Kerry Takes Off

For some years that I was on the Varsity Swim Team, our season was a winter sport, so we put our suits and sweats on in the Locker Room behind the football grandstand then would cross the football field to the pool which was nicely heated and steaming.  One particular afternoon as we were ready for practice to begin, the school buses were lined up at the curb, just a few feet from the fence to the swimming pool.  It was crisp out, and the pool was steaming a little bit, so as quickly as possible, we shed our sweats.

 Kerry was a young swimmer with wide shoulders and a slim waist.  He had what would be called an Adonis physique.  But Adonis was not endowed with a lot of muscle between his ears, so it was not all that surprising, when he got up on the block and stripped off his sweats, that he quickly realized that he had forgotten to put on his swim suit.  His nudity was not lost on the kids waiting in the buses.  With cheers from the buses, and a cold wisp of air, Kerry dove into the pool.

While he was Eddie's little brother, he was never called "little" by his classmates after that.