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T IIIHIII HE H I I 9 J J MW <® ^ /% l l l l C

T h e 1 9 3 3 soccer sched u le was slig h tly lon ger than th at o f
last year, con sistin g o f five gam es. U n fo rtu n ately , it furnished
little op p ortu n ity for th e team ’s offensive to click , as exp erien ce
and team w ork are essential to success. A ten -gam e sched u le w ould
u n dou btedly have raised our stan d in g to a con sid erable degree.
U n d er th e supervision o f a new coach, M r. C am p bell, the
squad reported fo r first practice shortly b efo re T h an k sg iv in g vaca­
tion . It was fairly p rom isin g, con sistin g o f C ap tain Jo e W ild ,
M itch ell, T h o m p so n , Syren, W h ita k er, Stead, G raeff, M erritt, A .
Law son, M acom ber, Ferris, C hase, Y o rk , C otter, D aly, W a g n er,
and D on ley.
T h e first round o f th e b attle w ent to E ast G reen w ich A cad ­
em y by a score o f 4 to 2. It was far from th e one-sid ed con test
ind icated, and w ent to th e A cadem y in th e ov ertim e periods, w hen
exp erien ce and con d ition w ere th e ou tstan d in g factors. D on ley
scored th e first goal fo r M . B . on a pass from Y o rk . O u r lead was
sh ort-liv ed , how ever, as Savery scored tw ice fo r th e opponen ts
early in th e second period. B u t the tide was again to turn in ou r favor. D isp lay in g an
irresistib le offensive, C hase tied the cou nt on an op en -g oal sh ot late in th e period. T w o
five-m in ute overtim es w ere played, in w hich th e A cadem y outplayed us by sco rin g once
in each.
T h e second round again fou n d us on th e sh ort end o f a 3 to 2 score. Lady Luck
seem ed to be against us, tw ice d rop p in g us from th e lead, and again sn atch in g victory
fro m our hands in th e overtim e periods. W e took th e lead on C ap tain Jo e W ild ’s boot,
bu t C ran ston soon tied the score. D o n ley im m ed iately put us in to th e lead fo r th e second
tim e w ith our final goal o f th e gam e. A fter tying th e score late in th e last period, C ranston ,
p laying excellen t d efen sive soccer in th e overtim e, w aited fo r a break, and finally em erged
victoriou s w ith a 3 to 2 count.
R ou n d th ree fou n d us staked against our trad itio n al rival, St. G e o rg e ’s S ch o ol o f
N ew p ort, in the first o f a hom e-an d -h om e series. A fter h o ld in g th e exp erien ced eleven to
one goal in th e first period, and d isplaying a stron g bu t u n av ailin g offensive in th e second,
th e team finally dropped a 3-0 decision.
T h e N ew p orters w ere ou r op p onen ts fo r a second tim e in
round four. A lth ou g h they stood ou t as heavy favorites, the
rapidly im p rov in g M . B . eleven held them to a 1-1 draw . O u r first
victory seem ed inevitable, w h en w ith less th an a m inu te to play, a
St. G eo rg e player sh ot the ball betw een th e u p righ ts to tie the
score. C apt. Jo e W ild accounted fo r our lo n e tally.
T h e fifth and final round show ed us at our best fo rm o f the
season. In a second encou nter w ith East G reen w ich A cadem y, the
eleven turned th e tables to th e tu n e o f a 2 to 1 victory. W ild
again wras ou r scorin g ace, m akin g both goals. A lth o u g h E ast
G reen w ich threatened several tim es, th e team proved itself to be
excellen t on d efen se as w ell as on offense, and h eld th e A cadem y
to a sin g le goal.
In sp ite o f its th ree early season losses, th e team deserves
con sid erable cred it fo r its steady im provem en t. Its tw o final
gam es clearly show ed th e con d ition to w hich C oach C am p bell had
shaped th e players.
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