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

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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

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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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RESTLING Q 5 i E i I KNIQELING: Fischofer, Rustmann, Walker, Daniel. SEQOND Row: Coach Muller, Cook, Von Roeschlaub, jones, Convey, Baher. THIRD Row: Riedell, Clancy, Cron, Angrist, Hall, Seibert, manager Stober. Although the wrestlers ended their season with an unimpressive-sounding record of four wins and one draw as compared with seven losses, a close inspection of the schedule will reveal that this year's campaign was, indeed, a successful one. On that schedule were matches with some of the most powerful teams in the Long Island area, teams like Amityville, Farmingdale, Massapequa, and Oceanside. The lirst match was with Amityville, a team that was later to become an undefeated powerhouse. Wltile we were defeated hy the Crimson tide, we were not out-classed and our favorable showing seemed to fore- cast a good season. Friends Academy was a refreshing change after Amityville, and we won easily, many of the Quakers falling prey to Sancti pinning combina- tions. Our next match was with llorace Mann, and we decisively defeated them also, The Saints then traveled to Brooklyn to meet the formidable Poly Prep, a team whose middle-weights were all to become Ivy League champions later in the season, The smooth-working Poly machine proved too strong, and the Saints lost. Determined to pick up another win at the expense of Ilackley, the Saints met the invaders from West- chester on their own mats and beat them by a good score. It is, however, significant to note that not one pin was registered during the course of the entire bout and that nine of the ten individual matches were decided by a margin of two points or less. The wrestlers then moved into the rugged part of their schedule. They were severely beaten by a tough Page fFifty-eight Farmingdale outtit and they dropped another to the always tough Stony lirook team. A return match with Friends, upon whom the Saints vented their fury after two defeats, did much to restore the morale of the Red and Black. Moving on to a match with South Side lligh, the Sancti grapplers were again disappointed as they lost by one point. At Massapequa the Saints' wrestlers, with a few exceptions, seemed listless, and they well deserved the loss they received. But, it was an entirely different team that two days later met Oceanside, last year's Long Island champs. The Saints' wrestling was so inspired that, after sweeping the lirst four weights, they succeeded in attaining a I9-19 draw with the mighty Sailors. The Saints then met Trinity in their last match of the season and lost a heartbreaker to last year's lvy League champs by but two points. The lvy League Tournament, the lirst of its kind, saw live St. Paul's men make the linals. Angrist and Cron took lirst places, while Fischofer, Cohn, and Rustmann took seconds in their respective weight classes. At the end of the tournament, Cron received the award for the most valuable wrestler of the tournament. Witlt the season officially ended, Angrist, Fischofer, Baher, and Cron traveled to Lehigh to wrestle in the Eastern Preparatory School Championship. Cron drew the best man in his weight class in the lirst round and was defeated. However, he went on to take a fourth. Angrist made it up to the finals and took second place in his class.