Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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At the beginning of the school year, a rumor was circulated about the school that Quincy High possessed some cheer-leaders. The few foolish people who stoutly vowed this rumor to be true, were laughed into silence when the basketball season came and went and no cheer leaders appeared. It certainly was a peculiar situation. There was Quincy possessing one of the finest basketball teams in the state, having a tremendous following at the game, but giving the players ragged unorganized cheers. Soon baseball will be in full swing. We expect to have a good team, but there’s nothing like support to make a good team better. Let’s have some action. BASEBALL © HEN Coach George E. Clark said, “All baseball candidates this way!”, a thundering herd of 175 psuedo-ball swatters answered the call. This is a large squad, in fact it is the largest in the history of the school. To be conservative, we would venture to say that there will most likely be nine ball players out of the hundred seventy-five. It would ap- pear that the real job will be to choose the nine best men from the group. Captain George Fallon, number one pitcher, will, of course, help Coach Clark in his selec- tions, but their task is far from enviable. At this writing, the ground is under a blanket of snow, so that the work- outs in the gym are the only practices which can be held. Last year the team enjoyed a very successful season, giving North a pair of unearthly wallopings, defeating among others, Newton, and Chel- sea, and this looks like another good season. THE KING OF HOBBIES [Continued from page 19] for the twenty-four dollars. A dealer bought them from him for $15,000 and sold them to Colonel Greene for $20,000. The stamps now sell at $3,000 apiece and the twenty-four dollar sheet is worth $300,000. The most valuable stamp in the world is a one cent British Guiana stamp, cataloguing at $50,000. So, if you want to collect stamps, you can go in for the investment, the education they offer, or for any other attraction, but remember—each stamp tells a story.

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WRESTLING QORTH Quincy High, in its first year of league competition, startled the sports world by dethroning the cham- pion Quincy High outfit which had been un- defeated for two straight years. Quincy, never- theless, was runner-up, wresting second place from several fighting competitors. Head Coach, Leland H. Anderson, deserves unbounded praise for the manner in which he brought an inexperienced squad within an ace of a third consecutive State schoolboy title. Quincy and North pulled grunt to grunt until the final, when North won out by a narrow margin. This year’s team was made from the following men: 95-Francario, Battista. 105-Guarcello, (Capt.), Dunn. 115-Monte, Chisholm. 125-Mulroy, McDonough. 135-Cummings, Sharpe. 145-Lowe, McGregor, D’Olympio. 155-Wirtz, Ricciuti, Von Berg. 165-Godfrey, Lund, Garnett. SPORTSFOLIO By Cliff WUmath Quincy’s sorrow at losing the wrestling championship was assuaged a little by the thought that since North triumphed it’s all in the family and the title has not left Quincy for four years. Even now it looks more like the hockey than the baseball season. The snow on the ground is just beginning to melt, although we still feel confi- dent that the ground will be in playing condition by July or August. Just in case it is, here’s the Sportsfolio A. A. picked March 12, 1934. How does it compare with Coach Clarks’s Team? Mullen, Cleary, catchers; Fallon, Orlando, Porter, Mainhall and Sunnenberg pitchers; Spillane, lb; Ryan, 2b; Daley, Monahan, ss; Malvesti, Appel, 3b; Giglio, Grogan, Comparato, outfield. We have a suggestion to make. Having seen many basketball games, we have noticed a marked similiarity between it and hockey. One important feature is lacking, however, and that is crediting a player with a point for his personal standing when he figures in a play which results in a basket by another member of this team. This would correspond to the rating called “assist” in hockey, and would reward those players who constantly feed the pill to a team mate rather than shoot themselves, a great temptation.

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TENNIS ITH the feeling of spring in the air, our thoughts turn to tennis which has a very bright outlook this year with four veterans re- turning and a host of others coming up from the second team. Already some of the fellows have purchased the very smart looking white jerseys, with an insignia on the front showing a blue tennis racquet with the letters “Q. T. T.” emblazoned on it, which the boys will wear in the approaching season. The winner of the elimination series conducted as soon as the boys have had some practice, will automatically become captain. The race for cap- taincy, it would seem, is between Paul and Bill Hurley. Paul is the present holder of the Quincy City Boy's title, but Bill is also an excellent player. The team will be coached by Almon E. Dean, and Allan Lundie will be the manager. Twelve games have been arranged with ten of the twelve played at home, and some excellent matches are anticipated. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Basketball, the favorite sport of many, has been the main interest of athletically inclined girls as well as boys, during the last three months. Due to a late beginning this year, the February senior team, which had two of the best forwards in the school—Helen Spadorcia and Sylvia Knottenen— was unable to participate in the interclass games. These two girls, however, along with other graduates are slated to play a team chosen from the class teams before the season is over. The main object of the coaches, Miss Baker and Miss Kitchen, as this goes to press, is to pick a good, scrappy squad to go up and beat our arch- rivals, the North Quincy girls. This is the only varsity game, other than the alumnae games, that the girls play; therefore it is the objective tilt of the season and there is a great deal of spirit among the two teams. The finals of the interclass games brought together two of the keenest junior teams that have been seen here for a long time. The Junior Whites, captained by dynamic Gery Murphy, with four wins and one loss to their credit, set out with determination to beat the Junior Blues who, with Gertrude Booth as their leader, and the same number of wins and losses, were equally determined. The Whites, however, came out victorious, 20 to 14. With the superb playing of Captain Murphy, forward, and Edith Pyyny, guard, the Whites managed to keep the game in hand throughout, although their greatest difficulty came in subduing the fighting Captain Booth, for- ward, Madeline Jancaterina, side-center, and Edith Moscardelli, guard. Other members of the White team who will receive their letters, are Aile Karhu, Helen Hillier, Eunice Loud, Mary Grazioza, Angela Zarelli, Isabel McAuley, and Martha Hervimaki. Ida Spadorcia, Marjorie Hadlock, Mar- garet Greene, Katherine Leppala and Jennie Juskie, comprised the re- mainder of the Blue team.