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

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Firrt Raw: Barclay, Bahr, Battin. Serond Raw: Mr. Hughes, Walden, Clark, Brumbach, Captain, Kenney, Smith, T., Manager, Mr. Hawkins. VARSITY TENNIS In defeating the University of Delaware freshmen 7-2 to open the 1955 campaign, the SAS varsity tennis team ran its string of first match wins to 5. Well-coached by Mr. Hughes and Mr. Hawkins, and with four of last year's lettermen returning-Bahr, Barclay, Battin and Brumbach- the team got off to a good start, with only Brumbach and Bahr, playing in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, losing to the college boys. In the next match, the Saints faced tough opposition in Gilman, but'managed to pull out a 5-4 victory. The first three singles matches were lost, but.of the doubles, only the Walden-Battin combination was beaten. The Big Red netmen then traveled to Baltimore, and made it a successful journey, defeating Baltimore Friends, 7-2. Bahr, playing No, 1 in place of the inhrmaryized Capt. Brumbach, was the only singles loser, while the Bahr-'Clark combine failed to come through in the doubles. 'Continuing in their winning ways, the SAS racketeers, still minus their No. 1 man, never'theless shut out Sidwell Friends, 9-O. Barclay and Walden were the only ones to have to go three sets to win. In the next match, Walden, one of the two Big Red netmen still undefeated in singles play, met his Waterloo against Westtown Friends, losing along with 'the doubles team of Brumbach and Barclay. These gave Westtown its only two wins on another victorious day for the Saints. Barclay, the only other unbeaten member of the team, had his match canceled, as did the recovered Brumbach. By winning this one, the Big Red team took its fifth straight match of the season. However, all good things must come to an end, and this winning streak was no exception. The fatal blow was struck by a powerful Haverford team, who won decisively, 5-1. Brumbach was the only member of the team to chalk up a victory. just four days later, St. Alban's visited SAS, and the Blue and White went away happily- with an 8-1 win to take home. This time it was the doubles team of Bahr and Clark who were the only ones to break into the win column. A week later, the Big Red took its revenge on St. james, shutting the Hagerstowners out, 7-0. In doing this, the SAS netmen extended their scoring streak to forty outside matches. The last time 'they were shut out was by Landon in the first match of 1947. The faculty match was played on May 27, with the School team winning, 5-2. In the singles, Brumbach was the only loser, being beaten by Mr. Hughes. Bahr, Barclay, Walden, and Kenney all won. The doubles team of Battin and Walden won, but the Brumbach-Barclay combination lost to Mr. Washburn and Mr. Hughes. This win gave the Saints a fine overall record for the season of seven wins and two losses. An even better season is predicted for '54, since the only member of the team who is not back is Walden.

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Front row: Battin, Campbell, D., Evans, Captain. Kenney, Foster. Bark raw: Butcher, Crowe, Wood, L., Orth, Lodoen, Thombs. VARSITY BASKETBALL The Varsity basketball team had a fair season, finishing just short of the .500 mark with 7 wins and 8 losses. Captain Doug Evans led the team in scoring with a season total of 256 points, barely missing the school's all-time record. The first game of the season was played at Tower Hill and lost, 54-40. The Saints were out- scored in every period but the last, when they picked up five on the 19 point lead held by the Green at the end of the 'third quarter. In the season's home opener four days later, Evans and Shack Kenney chalked up twelve points apiece to lead the Big Red to a 45-40 win over St. AIban's. Q Against Sanford, Evans scored 23 as 'the SAS team won its second game of the season. The Saints took a commanding 14-point lead in the first half, and held it to win handily, 52-40. At Westtown, the Red ran up against one of its most powerful opponents of the season and lost, 70-39. On the Smyrna court, the Saints saw a third period seven point lead dwindle to nothing, as the Eagles finished strong and tied the score in the last few seconds of play at 57-all. However, a foul dropped through, and the game was won, 58-57. Norris Battin took scoring honors with 18 points, he was followed by Bob Foster with 16. Against Landon, Battin and Evans were the only ones to break into double figures, with 11 and 10 points respectively, as the Big Red dropped its third game of the campaign, 57-41. The next game was played against an extremely powerful Baltimore Friends aggregation, and was likewise lost, by a score of 76-50. The next game, a return match with Tower Hill, proved to be more to the Saints' liking than the first, as Evans racked up 24 points and the Red won, 50-49. A return game with Smyrna was also more in favor of the SAS team, and the Big Red left the court with an eleven point win over the Eagles, 59-48. The Germantown Friends game turned out to be another close contest, but this one-pointer went the wrong way, and Friends won, 48-47. At Wilmington Friends, Bob Foster scored 17 points to cop scoring honors for the day, but this was not enough, as Friends won, 54-50. The Sallies of Salesianum were the next to invade the SAS court, and they also went away victorious on the long end of a 66-56 count. The next game was played against Boy's Latin, who won the fourth straight game lost by the Big Red, 82-45. At Caesar Rodney, Doug Evans scored two points in the first half, and then sank eleven field goals in the second half for a total of 26 points for the day. This 26 was the highest individual score of the season, and was invaluable in handing Caesar Rodney a 76-64 setback to stop the Saints' losing streak at 4. The final game of the season, played against George School, was the fourth game 'to be decided by one point, three of which were won by the Big Red. In this one, Evans scored 16 as the Saints won, 44-45. A good season is predicted for '55 under the leadership of Co-Captains-elect Dave Thombs and Phil Butcher.

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Fifi! Rnun' Close, Jarvis, Lodoen, Klutey, XV:-st, Capiaivz, Cannon, Foster, Hart, Mitchell, C., Parks, llfarmgur. Second Row: Luke, Alston, Penn, Thombs, Evans, Cummin, Beatty, Bair, Murray, Schultze. VARSITY BASEBALL The varsity baseball team opened its 1953 season at Landon. Clayton Mitchell pitched a tight game for the Saints, allowing three runs on five hits. He gave up no walks. In the fifth inning, a Landon batter laid down a squeeze bunt along the third base line. Third baseman Howard Hart tagged the runner at home, but the umpire's disputed call was Safe! This increased Landon's slim lead to 3-1. St. Andrew's pushed across a run in the sixth inning, but the score remained a close 3-2 when the game ended. i The next game was played at home against Wilmington Friends. St. Andrew's managed to get only one hit, a single in the first inning, but the Friends' pitcher proved to be extremely wild, and taking advantage of nine walks, two errors, and two hit batters, the Saints racked up a 7-4 victory, jake Bair was the winning pitcher, walking seven and striking out eight. The next game, against Gilman, turned out to be similar to a nightmare. The Saints scored four runs on hits by Hart, Close, Penn, and Klutey, but the entire team fell apart after three inn- ings. SAS pitchers gave up thirteen hits and nine walks, while the Fielders committed thirteen errors. The final score was Z2-4, in favor of Gilman. On Tuesday of the following week, Smyrna invaded the SAS diamond confidently, but left dejectedly on the short end of a 10-6 score. The Saints scored 4 in the first, 4 in the second, and two in the fourth, while the Eagles acquired 1 in the first, 2 in the second, 1 in the fourth, and 2 in the seventh, Chuck Close maintained his RBI lead, driving in the fifth and sixth runs. Clay Mitchell pitched a tight game, allowing only four hits and no walks. The victory was the second out of four games for the Saints. On the following Saturday, the Big Red journeyed to Washington, only to lose to Sidwell Friends. 7-1. Friends scored seven runs in the First five innings, while the lone SAS tally came on a homer by Hugh Cannon in the sixth. In addition to his home run, Cannon smacked a triple, but the hitting of his teammates was not sufficient to pull the game out of the fire. The Saturday of Dance Weekend, Dover visited Richardson Field. Bill Beatty started on the mound for SAS, but was taken out in favor of Mitchell. Bob Foster brought across a run for the Saints in the Erst inning, but Dover scored three in their half of the second. The Red retaliated with two to tie the score at three-all. Dover climbed on the see-saw again, and scored two in the third to lead 5-3. The Saints came back with one tally in both the third and fourth innings, to deadlock the score a second time. At this point the rain, which had threatened all afternoon, arrived, and the game was called after four innings, with the score 5-5. The Saints' next victim was Tower Hill. Playing at home, the Big Red nabbed an easy 9-5 victory behind the strong hurling of Clayton Mitchell. In the first, after the Saints had already scored twice, George Lodoen smacked a tremendous home run over the road in left field with a runner on first base. Harry Jarvis raised his average, getting four hits in four appearances, while Captain Hal West went two for three, and Hugh Cannon had two for four. The Saints scored their nine runs on a total of eleven hits, one walk, and six Tower Hill errors. The last game of the season was played against a highly reputed St. Alban's nine. jake Bair started, but was removed for Mitchell after the St. Alban's team scored six runs in the second inning. Four more runs in the sixth gave St. Alban's a 10-0 victory. The team improved greatly throughout the season, under the capable direction of Peanuts Riley, the only outside coach the school has ever had.