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

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For the season, the team scored 145 points to 0 for the opponents. Carroll scored 114. Price 24, Fowler 6, and J. Harrington 1. Although there were some individual stars, it can be truthfully said that the success of the 1930 team was due to the team's acting as a unit instead of four or five individual stars. It will be a matter of debate as to the strength of this team when compared to other fine teams in the past or future, but the 1930 team has compiled a record better than any other school team in recent years, and a record at which future teams will have to shoot hard to surpass. Only four letter-men. Captain Carroll, J. Harrington. F. Harrington and Dillenbeck, plan to return next year. Bicknell. Seabold, Fowler, Price, Baker, Nesbitt. Luce. Connell. Glass, Bates and Bradway will be gone. Although it will be difficult to replace these men, Coach Getrnan is equal to the task of building another fine team, which everyone hopes will win tlie third champion- ship in a row. MERTON BRADWAY. BASKETBALL For the first time in the history of the school a boys' basketball team has won both the Sectional and the County Championship in the same year. At the start of the season most people thought it was just another basket- ball team, but when Camillus went down to defeat by our team in the first game of the season at Camillus many hearts began to beat faster. That game convinced the boys that they could play basketball. Camillus, if you will remember, won the Western Section Championship the year before and was nosed out in the finals by Minoa after three overtime periods. It was this same team that fell short in the scoring column in the first game against our team. Everything went smoothly until Warners handed us a defeat at Warners. After that Fulton was the only team that earned a decision over our boys. That being a non-League game made no change in our standing but it helped us in many ways to see our weak points. From then on we gained victory after victory and assured ourselves of at least the Western Section Champion- ship. The last game, played in Archbold Gymnasium in Syracuse, was closely contested, but we succeeded in gaining the winning margin over Minoa of the Eastern Section for the County Championship. 1 he team was very well coached into a smooth working combination by ( oach Getrnan, who probably will long remember some of the close battles that took place. The fact that this championship was the second major championship in succession makes it more significant. To start the season we had to have a center. This position was very cap- ably filled by Irish Carroll, who played a stellar game all season. In Luce and Seabold wc had two of the hest guards in the County League. Cooper and Doran paired up very well at the forward positions to make a well bal- anced team. Price, although not a regular, fitted into any position very well when called upon. Smallwood, playing his first year, proved himself to be one of the best players on the squad. LaVoic joined the squad after the mid year examinations and did enviable work the rest of the season. Decker, with i! e 'car s experience, will be a very valuable guard next year. Bland mg gave some of the best exhibitions of shooting baskets from the for- ward berth that will be sorely missed next year. The rest of the squad di creditable w'ork in the practice sessions and preliminary games they played. As a nucleus for next year’s squad Coach Getrnan will have Carroll. Small- wood, Decker, Mowins, Harrington, Birney and Wormuth. Besides those mentioned there will be many good players from the inter-class teams tha are sure to get a try-out. T hose who received block letters this vear were: Cooper, gold basketball. Larroll, third year; Seabold. third year; Price, third year; Doran, second year, Luce, second year, and Smallw'ood, first year. 32

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FOOTBALL Another championship! In spite of the absence of several of the stars of the championship team of 1929, the team of 1930 won the second straight Major Section County League football championship. Those of the 1929 team who did not return were Crego. Kelly and Higgs, who graduated, and Furman and Pickard, who were over the new age limit of the League. As a nucleus for the 1931 team there were eight letter-men. Captain Bick- nell was back at his old position at guard, where he had his best season. Carroll, captain-elect of the 1931 team, the only backficld regular to return, developed into the best scholastic player in this section of the state. The cap- tain of the 1929 team, Seabold, returned and played his best game at center. Fowler started the season at end. but was shifted to the backfield, where he lived up to the good reputation he had established while playing end. Baker at guard played a dashing game, bowling any would-be tacklers from the path of the ball carrier. At tackle. F. Harrington put his 200 pounds in the way of many opposing players, who didn’t feel so well afterwards. All these remained from the first team of the year before, but Nesbitt. Price and Luce, the other letter-men, developed greatly. Price found his place in the backfield, where he played a smashing and speedy game, as the opponents soon found. Nesbitt played a fine game at tackle all season. Luce didn’t quite make a regular position, but he was a fine substitute, ready to fill any- one’s shoes along the line. For the remaining positions there were capable players from the second team. W. Bates showed himself a fine end. J. Har- rington, after a little while in the backficld. was shifted to end, where he played a dashing game. Bradway received the call for barking signals. Luce, Dillenbeck, Connell and Glass formed a very capable list of reserves. The outlook at the beginning of the season wasn’t very bright. The squad went to work when practice was called the first week of school, under the very capable direction of Coach Getman, with Mr. Durgee assisting him. Every player had greatly improved during the summer and was ready to begin a strenuous season. The first game, a non-League affair at Fayetteville, resulted in a 14 to 0 victory for Baldwinsville. The team played rather poorly, except for a couple of shows of power. Carroll scored both goals on runs of over 300 yards, and he kicked both points after the touchdown. The day was very hot and a bad one for football. Our first League game was at Camillus, a new addition to the Senior League and champions of the Junior League in ’29. This was the closest game of the season, and resulted in victory only in the last minute. The team played moderately well until the last quarter, when it played brilliantly. With a minute to go. Carroll was called upon to boot a field goal from the twelve yard line, which he did with his usual excellence. The following Fridav Solvay came to town, where it was repulsed to the tune of 14 to 0. Carroll scored both touchdowns from about 12 yards out, while J. Harrington kicked one of the extra points. Solvay came the closest to a touchdown when it went to the six inch line, but it was stopped dead there. The team traveled to East Syracuse to defeat them 30 to 0 in a sea of mud. Fowler was shifted to the backfield and .1. Harrington to end. where they re- mained for the rest of the season. During this game the team developed the power that made it famous. Carroll scored three and Price two touchdowns. Marcellus came to town and was trounced 46 to 0 in the rain. This was the highest score of the season against a team which played as good ball as any team played. Carroll contributed five touchdowns and four extra points, Price and Fowler one touchdown apiece to the rout. For the final game we went to Skaneateles to take them into camp, 38 to 0. On a slippery and muddy field Carroll scored five touchdowns and two extra points, and Price one touchdown. 31

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THE SUMMARY •Camillus ..................... 22 Marcellus ..................... 17 •Warners ....................... 25 •Fulton ........................ 26 •Alumni ........................ 24 Jordan ........................ 19 Skaneateles ................... 19 •Elbridge ...................... 13 •Solvay ........................ 18 Camillus ...................... 12 •Marcellus ..................... 10 Warners ....................... 16 •Jordan .....,.................. 15 •Skaneateles ................... 26 Elbridge ...................... 10 Solvay ........................ 26 tMinoa ......................... 16 Total ......................314 •Home team. fChampionship game. Baldwinsville ................... 28 •Baldwinsville ................... 33 Baldwinsville ................... 20 Baldwinsville ................... 19 Baldwinsville ................... 27 •Baldwinsville ................... 24 •Baldwinsville ................... 39 Baldwinsville ................... 41 Baldwinsville.................... 20 •Baldwinsville ................... 24 Baldwinsville ................... 25 •Baldwinsville ................... 39 Baldwinsville ................... 20 Baldwinsville ................... 35 •Baldwinsville ................... 42 •Baldwinsville ................... 37 Baldwinsville ................... 19 Total ........................492 CANDY DORAN. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL, 1930-1931 The basketball season for the Baldwinsville girls may be called a successful one. although the team did not win the sectional championship which they fought for to the utmost. When the season started there were many new candidates trying out, so that the squad had to be cut. From last year s first team there remained Peg Gere, center; Margaret Farley, forward, and Agnes Mowins, guard. With Gere as center, Farley and Perkins as forwards, and Mowins and Walters, guards, the team proved quite successful. The team this year will lose an excellent center. Captain Gere, who has played center position for four years, showed good work in every game and it will be hard to develop as good a center as Gere has been. Farley and Perkins as forwards played excellent games, both being very quick and keen for the basket. Mowins, who has shown good basketball playing now for two sea- sons on the Baldwinsville team, was strong on the offense as well as the de- fense, and has proved her ability to play as either forward or guard. Dempsey earned her way to the first team in the second game with Marcellus and played in Walters’ position as guard, and for the remaining games did excellent work. Davis, Stryker and Connell also played as substitutes. The last game with Skaneateles made us lose the possible championship for the Western Section. The girls lost but three games out of the ten played, and each was lest only by a point, and two of these by shooting fouls. Five of the nine girls will be graduated this June, therefore making a com- plete change in the first team. The following received block letters; Fourth Year..............................Captain Peg Gere Third Year...............................Margaret Farley Second Year....Agues Mowins, Helen Perkins, Arlene Walters First Year........Helen Dempsey. Helen Stryker, Manager 33