Woodstock High School - Eureka Yearbook (Bryant Pond, ME)

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Svctivitied 1954 BASEBALL The Tigers started off the baseball season of 1954 by licking Leavitt 8-0. Bill Mason pitched a 1-hit shutout, and fanned 17 batters for the win. Woodstock had little trouble with McFalls as we beat them on their diamond by a score of 16-0. Rex Martin led the hitting with 5 hits. On May 20 we met a strong Dixfield team at Woodstock. We lost our first game by a score of 10-5. McFalls played a return game at Woodstock on May 25, and with Ed Mason’s home run and Bill Mason's 3 hits we beat them 14-4. We played Litchfield in the tournament here, and were beaten 8-4. I bis stopped our bid for another Western Maine Championship. Bill Seames had little trouble with Leavitt as he again shut them out 3-0. Next we went to Dixfield, where we met defeat at the hands of the strong Dixfield club by a score of 10-2. We also played a game with Andover High school, beating them 9-8. The batting averages of the 1954 season were: Rex Martin 400 Ed Mason 375 Bill Mason 344 Herb Whitman 263 Ormie Andrews 250 Bob Benson 192 Phil Farrington 185 Charles Johnson 150 Howard Emery 147 We are expecting a better team than ever this yeai with the addition of two former Gould players, [ohn Chase and Henry Bowers. FALL BASEBALL 1955 l he turnout for baseball last fall was eighteen boys. We.played Andover, and had little trouble with them here, as we beat them 11-0. Playing at Andover, we again beat them, 17-1. Next we traveled to Kingfield, where we played a good game buj, none of our boys could hit. We were defeated in the last inning 2-1. On September 28, Kingfield played a return game here at Woodstock. We started finding the ball again as we made short work of them — 12-2 was the score GIRLS’ SOFTBALL The girls who are going out for softball this spring are: Gloria Johnson Sandra Martin Luna Farrington Evelyn Bean Leona LaValley Beverly Morgan Charlotte Schultz Pearl Farrington Geraldine Cushman Kaye Ring Beatrice Farnum Nadine Waterhouse Beverly Poland We are planning to have games with South Paris, West Paris, Dixfield. Leavitt and Andover. We are proud to have for our coach this year, Mr. Floyd Keniston, the In- dustrial Arts teacher. We are also glad to have Eleanor Cox as our manager. 23

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Sealed: Phillip Farrington, Tommy Allanach. Coach Mr. Lago. Charles Johnson. Rex Martin. Standing: James Swan. Maynard Cushman, John Chase. Absent when picture was taken: Henry Bowers, Herbert Whitman. The basketball team was much better than expected, as we won six games and lost ten. Although we felt the loss of Ed and Bill Mason we turned out a fine team. The scores for this year are as follows: Henry Bowers 228 Herbert 108 John Chase 127 Rex Martin 87 Tom Allanach 63 Charles Johnson 25 Phillip Farrington 18 Maynard Cushman 10 James Swan 1 We entered the tournament this year, and played at South Paris. Although we lost, it was a very good game. Casco upset us by a score of 67 to 60. Rex Martin Sports Editor