St Pauls School - Sigillum Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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BASEBALL The '53 Red and Black baseball season came to an exciting close as the Sancti nine hammered their way into the second place slot in the Ivy League for the third successive year. The League record was 8 and 2 while the overall record was 9 and 3. Many thought St. Paul's was due for the champion- ship, and the team might have won the title but for the lack of depth in the mound crew. As it was, how- ever, Walter Heidelberger and George I-Iennig carried the brunt of arm duty, helped occasionally by Richard Pooley and one or two others. The main offensive of the Sancti nine was, of course, the hitting. Our murderers' row consisted of three men-captain Stetson, Heidelberger, and Stephen Ball -all of whom batted over the .300 mark. Add to this list two others, Fred Nagle, who finished the season teetering on the .400 level, and Fred Moss, who was just under .300, and we had a terrifying array of power for any opposing pitcher. The Saints opened their season on a cold April 11 with a victory over the visiting Riverdale club. The game went the full seven innings, reaching its climax when the Saints squeaked across the winning run to make the score 7-6. Pooley was the winning pitcher. Three days later the Red and Black took on Friends Academy in a non-League contest which resulted in a 6-3 victory credited to George Hennig. Considerable Page Tifty-six KNEELING: Mason, Stutzmann, Monif, Bell, captain Stetson, Ball, Hamalak, Cron, Heidel- berger. STANDING: Manager Klinedinst, Kittell, Spurrier, Hennig, Nagle, Webster, Moss, Rexrode, Pooley, coach Muller. credit must also go to captain Stetson who drilled three long doubles in this contest. Then, with Heidelberger on the mound against Horace Mann on April 17, the team managed to battle to a 7-7 tie when the game was called because of dark- ness after seven innings. A few days later the Saints suffered their Hrst loss at the hands of their old rivals, Poly Prep, collecting but three hits in their 6-4 defeat. The two Trinity games, played on May 6 and 26, resulted in two victories for the Saints and Heidel- berger. The respective scores were 7-1 and 5-0. Stony Brook was also overwhelmed twice during the season, on May 15 by a 9-1 score and again on May 21 by a 9-0 tally. In this game Hennig, pitching beautiful ball, hurled a no-hitter which was saved for him only by a spectacular diving catch by Fred Stutz- mann in centerfield. Two other games, retum matches, gave the Saints a 6-1 win over Horace Mann and an 8-2 loss to Poly. Poly's victory meant the League lead for keeps as they squeaked in ahead of St. Paul's once again. Second best again, but, who can tell what is in the crystal ball for the '54 Red and Black? Fred Moss, playing his fourth year for St. Paul,s, will captain this team. He will be backed by returning letter men Nagle, Cron, Stutzmann, and Spurrier and a host of hopefuls.

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each contributed 14. high for the Saints with 211 points. ln their second encounter with Riverdale the Saints won a close one, 74-7tl, However, they were never behind. Hof was again high scorer. His 27 points were gained mostly on foul shots, for be hit 15 in a row. The next game, that with Horace Mann, assured the Saints of the crown. This was an easier win than the lirst encounter, for the Saints took an early lead and held it to win 79-63. Poly Prep was another easy victim lor the mighty St, Paul's giants , Ohman took in- dividual scoring honors with 211, while Hof and Coots The season came to an end as the Saints once more had to cope with Stony Brook's possession type of game. After being ahead by but 2 points at the half, the Red and Black broke away and won 32-19. After enioying such a line season, Coach Haire sub- mitted the team record to the Glens Falls Tournament committee and was later invited to participate in the eight-team tournament, ln the lirst round the Saints drew the highly pub- licized Carteret School of New Jersey, a former win- ner Of the Tournament. The Red and Black held the lead for the maior part of the game but dropped it in the closing minutes to lose, 51-48. The next day their opponent in the consolation round was Kiskiminetas School of Pennsylvania. The Carden City quintet, somewhat dejected because of their lirst loss, took a 59-45 drubbing. However, in the last game the Saints regained their old form and white washed St. Alohn's of Massachusetts, 67-ill. Ohman was voted most valuable player in the con- solation round and accordingly received a handsome trophy. He was also voted to the All-lvy League team along with Hof. Vander-Hill was voted to the League's second team and was elected next year's captain to succeecl co-captains Hof and Moss. The outlook for next year is good with the return of letter men VanderHill, Hawkins, and Petrou and reserves Kittell, Lomax, and Regan, SCHEDULE 73 S.P vs Haekley .. .. . . 24 94 SP vs Brooklyn Tech j.V. , .. , 511 itl S.P vs Hofstra Frosh .. ,...... . ., 60 67 S.P vs. Trinity 44 61 S.P vs Riverdale ,. . Stl 57 S.P vs Horace Mann . 56 75 S.P vs Poly Prep . 58 D3 S.P vs Stony Brook ., 25 71 S.P vs Trinity . .. 51 74 S.P vs Riverdale 7U 70 S.P vs Horace Mann 63 71 S.P vs Poly Prep .,., . . ,. 37 32 SP vs Stony Brook .. , .. 19 Page Tifty-jiue

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SGCCER The soccer team, coached by Mr. Norman Barrett, was a young, inexperienced one, having but two seniors on the roster. The team lost all seven games on their schedule, but it was not due to lack of effort or spirit. ln spite of the coach's fine work, the team just could not squeeze out a victory. The season opened with a game with the eventual winners of the Ivy League crown, Horace Mann. After holding the Hilltoppers scoreless for the first half, the Red and Black folded up in the second half, losing 5-li. Riverdale took the second game from us, 3-1. Charles Vanderllill scored the first goal of the year for St. l'aul's. Unfortunately for the Saints, captain Brown was iniured in this game and was unable to play for the remainder of the season. After a loss by a 4-O score to Poly in our third venture, we suffered a 2-I defeat at the hands of Trinity. ln this game goalie Baher was injured and forced to miss the rest of the games of the season. This was another had break for the Saints. With our new goalie, Herb jellander, playing his lirst game for the Red and Black, we lost our fifth game again to Poly, by 4-tl score. Next came a return game with Horace Mann. Although this was the best t 2 game played by the Saints all season, they lost 3-2. After trailing 3-0 at the end of the Hrst half, St. Paul's put on the pressure and scored two goals in the last period, one by Churchill and the other by Regan. In this game the defensive play of Batley, Kittell, Hall and jellander was outstanding, but it was not enough to bring us a victory. The final game of the year was with the strong Riverdale aggregation and again we lost. This time the tally was 5-0. While the season was a discouraging one, the coach and the players kept their morale high, displaying fine spirit in all games. Since only captain Brown and act- ing captain Batley will be absent from the line-up, prospects look good for a fine team next year since so many of the squad gained very fine experience this year. The following boys were awarded their varsity let- ters: Martin Asdorian, Kamrun Baher, Lionel Batley, Fritz Fouquet, Douglas Hall, Herbert jellander, Don- ald Kittell, Victor Regan, Robert Rexrode, Charles Vanderl-lill, Douglas Wise, William Wong, and Ran- dolph Churchill. At the end of the season the letter men elected Charles Vanderl lill and Donald Kittell co-captains for next year. sat. L. as l:RUN'l' Row: Yrausquin, Dau- vergne, lirown, Riedell, Walker, Hunter. Sl2r:oNo Row: Asclo- rian, Rexrode, Regan, Wise Hartley, Daniel, Kittell, Churchill, l5ouquet, Woodley Costello, Tinian Row: Stober f f Trump, Vanderl lill, jellancler, Hall, liaher, VanHeiningen, Walther, liatley, Wong, Behr- :ns, Knickrnan, Coach Barrett, Page Tifty-seven