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

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BASEBALL The 1939 baseball season was only fairly successful, although it provided many close, exciting games. Pitching was the team's great weakness, and as the regular moundsmen could not stand the strain, several relief pitchers were recruited from the infield. A large percentage of the players will return for 1940, so the prospects are cheerful. The squad included: Captain Don Coates, Richard Tarnow, Lloyd Baker, John Nostrant, Robert Otts, Glenn Goodfellow, Hugh Gibbons, Carl Smith, Robert Snow, Robert White, Cecil Reeves, Donald Thompson, Robert Stevens, Stanley Reeves. Ray Davis. Richard Olney, James Brauksiek. and George Cashman. The game scores: Baidwinsville 5 Solvay 17 Baldwinsvilie 13 Camillus 15 Baidwinsville .. .7 Elbridge ... 3 Baidwinsville, . ... 2 Jordan 3 Baidwinsville .. . 5 Onondaga Central ...18 Baldwinsvilie 3 Skaneateles 9 Baldwinsvilie 15 Split Rock 14 Baidwinsville . 8 Marcellus 6 Baidwinsville Warners GLENN GOODFELLCLV

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BASKETBALL The basketball season of '38-'39 was less successful than the championship foot- ball season which preceded it. Mostly due to lack of experience on the part of the players, the team opened the first half of the season rather poorly, but began to show much more promise in the closing games and our team of giants, of which five towered well over the six foot mark, was nosed out of the play-offs by only a half game after trouncing Split Rock in the season s finals. The lettermen are D. Coates, Ternow, Virkler, and Goodfellow, veterans from last year's team, and C. Smith. Otts, Snow, Hudson, and Storm, playing their first year'of varsity ball. Bob Otts was elected captain for the '39-’40 season at the basketball banquet at Richard Decker s. The game scores were: Baldwinsville 28 Skaneateles 27 Baldwinsville 22 Camillus 24 Baldwinsville 30 Warners .. . 21 Baldwinsville . 32 Solvay 47 Baldwinsville.... 45 Marcellus .32 Baldwinsville . . 16 Split Rock .34 Baldwinsville . .34 Skaneateles 30 Baldwinsville. .. .23 Camillus . .39 Baldwinsville 47 Warners . 30 Baldwinsville 17 Solvay 25 Baldwinsville. ...22 Marcellus 20 Baldwinsville 34 Split Rock 27 ROBERT STORM

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MINOR SPORTS AND INTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES BOYS' BOWLING On March 25, 1939, Art Baker, Paul Lee, John Nostra nr, Robert Snow, and Donald Coates repre- sented Baldw:nsvllle Academy in county competition for the bowling championship, which was held at Baldwinsville Recreation Alleys. The team -finished in fourth place with a total of 2406. ROBERT SNOW GIRLS' BOWLING the Girls' Bowling Team of i938-1939 partic- ipated in this year's County League Tournament at Skaneateles minus their two best players of last year, Marion Furbush and Joyce Baker. Despite the loss of these two girls, the bowling team, a group of four years' standing, competed against eight other schools in the tournament and finished in fifth place. The members of the team are as follows: June Chapman .............Two Years Jean Donahue .............One Year Helen Gorke ..............Two Years Elizabeth Sweeting .......Two Years Mary Zahn ................Two Years BETTY WILBER GOLF This year's Crimson golf team has had a rather poor season, winning only two of the first five matches. There are still three games to be played. This year's team was weakened considerably by the loss of Eugene Ney, combined with the absence or James Tompkins because of ineligibility. Jack O 3rien and Bernard Smith are the only members or this years team who have been in league com- petition before. TEAM Bernard Smith, Managing Captain Jack O'Brien Robert Rowan Walter Furbush Robert Dow This Year's Schedule and Results: May 6 Marcellus ... 3 Baldwinsville 4 May 10 Skaneateles . -7' 2 Baldwinsville.. ■ 4l 2 May 13 Solvay 5' 2 Baldwinsville ■ 6' 2 May 16 Split Rock ... 12 Baldwinsville 0 May 20 Skaneateles . - 4‘ 2 Baldwinsville. ■ m May 27 May 29 Solvay Solit Rock ... 8aldwinsville. Baldwinsville.. June 2 Marcellus Baldwinsville BERNARD SMITH INTERCLASS SOFTBALL As has been in the past, an Interclass Softball League has been formed with teams from the seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, being represented. To date each team has played two games. The Sophomores are in the lead having won two games and lost none. But they are closely followed by the seniors and freshmen who have each won one and lost one. ie standing: Team Won Lost SoDhomores 2 0 Seniors i 1 Freshmen I 1 Juniors 0 2 CHARLES HOB8S BOXING This sport was introduced two years ago under the direction of physical education instructor Joseph A. Guerrera, as a part of the intramural program. It will not, however, become an inrer-ccnolasric spori in the future, because the danger is too grear. The boys participating did it voluntarily and arranged their own matches accoraing to their weight, skill, and ability. Two boxing cards have been held eecn year where very good boxing was aemonstrared. r.ese induced knockouts, draws, ano decisions. One OL,H standing bout of the year was thar ot Lisle Pickarc and Cecil Reeves in which Reeves was finally over- come by Pickard's quick punches. r 3oxing has a future in tie Acaoemy It rhe ca- pacity crowds which showed up at These matcnes are really boxing tans. INTERCLASS BASKETBALL Part of the boys' physicial education program in B.H.S. is the interclass basketball league. The juniors wort the championship, as usual, since they had the older and better players. With the aid of Gus Rowe, Nick Pickard, and Gabby Woods, the juniors started off with a bang, winning their first games easily. When Pickard and Woods were called for varsity duty and Rowe was out for a few games, the juniors began losing, but Rowe came back to help the team. The sophomores had a strong five which pressed the juniors hard and beat the seniors. The results were as follows: Class Won Lost Juniors 10 2 Sophomores 7 5 Seniors 4 8 Freshmen 3 o DONALD THOMPSON BARNYARD LEAGUE For the benefit of the noon hour students a Barn- yard League was formed to give them amusement during their lunch hour. It was first planned for basketball, but was later carried to a softball league as well. There were four teams: Mayoitchers, Hogcallers, Farmhands, and Cornhuskers. Floyd Woods, Mer- rill Rowley, Lisle Pickard, and Charles Hobbs were the leaders of the reams respectively. These teams olayed a thirty-six game schedule in basketball and a fifteen game schedule ir softball. The Hay- pitchers were the victors in the basketball schedule and as this goes to press are leading in softball. CHARLES HOBBS HARLAN HUDSON