Brattleboro Union High School - Colonel Yearbook (Brattleboro, VT)

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ia F 'W PM wifi-I EMD I AL before Brattleboro's Purple and White players were in possession of the ball on the five-yard stripe, and with Broutsas and Taylor alternating, pushed over the tying counter, the latter going over on an off tackle play. A spread formation was used for the extra point, but failed inches from the promised land. The game ended in a 6 to 6 tie, with Keene on the defense nearly the entire last quarter. A field goal was tried by B. I-I. S., Taylor doing the booting from the nineteen-yard line, but the ball sailed under the goal posts by the narrowest of margins. A disappointed crowd returned to Brattleboro, but never- theless, Coach Draghetti's boys have achieved a remark- able record in the last two years-fourteen wins, one loss, and one tie. Basketball Hopes for another successful campaign on the basket- ball court were established when six veterans of last year's tournament contests plus twenty-five other hoopsters re- ported for the first basketball session of the 1936-1937 season. The familiar faces which will again dominate the wooden surfaces are those of Captain Frankie Taylor, Butch Broutsas, Phillip Gomez, Rudy Hammarlund and Merle Coombs, who will undoubtedly form Coach Ray Draghetti's quintet for this year. Others who will be called upon to replace those already mentioned are Lau- rence Sexton, Clyde Fairbanks, Mario Lucianni, and Ben Cox. Several other promising prospects will not participate in the main contests but will probably take charge of the preliminary events. There are several weeks of hard practice needed to establish a smooth working combine, and then it is ex- pected that the locals will play host to a vastly improved Wilmington quintet. The main obstacles which B. H. S. will have to overcome will be the contests with Bellows Falls, Bennington, Springfield, and Windsor. Should Brattleboro come out on top in BOW or more of these con- tests, they will again enter into the Rutland Tournament. Coach Dra hetti is known to ut out fi htin teams, and 8 P 8 8 with six veterans, a lot of teamwork, and, above all, lent of s irit, the B. I-I. S. la ers are ex ected to sur- P Y u P - P Y P pass their fine achievement of a year ago. To the players and to Coach Draghetti we extend our best wishes and offer our support. B. l-l. S. Wins Opener An untried Purple and White quintet successfully opened their home basketball season by trimming an array of foul-shooting artists from Wilmington by a score of 54-25. Blue and White court men capitalized on 15 charity tosses and failed on only eight tries. They also registered five baskets from the floor, four in quick suc- cession in the last period, but this was not enough even to threaten the lead that Captain Taylor and his mates had rolled up in the earlier stages of the game. Wilmington went into the lead when Ware, lanky Blue and White center, pumped in a pair of foul tosses, but Taylor quickly tied it up with a shot from under the bas- ket. Hammarlund, veteran forward, annexed two more points to B. H. S.'s cause, but B. H. S. lost their lead when three more successful foul shots were registered by the Wilmington lads. Then Gomez, who is expected to go places this year, arched a beautiful shot from way out, through the meshing to give Brattleboro a lead which it never relinquished. Meantime, Merle Coombs repeatedly snagged the ball off the backboard and rang up eight points during the three quarters in which he played, for he and Hammarlund were both put out on four fouls. Broutsas, a hard working guard, did a line job in taking care of Rafus, W. H. S. scoring threat, and also scored a twin-counter in the first period of the contest. Taylor Captured the scoring honors with 17 points and Coombs and Hammarlund registered eight and five points re- spectively. Rafus and Ware did the bulk of Wilming- ton's scoring, accounting for eighteen points between them. an 'H W , .kf 3,-5:-AM ,fl li- -Q 3 Cut by Charlofle Truker '39

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AT I-I L E T I C S JOHN BROUTSAS '37 State Title to B. l-l. S. Springfield O, B. l-l. S. Ill- The members of a high stepping Brattleboro High School eleven continued its march to the state champion- ship Saturday afternoon when they defeated a hard fight- ing Springfield combine, 14 to O. At only one time did the visitors really threaten, and though Coach Ray Draghetti's forces showed a distinct superiority, they were hard put in annexing their fourteen points. The first period was a punting duel with Taylor, filling in for the injured Putnam, gaining a wide margin over the Spring- field punter, by averaging from forty to forty-five yards on each of his boots. After a sustained march up the field, with Broutsas, Taylor, Clark and Barber, all carrying the leather, the former sliced off tackle for the initial counter of the game. From a spread-formation, Taylor easily added the extra point. The third canto was evenly waged, most of the actual playing being done at about mid field. Climaxing the game on a perfectly executed triple-pass, Taylor raced from mid field all the way to the Springfield twelve, from which point he skirted right end, behind perfect blocking, to score standing up. With Broutsas holding the ball as usual, Taylor converted the point after, to bring his season's total to seventy-seven. The playing of the team as a whole was sparkling, with Broutsas and Carlson carrying the brunt of the defense work, and the former along with Capt. Taylor doing most of the ground-gaining. O 7' T' B. l-l. S. State Champs! After decisively trouncing an extremely light but scrappy Hartford eleven, Brattleboro's claim for the state honors was unchallenged. Their remarkable record of seven straight games, in which they scored on an aver- age of thirty points per game, was far from even being approached by any other Vermont schoolboy eleven. Coach Draghetti's scoring demons jumped on the up- staters and rolled up nineteen points in the opening quar- ter, but a stream of substitutes saw action in the next canto, and B. H. S. tallied only one more six-pointer and also the extra point in the second stanza. Barber snagged a short pass from Taylor, and went over for the first score. Taylor added the point after on a line buck. Taylor sliced around the end a few plays later, and rang up another six points. On the next kick off, Hartford's speedy quar- terback pulled in the sphere, but was hit hard before he could get up much momentum. Soon after, B. H. S. recovered the initial Hartford fumble and proceeded to manufacture it into the third score, Broutsas, Brattleboro's line-bucking broncho, doing the ball carrying this time. Late in the second period, Hammarlund, sub-back, plunged over for the final touch- down of the first half. Taylor converted the extra point on a well-directed place-kick. There was little scoring in the last half g in fact, there were only seven points regis- tered, there being scored by the dependable Taylor, who, on a slant off the weak side, dashed into the clear and ran 35 yards for a touchdown. He also added the extra point, this, also by as place kick. Shortly after, the game ended, and B. H. S. emerged the victor-and also undisputed state champions. Keene 6, B. l-l. S. 6 An Armistice day throng of about fifteen hundred local followers journeyed across the river to Keene and were witnesses to an upset almost as disastrous as the Windsor game of two years past. A scrappy, well-balanced Keene outfit, although registering only three first downs, man- aged to hold Brattleboro, representative of the Vermont state championship, to a bitterly waged 6 to 6 deadlock. The Granite Staters were the first to score, something no other team has done in the previous seven games, on a well-executed forward pass-lateral. Nano, Coach Mul- vaney's little guard, was the receiver of the lateral, and proceeded to run sixty-five yards to a touchdown, but he had not time to spare, for, after spotting the Keenster some twenty yards away, Capt. Taylor started in pursuit, and had just time to make a flying tackle for Nano, as the latter stumbled into the end zone for the unexpected six points. This brought the Purples back to their fighting form, and the point after was smeared with feet to spare. After marching up the field to Keene's twenty-yard stripe, B. H. S. repeatedly lost their punch, and the Orange and Black eleven regained possession of the ball in the danger territory, no less than five times. Early in the first period, with the oval resting on the opponent's fifteen-yard stripe, Taylor carried the ball off-tackle, and was tackled high. Apparently, the ball was knocked from his grasp right into the waiting arms of Keene's star tackle, Kretowicz. The latter, despite his position, made two of Keene's three first downs. The score remained 6 to O in favor of Keene, until the final whistle ended the first half. The two school bands, with the Keensters using most of the time just as B. H. S. had done last year, put on colorful exhibitions and were just finishing when the second half opened. It wasn't long r PCSXY4 N ' gm - X 1 1 , al 1 . Xe

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CLUBS AND SUCH ITERARY CLUB! The first meeting of the year. As the whole club was all Lit., it was decided to elect ofii- cers for the present year. After a hot campaign, the electoral returns showed that Muriel Ingalls was president, Charles Mur- dough was vice-president, and Isabel Tupper was the secretary- fwhat, no treasurer ?j . After the main business was over and the details of the next meeting had been de- cided, parts of The Contrast, by Royall Tyler, were read-and what a comedy it turned out to be! ak Sl! Pls SIC Drama! Organization! Put 'em together and you have the DRAMATIC CLUB organized. Ruth Helyar was made president, with the power to select a competent committee for their programs. They have big expectations! A pro- gram for each meeting or bust! That would be something! Perhaps it's just a conspiracy to give the club secretary something to do! Ethel Crawford writes the memoirs. Maybe this is the reason. How about putting on some snappy plays for us in assemblies? Or must we wait im- patiently for the big event, the school play? PK Ik 'lf if By the shores of Gitchee Gummee! My error! It's at the home of Mr. john Gale, in Guilford-the meeting of the LITERARY CLUB on December 7. Mr. Gale showed the members all manner of Indian articles, from beads to bones! He told the club about several tribes and their cus- toms, and brandished all sorts of war implements. Many of these oddities Mr. Gale found himself not far from his home and below the Vernon Dam, on the shores of the Connecticut. The Liter-rarities found the relics unusu- ally fascinating, and Mr. Gale's stories very entertaining. Oh, in case you're contemplating a perfect murder, there are all kinds of clubs which would do a very neat job. We might borrow one the next time class dues come up! But don't worry! NITIATION! All new members please bring a blind- I fold! At ALPHA EPSILON'S first meeting on Oc- tober 27, candidates were welcomed into the order. The meeting was held, through the courtesy of the Legion- naires fthanks again!j in the American Legion rooms in the Community Building. Cats, owls and witches played havoc over the gay Halloween decorations, shrouded in weird yellow and red lights. After the twenty-four candi- dates were initiated, and the business meeting adjourned, the club was entertained by a musical program. This constituted a piano and a saxophone solo, songs: Maggie, Yes Ma'am, She Sat in Her Hammock, At the Cod- lish Ball, and, imagine our astonishment, a musical revue of our own B. H. S. quintuplets! We recovered immedi- ately when the refreshments of sandwiches, punch and cookies appeared on the scene. When the lights went on Qup to now we had been more or less in the darkj we were very glad to see that many of the alumni club members were present. We hope that you enjoyed our meeting and that you will come again! Pls 214 tk Pl! Attention Please! We have a rip-snorting new club in B. H. S. The Agriculture Department met Wednesday evening, November 17, and organized a sizzling new society. It's the AG CLUB. During the business meet- ing fthey're in business alreadylj the Middlebury con- ference delegates gave an account of themselves, and the new officers were elected. john Wright is the first honorary president of the club. john Stark is vice president. The secretary is Rudolph Hammarlund, and Lester Clark is treasurer. Ralph Morse is club reporter. What a lineup! With Mr. Ralph Granger to coach them, they should go places! Uust where we d0n't knowlj Anyway, we wish all the Ag -ers all the best. AND don't forget your nickels ! Music! Carmi Squires, baritone, the first in a series fwe hopelj of programs in ASSEMBLY, entertained us with a variety of songs. Mr. Squires, accompanied by his brother at the piano, sang several well-known pieces, which literally brought down the school. This program was financed by a little system sponsored by the teachers: Brother, can you spare a nickel ? This is the first of its kind fthe program, of coursej that we have enjoyed this year. We hope it's not the last! as wk an ak Speech! Speech! Two of our loyal alumni, Mr. Gibson, and james Boyden gave us their views on our team and their hopes in the all-important Keene game in AS- SEMBLY on November 10. They have both followed the gridsters faithfully and have a yen for our supremacy over our best rival, Keene. Coach Draghetti frah! rah!j and Coach Johnston fdittoj got us a little scared, but our confidence returned when co-captain Carlson fFrankie didn't come, must have known what was comingj and Broutsas put in a word. When we went to classes after a few rousing cheers, we all felt ready to mop up Keene with about 40 to O! Here's to the big game! ! !