Canton Williams High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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C5176 C5-fzlgonquin Canton Qdglr School l FIIIST RUW H4-fr to riglitl: Longslmre. Shun-, R. Nash. Ensby. l':ntte-n. 'l'Hl' IIUW: 1'n.u-lu Ullvn-i'. lb. Nusli. lllilll:lQ.Yl'I'I Sims, lhunks. The Golden Bears opened the current season with a roar, meeting and taking all opponents, both league and non-league. They even beat Chateaugay who took the championship of Section 7 when they beat Potsdam. After the Bears won three league games and a number of non-league games, it looked like smooth sailing. With confidence they journeyed to Ogdensburg, only to End that they weren't as invincible as they looked, when O. F. A. took them into camp 30 to 21. The mighty Golden Bears had fallen into a slump! They soon tumbled from first place. and things looked very dark as their speedy descent continued. They won a few games, but the cards seemed to be stacked against them, and they failed to play the same kind of ball they displayed at the beginning of the season. They did, however, manage to squeeze into the play-offs in fourth place. Canton drew Malone for the play-offs. After a bad first half, things picked up, and the Bears landed on the top of the heap to the tune of 34 to 22. For the championship game, they drew Potsdam, a tough opponent in any game. In a hard fought 'battle in which the Bears never seemed to strike their stride, Potsdam won 39 to 26. This championship gave Potsdam permanent possession of the trophy awarded to the team winning the championship three seasons. Potsdam won three times to Canton's once. Statistics on Canton's league season follow. In a total of 16 regularly scheduled league games Canton won ten and lost six, having an average of 625 per cent. The Golden Bears scored 488 points while their opponents were scoring 392 points. By a little arithmetic, we Hnd that Canton scored on an average of 30.5 points a game against their opponents average of 24.5 points a game. Of these points, Ralph Nash, a member of the class of '37, scored 177 points, making himself high scorer not only for Canton but also for the entire league. Along with Paul Patten he was elected for a berth on the All Northern. The scores of the league games were: A Canton Massena 26 Canton Norwood 22 Canton Saranac Lake 18 Canton Ogdensburg 30 Canton Malone 27 Canton Gouverneur 12 Canton Tupper Lake 24 Canton P'otsdam 24 Canton Massena 34 Canton Norwood 28 Canton Saranac Lake 23 Canton Olgdensburg 20 Canton Gouverneur 24 Canton Malone 28 Canton Potsdam 27 Canton Tupper Lake 25

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Cglre Q54-Ugonquz'n Cfanton gligb cscfrool . r i FIRST ROW lleft to riglitj: Dean, Mc-Leod, Lobdell, Longshore. IJ. Nash. G. Cunningham. R. Nash. 'FUI' RUXV: G. Stone, F, Stone. Imtfgn, Cough Oliver, C, Cunninglmm. Stiles, linslvy, FOOTBALL This year, the Golden Bears went on the field with the confidence and fight of champions who are defending their title for the first time. Early in the season, they showed promise of being champions againg but Dame Fortune failed to smile on them and the Golden Bears ended up playing second fiddle to the Massena Red Raiders. Soon after the squad reported for practice, Coach Oliver made his first selection of eleven men to represent Canton High School on the gridiron. His first selections for the varsity were: Halfbacks, W. Longshore and G. Stoneg Fullback, C. Cunninghamg Quarterback, P. Patteng Ends, R. Nash and G. Ensbyg Tackles, G. Cunningham and H. Stilesg Guards, D. Nash and R. Lobdellg and center, F. Stone. Soon, inelipribility and 'injuries took their toll. Monk Ensby was lost for a number of' games because of a bad knee and Tony Stiles be- cause of a low scholastic average. R. Mac- Leod filled Stiles' shoes very wellg R. Sims showed promise at Ensby's post until he was forced to leave the team. Don Dean got the call at end next, and he filled the position with credit. There were a number of other injuries this year, but luckily most of them weren't very serious. As other teams pointed to Canton, Canton pointed to Massena which was the other strong contender for top honors of the league. Canton suffered her only loss of the season at the hands of Massena by the large margin of 33 to 6. Massena to-ok the championship of the league. Because of the omission of the cham- pionship game, a second place plaque was awarded to Canton. Although the Golden Bears failed to retake the championship, they had almost as enviable record as last year. This year they won six league games, lost one and tied noneg while last year they won four league games, lost none and tied one. Last year Massena beat the Bears in a non- league game. Here is this year's record: Canton 19 Malone 0 Canton 8 Ogdensburg 0 Canton 13 Saranac Lake 0 Canton 13 Potsdam 7 Canton 20 Gouverneur 0 Canton 39 Tupper Lake 0 Canton 6 Massena 33 Three Golden Bears made the coaches' selection for the All-Northern eleven. Two were representatives of the class of '37, Ralph Nash and f'Willy L-ongshoreg the other was Paul Patten, a Junior.

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The cgllgonquin Canton glzgb 5617001 BASEBALL This year baseball was introduced to Canton High School as a major sport. Team candi- dates were given greater reasons for trying out by the purchase of uniforms which were paid for -by the sale of season tickets. These uniforms were yellow with Canton written in brown on the front of the shirts. Material was plentiful in every department but pitching. Tupper started the season but was unable to continue. Stiles, Nash and Gary all developed into good men to bear the mound duties throughout the season. When Nash pitched, Northrup played first and the rest of the team usually lined up thus: Ensby, catcher, Nash, first base, McCleod, second base, Patten, shortstop, Patterson, third base, Keough, left fieldg Stone, center field and Longshore, right field, with Sellis, Coakley, Northrup, Seelye and Scalise seeing frequent service. We are a member of the Frontier League and have made a very good showing. Other teams in the league are: Lisbon, Potsdam, Norwood, Madrid, St. Mai-y's, Rensselaer Falls and Heuvelton. Our chances for continuing success in this league are good. Many are lost by graduation but they can be replaced by others who have shown great promise this year.