Club Basketball

T llE Macks, coac h ed by Mr. G l ass, came Lhrough Lhis year and rep ea l ed Lh eir pe rformances of '26, '27, and '28 by Laking Lhe c lub championsh ip wilh very lilll e effort. Though weak l ast year, the boys came oul on lop this Lim e throu gh th eir own ab ility and Lhe guidance of Coach Glass.

The Dwights maintained Lheir hold on second place, breaking even in their sched ule for a .500 percentage. Mr. Under hill was back, and did his usual fine work as their coac h.

The B lakes dropped from Lhe Lop Lo Lhe bollom thi s yea r. They co uldn 't seem lo ge l s tarted, s in ce mosl of Lhcir members of Lh e c h ampio n s hip Learn of '29 were playing va rsity. fr . Bou Lon coached the Learn, which was caplained by "Ch u c k " Kingston.

The Iacks sLarlcd off Lhe seas on wilh a bang by dropping Lhc Dwighls 28 Lo 18. IL was a fasl game, and Lhe fe llow s showed good judgment al Lhe beginning of Lh e year.

They followed throu g h in Lhe seco nd game by Laking Lhe me as ure of Lhe Blakes 15 Lo 11. IL was a close r game Lhan Lh e firsl, a nd Lh e winners needed a ll of Lhcir ski ll. Phill ip s starred in bolh games.

In Lh c Lhird game of Lh e season the Macks con tinu ed on Lh eir way to Lh e Lop by aga in defea tin g Lh e Dwighls 23 Lo 11 , wiLh Phillips Lhe o ul sland in g player.

On February 1 lh e Dwight s won their firsl game by beating Lhe Blakes 13 lo 12 in a close mal c h. An overtime period was necessary to decide lhc victors, and il was lhe shooting of Despard Lhal put lhe Dwights on th e long end of lh e score.

The Macks co ntinued their winning streak on February 5 by takin g down lh e Blak es 18 to 14. The shoaling of Phillip s was noteworthy.

The Dwi g hl s s urprised eve ryone b y winning from the Macks 22 Lo 21 on F ebruary 19. Il was a fasl , rough game with the Dwi g hl s having the edge, and again Phillip s and Despard s h are d the h onors.

Th e l'vlacks won Lh eir l ast game of the season by trimming th e Blakes 26 to 17 in a rough gam e . Numerous fou l s were ca ll ed and only the ste ll ar work of Phi lli ps won for Lhe Mack s

An unusually good Midget team , noted particularly for its strong offensive power , ca me through a hard seas on Lhis year with flying co lor s including three overwhe lmin g viclories over lhe Lower School. Staub and F. Smith w e re lhe slam on lhi s ste ll ar Leam.

Games

Varsity Baseball

AFTER severa l weeks of failhful and cncrgclic praclicc, under Lhc capable and very exce ll ent leadership of Captain Olho Ling, the 1929 Varsily baseball squad made i ls dcbul on Lh c home diamond Lo meet in contest with Lima , on April 3rd. Throughoul Lhc cnlirc season they played an ea rn est and cons i slenl game, to Jo se on ly Lwo of Lhc e ight on their schedule.

Spec ia l credil is clue Burl, Morgan, Kingston, Lawyer, Brodie and II. Schnal'k, who were consislcnl ly the highest sco r ers throughout the season, and who had porlrayed excellent abi lily in the arl o f handling the baseball and bal.

The 1930 baseball LurnouL was ralher large, in facl it numbered some Lhirl y candidales. According to Coach Cory, Howe shou ld have a real baseball team Lhis year wilh everyth in g that is necessary, in c ludin g an exce ll ent pitching slafT, good ca t che r s, an exce ll e nt outfield and in.field and a crowd of Babe Ru Lhs for s lu ggers. The Learn Lhis year is expected Lo be one of Lhc bcsl LhaL Ilowc has ever seen, J'or since Mr. Cory, himself, plays a slrong s uiL in Lhc game, he is assured LhaL wiLh hi s malerial he can Leach Lhcm to play real baseball and what's more, winning baseball.

The season's games for 19 29 ran as follows:

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10

1. IIowe crushed Lhe alumni Lcam by an overwhelming score.

Tennis

THE Lennis season of 1929 was a most successfu l one. Over sixLy players Lurned ouL in Apri l, and from Lhis abundance of maLcrial Lhc Varsily and lVIidgcL Lc::uns were chosen. In Lhc rnalchc s lasl pring wilh olhcr schoo ls Umphrey';; work as rapLain and Number 1, and Lhal of Lynch al umber 2, was on Ls Landing and above Lhc average of preparaLory sc hool players. Krawilz, Culley, Wood, Gammel, Baldwin and AbboLL were al l players of promising ca li bre. Umphrey, Lynch , Krawilz, and Culley were awarded Varsily B's al Lhc end of Lhc season.

In Lhe lidgcL division, com po sed of boys fifLccn years of age or younger, Lhere was liLLlc Lo choo se bcLwccn Sandford, De spa rd , and Cook. In Lhc Junior Tournament Sandford dcfcaLcd Despard for Lhc Iidgcl championship. OLhcr promising playrrs in Lhis group were I ..Jahnk e, and Ader.

In Lhc School Tournamcnl, Umphrey was Lhc winner, def ca ling Lynch in a l' asL flve-scL maLch,

3-H, 3-G, G-0, G-ti.