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S O C C E R

J oseph W. W ild, J r....................................................... Captain
D onald R. D u c k w o r t h ..................................... Manager

The soccer team completed one of the most successful seasons
in recent years, winning two games and losing one. On the
Monday following the last football game, a fairly promising squad
led by Captain Wild and a few members of last year’s team
reported to Coach Florie. The veterans were Captain Wild,
Cotter, and a complete half-back line composed of J. Syren, Graeff,
and Whitaker. The newcomers were: Howard, Read, Colton,
Kerns, R. Mowry, E. Mowry, Schwarz, I. Chase, Young, and
Boston.
The schedule opened with St. George’s School at Newport. The game was closely con­
tested throughout, no scoring being done until the last seconds of the first half, when Dodwell
of St. George's managed to edge the ball by Schwarz, our goalie. St. George's scored again early
in the next period to terminate its scoring for the day. Soon afterwards Capt. Joe Wild booted
a beautiful thirty-yard kick into the far corner of the goal to retrieve one of the tallies. Although
handicapped by lack of practice, the team played very well. Capt. Wild at center forward and
Eric Schwarz at goal were outstanding.
In its second encounter the team, displaying a much more polished passing attack, defeated
Pomfret School 1 to 0. Most of the action took place in Pomfret territory. Our defense seemed
almost impenetrable. Capt. Wild, who bewildered the opposition with his clever dribbling,
scored the only goal.
The final encounter was a return engagement with St. George's, in which the team avenged
its first defeat at the hands of the Newporters. Capt. Wild scored the first goal midway through
the opening period on a fine shot from the right side of the field. Allan Graeff, playing center
half, registered the second score shortly before the end of the period when he broke through
the St. George’s defense to edge a low shot into the far corner of the goal. About three min­
utes before the end of the game St. George’s managed to tally once, but was not able to even
the score.
During the entire season Capt. Wild, leading the attack, was the most outstanding player.
Eric Schwarz deserves a lot of credit for his fine work at goal. After the first St. George’s game
Coach Florie remarked, "I don’t see how Schwarz makes so many difficult saves. He stops
one in one corner of the goal and the next second he has made a beautiful save in the other.”
Ed. Whitaker and Allan Graeff covered their territory thoroughly at their half-back positions,
and Taylor Cotter, at left full-back, was always there to ward off attempts that penetrated too
near the goal. A u r

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