Arcata High School - Advance Yearbook (Arcata, CA)

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The dax for the big game came at last The gates were thrown open at 19 '30 From that tlme on until 2 '10 the dlfferent xx1lks to the grounds were filled xxrth a moxmq croxxd l'he bleachers presented a mass of gold on one sxde 1 sheet of C'1I'fllI1'll on the other There xx 1s 1 contmu1l CXCl1'lT1QC of x ells ind soncfs but on the appearance of the pl1x ers 1ll xxrth one accord rose to thelr feet m 1 xxlld outburst of en fl1l1Q1'lQl'I1 Xnnd this ro1r the umplre s xx ell l1noxxn crv Play Ball arose I'1x e mmutes xx ere t1lcen for the Prescott pltcher to xxarm up xxhlle the Burnell pltchcr xx as no less 1dle on the sxde l1nes Batter up' xx 1s the next summons from the umplre and the first Pres cott man xx ent to the h1t 1m1d the tumult of those xx ho xvtsl ed to rattle the pltcher l urnell s prtcher XX llNOl1 cslught the s1cfn1l from the c1tcher and then o llcxx the h1ll h e 1 xxlnte st111l mto the 11tcher s untt One str1l e c1lled the umpire and the l urncll rooters cheered enthusmstxcally Txxo more strll es xxcle dehxcrcd 1nd the h1tter xx 1s out The next man gamcd first but xxas doubled out when the third man up hlt to shortstop lt xx 1s noxx the home team s turn at the hat T1I'St man up xx as fanned out Oflxms lhcscott 1 chance to chccr xxlldlx hut the sound soon dled 1s Vtfllson I't'1Ll1Ctl hrst on 1 hit lhe ucxt min droxe a lone' fiy to I'lQll'E held w xc xx1s Qslthercd ln hx thc fitldcr xVll90I1 tal mg second on the throxv ln gloss the fourth m1n up made 1 hlt 'lClX'IT'lClI1Q' XX rlson to thrrd 1nd landmg safclx on first Qoon 1fter XX xlson scorc d on a half hall but 'lmltl exc1tement gloss xx1s C'1llQl'lt ste1lmg second and the first mmng ended xvlth the score 1 0 1n faxor of Burnell 11111111 s the score changed but once QIXINU' liurnell two At the first of the flfth 111111119 Fl urncl Prcscott s st1r pl1yer brought m three runs xxxth 1 threc btse hu lhe l tescott rooters h1d succeeded in rat tlmh lx 1lN0I1 shghtlx tud thc l'll1CI'l0'H1I1Q' control ofthe h1ll h1d xx all ed three men In the l1st h1lf of the 911110 mnmef lrurnell tred the score xxhen a man ttlhcd from tlurd on 1 hunt by the x1s1tm, te ni s catcher Txxo more mnmgfs passed NXll.l'lOl1t 1 score The pl1vers displayed the best team xxorl1 that h1d been shoxxn for IIVUIX NCTTQ Nlany trmes the rooters xx t1tCx'l 111 suspense for the outcome of the pl1x but each time mt xxas dxsap pomtment for the one college d1l1,,ht for the other VK 1th the openmg of the nmth mnmg ld 1lson dropped thc batters in one txxo three order It vxas Burnell s turn at the bat for the last t1me 1f thev xvere to score VV1th txxo outs and no men on the bases XX1lSOI1 xx ent to the bat Txxo balls flew past but the thlrd one he met squarelx on the h1t 1nd It went S31l1I'lQ' far out 1nto the field Cff dashed VX 1lson Q'11Il1l1f ' second 1s he s1xx the left fielder muff the h1ll It seemed to the spectators 1s 1f he flexx around the d11mond he xxent so QIIICI lx As he left tlnrd b1se the h1ll xx ent xxh1771nQ mto the second ll2lQCI11'1Il s hands XX rlson re1h7ed th1t he must stram ex ery nerxe to score but xx1th 1 long graceful shde he l'1lldCdOl1 the home plate a fexx sec onds before the hall reached the catcher s mltt Qafe shouted the umplre and the g1me xx as xxon The Burnell rooters dashed out to serpentine the field x'xh1le the College Hy mn rose from the defeated school Quddenlv there xx as a hush as the rooters came up to XX rlson ln the excitement of the moment before no one had not1ced th1t he had been Injured Ile xx as lN1I'l0' motlonless on the ffround and on examlnatxon they found that he had broken h1s right arm lt xx as h1s last game EFFIE ACORN 14 s , . cz. , 1 1. '1 1 1 ' , 1 1' 11 1 . '1 1 1 1 1' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1,1 , I Y 1, l ' q 1 I V v ' ' ' ' ' 7 , , , li Y! 11 1 1 . AA 1 1 5 1 . y . ,, V ,, V . 1 1 , , KK Y '7 , , , ' . 11 . 1 1 , ' . ' 1 '- ., Q 1 . 1 , 1 t , 1 I 1 1 . 1f' , ' . . ' 1 1 , 1 ' 1 1 '. ' 1- ' . U lt 1 I1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 T 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 VX' l 'X 1 T , ' 11 in - . 1 1 , Y 1 , . 1 '. 4' 1 1. 1 1 . , 5 f ff ' . ' 1 1 H ' . 1 1. 1 - 1 - f- Y ta v sv ' - -1 1 1 1 . -. 1 t f A , h h , , 't - -v I ' ,- h 1: - an 11 A 1 1 ' ' ' , 1 1 x . . 1, 11 1, K . I K 4 K I V 1 1 C il X V 1 5 I 1 1 T 11 .V .1 ' 7 ' 511 1- 'L C I 1 L 1 Y - C Y 1 Roth teams were noxx' warmed up to the fight. and through the next three . . G .71 me - 1 1 v. z-1 - 1 T ' I T 5- x-1 'N 1 7 ' '7 1, nf . 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 Q . . , . 4 y z 1 1 ' '1 gr a J '1 1 . ' 'l 11 v I 1 . C 1 '1 Q 1' 1 1 f. f - . ' - 'cr 1 v. 1 I 1 A . I yn 1 3 7 1 , . ' - 1, 1, . ' y 1 .y C , I1 V I . I - . K 1 5 1i 1 . 111 ' KK 17 1 ' 7 1 ' 1 1 1 11 1 ' ' 1- Q' V- 1 1 T 1 1 C. 1 I1 11. 1 11 - 1 C 1 1 L ' Y .' ' , - ' ' LA !! , ' 1 1 . 1, , 1 , C v Y 1 K ' V ' KA' v ,, v ,- Y. 1 Y K ' - B ' 25 Y Y 7 . , , , ,a 21

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Uhr Qlaai Game It was one month before the great baseball game between Burnell and Prescott Ev ery one at both unrversrtres was astrr wrth excrtement In the precedrng game, the year before rm Bradford had prtched for Burnell The Student Body wrth the exceptron of a very few felt confident that rf Francrs XV1lson had prtched the game rt would not have been lost But rt seemed as rf Burnell had been doomed to defeat for VVrlson therr star player had farled to pass the eaamrnatrons Although Bradford had been very poor he had managed to make a hrgher grade than VVrlson by some con trrvance of whrch no one but the latter knew He had therefore won the honor of prtchrng Thrs year lV1lson was determrned to prtch even rf hrs only resort were to betray Bradford On the dreaded day for the examrnatrons the junrors assembled rn therr large class room and the questrons were grven out After glancrng at them Wrlson realrzed that he knew enouffh about them to pass but drd not know whether he could beat Bradford or not Bradford on the contrary knew only five out of the ten questrons but tlus drd not seem to worrv hrm much as the only srgn of nerx ousness whrch he showed was the constant consultatron of hrs watch Thrs one srgn was enough to warn XV1lson that rt was trme to act and so he began to open hrs trmeprece closrng rt each trme wrth a loud clrck It drd not take long for the professor to locate the norse and to realrze that rt was drsturbrng the class He walked qurckly down to the boys desks and took therr watches from them lkrlson notrced that Bradfords hand trembled the slrghtest brt as the watch was taken from rt but the professor drd not or he mrght hue suspected the cause The day after the ewcamrnmtrons the professor returned the watches, but on handrng Bradford hrs he accrdentally touched the sprrng The case flew open and a folded paper fluttered to the floor Bradford stooped qurckly and prcked rt up but wrth a polrte I beg your pardon the professor took rt from hrm He qurcklv unfolded rt 'md to hrs ama7ement found a pony upon whrch Bradford had rntended to rrde through the ermmrnatrons Growing susprcrous he opened Wrlson s watch but found nothrng wrthrn but the pro xokrng expressron Stung agarn You bovs report to my ofnce at seven thrs ewenrng he Sald turning and walkrng out of the room At seven that ex enrng two serrous faced boys entered the offrce XVell boys take clnrrs You undoubtedly know why I have summoned you here XX hat w as the meanrng of that affarr w hrch took place rn the junior room today P By thrs trme Bradfords hat was twrrlrng raprdly between hrs hands Xh71l9OI'l w 'rs qurte exerted also for he realwed that after thls rntervrew was oyer he would know who was to prtclr the game Boys rf there rs 'my thrng I drslrke rt rs drshonesty contrnued the pro fessor '1 person who rs drshonest wrll stoop to almost any thrng You, Brad f rd hue trred to decerye me today Do you know the penalty? ' YN e el n o o not exactly responded the gurlty one Very w ell here rt rs You wrll be grven a xacatron for an mdeflnrte length of trme and besrdes you lose the honor of prtchrng the game XX rlson, I do not entrrely approxe of your actron lxevertheless you have succeeded rn garnmg vour posrtron on the team Y ou may go The two boys left the offrce one drsffraced and ashamed the other happy rn the thought that he had garned justrce at last J p v V . . . V . 7. . - I ' 1 9 4 . Q . . 1 9 , .. - 9 1 . . c . , 35 y ' 2 9 9 ' , 1 , . ' Y , ' v Y . . . J f y ' . . . . , . i Y. . , . A . Y . . Q 1 , , V c I f . . . I . C ,Q , . ' ' ,- ' -4 v rv - - ! S , 7 - - , - ' u n . , 1 , . C , 4 K sp . . !,. , . . . - -s 1 7 - , ' rf - u Q . , . H . Y . ,, . . , 1 9 Y Y' - Y I , I L -' , U , ' , ,, c . V V i . . V . . . , rv .B . , C 'l 7. . . v . b - VK- 4 , 4 I I ' Y I vl. . . H 'Q . .Q 7 . .Q . ' . . . ,, . - ., . c H 1 . . , ' H v . . 7. V . - - , 1 , . , , . . . . , O . C v lr. rv r I cc Y . 7' ' ' ' ' ' Q an - ' .1 V Y ' V 7 . , .. 1 . . Y . . ry. v , ' . ' . v v v . T ' I . . . . . v ' Q, in K 1 . . A . v sb , u 'I

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