drew The hnal score-E H S 18 StA 16 February 18 the Blue grapplers w1th McCabe back m the lmeup after he had been out wtth a baclc mjury defeated Bulhs 19 to 13 for thexr hrst vlctory of the season' Mace and Magruder were thrown and McGehee drew Elwell and Conrad won by puns and Meader McCabe and Mc Cornaclc decxsxoned the1r men In the last match on March 1 St Albans swamped Woodrow Wxlson High School 26 12 Lolcer McCabe and Mace won declslons Meader Elwell and Conrad threw their opponents and McCormack drew Ar the Lehlgh Tournament Mar h 3 and 4 St Albans represented by hve wrestlers matched agamst strong competmon scored slx pomts and won seventh place 1n a Held of mneteen schools Elwell scored one pomt for a fall and Conrad s ored one pomt for a fall plus four more for sec ond place rn hrs welght class Meader was defeated 1n the 128 pound class by Valdor of Mercersburg an experlenced wres tler Elwell pmned hrs man ln the prehmmary but was beaten by Daws of Wyoming Semlnary McCabe wrestlmg 145 was defeated by the strong and experienced captain of New York M111 tary Academy and McGehee lost to a powerful 155 er from Valley Forge Conrad gamed a bve rn the prehmmarles pmned h1s man rn the quarters decrsloned hrs opponent ln the semi flnals but was decxsloned 1n the finals 4 0 to take second place 1n the 175 pound class Gallaudet V Lost 16 14 McDonogh Lost Baltxmore Frxends Lost 4 ohns Hoplclns Freshman Lost 21 0 Maryland Umversrty Freshman Lost Woodberry Forest Lost 23 17 Gllman Lost 28V 7V Epxscopal Hlgh School Lost 5 6 Severn Lost St Andrew s Lost 20 11 Eprscopal Hlgh School Lost 18 16 Bullxs Won 19 13 Woodrow Wllson Hugh School Won Z6 12 THE AN AN . , , . . h . . . .. J. . , - 2 , 33-3 ' ' so , 2 -8 .I I H a -1 ' ' , 24-5 . . N V Y , 2 - , 22-13 A L B I