Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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The first young lady in the class to get married will cast a Hayes (haze) over that young man’s life. Itie Bible says: HUMS, Love Your Wives.” One pleasing way of showing this love is to install in your kitchen a GAS RANGE ’TWILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. ’TWILL BE A JOY FOREVER. GREAT LABOR SAVERS. FUEL IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE. NO DIRT! NO DUST! NO ASHES! One of the Greatest Benefits of the Nine- teenth Century. New Stoves just received. Come in and see them. Has Your Watch Run Dry? ♦ ♦ ♦ Special Attention given to Watch Work . . ♦ Repairing Done Promptly and Well Percy H Safford, 292 Main Street FITCHBURG lias aim Electric Light Go. A game little Rooster. Prof. Hartwell.

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THE FOOTBALL TEAM, Hi! Ro! Kee! Hi! Ro! Kee! Boomeraka ! Boomeraka ! Who are we ? First in the rush line, First in the tackle, First in the hearts of the Fitchburg people. N ever in the annals of this school was any cr} ' given oftener after a football victory than the one above during the football season of ’97. Never in the history of this school has a football team been placed on the gridiron that was so successful in winning victories as the one which represented the F. H. S. last sea- son. Of nine games played, eight were overwhelming victories for us, and the other was not lost by poor playing. It was lost simply because the game was played about dusk, it consequently being almost impossible to see the ball. Although it may be true that Fitchburg lost because the Senti- nel reporter was not present, they would undoubtedly have won had they received a fair show. Any wav, the season is over, and as will be seen from the fol- lowing scores, some of the best teams in the state have been defeated. Out of the full team, ten of the men were of ’98, and this shows again how this class was at the head of everything. C. A. Kendall, who was captain, commanded the respect of every player, and great credit is due him for the fine manner in which the team conducted itself both on and off the field. Every man in the team played excellent ball dur- ing all the games, but the follow- ing men deserve the most credit : Cross, Hassett, Sheehan, Worster and Prescott. Below is the full team and the positions each played : Thomas Hassett Left End. Perrv Wilson Left Tackle. James Johnson Left Guard. H. M. Parks Centre. Charles Prescott Right Guard. T. J. Sheehan Right Tackle. W. E. Hayes Right End. C. A. Kendall Quarter Back. W. S. Cross Left Half Back. C. E. Worster Right Half Back. C. H. Lamb Full Back. GAMES. Se pt. 18, F. H. S. 4 Leominster H. S. 0 “ 25, “ 6 Worcester H. S. 0 Oct. 2, “ 18 Cushing Academy, 0 “ 16, “ 22 Marlboro Y. M. C. A. 6 “ 20, “ 18 Framingham H. S. 0 “ 30, “ 6 Somerville H. S. 4 Nov. 6, “ 8 Athol Y. M. C. A. 0 “ 17, “ 0 Somerville H. S. 16 82 26

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THE TRACK TEAM. W hen the High School Athletic Association voted to have a track team instead of a base ball team they had no idea of how to start about it. Allie Remington, the popular half-miler, was con- sulted, and offered his services as trainer. Regular practices were held at Phillips’ field. The boys developed rapidly under his train- ing, especially in the track events. But our weak point was in the field events, and at the next meet- ing of the governing board, act- ing on the suggestion of Mr. Rem- ington, they decided to hire a pro- fessional trainer. Mr. Brennan, a trainer of long experience and high reputation, was secured. He won the favor and confidence of the boys, and it was through his services and ability as a trainer that we won the championship of the W. I. A. A. Mr. Brennan, after watching the boys at the first two practices, picked Lowe, ’98, out as a comer. Cross, ’99, devel- oped rapidly in the quarter mile, and Platts, ’00, showed his expe- rience in the dashes. Russell, in the pole vault, made nearly ten feet, thereby setting a good exam- ple for the other schools of the association. Worster made great progress in the hurdles and was looked upon for a place in the high jump. At a meeting of the track team, he was elected cap- tain. Turner, ’01, ran the half mile in 2.19 — very fast time for a novice. In the class meet, held June 2, ’98 showed her superiority over the other classes by winning by a large margin, and raised the con- fidence of our trainers to a high point. In the interscholastic meet, held June 11, F. H. S. won by a score of 611 2 to 55, on the part of Gardner H. S., notwithstanding their protest against Russell, whom they claimed the wind would blow over the pole, and Platts, who won the high jump, in which he had failed to enter. Of the five men who qualified in the hundred yards dash, all represented F. H. S., and the final heat was won by Lowe, ’98, in the remarkable time of 10 2-5 seconds. The bicy- cle race was our weak point, hav- ing lost a fine man in the spurts in Merritt, ’98, by the expulsion. For our first year at track work we exhibited a fine amount of material, courage in competing against such heavy odds, and although ’98 cannot help out in the score next year, the remaining