Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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flics, and is a good hitter. Beansie Hall and Jazukawiz have improved greatly since last year and are going good. Corcoran, Sullivan, Mullen, Grant, Drugan and Burns are doing good work and will help win many games. Drugan and Burns are Sophomores and should be heard from in the future. It looks like a good season for the team with the championship of the Mystic Valley League in sight. Although we expect a hard fight, wc feel sure that we have a team just as good as the best in the league and by hard work we can bring the cup to Wakefield High. Much credit is due Mr. Dower for his ceaseless and untiring work for the boys. His knowledge of human nature enables him to get the best work possible from the men, and the team is with him to give all they have in them to win for Coach Dower and Wakefield High. (Signed) CAPT. MAEONEY. Capt. Maroney at 3rd base, is a hard work- ing phiyer, and the team is doing well under his leadership. He is a very good catcher, but he was changed in order to balance the infield. His presence on the field adds more confidence to the players, and their work is naturallj ' of a high order. A good player, a good sport, a good fellow — we wish we had more like Johnny. W. J. I. CROSS COUNTRY The following clipping was taken from the Wakefield Daily Item and tliis gives an ex- cellent review of the Cross-Country Season: The W. H. S. harriers were awarded the New England Interscholastic Championship by tlie Harvard Athletic Association. There was no Harvard Interscholastic meet this year and for this reason the championship was awarded according to the total number of points scored by the various teams and in accordance with the reputation of the col- lege teams they ran against. The Wake- field boys scored 115 points against their op- ponents ' 112, and they ran against Harvard and New Hampshire State Colleges. The championship was also awarded to Wakefield because of the records they made. The local team ran two colleges and two academies with the following results: W. H. S. 29 — Worcester Academy, 26; time, 19 min., 9 2-5 seconds; distance 3 1-2 miles. W. H. S., 18— St. John ' s Prep, 40; time, 20 min., 3 2-5 seconds; distance, 4 miles. W. H. S., 30— Harvard College, 25; time, 16 min., 1 4-5 seconds; distance, 3 miles. W. H. S., 38— New Hampshire State Col- lege, 21; time, 22 min., 5 4-5 seconds; dis- tance, 4 miles. None of these meets were run over the lo- cal course. Jazukawiz established a new rec- ord at Worcester; Patterson and Jazukawiz ran a tie race, establishing a new record at Dan vers; and Patterson smashed the record over tlie Belmont course. The team did remarkably well, considering that they were without a professional coach. Tliomas Jazukawiz, who was captain and man- ager, did all of the coaching. THE TRACK TEAM The Wakefield High School Track Team participated in sis dual meets the past sea- son with the following schools: Lowell, Mai- den, Medford, Brookline, St. Johns, Boston College. We were also represented in the B. A. A. games. Greater Boston Schoolboy meet. We succeeded in winning two of our dr.al meets, one with Lowell, the other with St. Johns. We were defeated by Medford by a large score, but considering they are the State champions and we ran them on their own track, we did fairly well against them, the score being 51 to 15. We also were de- feated by Maiden, a large score was piled up against us, but as in Medford we were running on a bowl shape track and our men cannot seem to run on this kind of track. Another great handicap was that we had to run all the races by time trials. The track would only accommodate two men at a time. Wc cliallenged Maiden to run us again on our track, but they would not accept the challenge. We were also defeated by Brook- line by a score of 32 to 26. This was consid- ered one of the best meets of the year at the Armory as the Wakefield and Brookline men seemed to work well together. The meet was in doubt until the last race. In our next meet with Boston College we had a stiff opponent. We were defeated by our rivals. The largest crowd that had ever turned out to a track meet in the Armory was present that night. There was quite a lot of arguing that marred the meet, but the people certainly saw a fine exhibition of run- ning given by Cavanaugh of B. C. H. When he was running, our men did not have a, 17

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chance. Cavanaugli won both the 600 and 1000 yard runs in this meet, with a record time for this track. Boston College also had James Lowe with tliem, the best schoolboy sliot putter in New England and the Wake- field fans saw some fine shot putting that evening. Later in the year James Lowe broke the schoolboy record held by our Coach, Thomas Diguan. Tlie 300 yard run, between D. Talbot of Wakefield and Dempsey of Bos- ton College, was a thriller from the start to the finish, but at the end of the race the judges said that both runners fouled and they could not be counted as the first place win- ners. The race was run over again and it was won by a B. C. man. This proved a blow to us because we needed every point we could se- cure. The relay was the race of the night. Boston College held the lead, with the first two men running the next lap. Talbot took the lead for Wakefield and he gave our man Mullen a lead of 10 yards of the B. C .man. Mullen opened up more on his man and we succeeded in winning the relay if we could not win the meet. St. Johns Prep was an easy meet for us and we won it with a 21 point lead. This was St. Joli ' ns first year at track. The great- est event of the year was our winning the meet Avith Lowell. Every man on the Wake- field team did his best and it seemed as though in the pinches, that the men more tliau doubled their best. We were given a fine ovation by the Lowell fans. The meet was a see-sawing event all the way through and we finally succeeded in winning this meet by one point. We won a large silver cup which is put up for the winning team. All the men were pleased by their accomplish- ment, because this was the first time in four years we have defeated Lowell. On the big meets we did not do exception- ally well, but in the Greater Boston Meet and the State Meet we succeeded in scoring, while some schools did not even figure in the scoring. In the Greater Boston Meet we scored one point. This was secured by Ja- zukawiz, who placed third in the COO. In the State Meet we did better and succeeded in getting 8 1-2 points to our credit, this placing us six on the scoring list. At this meet Medford again won the State cham- pionship. In summing up the year ' s work, we found that we had quite a few men in the lower classes who ought to enable Coach Dignau to build up a good team in the next two years. We still have a chance on the Greater Boston Schoolboy Trophy. Crosby, a newcomer out for track, proved his worth in the long distance runs. In the short distance runs Lee, Hall and Seabury proved to be among the best in scoring points for tlic school. In the high jump we relied on Grant, but Paon, Lee and Martin kept him on the jumj) all of the time to enable him- self to keep in first place. Mullen i)roved well in the shot put and stood up with some of the best men in the schoolboy ranks. Grant proved a winner in the broad jump. Talbot proved to be a good man in the 300 yard run and in the short time he was out for the team, he annexed his W. Seabury al- ways proved a flash in the relay and he gained a lot of comment on his ability to get the start in this race. Jazukawiz proved a winner in his event, the (iOO yard run. He was only beaten twice in the dual meets, by Kelly and Cavanaugli, but everyone knows the ability of these two men in this event. He also succeeded in get- ting third in the Greater Boston Schoolboy Meet, where he comx)eted against the best. He also got fourtli in the State Meet. Last but not least, great credit should be given to Coach Tom Dignau, his work with the men was fine and he always kept us in good spirits, whether we were losing or winning a meet. With a new track and ma- terial, in the next two years Coach Dignau should turn out a fine team, and he is the mail to put Wakefield back upon the track map. His athletic prowess has brought him nation-wide recognition. He won the respect of the boys iinm,ediately upon assuming charge, and because of his unselfish interest in the team, has earned the gratitude of the boys of the school. The team takes this op- portunity to express its sincere thanks to Coach Tom Dignan. The following men received their track letter: Crosby, Hall, Mullen, Grant, Lee, Sea- bury, Talbot, Jazukawiz, and Capt. Patter- son. The following men will be graduated in June: Ilall, Mullen, Grant, Crosby, Jazuka- wiz, and Capt. Patterson. With Capt. I ' atter- son graduating this year, one of Wakefield ' s outstanding stars will be lost to the school. His running the past two years has been sen- sational and his winning of the 1000 in the State Meet marks him as a true representa- tive of Wakefield stardom. Coach Dignan will have left for next year. 18