US Naval Academy and Preparatory School - Cruise Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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Winkler t gy-s-. 93- Winsor 5:3 Wood XV urtzel Wyatt , I Ypma fa fs if 6. Yttrth Zach arias Winkler, Lawrence Winsor, Robert W. YVood, Dempsey D. Wurtzel, john j. Larry Bewick Hotrod j. J. St. Louis, Mo. St. Paul, Minn. England, Ark. Harrisburg, Penna. Football, Boxing Drum and Bugle Corps Lacrosse Baseball Choir Wyatt, William C. Ypma, john Yurth, William Zacharias, jerrold M Bill Ampy Yokum Zach 1 jacksonville, Fla. Grand Rapids, Mich. Columbia Station, Ohio Vllashington, D. C. Football Zeller, john K. Zibilich, Michael A. Zimolzak, Frank Johnnie Mike Zim Indianapolis, Ind. New Orleans, La. Glen Lyon, Pa. Football Zeller Zibilich I Zimolzak ML i t

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Zlwzfdall 'W ' V digit 6 m fi T ly if ,ia 4 ' ' '53 59558 'fr LI Q ' i is 1 S 5 7 A 1 y l 55 i 32 5 as 20 '35 45 49 41 val' Bags T35 2lml3Sfal8i va, r--gf. ,J 1 L, agua, , , va ly, ...fi in Sl :Cav-dnilvro cw In va, First Row Decker, Scolpino, Corey, Frederick, Brennan, Grimes, Mathewson, Hoke, Deppish, Peters, Lenhardt Barry, Smith. Second Row - Orabone, Unger, Deem, Shaw, Winkler, Kenady, Burke, Hardin, Potts Schlaufman, Marshall, DeStefano. Third Row - McCluskey, Ens. Smith, Beach, McCurdy, Liontas Ker s Lantaster, Skovgard, Slack, Cornell, Ens. Sullivan, Mohr. Fourth Row - Ens. Gilliam. Mueller ck, Ortiz, Holland, Clark, Barnet, Larson, Leon, Bartley, Sliallcuburg, Comdr. Schmidt. This year's Naval Academy and College Preparatory School football team, better known as the Bainbridge Commodores, was ably coached by Comdr. Schmidt, who was assisted by player-coaches, linsigns Gill' m, Smith and Sullivan. Having beautiful football weather, the Commodi y with only one week of practice as a squad, rolled to an easy victory over- o Meade to launch its season in the win column. In the next game Bainbridg lost arheartbreaker to the Receiving Station at Washington, D. C. The NAPS ekoven, .benefiting by the experience obtained during the past two gamesggcameg out on top with its game against Fort Myer. When Bainbridge matched i'ts'skil1s,with Fort Belvoir, the latter proved to be getting the greater share of the breaks. 5Qapitalizing on one, a Belvoir player intercepted a passin lhijlexd zone in theclqsiing minutes of play, and ran the entire field for the win touchdown whigh' the Com- modores their second defeat of the seasqi-5, ' self .f Being rather outclassed byiliei Navy Plebges, the squad fril' Ba' bridge lost its third game. A superiorjgiar e aggregation at Quantico, Virfirii A, accounted for Bainbridge's fourfthf--loss. ,covering from these three-. traight defeats, NAPS, battered butfnot demora 1, .ed, reorganized to win over the Pensacola Air Station team. taking'il'iel'l t game of the season from Westqrn Maryland jayvees, the Coinmodores of Bainbridge evened the schedule with four wins and four losses. ' ' ,X A few 'weeks after the termination of the season the players, coaches, and managers were feted in a banquet given in their honor at Tome Inn. Several prominent guests were present and varsity jackets were awarded. Thus, the gridiron at Bainbridge closed to the Season of 1947.