St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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r-1-F4 QW-'ills away Wg! ,QL Gh C kogly Baby Blue Basketball UE TO the d1sc1plmed coachmg of Mr Gordon th1s years Baby Blue Basketball team has learned the many fundamentals of the game and has spent many afternoons hard at practxce nmprovmg thenr shootmg drlbblmg and defense patterns Mr Gordon remarked that thls years team was potentxally one of the best ln a long txme He felt that the record was lxttle evldence of the line abillty of the team Among the best players on thxs year s Baby Blue Basketball squad were Tony Rublno and Bob Corby Mr Gordon felt that uentm Meyer had the best shot and would be valuable to the V next year A great asset to thxs years team was 1ts tremendous depth Players such as Don Symmgton Davxd Ogxlvy Harold Hobart Walter Borda Dlck Allen and Nexd McGehee all played well and contributed much to the teams success In terms of games won and lost the record of thxs years team IS hardly proof of the hne games that were played The Baby Blues spllt thexr elght games however they lost two close cleclslons one 31 27 the other 29 28 A untque vlctory for the Baby Blues was the l 0 vlctory over Georgetown Prep Thls unltkely score was the result of a default In recent years the qualtty of basketball at St Albans has been deterloratlve but Mr Mc Gehee and Mr Gordon have spent many hours tramlng these Varslty prospects ln the fundamen tals 1n a fast and complex sport We hope that they can keep up the excellent job that they are domg THE ALBANIAN 113 f . f We 52145 . yi X B l 1 A ' V 1 2 Front row, I. In r.: Mc e ee. R. orby, von Lewins i, iv Second row, l. In r.: Simmons, Reynolds, Hobart Back row, I. lo r.: P. Dove lManagerl, Rubino, Borda, Allen . . . . . , ' 7 7 , , . . . , . l . , . . ' X v 7 1 9 9 - 7 . , . 1 - 5 a 9 ' 7 ' ' ' . , . -

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d MG d RC GD Wlk Art t y K y T S J MC gh H PII Th d h B lr B MGh S M Chyfi M Baby Blue Football ACH FALL a new group of determined and obviously well coached youngsters appear for the first V Football practlce These lads all well rnstructed in the art of football immediately ex hibit a rough, tough quality which can be attributed to their former coach, Mr George B Mc Gehee For many years Mr McGehee has been the coach of the Baby Blue footballers and again this year the result of his efforts was a fine team and a number of excellent players In their first game of the season the Baby Blues were lmpresslve in downing Georgetown Prep 12 0 The 120 pounders showed a strong defense and a solid baclcfield wlrh Tony Rubino and Bob Corby pacing the Blue attack In their next two outings the Blues tangled tough teams from Landon and St Stephen s loslng both games by a single touchdown The scores were 8 O and 6 0 respectively Bob Hardy the Blues defensive end played exceptlonally well ln both outings For a second t1me the Blues then thumped Georgetown Prep 14 0 with Hank Buekema scor mg both touchdowns In their second outmg against Landon eleven the Baby Blues were downed 16 6 desp1te a 30 yard touchdown pass play from Bob Corby to Fred Wilkinson Tony Rubmo was named as the outstanding player on this year s Baby Blue football squad and no doubt he will be a great asset to the V football team next year 112 LOWER SCHOOL 1959 l l Front row, l. to r.: Har ing, Ely, Jacobsen, c ehee, Bor a, . oi-by, Rubino, . amon, i inson, R. Kear Second row, I. to r.: J. er on, Peter Rosenbaum, Re nolds, . Wilson, Murrn , . Williams, B. mith, . c onau y, . e ir row, I. to r.: Oula an, eukema, Agronsky, B a 1, Young, J. Carr, Radice ack row, I. to r.: Mr. c e ee, j. milh, Ronhovde, r. Hiser, K. e iz, r. Bauer J. . . , , - . . , 9 ' - ' . . , - 9 . ' ' , . , , . . . . , . 9 ' 9 ' . . . , 7

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W Y y 1 Bab Blue Baseball ITH A SURPLUS of ab1l1ty the Baby Blue baseball team has fine prospects for an excellent season Mr McGehee has been quoted as saying that his team has the finest potentlal of any of the teams he has coached Thls is a fine tribute to the team and on the basis of the only game played by the team thus far lt appears to be justified In the opening game the Baby Blues beat Georgetown Prep 5 0 uentin Meyer and Tony Rubmo shared the pitching and the catching and Rubmo h1t a fifth inning home run to aid the team Donald Symmgton s double drove in the first two runs of the year for the team Thelr startlng lineup went as follows uentln Meyer, pltcher Tony Rubino catcher Bob Corby second base Buzz Borda center field Donald Symlngton first base David Ogrlby shortstop ohn Schrader rxght field Neld McGhee thlrd base and Gary Goodman left field The team has a line pitchmg staff of Rubino Meyer and Symxngton and fine hitters in Rubmo Symrngton and Corby If all of the team s strong points are working at the same time th1s team will be a hard one to beat for no one could aslc for better hlttlng p1tCl'l1I1g and field ing possibilities than on this years Baby Blue team 114 LQWER SCHOOL 1959 - 9 .- I . -A ' .1 , X Q . . r 1 S Et, Q ,495 t ' A .. .. . H : '-H 1- 'f ,. 'A-'T f -7, A R , as Q. y B 1 x -we . 1 . ' aa F nl row, I. to r.: ilson, Schrader. Me er, Reynolds, R. Corb , Friendly, Hobs: , Rubino Back ro I. ln r.: Mr. McGahee, Goodman, Oulaban, Symington, Borda, Kittler, Simmons, Ogilvy, P. Dove I C 9 ' 9 . , . 9 9 ' ' Q 9 . , . 3 Q 9 9 3 . ce 99 , - , ' - 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 J , 9 , 3 , - 9 9 9 . . , . . . 7 7 ' 9 9 9 9 ' . . . . . . ,