Word: prep
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Reputed to be the best of the crop of Boston high school teams, the boys from Bolmont were on even terms with the Freshmen for most of the ball game and displayed a long passing attack not common in prep school soccer...
Undefeated in six games this year, Poley Guyda's Freshman soccer team hits the first big roadblock in the path of an unbeaten season when it plays Exeter Academy this afternoon at Exeter. Rated as one of the top prep school teams in the New England area, the Exonians are also undefeated and last week beat Medford High School, which tied the Crimson earlier this fall...
...best, the chaperon system acts as a front to comfort parents worried about the intoxicating effect of almost unlimited freedom on their sons. At worst, it simply lingers as an obsolete carry, over from the old arrangement that held the bumptious Freshman in his "proper" place. Surely any such prep-schoolish requirement--that two "disinterested observers" oversee the activities of one couple--should follow having and beanies into oblivion...
Despite the fact that they are hard-boiled pros (getting from $4,000 to $15,000 a season), the players have a team spirit like a prep school squad's. Led by Team Captain Lou Saban, the Browns huddle in the dressing room before a game and pray that they will do their best and enjoy the competition. They finish with the Lord's Prayer. It is not on Coach Brown's orders: he is never present at the praying and does not require it. But, says he, "I'm a God-fearing...
...prep schoolers just couldn't stop fullback Johnny White or halfback Johnny West whenever they chose to pick up some yardage. West smashed through the line for a five or six yard gain almost every time he carried the ball, while White, light and fast, swept around either end regularly for long advances...