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

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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

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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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SCORES OF LEAGUE GAMES Baldwinsville 12 Camillus 6 Baldwinsville 24 Marcellus 5 Baldwinsville 26 Warners 5 Baldwinsville 24 Tordan 4 Baldwinsville 17 Skaneateles 18 Baldwinsville 8 Camillus 5 Baldwinsville 10 Marcellus 11 Baldwinsville 28 Warners 6 Baldwinsville 17 Tordan 8 Baldwinsville 10 Skaneateles 11 HELEN STRYKER. INTER-CLASS BASKETBALL Interest in inter-class basketball ran high this year. The games were fol- lowed by a large gathering, both students and faculty. At the start of the Inter-class League games, the Sophomores were looked upon as the favorites. However, the Seniors quickly gained this position by taking the first four games. It seemed that they were on their way to an- other championship. Then things began to happen. As a result of the tests and regents, Furman, the Senior star, was graduated and the Seniors dropped their lead. The Sophomores also were crippled when they lost Mowins. Wormuth and Lavoie, their three stars, who went to the high school basketball squad. However, “Hawk” Bates, being ineligible for any more high school basketball, cast his lot with the Sophomores. The Sophomores continued to win, and after a hard struggle won the championship. The Freshmen nosed out the now crippled Seniors to take second place. The Seniors had to be contented with third place, while the hard-fighting Juniors took the cellar position. The Sophomores claimed as their coach none other than '‘Pee Wee” Sea- bold. Wormuth, Mowins and Lavoie played stellar games during the first half. With their departure, the burden fell on “Hawk” and Jack Rates, Jack Willis, David Dillcnbcck and Crcgo. They carried the burden to victory. To overcome the record set by the Seniors, the Sophomores must win this championship for three more years. We wish them luck. “MATTY.” BASEBALL, 1931 Coach Getman had fifty-four candidates report at the first call for baseball. This included many veterans and ineligibles from 1930. The squad was cut to twenty after a week of tryouts. Prospects for a successful season were brightened when it was found out that there were four capable pitchers, something Baldwinsville has lacked for the last two years. This new strength on the defense and heavy hitting for the offense showed that Baldwinsville would be in the running throughout the year. Baldwinsville first Proved their worth by defeating Nottingham, present sectional champions, of Syracuse, in a two-game series. The te m took its first defeat from Skaneateles when the defence crumbled and the offense showed signs of weakening. The team was defeated three days later at Marcellus 1 to 0. This g»mc was lost by an accidental balk by the pitcher. It was one of the best played games in the section throughout the year. Although the championship was not won as in the other major sports, the season cou’d be considered successful according to the number of games won. Many new players were developed for the future. The team showed the best offensive power of the league as it scored more runs than any other team. 31