Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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wills his gift of “gab” to Carl Hofmann. 7. Alada McHale, widely known for her power to keep still through all the days of her High School career, wills her love of orange and green and her great gift of silence to Evelyn 'Smith. 8. Ruth Warren, who lately has- been thinking of petitioning the Board of Education to ask them to build a pair of back-stairs (Baxter) although she already has one which ought to answer all purposes, wills her power to run away and Hyde to Ethel Preston. 9. Olivia Moyer, known throughout the world for her great stage presence and her great mental gifts—you have often heard that she never forgets Be Line, wills her life of Gayetty to Ellen McDermott. 10. Barton Meays while acting as cheerleader gave us the long rah yell. After we had all ceased yelling Barton forgot himself, ne kept on yelling Cla-rah, ‘Cla-rah, Cla-rah. Barton, however, wills that famous front seat in the study hall to James Gifford. 11. Neil Adsit, who has won fame and renown in the athletic world, bequeaths to Gordon Gayetty his charming smile which has cheered so many during his course. Lastly, e do hereby appoint the Faculty of the Baldwinsville High School, executors of this Our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all •former Wills made. CLEMADEAN REID. THE 1921 BASEBALL TEAM At the beginning of the 1921 baseball season an Onondaga County Baseball League was formed, composed of the following high schools: Baldwinsville, Skaneateles, hast Syracuse, Marcellus, Solvay. Jnmesville, Onondaga Valley, and Minoa. Seven games were played by each team. Besides these teams, Baldwinsville played games with Phoenix and Ly- sander High Schools and Travis Preparatory School. The pitching and batting of the team was good considering the fact that many of the players had never played high s'chooi uaseball before. The heavy hitter of the season was Catcher Kingsley, playing his first year of baseball for B. H. S. David Veeder, Neil Adsit, Ernest Reed and Charles Young, all did honorable duty on the hurling mound. The infield was well taken care of by Cecil Gayetty, James Fuess, Richard Loveless, Arthur Fel- lows and James Gifford. Clifford Dunham, Arthur Weldon, Claud Duffy and William Giddings held down the outfield berths all season. FOOTBALL FOR 1920 The 1920 football team experienced a difficult and unsuccessful season. A very'hard schedule of ten games was played. The team was one of the lightest that has represented Baldwinsville in many years. Nearly all the games were played in rainstorms or on snow covered fields and at no time of the season was the full strength of the team represented on the playing field, many players being kept on the sidelines on account of injuries. In the middle of the season the team lost its captain and star player, Barton Meays. u The 1921 team is expected to have a banner season as nearly all the players of last fall's team expect to return to school. At the Athletic Banquet, held in February, block letters were awarded to the members of the team by Professor Elden. Those who received block 3

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 letters were: Captain Barton Meays, Fredrick Foster, James Fuess. Bruce Root, David Veeder. John Van Tassel, James Gifford, Earl Green, Russel Bellows, Leonard Hofmann, Arthur Crusan, William Giddings, Gerald Baxter and Claud Duffy. THE B. H. S. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The purpose of the B. H. S. Athletic Association is to support and encourage athletics. All students and teachers may become members by paying a fee of twenty-five cents a term. After the dues have been collected ihe members meet to elect officers. The following officers were elected for the spring term of 1921: Manager Baseball—John Reid. Cheerleader—Neil Adsit. Assistant Cheerleaders—Evelyn Smith and Earl Green. Each class meets separately to choose its representatives on the Execu- tive Council, the governing board of the Association. The Seniors and the Juniors each choose two members; the iSophomores and Freshmen each elect one member. Professor Elden is chairman of the Council. The other members for the spring of 1921 are: Seniors—Clara McCarthy and Neil Adsit. Juniors—Vera Gates and Gerald Bayter. Sophomores—Morris Decker. Freshmen—Cecil Gayettv. TRACK MEET On May 14, 1921, the first track meet ever held by B. H. S. took place on the High School grounds. The weather was ideal for a record breaking event. Although no records were broken the contestants showed that Bald- wins ville could hold its own with many high schools of New York State. The first event was a fifty-yard dash for girls, won by Laura Loveless, with Olivia Moyer and Edna Wheaton second and third respectively. The one hundred yard dash was won by Van Coe, David Veeder and Curtis Van Dusen in the order named. The winner’s time was twelve and two-fifths seconds, considered very good time on a grass’ track. Helen Neunert, Clemadean Reed and Dorothy Smith were the winners in the basketball throw for distance. The standing broad jump was won by Walter VanDen- burg with Cecil Gayetty second and Gerald Baxter third. Harry Brooksbank put the shot for a distance of thirty-one feet nine and one-half inches. Clifford Dunham was second with a distance of thirty-one feet, and Arthur Weldon third with mark of thirty feet and eight inches. The last events of the day was the relay races, won by the second period afternoon class of the girls and the fourth period morning class of the boys. The meet was one of the most successful ever accomplished by a high school and it is sincerely hoped that track meets will be held in the future by Baldwinsville High School. CLAUD DUFFY.