Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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THE PIONEER 19 WISE BALL RALPH EARLE WjH WELCH lAAnwtft CAPTA I N A meeting of all those interested in Baseball was called on Feb. 20th, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and appointing delegates to represent the school at the Baseball Convention, which was to be held at the St. Elmo Hotel, on Feb. 24th. The officers and delegates elected at this meeting were as follows: WILLIAM WELSH. RALPH EARLE, Captain. Ma’gr. and Treas. Orlando Smith, Joseph Lewis and Professor Smith, delegates to the Convention. On Feb. 24th, the Convention met at the St. Elmo Hotel for the purpose of forming an Interscholastic Baseball League ©f Orange County. Eight schools were represented as follows: Goshen, Port Jervis, Chester, Warwick Highland Falls, Newburgh, Cornwall and Corn-wall-on-Hudson. Owing to four towns being in the eastern part of the county, and four in the western part, it was decided to have two divisions with Goshen, Port Jervis, Chester and Warwick in the western division and Highland Falls, Newburgh, Corn- wall and Cornwall-on-Hudson, in the eastern division. A constitution for the governing of the league was drawn up. It provided among other things that five dollars should be placed in the hands of the Treasurer of the league by each team, which should be forfeited if a team failed to play a scheduled game. A committee was appointed to meet two weeks later for the purpose of making out the schedule. The officers elected were as follows: PROF. R. M. FREED, Chester President. GEORGE SCHNACKENBERG, Treasurer. On March 23rd, the manager called a meeting for the purpose of getting the names of all those who wished to try for the team. The fellows showed great interest and seventeen names were secured. At this meeting the financial question was brought up. It was thought that a good idea would be to take up a subscription in the school-The subscription was circulated and $47.25 was realized which gave the baseball team ample funds with which to start the season right. The students and faculty deserve great credit and praise for the way in which they responded. On the 6th of April, the team sojourned to Campbell Hall to play a practice game with the nine of that place. Although we were defeated the team made a fine showing. The final score was 1 3 to 5. We played our first league game on the 1 3th of April against the Chester High. The game was called at three o’clock, and although we had 13 players out to practice, beaten I 3-5 in

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18 THE PIONEER BHSKET-BHLL SPEHCER HORTOH MAma xr JOE LEWIS cat ta in ON September 21 st, 1911, a meeting was held for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and it resulted in the re-election of Joe Lewis, as Captain ; Spencer Horton, as Manager, and Ralph Earle, as Treasurer. At this time a call for candidates was also issued, and about eighteen answered the call. The first serious problem that confronted the team was, where they could secure a place to practice. Through the kindness of the Rev. Chas. Murphy, the goals from Garr Hall were borrowed and placed in the school yard, where practice was held every day, but not the kind of practice that a winning team should have, and it was with some difficulty that the Music Hall was rented. The season opened up on November I 7th by the team’s being accompanied to Florida by the largest crowd of “ rooters, lady friends and teachers that ever went out of town with the basketball team. The game opened up by Joe Lewis caging the ball for Goshen in the first few minutes of the game. Although Florida had the better team, the High School team managed to hold them down in the first half to a score of I 7 to II in favor of Florida. Florida became the victors by the score of 32 to 14. Dancing was enjoyed by all after the game until a late hour. On Thanksgiving night the team from Warwick High School met on our court and was greeted by the largest crowd that ever attended a basketball game in the history of the high school. About 1 10 couples enjoyed the excellent dance after the game. Warwick had the better of the local team all thru the game. The High School team did not secure a single field goal. The final score was 33 to 6 in favor of Warwick. The next game was played at Goshen on December 9th, when the Florida A. C. played a return game at the Music Hall. The first half was fast and exciting, the score at the half being 19 to 14 in favor of the visitors. The game ended by Florida winning to the score of 36 to 23. The next game was played on December 22nd, when the “ Five from the Monticello High School met on our court. The first half the score stood 19 to 11 in favor of Monticello. The game ended in a victory for the visitors by the score of 44 to 24. The last game of the season was played at Warwick on December 26th. When the game started off it looked as if it were Goshen’s game. The score at the end of the first half was 20 to 24 in favor of Warwick. In the last half of the game Warwick took the advantage of the lightness of our team and “literally” wiped the floor with our men, finishing 64-28. (Continued on page 20)

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20 THE PIONEER our first game and played on the I 3th, we took the lead in the first inning and held it throughout the game. Our oponents made one run in the first and one in the second inning, after which they failed to score. There was a fair sized crowd out to see the excellent playing of the local team despite the bad weather. Final score 5-2. On the 20th day of April our team went to Port Jervis, and partly through lack of practice and helpless errors we were beaten 18-5. The following Saturday we went to Warwick with hope in our hearts, only to come back with the final score in Warwick’s favor 9-6. When Port Jervis came here on the 4th of May we put up the best game that we had played up to that time. The score was 1 1-4 in favor of Port Jervis. On the 18th of May we were defeated by Chester at that place by the score of 10-4. The Chester boys made 1 5 errors to our 7 but they made up for that by batting strong. On May 22nd the Suffern High School came up here. The game was a fast from start to finish. We shut Suffern out by a score of 7-0. The enjoyment of the game was marred in the 3rd inning by Van Houten, of Suffern, being struck on the head by a pitched ball while batting. He was rendered unconcious by the blow, and was taken to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. He remained there until May 30th when he was taken to his home in Monsey. The team was made up of the following fellows during the season: W elsh—catcher. T remper—pitcher. Coleman—1st base. H. Lewis—2nd base. Smith—short stop. J. Lewis—3rd base. Wilcox—left field. R. Earle—center field. Lippert—right field. Bacon—sub. The BasKetball Team (Continued from paite 18) Joe Lewis—Captain Spencer Horton—Manager Ralph Earle—Treasurer Lester Tremper William Welsh Harry Lewis Henry Coleman Henry Luft Orlando Smith Jay Sargent Charles Coleman Roland Earle A Summary of tHe Games November I 7—Florida 32, Goshen 14 30—Warwick 33, Goshen 6 December 9—Florida 36, Goshen 23 22—Monticello 44, Goshen 24 26—Warwick 64, Goshen 28 SPENCER HORTON. Manager 191 1-1912. THe Matinee Dances DURING the last of February and the month of March, high school dances were held in the auditorium. These occured on Friday afternoons and were greatly anticipated during the week. Besides greatly improving the floor, they were a social event which brought the students together in recreation. They aroused interest in the school life and gave the students a chance to “ educate their heels.” The dances were greatly enjoyed and thanks are due the committee who arranged for them. It is hoped by the school that more will be held next year. D. B. P„ ’12 A Notice All players on the baseball team please report in the basement immediately after school this afternoon. The following are requested to appear at the aforesaid place and aforesaid time. Please listen. Ray McCormick, Reginald Waldo, Henry Luft, George France and Murray Thompson. Yours truly, Capt. of the B. B. Team P. S. This notice is some of the bright work of “ Windy. ”