St Andrews School - Criss Cross Yearbook (Middletown, DE)

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Fin! Rou-: Mr. Washburn, Wood, L., Smith, Murray, Foster, Co-Captain, Brumbach, Co-Captain, Ralston, Jarvis, Quillen, J., Lodoen, Mr. Baum. . .Yerond Raw: Battin, Spangler, Whelihan, Baxter, Phili pi, Hayman, M., Winters, Evans, Hutton, C., Cain. Third Raw: Newton, Cummin, Managerr, Marvil, Firguson, W., Veasey, Campbell, D., Thombs, Gregory, Rodgers, Maclnnes, Barnett, Managerx. VARSITY FOOTBALL Although the Saints' varsity football squad cannot boas't of an enviable record this season, the team, its captains, and the coaches deserve much credit for the hard work done and the great spirit maintained throughout the season. Unfortunately, the team faced hard luck as well as superior competition in the majority of its contests. The Saints dropped their first game to Sidwell Friends, 39-14. The Red showed only occasional spurts of good teamwork, scoring once in the third quarter and once in the fourth. Spangler scored the hrst six points on a handoff, and Foster converted for the extra point. In the last quarter, the Saints' attack was more effective than in previous periods, despite a sixth Sidwell tally. Foster carried the ball for the final SAS TD after a series of running plays had brought 'the ball to Friends' four yard line. His extra point try was good. SAS showed improvement in the following game, although they dropped a thriller to Baltimore Friends, 15-7. Friends were the first to break into the scoring column, getting their TD on a 20-yard pass. By sheer drive and several beautiful passes, SAS battled for a score in the third period. Foster's kick tied the score at 7-all. In the early moments of the fourth quarter, a Friends' tackle intercepted a lateral intended for Spangler deep in SAS territory and scored easily. The conversion was blocked. The Saints managed to push across another touchdown in the closing moments, only to have it nullified by a penalty. The game ended with SAS battling to score and Friends fighting to hold its lead. On October 10, the Big Red lost its third consecutive game in a hard-fought contest by a score of 25-7 at Sanford. After the ball had changed hands several times, Sanford tallied on a series of line bucks. Four plays later, Sanford scored a second time and converted, making the score 13-0. In the second period Sanford shifted to a passing attack and scored again. The try for point was blocked, and the score was 19-0. Sanford's fourth tally came on a 57 yard run in 'the third quarter. Early in the fourth period, the Saints drove to the Sanford 13. Two line bucks by captain Brumbach gained 'the Red its tirst score of the game. Foster converted, making the score 25-7. Penalties and blocked passes prevented the Saints from scoring again, and the contest ended with the score unaltered. The next game, with Wilmington Friends, was perhaps the most evenly contested game the Saints played all year. The Saints received the opening kick-off, and on the second play from scrimmage a beautiful pass from Brumbach to Battin went 60 yards for a TD. In keeping with the now firmly established SAS jinx, the touchdown was called back on a back-in-motion penalty, to the great dismay of the screaming St. Andrew's fans as well as to the team. Although the Saints continued to fight, they were trailing at the end of the first half, 13-0. A newly inspired squad left the dressing room to enter the second half. The first ofticial SAS score came on a line plunge by Brumbach in the middle of the third quarter after a series of passing and running plays had clicked. The kick was wide. Midway in the last period, a tricky reverse by Spangler and Foster netted the Red 60 yards and put them five yards away from pay dirt. Three plays later, Spangler racked up the TD on a handoff. The conversion, which proved to have been

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X the difference between a tie and a defeat for the Saints, was blocked. When the game ended Eve minutes later, the ball was still in the possession of a determined Friends team. Traveling to Philadelphia for the next one, the Big Red lost their fourth game to Friends Central, 28-0. Everything went wrong for the delegation from Middletown--and that seems to be the whole story. Towards the end of the third quarter, Coach Baum put in the second string, and, until the final four minutes, these boys played the best SAS football of the day. The members of the team agreed that the following week of practice would be a hard one, and they were right. With the St. Alban's game just two weeks away, there was much work on fundamentals. For the first week of practice, Block ! and Tackle! were the battle cries of Coaches Baum and Washburn. The elements, however, did not favor the Red's only chance for victory, and over Fathers' Weekend the St. Alban's contest was snowed out, Everything possible was done to enable the game to be played, even 'to the team's shoveling the snow off the held before the game, but to no avail. The next week, practicing mainly in snow and mud, the Big Red completed workouts on new formations in preparation for the coming tilt with St. James. Although the Saints did not succeed in winning, they played their best game of the season against a highly favored St. james team the following week, losing 13-7. The Big Red took command from the very first and drove toward the St. James goal with a series of line plays. Stopping 'the Saints just short of a TD, the opponents countered with a sustained drive which culminated in a touchdown pass. The kick was good, and St. James was out in front, 7-0. The Big Red retaliated in the second period as Cain went off tackle for a score. Foster converted, and the score was tied at 7-7. St. james scored its second TD of the day after a fifty-yard march, largely due to the accurate passing of their quarterback. Still very much in the game, SAS took the kickoff, and after steady work on the middle of the St. james line, succeeded in working the ball into scoring position. just as the crowd was yelling itself hoarse in anticipation of a game-tying touchdown, a miscue in the Saints' backfield resulted in a heart-breaking fumble, with the ball nestling all-too-snugly in the arms of a Hagerstown back, who proceeded to move it out of his own end-zone up to the forty where he was brought down from behind. Time soon ran out with the Big Red still on the short end of the score. The final game of the year was played against Landon School at Washington. This game is the traditional encounter between the two schools, with the famed Pink Elephant going to the winner. Up to this game, SAS was two victories ahead of Landon in the series which started in 1932. There have been two ties in these yearly tilts. ' When the Red left for Washington, they knew that they had a tough game ahead of them, for Landon was very highly ranked among the Washington teams. Their fears proved to be well founded, as the Landon aggergation completely dominated the Saints, 46-7. The game played by the SAS team seemed to be a throwback to earlier in the season when lack of organization proved to be the Red's downfall. Landon scored almost 'at will, using both a strong passing attack and a powerful running attack to good advantage. The only St. Andrew's touchdown came in the second quarter when Thombs sneaked the ball over from the two and Foster converted. Although the season was a losing one, everyone agreed that there could not have been better leadership on the team. Foster and Brumbach constantly kept the spirit high, an extremely hard job to accomplish with a team that is losing every Saturday. The coaches, too, deserve the highest praise. They were always behind the team IOOW and never lost faith in the squad. Leadership also looks good for next year, as do prospects for the team, under Co-Captains-elect jim Spangler and Harry Jarvis.