Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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50 THE HOUR GLASS A banquet was held previous to the first game of the tournament at which lots were drawn for the purpose of matching the teams. Fairport drew Greiigsville High, who at that time was favored to win. That evening, however, the boys had an easy time, winning by a score of 39-33. At half time Fairport led 27-15. lt was not until the last minutes of play, while a tremendous Fairport crowd, composed of students and townspeople, cheered happily with victory in sight, that the Red and Blueu slackened and Greigs- ville rolled up the score to a closer game. A smile played oyously on thc lips of Coach Taylor. V , V . The next game was with East High. They were favored because of their previous 19-11 victory. But the iron boys of Fairport, with thein. iron defense, conquering blood and a loyal group of Fairport rooters, sur- prised the spectators by handing the orient a pretty 21-14 defeat. Only two East High players scored from the field. VVhile Fairport was enjoying successive victories over Greigsville and East High, Corning Academy was doing the same to Lyons and Canandaigua. The following week both teams clashed. The athletes of both the checker and maroon teams were in excellent condition. One of the largest crowds to ever attend a. tournament was present. Many were disappointed. First one team, then the other would take the lead, and the victory waswuncertain for either team. But when the final gun barked, Corning was trailing at the short end of a 16-13 count. Dad Bramer, star guard' and Captain for Fairport, led the tournament scoring with 32 points in three games. A Buffalo or K'Bust 'was the Fairport slogan and they never busted. At Buffalo the athletes from eight teams- were received with abanquet at wl1icl1 time the teams were matched by drawing lots. Oswego High, twice conquerors of Aquinas Institute, opposed the maroon in thc preliminary. lt was a thriller and many Fairport cheerers, who came on the special train, made the auditorium resound. VVe qualified for the semi-finals by de- feating Oswego 28-22. f Yonkers faced. the Red and Blue next. But it was a different story. The Fairport boys outscored the Yonkers outfit in field baskets but failed on the charity throws from the fifteen-foot mark. The score at tl1e end of the game was 25-22. This broke Fairportis winning string of twenty victories. The Fairport followers came home with sorrow in their 'hearts but a smile on their lips. Our boys had played clean' and' lost, just as they had played clean and won. A ' For the last time for Fairport High, the Bramer twins, Goyette, VValling and Aldrich adorned themselves in the outfit they had learned- to lglove and respect, in the annual interclass contest. The 'Seniors lost to a team com- posed of Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen,,1'7-11. VVith this last contest the doors closed upon the 1926 and 1927 glorious basketball, season of Fairport High. Y - j

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THE HOUR GLASS 49 1926-1927 BASKETBALL HISTORY The gridiron heroes after having a hundred per cent record, left the pigskin and field, which resembled a wavering sea of mud, to enwrap themselves in the red and bluen of basketball. A magic star must have shown upon the basketball career of Fairport High School, which developed little stars out of every player. Headed by the greatest star, Dad', Bramer, now peacefully enjoying an all-state guard berth, the maroon came through with a crashing victory of 40-17 over the Avon quint. Coach Taylor said that was fair Work for an opening night. The following week found' F-airport High taking defeat with a smile at the hands of Greigsville. CThe reserves startedj. The score was 26-16. East High walked. away with a hard earned victory on Decemlber 3, 1926. Coach Fowle of East High did not think it safe to use subs' ,in this game. The score was 19-11. By the next game, the jinx was entirely out of the Red and,Blue. When the whistle sounded, we were enjoying a lead of 48-14 over the Char- lotte outfit. These preliminary games to the league schedule put Fairport in excellent shape for the opener. Spencerport came here, powerful and strong on December 17, 1926, only to- be showered' under an avalanche of 25-12 score. The Shop School of Rochester and the U. of R. Freshmen both annexed narrowqvictories over the Red and Bluei' in close contests. This last defeat marked the Fairport quint's beginning of a remarkable string of twenty straight victories. We took Webster High into camp for a 40-16 victory as the commence- ment night- for the record season. Fairport High School established athletic relations with Ithaca High School. - The boys had a glorious time there, they were hospitably welcomed, but they just couldn't lose. The score was 29-17. Then came the contest of the season on January 21, 1927. Our most welcomed rivals, East Rochester High, came here to avenge last year's defeats but' fell on the short end of a 15-10 score. Relationships were athletically arranged between Geneva and Fairport. The affair was celebrated by a basketball contest on January 29, 1927 in which 'we were on the long end- of a 34-18 score. The star quint next traveled to Irondequoit, where Coach Taylor's outfit turned in the seventh straight league game. The score was 31-14. No team this season has the privilege of boasting two victories over the Red and Bluef, 'fTech Highv tried but failed with a 58-25 score. U. of R. Freshmen, with an earlier victory to 'brave them, came the closest to a second victory of any other quint. The score was 27-26. Another new team added to the Fairport schedule was Brockport. Though they were much older, they succumbed. under a score of 42-24. The Pittsford game proved to be a rival contest. This game will long be remembered because of Dad Bra'mer's high scoring record of twenty- five points in a single -contest. He only played three quartersg his score was almostitwice that of his entire opposing team. The score of this game was 39-14. A By virtue of another victory over Pittsford on March 4, 1927, by a close score of 20-17, the maroon ended the league season with a clean slate of ten victories and no defeats. Far more glorious, however, was the privi- lege of competing in the Sectional Tournament in Rochester of which Fair- port High is champion.

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THE HOUR GLASS 51 OUR HONORABLE COACH Coach VValter Taylor broke into the list of champion coaches in two years. It was two years ago that a tall, well built, handsome man was in- troduced to the athletes of Fairport High. In simple form Fairport High School was fortunate to secure a coach who had access to all types of athletics. He came from the University of Rochester and introduced that fair, square and clean brand of -playing of which he can boldly boast. In two years of 'football coaching his team only lost one game. In two years of basketball his team traveled to the semi--finals at Buffalo. In baseball he developed the Bramer twins into champion pitchers. The outstanding feature of Coach Taylor is his ability to impart his athletic knowledge and to maintain an orderly squad. Coach Walter Tiaiylori heads the list of Fairport High School coaches. During his short time with us he has become the ideal of all those he teaches and he has won the honest support and acknowledgment of all the townspeople. BASKETBALL, 1926-27 Opponent ' Place Fairport Opponent Date Avon at Fairport .......... .... 4 0 17 1 1f25f26 ieGrreigsville at Grreigsville 1 . .... 16 26 1 1f27f26 +Ea.st High at Fairport . . . .... 11 19 12f 3f26 Charlotte at Fairport ...... ..... .... 4 S 14 12f10f26 Spencerport at Fairport ............... 25 12 12f17f26 9Roches'ter Shop School at Rochester ..... 18 19 12f29f26 Irondequoit at Fairport ............... 18 12 If 7f2'7 +U. of R. Freshmen at Rochester ........ zo 35 1f11f27 Webster at Webster ............ .... 4 0 16 1f14f2'7 Ithaca at Ithaca ............. .... 2 9 17 1f15f27 East Rochester at Fairport ..... .,.. 1 5 10 1f21f2'7 Gen-eva at Fairport ................... 30 18 1f26f2'7 East Rochester at East Rochester . . .' .... 19 17 1f28f27 VVebster at Fairport ....... , ...... .... 2 4 13 2f 4f27 Irondequoit at Irondequoit ..,.......... 31 14 2f1 1f27 Rochester Shop School at Fairport ...... 58 25 2f12f27 U. of R. Freshmen at Fairport .......... 27 26 2f16f27 Spencerport at Spencerport ...... .... 3 0 25 2f18f27 Brockport at Fairport ...,. .... 41 2 24 2f19f27 Pittsford at Fairport . .. .... 39 14 2f25f27 Geneva at Gen-eva ...... .... 3 0 23 12f26f2'7 Pittsford at Pittsford .... 20, 17 3f Ithaca at Fairport . . . Q.. . .... 31 23 V P 3f i5f2 7 Greigsville at Rochester . .. .... 39 23 3f10f27 East High at Rochester .... 21 14 3f12f27 Corning at Rochester ., .... 16 13 3f18f27 Oswego at Buffalo ..... .... 2 8 22 3f24f27 itYonkers at Buffalo . , . .... 22 25 3f25f2'7 i 787 -i 553 , E ' i