Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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THE PHILLIPIAN 17 l 1 ' ' I P? l g ol ll - I ' :it?:i f . .gg gf I bg ' gf Q - 5 T has been very difiicult to carry on an Athletic season this year up in Maine because of the gas and tire rationing. We had to give up football completely as Strong and Rangeley laid away their pads and helmets and dug out their gloves and bats instead. We played only three games last fall, winning two of them, but they served to keep the boys interested in athletics. Interest in basketball seemed to have slack- ened here at P. H. S. this winter: neverthe- less we enjoyed a successful season. With a team composed of Mort Burnham, Chiz Ad- ley, Ding Masterman, Carmond Moore, Al- bert Burnham, Tommy Thompson, Enos Campbell and myself, we took second place in our league and won the consolation at the tourney. The season started off rather poorly with defeats from Farmington High and Wilton Academy. VVilton had one of the best teams seen in this section for quite some time, so this took some of the pain from our defeat. We did, however, redeem ourselves against F. S. N. S., taking them on their own floor by a couple of baskets, and in our return game unveiled our skill to the Phillips fans by trouncing them 45-35. About this time came our now famous bicycle trip to Kingfield, which most of you have heard about. The game over there was close for three quarters, but in the last they scored freely to win by eight baskets. If you remember though, when they came to Phillips, even though they had their first team, even though they rode in automobiles, and even though they had uniforms and a coach, we showed them what we could do by spanking them 33-27. Our next victim was Strong High over whom we won easily, but our next game, at Rangeley, was a little different. Collins and Irish, their key men, were having one of those nights and we came back to Phil- lips with a 36-27 defeat. With lay the next week, we hit our stride again and gained another easy victory. About this time came the highlight of the whole season. It was a Friday night and Rangeley was coming out to show those P. H. S. upstarts how to play basketball. Both schools had their Hrst teams on the floor at the opening whistle, but before Rangeley knew what had struck them, Chiz and I had scored three times to make the score 6-0. The game was very close all the way, but this time we were not to be denied, and walked off the Hoor the victors by six points. Strong High was next on our list, so down we went and brought back a 32-12 scalp. As always, Phillips was one of the eight teams chosen to go to the North Franklin County Basketball Tournament. This year as always one team stood out above all others. Wilton has had one of the best teams that ever participated in a Franklin County Tournament. They had victories over all the small schools in the state, as well as Kents Hill and Rumford. Who would Phillips draw? VVell, you guessed it. We played 3 good game but VVilton was too strong.

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THE PHILLIPIAN I9 BASEBALL Front row, left to right: E. Caton, L. Atlley, E. Fustis, P. Beedy, C. Moore Second row: M. Ross, C. Hardy, T. Masterman, R. Haggan, C. Ellicott, L. Thompson In the morning games Saturday we were matched with Farmington, and were out to avenge an earlier defeat. We scored first and kept the lead throughout, the final score be- ing 26-19. Our final game for the consola- tion cup was at 7:30 with K. H. S. At the end of the quarter it was 8-3, 14-7 at t.he half, and the final score 22-15. Phillips High had once again won the consolation prize. This was the third time in the last four years that P. H. S. has received that honor. Summary of games: Phillips Farmington Phillips VVilton Phillips Kingfield Phillips F. S. N. S. Phillips Strong Phillips Rangeley Phillips F. S. N. S. Phillips Strong Phillips 33 Kinglield 27 Phillips 31 lay 27 Phillips 27 Iay 30 Phillips 36 Rangcley 30 The prospects for a good baseball team this year seemed rather dim, as we lost the Burnham brothers this spring, and thanks to a late spring we had only two short practice sessions before the First game. To save an extra trip, Kingfield came out and played a double header. It was a very wet day for a game but we played anyway, losing both of them. Because of the transportation prob- lems, our schedule is smaller this year. In baseball as in all other activities we have to make sacrifices and any sacrifice which is necessary to help the war effort will be done willingly.