St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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was the doubles match between McKnew Butler and Lawrence Spns Both teams played extremely well at the net but If was McKnew s strong servxce that finally decxded the match rn St Albans favor 79 86108 On Apnl 19 the Blues played Gonzaga Gonzaga was dellmtely the strongest team that the Blues had met thus far Here Don McKnew lost h1s first match of the year He played an excel lent man ln Frnskey Both players showed excellent net games and down the lme drxves Frlskey however proved the stronger player and finally won 6 4 4 6 9 7 Butler won hrs match lh three sets and the rest of the team won eastly ln straxght sets erry Conover was the standout of the day wmntng hrs match 6 0 6 0 erry played practlcally errorless tenms mtxmg a strong back court game wrth a very skrllful net attack erry s performance was dehmtely the best smgle dls play of tenms thus far thls year On Aprll 21 the Blues met defeat for the first tlme agamst Coohdge McKnew lost to an excellent man 6-1 6 3 Butler Conover and Frost also lost to good players Barnes and Crom well saved the team from a complete whltewash as they won thexr matches 6 2 12 10 and 6 4 6 4 respectxvely St Albans lost all three doubles matches and Coolxdge swept the match 7 2 The tenms team opened nts challenge for the IAC crown against a strong Sxdwell Frxends team on Aprll 27 1V1cKnew Conover and Barnes won thelr smgles matches and Barnes and Cromwell won thexr doubles match The match was tied 4 4 when thls story went to press and there was one more doubles match to be played McKnew and Butler playmg number 2 doubles were ahead 7 5 9 9 when the match was postponed because of darkness The Blue team should wm and con tmue on to an I A C champlonshlp Landon and St Andrew s both wlth strong teams are expected to offer the Blues the great est fight for the champlonshxp We w1sh the team the best of luck hlghest hopes for a successful season and a champ1onsh1p they should wm and bon voyage Bullls Won Washlngton and Lee Hugh Schwlwon Gonzaga Won Coolxdge Hxgh School Lost Sldwell Frxends School Home Maryland Umverslty Freshman Away Georgetown Preparatory School Home Wwdberry Forest School Home Woodrow Wxlson H1gh S hool Home 'kSt ames School Home Epxscopal H1gh School Home 'kLandon School Away St Andrews School Home klnterstate Academxc Conference Games Aprxl Aprll 28 Ma May May May May May May 6 THE ANIAN , , -1 - ' , 9-0 ' ' , 6.3 , 8-1 X. . , . 25 , Y 2 V ' ' c , 10 .J so e , 12 ' ' , 17 , 19 4' . ' , 20 A L B