St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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

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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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112 eff Klxne defeated Woodrum, 5 4, and at 122 Bennett agam showed hls man the llghts After three setbacks the v1s1tors again scored on Charlle Martins rldmg txme dec1s1on at 145 Wllson declsloned Kammer and then ohn Smathers used a figure four to brmg the Blues three more pomts agamst a man twenty pounds heavier At 175 and unhmxted, Post and Scholz were declsloned but kept the Blue margm safe After thls gruelmg meet the matmen easxly stunned vxsxtlng St Stephens 44 5 on anuary 21 Wlnnxng ten of the eleven matches, the Blues turned ln a total of s1x pms and three decxsxons Fastest of the pxns was Pxerson s whlch took only 38 seconds Bennett took 44 seconds to pm hls man Kllne Wathen Martln and Post went into the second perlod The polnt v1ctor1es were made by Wxlson Smathers and Scholz At Woodberry Forest anuary 24 the St Albans grapplers won s1x matches t1ed two, and lost three to g1VC them a 24 15 vlctory over thelr hosts The only Blue pm of the meet was made by Klme who stopped his opponent m 57 seconds of the second period Plerson Bennett Martm Smathers and Wxlson all won on pomts and Wathen and Scholz tled the1r men Bob Clxaborne Scholz s opponent had pmned all of hxs prevlous opponents but was unable to score on Scholz The Spartan wrestlers of Walter ohnson were defeated by the V1S11Z1I'lg St Albans team on February 5 Bennett and Wathen pmned their men and chalked up three team pomts apxece by virtue of thelr declslons The final meet of the year at home wxth Gallaudet February 10, saw St Albans agam vxc torlous 26 17 Pierson wrestlmg above h1s usual welght of 103 suffered his only defeat at the hands of Karl Kovats Bennetts and K11nes matches were forfelted Moser and B111 Warren fl75 tled thelr men The other Blues all won declslons In the seventh annual Metropolltan Wrestlxng Tournament the wrestlers were able to take on y seventh place but were only a few pomts away from takmg fourth Three Blues placed ln the tournament eff Khne second at 112 Bennett thlrd at 1221 and W1lson fthxrd at 154 Coach MacLean has submxtted an espec1ally rough schedule for the commg year Thls IS 11lus tratlve of the teams sp1r1t and coupled w1th the fact that only one letter man IS leavmg thls year should make next year one of the most excltlng and successful years for wrestlmg at St Albans Our best wlshes go to Coast MacLean and to Captam elect Wathen and all h1s teammates for the very successful season they deserve next year W' Avatars SEASON SUMMARY B a1r won 40 13 Severn won 23 13 Eplscopal won 22 17 St Stephen s won 44 Woodberry Forest won 24 15 Walter Johnson won 31 10 P M K1 Gallaudet won 2617 THE ALBANIAN 95 9,1 ' ' , ' u , J , . . . . , 9 ' 9 'Q J . . , . . . , . 9 a 9 s - 9 s - :J r ' 9 9 - 9 a x 1 9 ' . , . . . 1 9 1 1 ' ' r ' ' 1 1 , . , . 0 . ' 9 -J 1 7, 1 1 1- . , .. . 7 7 . ' -5 Catain . ine '