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

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The Algonquin Canton High School FIllS'I' RUXV tleft to rightl: llradley. liesaw. Northrnp. Clark, l':utersnn, Cozlliley. Keough. Seelye. Bell. BACK IUJNV tleft to rightl: NValsh. King. Stiles. Sn-llis. Murray. Oliver. Baseball Baseball got under way after Easter vaeation. and the prospeets of a winning team were very good. Six men were lost hy graduation last year, but those who did not play regularly last season iilled their plaees. Veteran 'Pony Stiles headed the pitehing department, with Mark Sellis as seeond ehoiee. Behind the hat were Paul Patten and liiehard Murray. Stiles also eaught in some of the games. The infield was comprised of Ollie Northrup on Iirst base: John Coakley. seeond haseg Paul Patten. shortstop: and Walter Patterson, third base. Different arrangements in the infield were made as oeeasion demanded. 'l'he outfield was managed hy Charles Clark, Bill Keough and Mark Sellis. VVhen Sellis pilehed. Allan King and XValter Bradley alternated in his position. Other players who saw serviee in games this year were Bill Bell. lloh MeCartney, 'l'aleott Seelye. and Fred liesaw. Varsity HC' ' Club 'l'he Varsity Cluh. with the same high membership of the past two years. held its initial meeting on April ll of this year, in the Grammar Sehool Gym. 'l'he ofiieers for the year were eleeted as follows: Paul Patten. President: Charles Clark. Yiee- President: and James Nash. Seeretary- Treasurer. 'Phe annual Varsity HC dance was held in the sehool gymnasium with a. large attendenee. Beeause of our lateness in getting under way. our soeial aetivities were not as extensive as we had hoped, but our increasing lllCIIllD0l'SlllIl. as the years roll on. will help us to fulfill our desires. .lames Nash.

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The Algonquin Canton High School Football Soon after school began, Coach Oliver issued the call for football men to report. The largest squad in several years reported, and they looked very impressive. However, as the season progressed, the Golden Bears, hampered by injuries, were victims of nu- merous defeats. Dame Fortune had failed again to smile upon the Golden Bears. Coach Oliver, after several days of prac- tice, selected his first team to represent Canton High School on the gridiron for the 1937 season. His first selection for the var- sity was: Half-backs, C. Sims and C. Clark: Full-back, H. Stiles: Quarterback, PPatten: Ends, W. Woods and L. Kelly: Tackles, NV. Nash and F. Besawg Guards, D. Nash and L. Robinsong and Center, F. Stone. ln the first league game, injuries took their toll of the Golden Bears. Leo. Kelly, a pro- mising end. received a dislocated elbow early in the first quarter. Muscle Robin- son and Charlie Clark also received injuries. Don Dean and Jim Nash filled Kelly's shoes very well. As the season continued. other injuries occurred and severely crippled the Golden Bears. When the season closed, only two players out of the original eleven .selected as the starting team remained un- injured. A new backileld, John Coakley and Jack Dunham, replaced the injured Paul Patten and Charlie Clark. Charlie Sims, having been forced from the team. left his backfield position to John Cunning- ham. These players, with Tony Stiles, finished the remaining league games. The early season second team became the first team as the season came to a close. This year the Golden Bears, led by Cap- tain Francis Stone, won one league game and lost six. The Bears, although defeated many times, never lost their fighting spirit. The most impressive game of the season was with Ogdensburg. The Burg had a winning team and were heavily favored to defeat the crippled Bears. The Golden Bears stunned the fans by holding an ad- vantage over this team of 7 to 6 for three and a half quarters. However. by a quick break, the Bruins were defeated in the closing minutes, 12 to 7. Here is this year's record of league games. Canton Opponents 0 ....... , . . Massena ..,... .,...,., 3 0 6 ..... . .. Gouverneur . . .. . . .. 0 0... ...Potsdam .... , ....38 7... ...Ogdensburgu ....12 6 .. ...Saranac ...,.. 0... ...TupperLake.., 0 .... Malone ........ 20

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The Algonquin Canton High School RMK' any l BACK ROW fleft to rightl: Toomey. Scalisc. Scelyc. Stiles. Smith. lirown. Sims. 'l'hompsml. Ulivvr. SIGCUNID RUXV tleft to rightl: Robinson. XV. Lalwrn-lice. Bltllqlllllillll. Muyliew. xICi'Ul'lllll'k, l.. lizlwrcncc. Clairk. Patten. ln-ueslm. Murray. FIRST ROW U1-ft to rightl: Illlllllillli. King. Ki-ough. Grant. Mau-l-'.ulden. Hale. Coakley, U'lIoro. Leonard. NVilli:uus. Track This year track took a great leap in Canton High School. The greatest interest shown in this sport in many a year was evident this season. A new system of scor- ing and a new management of events were worked out. The Golden Bears had a very successful season. The mainstays of the team were Paul Patten. Walt Lawrence, 'l'alc Seelye. Charlie Clark. Jim McCor- mick. Jack Dunham, Bill Keough and Alan King. Walt Lawrence was the favorite half- miler. while Herb Grant and Jack Leonard carried mile ll0l10l'S. Talc Seelye starred in the high jump. and Paul Patten captured the pole vault. The relay team of Dunham. Koough. and King. by their performance, proved that they will be hard to beat in the future. Charles Clark made a good showing in the low hurdles. Tony Stiles and Lauris lrobinson managed the shot putting ' FIRST ROXV tleft to rightl: Swartz, Hntlmwaiy. WVonuu-k. llarlc. Collins. BACK ROW fleft to rightl: Robinson. Bradley, llenesha. Maylu-w. Stiles, Wrestling WVrcstling in Canton High is not so far advanced as it should be. ln the years to come. however, the school will participate in many more dual meets. From these meets. the men will gather experience, cour- age. and self-satisfaction in their work. The men who did come out showed much enthusiasm for the sport. The slowness in forming a team may be attributed to the lack ot equipment and place to work out. In the future, there will be no cause for this slowness. because the formation and practice will be ready early in the season. Bill Schwartz, Acting Coach.