St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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 '

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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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Mn kttMPkLy Flk MD VHFSIEY Basketball 1-us YEAR the basketball team surprxsed much of the School by dxsplaymg a Haxr for line basketball and by wmmng seven games wh1le losmg elght In the newly formed IA C the team captured thlrd place compnlmg a five and five record m conference play Most responsible for the 1mprovement of the team was the coaching of Dutch Usxlaner who spent many hours dur mg the games quletly dxrectmg the team and the OmC13.lS from the bench The team opened the season before Chnstmas vacatlon w1th a 49 42 vxctory over Gallaudet Prep as erry Lyman hlgh scorer for the season scored 19 pomts The layoff durmg the vacatxon showed 1n the team s next game as they were outhustled by Georgetown Prep and lost, 68 58 A 22 pomt performance by Barry Brokaw of Prep offset the 24 pomt effort by Lyman and a 16 pomt effort by Co Captam Ed Tr1ckett In the next three games the team proved vnctorlous beatmg St ames St Stephens and Sxdwell Frrends Co Captam Sandy McPeck and Charlle onas played good all around ball and Jerry Lyman contmued hrs torrxd scor1ng pace as the team dlsplayed the steady basketball whxch has been lackmg at St Albans for some tlme ust before mld year exams the team lost a close game to St Andrews 63 58 Wlth the bxg men of the St Albans team lVlcPeck and Lyman foulmg out the Blues could not qulte catch the boys from Delaware Agamst Coolldge St Albans faded ln the second half and lost 56 40 Rlcky Martln, play mg h1s best game of the year scored 12 polnts and plcked off 15 rebounds ln the losmg cause Toby Symlngton played an excellent game as dtd Bruce MacDougall but lt was not enough to stop the fine shootmg of Coolldge s Elvls Butler and Barry Wolfe 96 ATHLETICS 1959 Front raw, I. to r.: D. a in, C. Jonas, Tris: e , 1: ec , man Second row, I. to r.: Shreve, R. Jonas, Hiss, Symington, a 1: Last row, I. Io r.: B. ac ougall, E. Smith, Wynkoop, Ricken C . . . ., , . ' ' tc 77 - , - .I 9 ' 1 ' . . . , 9 . . . , 9 9 ' ,I 9 ' 9 . - J - , 9 . , . J . , . , - . ee ' 77 ' ' - 9 9 9 9 - 9 ' ' ' , . 9 9 . . , .