St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Front row I to r Earnshaw M Smith Adluns Dunbar Denbo Morganthau Abernathy Beulxenltamp A Smith Second r lv I to r Rnushenbush Trenbath Davlson Ohly Wlnnacker Pfeiffer Spiro Back row I to 1 N Constantinople lrwm M MacDougaIl Clum Polak Adams Ktrkland Arterton Kear umor Vars1t Soccer NDER THE DIRECTION of Coach Sherman Rees the 1959 umor Varsxty soccer team finnshed loslng three games out of four, the team overcame 1ts dlfficultles and flmshed 1ts thlrteen game schedule IU a very 1mpfCSS1V8 manner Most of the setbacks were hard fought close contests whlch could have been won by erther team The V was alded by a large number of experlenced players returnmg for a second tlme, and th1s force was supplemented by a great many substl tutes, partlcularly 1n the forward posltxons The forward lme was sparked by Jlm Denbo, who scored more than his share of goals, and John Adkms, a close second ln the scormg Other outstanding forwards were Chrls Arterton, Sam Earnshaw, Gregg Kear, and Ed Sweeney The three first string halfbaclcs were Mack Smith, Cyrll Splro, and Tom Morganthau, and the three fullbaclcs were B111 Klrlcland Davison, and Bruce Leopold Wlnnacker s dependablllty as a goalxe was proved by h1s appearance ln several Varslty games The spmted determmatxon of the entlre squad was evldent ln the hustle and hard playlng exhlblted, not only ln the games, but also 1n the pract1ces Everyones desxre to lmprove hls own form durmg the pract1ces showed up ln the games, for there was an mcreased qualxty of team play as the season progressed Certamly the experlence galnecl by all on the V w1ll be of value to next year s Varsxty and w1ll provlde another successful season for the 1960 Jumor Varsxty TI-IE ALBANIAN 93 5 l . i , , J, .. 'Y- i' ' ll + ' 4 - -fi ' ' 1 I ,f , - -: , - ' , ' , , Y Y , , , 0 , . .: , , ' , , ' , ' , ' I . the season with a fine record of seven wins, five losses, and one tie. After starting off poorly, Q - I A . . . . . , Jim . . , . . . . . . I . . . , . . . , . . . . .

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The Varslty booters lost to Woodberry For est, 3 1, ln a close overtlme game The Tlgers scored first but Blackwelder scored the only St Albans goal to tle lt up Scorrng tw1ce xn the second overtlme, the hustllng Woodberry team won rn an lmportant game 1n the Metro polltan League Montgomery Blaxr handed the Blues their second strarght loss as they ran all over the mjury riddled VBISIIY Right Wlng Palge scored the only St Albans goal 1n the 6 1 loss The Varsrty booters broke the1r losxng streak by ldentrcal 2 O w1ns over St ames and Epxscopal I-I1gh The v1ctory over the Maryland Maroons gave St Albans 1ts elghth stralght I A C w1n and a sure t1e for the champxonshxp Eplscopal was agam defeated by the Blues 4 1 Woodberry proved too strong for the Blues agam as they beat the booters 5 2 In the sec ond game wrth Blalr, Bass and Reston scored, and the Varsity tied the Blazers 2 2 The only IA C loss that the booters suffered was a 3 0 defeat at the hands of Landon on the wmners field The Bears outplayed the Blues who were hampered by the small field cer team won the I A C Champwnshrp Reston scored three tlmes once 1n the second quarter and tw1ce ln the last quarter By the fourth quarter Reston had txed Hawes rn the number of goals scored durmg the quarter, but Hawes went ahead wlth hrs second goal of the game a penalty klCk The strong Blue defense which allowed few goals, consisted of goalle B111 Kmg fullbacks Ed Meehan and Buzzy Clxft and halfbacks Muller Brooks Palmer and WOOd16 Hartman The Vars1ty was arded by an unusually strong bench which saw no small amount of acnon After the season ended Blackwelder, Reston Hawes and Mlller were chosen to represent St Albans rn the annual game between the Prep School All Stars and an all star team from the Sunday League The Prep Schoolers lost 1n an excxtrng game 2 0 It IS a tribute to the Var slty soccer team that Mlller Hawes, and Reston were named to the All Metropolx tan team Thls was the thxrd consecutrve year that Mnller has been so honored and the second consecutlve year for Reston Left wlng Alex Bass recerved honorable mentron Wrth many returnmg let termen, mcludmg the new Captam Brooks Palmer the Blues look forward to captur mg the I A C Champxonshlp agam next year 92 ATHLETICS 1959 , I . . . . . . . . , D D y ' ' ' , - 0 U , . . . . , . Closing out its season with a 6-2 rout of Georgetown Prep, March 3, the St. Albans Varsity soc- . . . . , . . . , . D 7 Y 7 , 7 ' . , . 7 7 ' , - I . - , . , ,

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KghW J Bk M MKl pt M SclP VZFSII Wresthnv I-us YEARS undefeated Varslty wrestlxng team complled the best record of any wrestlxng team smce 1953 Tex W1lson Bob Bennett elfKl1ne and Stu Pierson went through the season undefeated to lead the team but It was the spmt and rhe hard worlc of Coach Angus MacLean wh1ch proved to be the decldmg factor Although hampered by mjury especlally that of Captam Mllce Klme who damaged hrs neck and was unable to wrestle after the flrst meet ln wh1ch he pmned his man m the second perlod and a sllght weakness 1n the heavler weights the wrestlers were never ln real trouble at any tlme durlng the season In IIS Hrst meet of the season on December 17 the team was host to Montgomery Blau' and defeated 1ts guest 4013 The ScA onslaught was led by Plerson the two Kllnes Wathen Wxlson John Moser and Sky Post all of whom scored pms Bennett easlly decxsxoned B111 Bohnaker, 6 0 but was unable to get the fall Agam on the home mats the grapplers subdued Severn 25 13 January 9 Plerson agam pmned h1s opponent ln the flrst perlod and Bennett also turned 1n five polnts by stoppmg Wrlght late 1n the second perlod wlth a half nelson and crotch hold Ac 133 Moser decxsxoned Wllll3mS 6 2 Other Blue declslons were won by Wathen Wxlson Post and Bob Scholz Post glvmg away 65 pounds at unhmlted had the closest and most excxtmg match of the day After a total of enght pomt and posxtxon exchanges the Blue wrestler emerged the 8 7 vxctor over hxs heavy opponent Travehng to Eplscopal anuary 17 the wrestlers met then' strongest opponent of the season and came out 2217 v1ctors For the third straight tlme 103 pound Prerson pmned his man at 94 ATHLETICS 1959 Front row, I. to r.: Mac ni t, athen, Beale, Bennett. . Kline, Pierson ac row. I. to r.: C. artin, Flex Wilson, . ine lCa ainl, Mr. ucLean, J. Smaxhers, ho 1, ost C O , . . . . - 9 9 ,I 7 1 9 J- , 1 ' ' 1 9 9 1 1 9 ' . , . s 9 ' 9 ' 1 9 ' ' v 9 9 ' 9 , . , . 9 J 9 . . . Q