St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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y Gy B S Chyfit MII k unlor Varsltv Basketball His YEAR the unror Varsxty basketball team complled a 64 record agalnst strong oppos1 tion Under Glenn Wlld the V team lost only to Epxscopal and Landon In the first game of the year the team lost to Landon 29 24 Bruce Bowen and Bart Mxlls led the scorlng wlth 9 and 7 points respectrvely In the next two games the Sa1nts overcame St Stephens 44 23 and Frxends 5141 Pat Keating started on his scormg rampage scoring 14 and 23 pomts After a 53 30 loss to an older and bigger Eplscopal team the team out for vengeance rolled over Georgetown Prep 61 32 W1nn1ng three out of the last live games the squad beat Georgetown Prep Frlends and St Stephen s wh1le losmg agaln to Eplscopal and Landon Gordon Gay Pat Keatmg Bart Mxlls Dave Marrlott Bruce Bowen and Morrxs Foote car ned the team through the season but as Mr Wild had publxcly stated the spxrxt of the whole team was a great factor in the team s success Keatxng led the team 1n scorlng w1th a 12 pomt average wh1le Bowen outjumped the oppos1 tion and consequently led 1n reboundmg Gay led the team m asslsts wxth some phenomenal num ber and Foote and Marrrott scored occaslonally The team has learned much from Mr Wlld this year Next year thxs experxence should be a great amd to the Vars1ty team 98 ATHLETICS 1959 ...... l . Front row, l. lo r.: Hill er, I , owen, Marriott, Keating Second row, I. to r.: B. mathers, E. e 1, i s, Bur e, Willcox Back raw, I. to r.: Mr. Wild, Landon, Woodle, Lowry, R. Dirksen, Frnil y U C J . , 1. . . 7 3 ' ' , . . , . a ' 7 ' a 7 ' ' , . ' a 9 s , ' c Q a 7 ' , . . . . , . 7 7 Q 9 9 ' 1 9 ' 9 - 1 - , - , .

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The first game wlth Landon saw the Blues walloped 62 30 as Trtckett led the Blue scormg wxth 12 pomts Fred Hetzel All Metropolrtan center from Landon led the scormg w1th 24 pomts and also led m reboundmg St Albans lost to Eplscopal 48 41 as the result of poor shootmg but atoned for the loss by beatmg St ames 61 51 as Trlckett scored 21 pomts and Lyman scored 16 Gerry Wynkoop the Jonas brothers and Mcpeck all played well and the basketball team won 1ts Hfrh game In the httle gym of Sldwell Frlends the team was nearly upset by a hustlmg Frxends team but rallied to w1n 53 50 Lyman scored 29 pomts 1nclud1ng a foul shot w1th less than a mmute left to put St Albans m front 51 50 Frxends lost the ball out of bounds and Ricky Martxn made a basket as the game ended In thexr most gratlfymg game of the year St Albans lost to a hlghly ranked Landon team 46 40 Playmg a ball control type of basketball St Albans outhustled the Bears on defense walted for the good shots on offense and at the end of the hrst half led 19 18 However Landon s hexght made the dlfference rn the second half and Landon managed to eek out a vxctory Trxckett led the Blue scor1ng wlth 14 pomts and collected 7 The next day the Blues played host to Kingswood School from Hartford Connectlcut and won 55 48 over the Connectlcut team whlch was handlcapped by a lack of helghr Trxckett and Lyman led the scormg with 19 and 14 pomts respectlvely Bruce MacDougall and Sandy McPeck played well clefensnvely and Coach Usllaner was pleased wxth the way h1s team progressed over the past two years Mr Us1laner s pleasure was short l1ved however as the team dropped the last two games of the year to St Stephen s and Georgetown Prep In the St Stephens game Lyman broke his wrlst and the unmerclful St Stephen s team responded wxth a 65 41 trouncmg of the Blue qumtet The Prep team was no gentler for the husthng Hoyas romped to a 76 58 v1ctory despite a 25 pomt effort by Eddle Trickett After two seasons at St Albans Mr Usllaner has devel oped the strength needed for the future The boys return1ng next year are experxenced in the style of play wxth whlch Dutch has had much success The 1960 Varsxty basket ball team wxll be strong and ready to reap the frults of hxs coachmg The basketball team thanks Mr Usxlaner to whom they owe their success and the School for the support they gave at the games The best of luck goes to next year s co captams Toby Sym1ngton and Dlck onas TI-IE ALBANIAN 97 ' 1 - 1 ' 1 o ' , 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 a , ' I 1 , . , .. . - 1 - 1 1 , . . . 1 ' - 1 1 rebounds. 1 1 1 - , . 1 . , . ' ' 1 1 7 , . . . 1 1 , . . - 1 - , - o , n - Q! 7! ' ' 1 1 , . ' ' 1

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i MPkC h pt y pL F Gy V MD M Wld Vars1t Baseb 111 I-us YEAR the Varslty baseball team agam traveled south to the land of the sun however unlrlce the past the boys played baseball a good deal of the trme Thelr playmg mcluded a game wxth Fort Lauderdale I-hgh The lrttle round ball however dxd not usurp all the boys t1me because they often could be found on the beach s1zzl1ng under the hot Flor1da sun The team returned well versed 1n the fundamentals of the game and sportlng a tan The Varslty record to date thls sprxng has not been exceptlonally good The team has been hampered by one mxsfortune after another and has not as yet been able to held a coord1nated un1t The team does however possess some good materlal and no doubt w1ll be a formxdable opponent rn games to come This year s pntchmg staff lS very capable R1clcey Dxrksen a tall rrghthander IS very strong and possesses a hne curve but he has falled to recexve support from the rest of the Blues defenslve un1t Eddle Trlclcett a letterman rn football and basketball lacked control early tn the season but became the backbone of the team nm Reston a converted nnhelder has done an ex cept1onally fine job rn rehef 1m who has been a letterman smce hrs sophomore year has uncanny control and a rapld fast ball Rrck Cheyhtz and R1ClC Mart1n round out the rest of the staff Behmd the plate the Blues have Kelth Carr and Dlclc onas Duck and Kexth alternate the catchmg dutles and whrle not recelvmg onas helps out at flrst base Both boys are fine recelvers and have true ab1l1ty behmd the plate The rest of the mf-ield has Klp Landon at thlrd Gerry Wynkoop at short Sandy McPeck a three year man at second and Bruce Bowen at hrst The outfleld consrsts of Reston when he 1snt PlfCh1I'lgJ nn left Bruce MacDougall 1n center and Captam Ed Meehan 1n r1ght Baclclng these men up are Shreve V1llmoare Rxckert and Gay all capable helders ATHLETICS 1959 99 . Mm W ' Front row, I. la r.: c ec , arr. Rickert. R. Jonas. Mee an lCa ainb, W nkco , owry, Landon Back row, I. In r.: H. uller lManagerP, a . Shreve. illmoare, Bowen, B. ac ougall, Reston. r. i Absent: R. Martin n 1 N I N I C 3 7 , . . . . . , - 7 7 7 ' ' ' 7 7 - 7 7 . . , 9 7 7 7 - J 7 7 - ,I , , , J - S 5 7 ' 7 7 ' l 7 7 9 ' 7 7 7 9 '