Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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The term finds us with the material for the best baseball, track, and basket-ball teams we have ever had, but without the facilities to develop this material. We have neither athletic grounds of gym- nasium. Think of it. Alameda, a city with a population of over 20,- 000, without an athletic field of gymnasium. In Oakland and Berkeley it is the same. The school children of these cities have no grounds they can call theirs. Our football and baseball grounds are played in San Francisco or at Idora Park on rented grounds. The University of California is gracious enough to offer its track to the High School athletics, but our men have no means to trin for their big meets. Omr baseball team practices on the flat marsh land two miles from the school. the track team can’t train, as our old apology for a track has been taken away, and the basket-ball team has disbanded in disgust ofter attempting to practice in a gym not half large enough. Our athletic association has striven hard to overcome these obstacles, but not until the citizens of this city provide their children with a public playground will Ala- meda High be able to assume and hold her proper rank with the leaders of the athlectic world. We have six men left from last year’s nine, and plenty of good material to draw from. The old men, Brush, Brooks, Hubbard, Shep- ard, Jenkins, and MasFarland are well-known; as to the new men, L. Randolph comes from Boone’s Academy with a string of victories to his credit, unequaled by any “prep.” school pitcher in the state. G. Lewis and G. Roach attended St. Mary’s College last semester and there acquired reputations as ball players to be proud of. Perry, Brampton, and Burton are well-known, and any one of them may yet make the team. : The entire squad was tried out against the U. C. Dental team on February 3rd. The constant changing and shifting of players practic- ally gave the game to our opponents, who won by 5 to 2. On February 6th we went to Irvington and easily defeated Ander- son Academy 8 to 1. Randolph pitched and was the whole game, striking out seventeen would be batters, made several assists and put- outs and allowed but three hits. Alameda scored five in the first and three in the seventh. Anderson scored in the ninth, barely saving themselves from a shut out.

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We see that it is quite the thing to begin an exchange column with a little sermon; not to be behind the rest, we wish to say a few preliminary words. The exchange column is not a place for idle criticisms, or spiteful knocking. What we say here is meant to be a lesson for ourselves and for those who are criticized, so let us begin and find as few things to criticize as possible. ‘The Cricket” is always up to the mark, its stories are good and is is well arranged. ‘The Mystery,” a story written in Irish dialect, and found in the Christmas Number of the “Dictum Est,” is very good. We would suggest though, that you have a few cuts. ‘The Quill” of Stanford High should have some stories, fiction always a great factor in the makeup of a good paper. ‘The Orange and Black”of Spokane, is a very well arranged and intere sting paper. ‘The Gleam” has some good material, but we suggest that each Pa it wi be marked with a heading really “Gleam” that arrange- ment would improve you much. We drop a hint to the Coment of Reno—don’t put your ads in with your literary mz terial, it spoils your appearance. ‘The Canary and Blue” is a bright little paper—its joshes and jokes are particalls good. The little sketch in the “Comics” entitled “The Man” is very good indeed; we all agree that your other material ranks favorably with it. ‘The Arms Student” should have seperate departments for its material. The scattered hits, though, we find are good. ‘The High School Sparks” is a very worthy little paper—w enjoyed your stories very much. “Flame,” if your improvement is proportional to the number of your editions, you'll be a roaring conflagration in short order. “The Owl” of Fresno has a splendid issue for December. It contains three of the best stories we have read this season—it cer- tainly is a “wise old owl.” We notice that the “Advocate” of New Brunswick has no ex- change column. This surely must have been an oversight.

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THE ACORN THE STANFORD GAME For the first time in its history the Stanford Varsity condescended to give a game to a high school, and Alameda was the one so honored. It will probably be many moons before another high school gets honored so, as the ’varsity came too close to being defeated to be pleasant. Our boys looked like midgets beside the Varsity and with the score 4 to O against us at the end of the third it looked like a walk- over for the college nine, but right here Alameda took a brace, and got over their stage fright and began to play ball. The college batters were unable to solve Randolph’s delivery, while our boys were making hits regular. In the seventh inning our batters knocked Goodall all over the lot, with the bases full the Varsity went to pieces and four men scored before the smoke cleared off. Four to four in the ninth inning. [t was not to be Alameda’s day though, and Stanford scored three times on several plays that don’t come often; one ball bounced over Roach’s head, allowing two of the three runs to be scored, the other man scoring on a scratch single. Score by innings: Gow | et » Gee Stanford—o 1 Alameda—o oo Batteries: S Brush. 3 3 3 a I oO 4 Io ales, Whitmore, Goodall and Stott, Randolph and Thursday afternoon, February 8th, the boys enjoyed a little fun with Oakland High for seven innings, beating them 9 to 1. Coach Hackett took Randolph out because our fielders were not getting any practice, then took Shepard out, as Oakland failed to hit him, and sent Jenkins in to pitch. Jenkins never claimed to pitch, but Oakland didn’t even get a hit off of him. OUR COACH “Who’s that fat fellow butting in?” some fellow asked one day at baseball practice. Well, that “fat” fellow is “one” T. Hackett, who happens to be crack ball player and coach. Soft in manners, always cool and patient, he’s just the mn to handle that bunch who are known as the A. H. S. ball team. Mr. Hackett catches for the Oakland League team and kindly assented to coach our team until the big League opens in April, not even asking for his traveling expenses. This stamps him at once as a man who is in the game for the love of it, and one who will instill the right spirit in our team. Mr. Hackett, we hope to be able to express our gratitude for your kindness before long. TENNIS The finals of the tennis tournament began last semester were played on February 8, 1906. Harry Nason and William Foster, defeating Ed. Higgins and Spencer-Brush 3—6, 4—6, 6—2, 7—s5, 6—4. Tourna- ment play will soon begin to find out who will defend our colors in the ALA. L..