Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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20 THE PHILLIPIAN GIRLS' BASKETBALL Front row, left to right: M. Staples, M. Voter, Captain M. VVilbur, O. Seeley, I. Wilbur Hack ruw: N. Iidwards, P. Weston, M. Dunham, A. Wilbur GIRLS' BASKETBALL The lineup for the girls' basketball this year was as follows: llurris Tootliakei' Dot - C.F. Maxine Staples Macky - L.If. Myr Lyn NVilbur Kid - R.F. Myrtle Voter Tinli - L.U. Ruth Gilt- Garbo - R.G. Olin- Seeley Twitter 7 CII. Substitutes: Pauline Weston A' Polly Nathalie lidwards Nat Iris Wilbur Touts Atliilie Wilbur Pee Wee Marie Dunham Marilyn Wing Ruby liicltford Dimples Mayo Larry Coach Mitchell called the squad together for the first practice early in December. For several weeks it seemed doubtful whether we would be able to play many games or not. The day before the Kingheld trip the ban was placed on all pleasure driving. We were not quite ready to ride bicycles to King- Held, but we did keep the telephone busy un- til we finally persuaded Mr. Keay J to drive through lhillips and take six of us to King- field. With no coach and no substitutes we played one of the best games of the season. The score was tied several times during the game and at no time was either team more than four points in the lead. When the final whistle blew the score was all tied up. Two weeks later the Kingfield girls vis- iied Phillips. VVe felt that with our coach and substitutes we would have little trouble. But the teams started in right where they left off in Kingfield. At the end of the quarter Kingheld led by one basket, but we evened the score at the start of the second quarter. And from that time on it was close to the end of the game. When the final whistle blew it was 22-22.

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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.

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THE PHILLIPIAN 21 P. G. S. BASKETBALL Front row, left to right: A. Guerney, R. Dodge, W. Davenport, A. Campbell, R. Harnden Second row: L. Toothakcr, Coach'E. Eustis, R. Beal We tried to persuade our visitors and the referee that this second tied game should be played off, but we were advised to wait until another year. Our games with Strong and Rangeley were close and interesting, but we were not quite good enough. We played four games with the town team. Both teams were evenly matched but we won all of them by close scores. Dot Toothaker, one of our star players, helped us through a good many hard spots during the basketball season. She has now left us and gone to Dexter N. Y. A. School. Kid NVilbur, our captain and star for- ward, will be leaving us in Iune. We have lost Ruth Gile. and Nat U Edwards gradu- ates this year. Prospects for a good team another year seem good. We wish you all luck next win- ICI. P. G. S. BASKETBALL SEASON When our basketball season ended last year and we saw our best players graduating we felt that a good team next year was too much to hope for. At our first practice this winter there were fifteen boys on the floor and although some of them were a little green, our spirits rose. After a little practicing we went to Farming- ton and took on the second high school team. This was the first time we ever played on that large floor but we started scoring at once and it was a very good game. The next week we went down to Wilton. We started very slowly and NVilton built a lead, but as the game ended Campbell and Dodge were scoring and their lead was growing smaller. We vowed that the next game would be different and sure enough, when they came up here we showed them how to play ball. At the end of the first quarter the score was