Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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512 Mentor Spud Anderson had arranged the field beautlfully for the occas sion having covered all furrows so that It gave the field the appear ance of a national league type Both teams made a wonderful showing on the diamond Pump km Center with their blue overalls and red shirts attracted the eye while Squashvllle w1th their yellow trousers and green shirts also at tracted the eyes of all The game was called for 2 P M by the noted umplre Enoch Ca1lor who has umpired the past two battles The followlng bat teries were announced Pumpkln Center Spltball P11ce twlrler Brick Johnson recelver Squash ville Spike McHugh twlrler Sap Sutter receiver Following the announclng of the batterles Cyrus Reilly greatest comedlan entertained the folks by his wltty saylngs Exactly at 2 oclock Enoch called Play Ba'l Pumpkin Cen ter was to take the field because lt had drawn the shortest stlaw Spltball walked to h1s box with a proud air and many of the fam ous ofliclals of the village such as constable Jake Cyphert were heard to remark that lf Splt ball s arm would work as well as h1S iaws no doubt Pumpkin Center would wln The game was on Sap Sutter up w1th a grln that showed hlm to be minus a few teeth Spltball s e5 es were on Sap and wlth a look that people say terrorized the bat ter strlke one strlke two strlke three Sap out Pumpkln Centel could not find thell volces and Spltball felt hurt because of the lack of applause The game swung back and foith w1th lntervals for signals and for the pat1on1z1ng Zlgzag The elghth inning Squashulle 2 Pumpkln Center 2 Brick John son up to bat ln haste he got the wrong one and walked from the plate to secure h1S old famous bat and vshen he returned to the plate he was called out for Splke had continued to twlrl and finally fan ned Brlck When Enoch an nounced this gi eat te11or relgned and whlle the dlspute continued people were heard screamlng and seen running 1n all dlrectlons for Spuds mule had broken loose from his stable when he heard the decxslon of Enoch fol he deter mined to square matters A w1ld chase was made about the field with the mule k1ck1ng dirt for Immediately the constable to up hold the laws of the village forced Spud to pay a fine of 855 00 which was placed on hlm for permitting w1ld animals to chase about places where people of peace lovlng and ClY1l1Z9d nature were interested Spud was forced to pay the fine and lmmedlately ordered the people to dlsperse from h1s field and as neither would play on elther s grounds each vlllage band and team clalmed a vlctoly and marched from the field Whlle Spud was seen walklng toward the stable vuth h1S pet mule What happened to Enoch cried Spltball Here I am came a voice from out of the sky There was poor Enoch cllnglng to the tip of the flag po'e terlor ized from bemg chased bv the mule J Hubert Rlddle 23 cc u , - Q . . . . - . 1 . . v . - aa - rr - - . . Y. - s ' cc - n . . - , , - . . . , L , . Q , I . . . . Y . 7 ' as - rr . 1 ca - an 44 yy - ' cc I 73 ' , 4, ' . r 9 , ' . 4 . . . . . k , . H - H ,- - me v as i - 9 as ' H ' - ' - u - ar ' ' ' cc an , a 9 ' u as ' ' ' ' H ,, . - , - . . . x in the village of Pumpkin Center hundreds of feet about the field. , - ' 1 ll 7, ' v sm rr - i , an A-,y . - u I , . ' . . Y. . X , ac ' H ' ' ' - u as Y , n - l u za ar ' - n . H . . , - 9 n ' 5 ' I 9 , , . . . . an n - , cc H , , , 1 ' ' ' H me xv , . ' ' U ' 7' ' cc ' 79 cc yy Y an u ' . ' ' ' - as as - ' Q 7 A 7 Y . I ' - , as 1: ' , . . , y 1 Q K l ' as ' rr ' 9 ' v

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'-f'.'-a-zf 13 E-511113 5'- High 5111'- lf6l 6'l' y ' Q52 'gy Lliln Undecided Champzonshl IN the southeastern part of Pennsylvanla l1e two V11 lages namely Pumpkln Cente1 and Squashv111e These tvso ylllages were gleat r1 vals 1n all events and to day the Center has wltnessed smce the burnmg of Jake Cypherts hen house was to hold 1ts great name 1n baseball for th1s was the test of her career the meetmg of Squashvllle Pumpk1n Center was under the captalncy of Spltball PFICG who ga1ned thlS famous name the last defeat of h1s 11vals by the ald of hls fax O1 1te H1211 Pouch Spltball w as also the great fax Ol lte of the v1llage for the old folks hked to gathel around the Post office and hear h1m 1elate the great future that IS before h1m In the past tvso 56318 each team had won a game and as each had played on 1tS respectue ground the champlonshlp xx as to be play ed off on the outsk11ts of both wlllages whlch was Spud Ancle1son s po tato Held 139 Squashv1lle was under the cap ta1ncy and management of the vlllage Natlonal league prospect Sp1ke McHugh who had told the world of h1s 1ntent1on of defeat1ng Pumpk1n Center Both vlllages supported thelr teams wonderfully but one of the most enthuslastlc supporter f Pumpkm Center IS Z1gZag P13273 who IS the vlllages lead1ng sales man at all the games w1th hlS Zlg Zag DOPCOIH chew1ng gum And to day espec1ally he Was prepared for the occasslon havlng on hand one dozen boxes of z1gLag twenty foul packages of Jumbo chew1ng gum e c Both teams deslred to enter the battle glound eally so that thev may galn the popularlty of all spec tators Captaln Splke NIcHugh w1th h1S terrlble nme and wllage band voted to walk to the glounds so that they may secule the pule a1r of the fine day Whlle captam Sp1tball P1108 dec1ded to make the tl 1p Ill wagons the fhst was to ca11v the team and the second the band and 100t6lS I 1. 4 . V 1 1 I J S Q Q ' -4 0 Q F f ,A I , 4-..- 1--,,.--.. -5 .1 - ,215-s.a?f-Siafifiig, 31 if, , . --..,.....--.- - A .6. . f' cc ' - -pn , . , ' an - n . , - ' . i greatest occurence that Pumpkln , D v Y y ' , ' - ' ' 0 , 7 , ' ' as H ' a . . . , . A 7 . . . r Q' 9 . - ' . 6, . ,, . . . 1 I , Q , 1 In , , , - . as ' n , , ,- Y Y h . ' , ' Cl ' 77 - . , . . . - - , Y as - n ,- '- 'v v' , ' V -K v - , ss U , y - , ,, A

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