Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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Cross Country J ACK of veteran mateiial failed to prevent Coach Aldo Chiesa from prodnciii” ' another winning cross country team as his harriers came out on top in five of their eight meets. The win and loss record, however, does not tell the whole stoiy. Two of the thrt ' e losses were by small margins, while the team was the first in the history (d ' the school to defeat both Quincy and North (Quincy in the same year. ( ' aptain Diz Davis was the outstanding runner on the scpiad, as h( lomiK ' d home first in seven of the eight meets. Against Rockland, Diz finished second when he was stricken with cramps and forced to reliiupush his lead. Diz won most of his races by good margins and in near record time. The suiprise ):)ackage of the year was Bill Lavery. Bill, who still has anotlu ' r year, iinjiroved with each meet, and ended the season in a blaze of glory as he tied with Davis for first place in the season’s finale against Quincy. Another junior and first year cross country man who was among the first to cro.ss the finish line in each meet was Stevie Stevenson. He and Lavery will be a hard pair to beat next year. Other lettermen were: Herb Nickerson, Don IMcKeever, Johnny .Smith, Joe ’alle, Loiing Britton, Tom Pitt.sley, Robert Harlow, Jobie Jackson, and Bill Sargent. Of these, the first foiu ' will be lost b}’ graduation. This still leaves a wealth of material when you consider that it onl}’ takes five men to make a cross country team. Other boys who were out there all year giving their best for Braintree High were: A1 DelPico, Pats} ' Leo, Leon Harris, Wessie Bean, Malcolm Phillips, and Fred Trapp. Over the Hills and Far Away PAGE 16

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Field Hockey year! new team! new girls! and ( ' ven some new sticks! This year. al)ove all years, mai’ked a grand display of talent and beauty from the fairer sex of dear old B. II. 8. i ' are pleased to say that many of these girls were fiom the senior class which helped to create enthusiasm. Well! why shoiddn’t we have a good team with such a keen coach, Alice Daughraty, perfect captain, Dot Johnson, and smooth manager. Dotty Beere. The hockey season, which opcaied October 6 at Scituate consisted of a ten game schedule, two games each with Scituate, Ilingham, C’anton and Stoughton and one each with Walpole and our own football boys. The girls emerged from their last battle November 17 having won three, lost five, and tied two. This is what you might call nice going and 1 thitde we all should take our hats off to these girls as they march by. Mention is due Dot Johnson first who pla 3 ' ed (this a ' ar as well as other vears) such a swell game. Then Kempie Morrison, the petite cannon ball, who makes the best kiiul of a goalie. Then we might men- tion the others just briefly Bennie Jean Young, Chickie Wheeler, Marv C ' ampbell, Lulla, and manj ' others whose names are too numerous to mention here. Braintree High .salutes all the girls who turned out for hockev and helped B. H. S. to climb to fame. Probabh ' the game which inter- ested eveiyone most was the tilt be- tween the hocke.v girls and the foot- ball team. Let me say that although the girls were trimmed the v didn’t give in without a fight! With all the good matei ' ial in the second team there is no doubt but that we ' ll be going places in the future. Thus comes to a close another brilliant, if not altogether succe.ssful, 3 ’ear with a bright lookout for the 3 ' ears to come. B. H. S. Girls in Action PAGE 15

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Basketball JX PHA( ' TK ' K sossions, Coach Bill Erwin’s haskcthall scjuad showed j)roinisc of developing into one of the best teams in this section — and it did! Only two regulars retuined from last year’s team, hut then were many ( ' xpeii- enced men availat)le. The only thing the squad definitedy lacked was height, Johnnie 8niith being the lone regulai ' to reach the six foot mark; but the other boj’s made uj) for theii ' lack of size with s])eed and eleven- ball handling. The starting lineiqi found Johnnic ' Smith at center. Donnie Jackson at one forward post, Tootie Be-rgman and Paul ( ' heveiie altei-nating at the other, and ( ' aptain Diz Davis and Tommy Huleatt holding down the guard spots. Davis played his third year as a regular and developed into one of the outstanding players in these jmrts. Not only is Diz a wondei-ful defensive man, but he can l)e counted on to sink the baskets when they are m Hled. The othei- regular who returned fi-oni last year’s squad was Johnnie Smith. Besides being the chief scoring threat on the team, Johnnie distinguished himself by his work on rebounds. Jackson, Beigman, ( ’heveiie, and Huleatt were all members of the record team a year ago. so the game was nothing new to thian. They were all small as liasketball players go, but it is seldom that you will find such a combination of fine ball handlers on the sam ' team. Other boys to see plenty of action were Murray Smith, Bob Lundell, Jo))ie Jackson, Robert Johnson, Stewie Stevenson, Bud Davidson, Bob Mann, Johnnie DeCoste, Bob Harlow, Bob Mahar, (leorge Li-wald, fJei ' pa Littk ' - john, and X’ick Drinkwater. The season closed with an invitation to the M. I. T. Tournament and a bancpiet, with awards to coach and team members. PAGE 17