Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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“Solemn and gray and worn with discipline.” — Third Floor. GAGNE NOEL, Fine Millinery, 1841 2 Main St., Fitchiiurg. I). DANIELSON, DEALER IN i Stationery and Periodicals. 371 Main Street, Fitchburg, H. M. FRANCIS, Hrcbitect, WALLACE BLOCK. FITCHBURG. MASS. JOSEPH BDTLER, DEALER IN WOOD COAL. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS. YARD AND OFFICE, 10 South Street. Wanted. — An electric road tip Prichard street. Walsh, ’00, hearing that Eklovf had a lady assistant, almost had a fit.

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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,

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Winning the — (Continued). wlio set his ])ace for him; Whittc- more rode a ood bicycle race in the mile, but was unfortunately injured after winning- third. Many 1900 men will return for a post- 5i,radu ate course, and the school may rest assured of a fast team for next spring- and also of the constant su])port and best wishes of 1900. The names of the team and eaeh man’s events : Captain G. W. S. Platts, the dashes and jumps. Manager U. C. Russell, relay, 440 yds. pole vault. H. A. Keyes, ’00, 880 yds. pole vault, relay. F. K. Storer, ’00, mile and one-half mile bicy- eles. 11. W. Knight, ’00, relay and 220 yds. hurdles. S. W. Hardy, ’02, dcishes and high jump. C. M. Kendall, ’03, 440 yds. relay and hurdles. K. II. Miller, ’00, 440 yds. and 880 yds. K. M. Grubb, ’02, 440 yds., high jump and diseus. A. C- Mayne, ’02, 880 3MS. and hurdles. H. L. Dillon, ’01, shot, hammer and diseus. B. W. Care3% ’00, pole vault. S. W. Knight, ’02, pole vault. G. II. Whittemore, ’02, bie cle ra-ee. F. II. Woodward, ’00, 440 yds. and 220 yds. hurdles. II. H. Hubbell, ’02, weights and hurdles. IVI. Hannon, ’00, 440 3 ' ds., 220 yds. and 100 3 ' ds. M. Donnelly, ’00, 880 3 ds. and mile bicvele. W. R. Storer, ’00, bic3xle races. schedule cd’ all firsts won by I ' . H. S. in the historv of the Association follows. Gver three-fourths of them were won bv 1000 men. 1898. Lowe, ’98, 100 yds. dash. Platts, ’00, 220 yds. dash. Lowe, ’98, 220 yds. hurdles. Cross, ’98, 440 yds. dash. Platts, ’00, broad jump. Platts, ’00, high jump. Platts, ’00, hop, step and jump. Russell, ’00, pole vault. Cross, ’98, Turner, ’00, Dillon, ’00, Sweeney, ’00, relay. 1899. Platts, ’00, 100 yds. Idatts, ’00, 220 yds. Dillon, ’00, 440 yds. Platts, ’00, high jump. Platts, ’00, broad juni]). Platts, ’00, hop, step and jump. Russell, ’00, pole vault. Dillon, ’00, Russell, ’00, Kendall, ’03, Jewett. ’99, relay. 1900. Platts, ’00, 100 yds. Platts, ’00, 220 yds. Care3 , ’00, pole vault. Ke3 es, ’00, 880 3MS. Knight, ’00, 220 yds. hurdles. Storer, ’00, mile bicycle. Platts, ’00, broad jump. Knight, ’00, Russell, ’00, Keyes, ’00, Kendall, ’03, relay.