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Varsity Soccer

N last year’s Yearbook, the 1957 Varsity Although Trinity suffered double defeat at
Soccer 1 earn was designated as having made the hands of both Hackley and Horace Mann,
I a “dismal showing.’’ This phrase would be they succeeded in capturing fourth place in the
slightly inappropriate for the 1958 edition. Ivy League. A thrashing by St. Paul’s, 3-0, two
The season began with defeats of St. Paul’s, demoralizing ties by Adelphi, a 2-0 defeat by
1-0, and Poly Prep, 2-0, creating a 3-0 scoring Trinity-Pawling, and a loose-one-tie-one split with
total—two points more than the entire output Riverdale completed the hooters’ 3-7-3 record.
the previous year. The season’s most crushing That tie of Riverdale (never before beaten or
victory came over Poly Prep, again, 3-0. tied in twelve years) was the season’s climax,
despite the tantalizing nearness of victory in
the fourth quarter.
A basic reason for the marked improvement
of this year’s team was the more cohesive action
among the linemen led by Captain Cambiz
Baher, Bob Franklin, Chet Markovich, Steve
van Ophuijsen, and Jody Porter. Another reason
was the active forward defense provided by cen­
ter halfback, Dan Bonbright, backed by John
Bose and Chris Reale and next year’s captain,
Roger Lewis, in the goal.

Seated—Golden, Reale, Bonbright, Truman, Baher (Captain), R. Franklin, Moller, White. Second
rove-—Dever (Manager), Lasersohn, Whitlock, T. Newkirk, R. Lewis, J. Bose, Sypher, E. Shaw
(Manager), Mr. Groebli (Coach). Third row—Pratt, Porter, Hyden, van Ophuijsen, Skarstrom,
Lefcourte, Kosovich, Kerley. Absent—Markovich.

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