Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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Miss Allard’s only French: “ Iloni suit (lui inal y pense.” W. H. GIFFIN, 164 MAIN STREET, Fancy Dry Goods and Notions. Agent for Cresco Corsets. A Corset that cannot break at the waist. Shirt Waists. Ladies’ White and Colored, DSc, $1.19, $1.39, u|) to $2.50 each. Our Hosiery for 12 I -2c, For Ladies and Children, cannot be beat Children ' s Duck and Linen Skirts, 9S cents to $2.00. Petticoats, 98c, $1.25, $1.89, are bargains. We want 3 ' on to become one of onr regu- lar customers, and we wdl do our best to j)lease 3 ' ou. ClaSvS of 1900 Motto: “Vorwarts.” OLJF? IS IOTTO: “Honest .. .. Prices.” A. B. PULSIFER CO. JEWELERS, 1(38 Main Street, .. Fitchburg. Zhe Malbo Misses trandon Mannix, Cafe 213 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass. Xive Xobstcr A SPECIALTY. Cobb: “If I give you two sides, what must you know to solve the triangle?” Fisher: “Why, all the rest.”

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Foot Ball. HE opening of the season of 1899 found in the school a dearth of experienced football pla3 ers. The footl)all team of the previous year had not amounted to much, which was partl3 responsible for the lack of experience. Besides, the members of the school, especial the class of 1900 , were a great deal 3 ounger and smaller than in an3 previous 3 ear. What few big men there were in the school knew nothing about football. Not to be discouraged the Ath- letic Association voted to put a team in the field and elected L. C. Shed don manager and W. H. Rourke captain. Training was immediate commenced, though without a reg- ular trainer. After the first game Capt. Rourke resigned, and Frederick Storer was elected to fill the vaeane3 James Hogan then began to coach the team and under training the eleven began to show great improvement. In the Murdock game and subse- (pient practice four or five pla3 ers managed to get injured, l)ut rather tlian cancel the Gardner game the team went up with substitutes in more than half of the positions. Arrived there, we found a team op- ]Dosing us that from the size of the members woul d liave been supposed to have graduated from high school three 3 ears ago. Though the team did not win ever3 game it pla3 ed, in no game did it show a lack of science or knowledge of the game, and it never failed to pla3 ' against a team heavier than itself. The skilful and daring playing of H. Whitcomb was a feature of ever3 game. Among those who deserve special mention are A. Irish and C. Kendall. Following is a list of the team and schedule of games: F. E. Storer, captain ; L. C. Sheddoii, manager; Archie Irish, Henr 3 ' Whitcomb, William Fisher, James R ' an, John Moran, Bernard Care ' , Harold Knight, Harwood Ke 3 ' es, Alvin Downie, Herbert Dillon, “Chick” Kendall, Lewis Philbrook, Robert Walsh, Robert Grubb, Walter Storer, Richard Miller. F. H. S. 10, L. H. S. 0, Nov. 2. F. H. S. 6, Ma 3 mard 0, Nov. 25. F. H. S. 0, Gardner 36, Oct. 25. F. H, S. 5, Gardner 6, Nov. 20. F. H. S. 0, Ma 3 mard 5, Nov. 4. F. H. S. 0, Murdock 5, Oct. 21. F. H. S. 0, L. H. S. 0, Nov. 30. F. H. S. 0, C. A. 0, Oct. 4.

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Winning the Cup. I N THE .spring of ’98 representatives from the higli .sehool of Fiteh- burg, Gardner, Leominster, Clinton and Lancaster met at Leominster and formed the Waehusett Inter- scholastic Athletic Association, to include the schools mentioned. The first meet was held at Fitch- burg on June 11, ’98. Fitchburg and Gardner gradual!} drew ahead of the other schools and it soon be- came evident that the championship for that year lay between them. “Enfin,” Fitchburg won by a score of 611 to Gardner’s 55. 1900 was well represented, as is shown by the appended schedule. In ’99 the meet was again held here. Leominster and Lancaster did not send teams, and though Clinton did, the victory was plainl} for either F. H. S. or G. H. vS. Thanks to Platts’ good work we won again. In this meet 1900 shone supreme, there being but two winners of firsts who were not in that class. This year training began early in May. We were unable to secure Mr. Brennan as trainer, but Mr. S. M. Nathan made an efficient substitute. The team, excepting Platts, Russell and Kendall, was practically new material, but the men developed rapidly, and the outcome of the meet with Gardner (a dual one as Clinton had dro])ped out) l)egan to look more ])romising. In the class meet held May 24, 1900 won with ease, and the fine showing made Iw the men raised hope still higher. The W. 1. A. A. meet was held June 2, and Gardner was left far behind, the score at the end stand- ing F. H. S. 76, G. H. S. 55. Earh in the day all points probable for Ffitchburg were counted up and it seemed that at best we could win by but three or four points. But main of our men showed u]) strongly, while Gardner lost courage. Platts as usual shone as pointsman, while Russell, Storer, Knight and Keyes took two or more firsts. 1900 out- did itself, winning all but 12 of the 76 points. Storer won both bicwele races, kindly assisted by the “ Kid ” ; Hard} won the high jump and did well in the 220-yard dash ; Russell was next to Platts with two firsts and a tie for first to his credit; Kendall un- expectedly finished second in the quarter, while Dillon did the same in the shot-put, winning the same place won by his brother last year; Knight proved a surprise in the re- lay, winning his quarter handily ; he also won the hurdles ; Keyes won the 880-yard run, aided by Miller,