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

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FOOTBALL TEAM

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FOOTBALL When the call for Football Candidates was sounded for the team of 1928, ten veterans and several 1927 reserves reported. The line, composed of Dunham and Fowler, ends; Vosburgh and Pickard, tackles; Van Wie and Bicknell, guards, and Seabold at center, developed in to one of the hardest and fastest charging forward walls ever produced by our mentor, Wesley Getman. The backfiekl composed of Captain Turkowski, Crcgo Rowell and Bochino, was speedy, versatile and elusive. Two days before the opening game, Crego, veteran quarterback, sustained a sprained ankle while practicing. A loss to Fayetteville was the result of the first game. As Crego’s ankle was slow in healing, we were without his services with our arch rivals, East Syracuse. Although we were defeated by a small margin, the championship went with that game. Later in the season we defeated East Syracuse by a decisive score. Even though we lost the championship the team gained a moral victory by bringing the Football Sportmanship Cup to the school. Also Turkowski was picked for the mythical all county team. Baldwinsville (3 Fayetteville Solvav 13 Baldwinsville 13 13 Baldwinsville 0 E. Syracuse Manlius 7 Baldwinsville 2G 0 Baldwinsville 0 Solvav 0 Baldwinsville 20 E. Syracuse .. 0 Baldwinsville 20 0 Total 91 Total 45 BOB ROWELL THE 1929 BASE BALL SEASON With the Hon. Mr. Sears as our manager, we started out to clean up the County League. The only trouble seems to have been that Skancateles started sooner and copped their first league game, which as all loyal rooters know was with our Alma Mater. However, our season went along smoothly, without another mishap, and we finished a close second. Our average for the year was .855, while Skan- eateles had one of 1,000. At a rather critical time in our season, seven of the players on the first team were declared ineligible, and it looked bad for B ’ville. However the second string men played a snappy game and took the two remaining games. There was a brand of sportsmanship displayed by the team this year that has been noticeably lacking for a few years back. It is highly desirable that this spirit be continued and the student body be instrumental in attaining this goal. Baldwinsville .................... (5 Baldwinsville ..................... 1 Baldwinsville ..................... 5 Baldwinsville .................... 20 Baldwinsville ..................... 3 Baldwinsville .................... 10 Baldwinsville ..................... 4 Baldwinsville ..................... 5 Baldwinsville ..................... 9 Tully ............................ 2 Skancateles ..................... 12 Solvay ........................... 4 Split Rock ....................... 4 Tully ............................ 1 Jordan ........................... 4 Marcellus ........................ 3 Warners .......................... 2 Camillus ......................... 1 20 WILSON VAN WIE

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GIRLS’ BASKETBALL 1928-29 For six consecutive years, the Baldwinsville Girls’ Basketball team has represented the West Sestion in the Onondaga County League play-off. This year a tie with Jordan made necessary a preliminary play-off on the Camillus court. The Baldwinsville girls won and played Minoa a week later on the Solvay court. They won twelve games this year and lost two. They have a record of having lost only three games in three years. From the first team, only Louise Eggleston, captain of the team for 1927-28, was gone; two players were also gone from the second team. With four veterans back, the vacant position on the team, that of guard, was taken by Irene Thomp- son, who played an excellent defensive game in all the games. “Peg” Gere at center, invariably out jumped and out scored every girl she played against. Carroll while making many points at forward, also was a great, help on the defense. Thompson, the other forward, played an excellent game throughout the year, both on the defense and the offense. Abrams, as a reliable guard, played a steady game. This year the team loses only Marge Thompson. So with four veterans and two good subs back, prospects for next year look good. The girls basketball team sincerely thanks the people who have supported them during the season of 1928-29. BASKETBALL 1928-29 The basketball teams of Baldwinsville High School made history this year. For the first time in the history of the County League both the boys’ and girls’ sectional championships were won by one school, and Baldwinsville had the honor of being that school. This is an account of the boys’ team and its relative success and defeat. The squad reporting the first night while not the largest, was the best squad of basketball players ever to turn out; so, many good men of necessity had to be dropped. The team started the season with a rush, defeating Split Rock, 38 to 17. After administering a 41-24 beating to Marcellus, the team met defeat at Skaneateles, but showed that it was just a mistake by winning the next eight league games. At this point, Warners scored an upset on the War- ner’s court, defeating the local team 40-30. With two more games to go, B'villc needed one victory to clinch the championship of the westrn section of the League. The slump continued, however, and the team was beaten by two points by both Solvay and Camillus. The season thus ended in a triangular tie with Baldwinsville, Solvay, Skaneateles at the peaks. The first play-off game be- tween Skaneateles and B-ville ended in a 2G to 11 victory for the home team. With renewed hope and a fighting spirit, the rejuvenated team played Solvay to decide the honors of the section and cam through victorious at the long end of a 21 to 18 score. With their first sectional basketball championship under their belt, coach Getman's proteges now pointed all efforts toward the coming battle with East Syracuse, champions of the eastern section. The game was played in the new Liverpool “gym” before a crowd of nearly a thousand. The two teams battled on even terms throughout most of the game, but the greater height and exper- ience of the eastern leaders and the dazzling play of Slocum, East Syracuse guard, gradually told and the game ended 26 to 22 in favor of Coach Smith’s boys. .Joe Turkowski was the big gun of the B'ville team throughout the season, establishing himself as high-scorer of the County League with 151 points in fourteen games. 22