St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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II FF Sh M 1 pr F MW T enms HE 1950 tenms team IS not just another tennis team lt IS a great team Although there are no mdlvldual stars on the squad It IS perhaps the best balanced team the school has seen nn qulte a whxle The team has a very heavy schedule and plays all of the strong teams 1n the crty Havlng lost four of last year s letter wlnners the prospects for the team looked rather dim as the season opened However If was soon quite obvious that every vacancy had been fllled by a much stronger man Don McKnew has moved mto the number one spot thls year and so far has shown that he IS one of the cxty s best Captarn D3Vld Butler IS playmg se ond smgles and shows dehmte promlse of having a very successful year erry Conover back from last year s team and Larry Frost are holdmg down the thlrd and fourth slots qulte ably Spec1al credit rs due to Denny Barnes and lmmy Cromwell who have moved up from the Lower School to fill the last two pos1 txons These two boys show the greatest promlse the school has seen ln many years They both have strong, steady games The 1950 team opened 1ts season April I2 agalnst Bullxs Bullls had really a two-man team but McKnew and Butler overcame them wlth only slight trouble Don McKnew playmg number one downed Delaney 6 1 1 6 6 0 Don s superxor net game and servxce were the decrdmg factors m thrs match Captam Butler put Brendel away 9 7 6 2 Dave s strong drlves and clever court strat egy finally proved to be too much for the hard fightxng Brendel The rest of the team won handxly and closed out the match 9 0 In thexr second match of the season the Blues downed a strong Washlngton Lee team 6-3 McKnew Conover Bames and Cromwell each won hls smgles match and Butler and Frost lost close three set matches Butler and Frost each lost to excellent players and matched then' oppo- nents strolce for stroke until the last and deciding sets The outstandmg match of the day however ATHL Front row, Ie! o right: . old. Frost, Cromwell, Barnes, ten ouse Back row. Ie!! lu right: Minitie lManagerl. r:Knew, Bu ler lCa ainl. . Conover. r. arson lCoachl. I , - . , . . ' 9 Q , - ' 7 2 . C . . J , ' a 1 J 1 ' 9 1 - 9 ' a , . . . . . 9 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' . . , . 0 - , ' I ' a 1 1 ' 7 s E T I C S 1 9 5 O