Walter Johnson High School - Windup Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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First row: Walt Stickney, Dave Cooper, Glen Bill Rosbe, Pete Johansen stroked their way Gould, Joe Fairbanks, second: Walt Whitman, to an eleven-love record by acmg all comers. i, .. -r,, le, Walt Whitman assumes bard-like expressions as he strokes the ball during the Northwood match at Lakewood. Glen Gould, taking a ghoulish pleasure in plagueing opponents during the tennis season, helped in several whitewashings. 180 Sports uid Socinl life A ,C .M Tennis Record WJ Opponent 5 Wakefield 1 6 Gonzaga 3 I , 8 Blair 1 ' 5 B-CC 1 9 Northwood 0 6 Landon 3 7 Georgetown Prep 2 6 Western 3 9 Blair 0 8 Georgetown Prep 1 9 Northwood 0 Racket Wielders Rocket To Title The tennis team was the only 1960-61 athletic squad to finish the season with a perfect slate. The netmen won all five of their Bi-County League matches and all their six other games for an un- defeated season. Their efforts earned them the Bi-County League title and a rating of second place among all the Washington Area teams. The team, coached by Mr. Raymond Muller, opened its season with a 5-1 victory over Wakefield. Playing on their home courts at Lakewood Country Club, the team next defeated Gonzaga. Victories over Blair twice, Georgetown Prep twice, North- wood, Landon, Western and traditional rival B-CC followed in rapid succession. The team closed their season with a smashing 9-0 victory over Northwood. This year's team boosted seven returning letter- men which made them formidable opponents for all the teams they faced.

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WJ Opponent 0 Wheaton 6 2 BCC 7 11 Landon 2 1 Richard Montgomery 2 2 Sherwood 1 13 Oxon Hill 7 3 High Point 4 3 Northwestern 15 3 John Carroll 5 6 Bladensburg 10 2 Blair 4 9 Northwood 7 3 Wheaton 4 1 BCC 6 6 Sherwood 2 if t ' .f '12 QM -fl' 1. : :veffbf WJ catcher Dana Carroll watches the curve break over the plate in the third inning of the crucial Wheaton game. Infielder Wayne Feelniyer waits tensely on first for the action to resume late in the Landon game, with WJ leading 11-1. As J V Winds Up I Jai' ts First Season The qualities of persistence and good sports- manship sustained the baseball team during the 1961 season. With too few winning games to carry morale at high level, the team had to call on intangible resources to maintain a season that can rate as successful only in terms of staying-with-it. It was as much to the spirit of Walter Johnson as to anything that the team maintained equanimity and determination. Coach George Thompsonls team won two games in a row after a loss to Richard Mont- gomery in the Bi-County season opener. They beat Sherwood, 2 to 1, and then Went on to trounce Oxon Hill, 13 to 7, for their high score of the year. The Spartans also ended the sea- son on a happy note, overpowering Sherwood, 6 to 2, in the final game. For the first time last year, WJ organized a Junior Varsity Baseball Team. These Junior Spartans played in only five games, but they downed the Wheaton JV and the Admiral Peary Varsity, and they gained valuable base- ball experience. Sports and Social life 179 Q

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J Greensmen Gain in League Golf The Walter Johnson golfers, coached by Mr. James W. Gilmore, put together a fine season last year. The Green Team, with only one returning letterman, won seven victories in a row and a total of eight which earned a second place in the Bi-County League. The season opened with a very tight match against Wheaton in which the Spartans rallied in the last foursome to win 5-4. Consecutive victories over Bladensburg, Peary, Northwood, Blair. High Point, and Northwestern boosted hopes for a league title and perhaps a state championship. In the next match, however, a strong R-CC team defeated the Spartans in a contest which decided the league title. The season's finale was a crushing victory over Richard Montgomery. The season was a good one for the Spartans, and they gained valuable experience which helped them this year. Spartan Iinksmen Dick Franyo and Ron Rhodes give teammate Tom Beers some helpful advice in lining up his putt on the Woodmont Country Club practice green before the team's cave-in against a championship bound B-CC squad on May 27. Heeding the sage advice that practice paves the road to victory, Ron Rhodes takes a practice shot before teeing off, while George Schull watches. Golf Record M WJ Opponent 5 Wheaton 4 6 Northwood 3 ' A ' 5 Bladensburg 4 o ' ' 9 Peary 0 6 Blair 3 7 High Point 6 5 Northwestern 4 0 B-CC 9 7 Richard Montgomery 2 A Tee-totalcrs Tom Beers, Steve Burd, George Jump. .lack Blomquist, Ron Rhodes, Captain John Cavin, George Schull, Dick Franyo, composed the golf team.