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Total games: 109, including 16 skunks
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The 2004 Summer Season
After much talk about spending a summer together in Williamstown, the friends (and foes) lived for 2 months on bustling Spring Street from mid-June to mid-August 2004. The first 2 weeks of summer found Zach bunking on Jonathan’s floor in Morgan East while Zach’s apartment over Helen’s Place was getting sterilized from the football team’s contamination the previous year. This situation allowed for the heated rivalry of 2003-2004 to continue with little time off, so both players skills stayed sharp.
Games were played in both Morgan East during club bridge nights and at the apartment over Helen’s Place. The combination of enormous amounts of free time and the presence of cribbage boards in the Helen’s Place drew a few more casual players to the game, especially Emily Russell-Roy ’06 and Dave Weimer ’06 who seemed to have a rivalry of their own heating up.
A modest total of 29 games was played over the summer, but looking back it was these games that allowed for the frenzy of senior year games to reach an amazing cribbage milestone. It was agreed the summer did not count toward the “years won†tally, so Jonathan remained behind 2 years to 1 going into the final year, still with the chance to tie up the epic match. Interestingly, only 2 skunks were recorded, one per man, as it appeared both competitors were happy simply to play cribbage over the summer and less concerned about piling up points at the end of games. Whatever the reason, cribbage played with warm summer breezes through open windows is as close to a real sport as golf is, in some people’s opinion.
Highlights of 2004 Summer: ???
Final Statistics, 2004 Summer: Zach 17 (1 skunk), Jonathan 14 (1 skunk).