Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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is BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM Seated Cleft to rfghtbz E.mer Leonard, Jack Williams, Basil Bryant, Tim Grinclle, Ray Allcn. Standing tleft to rightl Mr. Dorr, Coachg Hart Talbot, Chauncey Grinnell, Arthur Grinnell, Kip Burkett, Arden Young, Gilbert Hall, Manager. :tntl allnwecl onlv one run in the reinztininn' llrvztnt wut clown 'llllUlll1lSltJll l, Z, 3, in the . P- . l five innings, XYilliznn's two singles ztncl lztst ui the ninth to win the lmll QIllllC. liniQ'ht's terrific tlunlile were high tor Lani- zlen: while Russell zlntl li. bltllinstnn erteh Camden at Rockland etmnneetetl for 'three hits ztpieee lm' Lincoln. Cznnclen gut tiff ttf 21 gmml stztrt ngztinst tiznnclen reeeivetl zt severe setlmek when 'fini Rtieklzincl in their seventh gztine of the serif tirinclle was lust for the reniziintler of the sun. t':tinclen scuretl six tinies in the first season clue to Il sprztinecl lmelc, lle hail lveen three innings lmiit tlitln't setmre ztxjztin until liztving' trnnlxle with his lmzielc all seztsml, the ninth. The tfznnclen tlefense l-Cll ztnztrt. lint, tlespite this, wzts the only player to ztncl lioelqlztml pounclecl lirynnt for twg-lyq play errtlrless lvztll. stilicl hits :intl seurecl in every inning' exeept the thircl. ln the ninth lf. li, iXl.en. lflint. Camden VS' Thomaston :incl llolrlen all hit singles tn lozul the luztses t':untlen entlecl 'l'l1oin:1stnn's winning :intl then lf. S. Allen hit zt lung llv 'to cleep I streak liy clet'e:1 tiiig' thein bffi, llitniizi ton center. Alter the eztteh lf. lf. .Xllen setiretl tu went zthezul in the filth to take :t tm--l leztgl, put the gznne on ice. lint tlaintlen tietl it up Zl Il.lll in the sixth. .s Kelly reliererl lillllglls un the innnncl, :intl Camden at Rockport in the eighth liryztnt :tml Knight wztlkerl. t':nnclen won its eigfhth ffaine tml the sen- ' . xx . rs . llryzint stole htnne :intl on the errors lxnight sun :tt llnelqmurt luv 'taking a close U-8 vie- seoretl to give flillllflwl Z1 two-rlin lertrl. tory. liryzint went the whole clistztnee allow'

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BASEBALL 1944 Camden finished its season with seven wins against three defeats. This left us tied with Rockland for second place. The season might have been considerably better if it had not been for several unexpected heart- breakers. Camden beat the Champion Thomaston 'team twice but was unable to play the breaks and dropped three tough games. Conway deserved to win the Vinal- haven game, but the Rockland game was a Comedy of Errors. The only excuse given for the loss to Lincoln Academy was the heat as the team said, but that doesn't seem much of an excuse. Once again we are indebted to Mr. llorr for coaching us through another season. He has been an able coach and has co-operated with the school in all its activities. Our only regret is 'that we could not have celebrated the fs birth of his son, May l9, by a victory over Rockland. llere is a summary of the scores: Camden Won 73 Lost 3 Camden 5 .Rockland 4 Camden l-l Yinalhaven 0 Camden 3 Vinalhaven 8 Camden fm Rockport 2 Camden 3 Lincoln .-Xcademy 8 Camden 8 Thomaston 6 Camden 7 Rockland 8 Camden 9 Rockport 8 Camden 8 Lincoln Academy 6 Camden 12 Thomaston 4 lotals: Camden 75: Opponents 54. -- C H S - Camden vs. Rockland Camden opened its season with a 5-4 vic- tory over Rockland. Rockland scored first in the first inning and held the lead up to the sixth. Trailing 3-0 going into the last half of the sixth Hodson opened with a SI 01 t.' single. Burkett walked and two wild throws tied it up. Rockland picked up another run in the top of the seventh and lead 4-3. Trail- ing by this score in the last of the ninth, Camden rallied. XYilliams tripled and suc- cessive singles by Bryant, Hodson, Tim. and Leonard put the game on ice. Camden vs. Vinalhaven 1st game Camden had little trouble in winning its second league game of the season l-l-0. Be- hind Bryant's three-hit pitching and backed by a eighteen hit barrage, there was little to worry about. Grindle, NYilliams. True. and Knight each got two hits a piece for Cam- den while Conway. Coombs, and l-lelwick got the only hits for Vinalhaven. Camden vs. Vinalhaven 2nd game In the second game of the doubleheader it was a different story. Conway had the Camden sluggers baffled and won out by 33. Conway was very effective allowing only four hits, two by Hodson, and the others by Burkett and True. Carver's two hits and Greenleafs 'triple paced the Yinal- haven attack. Camden vs. Rockport Camden won its third game of the sea- son at Camden 6-2. Bryant pitched all the game allowing ten hits and striking out nine. Camden got off 'to an carlv lead in the second inning and was never headed, Bryant, Burkett, Knight, and XYadsworth each connected for two hits while .'Xnnis's three singles were tops for Rockport. Camden vs. Lincoln Academy Camden High lost its second game of the season in its first game away from home 7-2. Lincoln scored three times in the first inn- ing and was never headed. Burkett relieved Bryant, who had a sore arm, in the third

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32 THE MEGUNTICOOK ing the Rockport boys nine hits, but the Camden boys made their hits count in the clutches. Mil'ton Wheaton hit a long double into right centerfield for the longest hit of the day. Camden vs. Lincoln Camden Diamondeers met the Lincoln Academy nine on the Camden field. Jackie Williams was the boy of the day when he smashed a home run with two on in the eighth 'to put Camden in front 8-6. Bryant held the Academy boys to thirteen hits, but he kept them well scattered and had great support from the infield. Camden at Thomaston Camden ended its baseball season by de- fea'ting Thomaston 12-4. Camden was the only-team to beat Thomaston twice. Bur- kett was very effective 011 the mound al- lowing only nine hits, and he kept them well scattered. He fanned four and walked three. Kangas started for Thomaston but was touched for six runs in the first two innings and was replaced by Neal and Kelly in the seventh. Neal lead Thomaston batters with three hits in four trips to the pla'te. Knight had a perfect day for Camden three for three. - C H S - BASEBALL Individual Batting Averages 1 . H. B. A. Ingraham 1 1.000 VVight 1 1.000 Bryant .473 Wiillianis .375 True .351 Burkett .325 Knight .311 H odson .291 Mclieen .275 A. Grinnell .250 VYadsworth .222 Leonard .21 1 Grindle .200 VVheaton .175 Thomas .000 Gross .000 Totals .312 Of all sad words from tongue or pen, The saddest of these are, 1've lost it again 1 M Ration Book 1 Y A BASKETBALL Camden High School had one of the best basketball seasons it has had in many years. The boys lost their first game to Cony, then they won nine straight games before their jinx caught up, and Rockland ran over them. Coach Dorr did a fine job this year, and he is to be commended for the way he handled the team. He was always there at quarter to five and at no other time. Game after game, whether we were behind or ahead, the Coaching Pastor would al- ways give us new spirit by telling us, I 'think you can take them, boys, if you settle down and play ball. Crindle was the team's high-scorer this year, averaging 14 points per game and hav- ing the best foul shot average of the first five men for the number of trials. Williams played hard and well this year. He set up many plays and was one of the key defence men in the Camden lineup. Tall, rangy, Ray Allen set up 'the plays and dropped in some nice long shots when the Camden quintet couldn't seem to get started. He controlled most of the opponents backboards and Cam- den rebounds as well. Basil Bryant, right guard. stopped scoring plays time and time again, and his trick shots were a big factor in Camden's great seasong while 'Elmer Leonard, left guard, was the other man who stayed behind to guard our basket and to watch the opposing men who were breaking fast if we had lost 'the ball. These two guards we believe, worked the best in the Knox- Lincoln League. Camden at Cony Camden High School opened its basket- ball season at Augusta. Cony won 52 to 35. The fact that Cony was a much larger school and had players much taller, had something to do with the scoring, and too. the Camden Boys were bewildered bv the large floor. Cony ran up a fast 14 to S lead in the first quarter, but in the second quarter Camden found itself and closed the gap 24 to 16. Camden fought hard in the 'third quarter and Cony outscored us 10 to 9. Cony came back in the final period and outbat- tled us 17 to ll in the last quarter. Folsom and Webe led the Cony a'ttack with 14 and 12 points respectively, while Grindle and Allen dropped in 11 and 9 points for Cam- den.