Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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FOOTBALL. Four da 3 s after this we administered to the pliieky Leominster team a defeat, whieh was re- trieved b} ' them on the following Saturday at Leom- inster in a game fairly and honestl 3 won. Then came the .second game with Gardner, which we won, 11-0, in first half of first half, for after ten minutes of playing Gardner retired from the field, fearful of a heavier defeat. A week later we played our last game of the sea- son with Ayer high school, whom we defeated, 12-0. This left the team just even, having won three games and lost three. The schedule of the games is as follows: Sept. 28. C. A. 27, F. H. S. 0. Oct. 5. G. H. S. 17, F. H. S. 0. Oct. 9. L. H. S. 0, F. H. S. 7. Oct. 19. L. H. S. 5, F. H. S. 0. Nov. 2. G. H. S. 0, F. H. S. 11. Nov. 9. A. H. S. 0, F. H. S. 12. The ])ositions were: I.. K. L. T. L. G. C. K. G. R. T. R. E. Golding. Ashlinc. Geoffrion. DesRivieres. Walsh. Barker. Alurphy. ’04-. Knight (sub.) ’02. ’04. ’03. ’02. ’01. ’ 02 . B, H. Rich ’04. L. n. I?. Burns. ’03. F. IJ. Hardy. ’ 02 . K. U. B. Church. ’ 02 . 20

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FOOTBALL. Football. A S the season opened there were grave doubts as to whether there was any possibilit 3 of having a team, there being a great laek of suitable material with whieh to form a good one. The manager, Grubb, ’02, and the captain, Hard ’02, persisted, and, thanks to them, suf- ficient interest was raised in the school, or rather in the class of ’02, to compose a team. Among the candidates there were many last year’s players, including Hardy, who did the best work, “Gi- ant Barker,” “Big Geoffrion,” Church, and slow but sure Knight. Among the underclass men, little “Duke Rich” showed up at quarterback, and Burns as half- back. Murphy, ’01, was also to be congratulated for his clever work. Our first victory was a defeat. We played at Cushing academy, where we were treated like gentle- men, but kindly shown our slight defects. Sheehan, star tackle of Brown’s ’00 team, and also of F. H. S. team of ’97, volunteered to coach us, and coach us he did. After a week of hard practice we played the Gardner team and lost, but through no fault of ours, having been treated very discourteously by a series of foul decisions. 19

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BASEBALL. Baseball. D IDN’T we have a dandy team, though! What superl held- ing ! What perfeet pi telling ! How safe and sure our batters were! It is no wonder that we won almost every game we played. Among the four who may be elassed as exeellent are George Cogswell, MeCue, Rieh and Freneh ; among those who were still bet- ter are F ' rank Cogswell, O’Brien and Barker; among the perfeet ones, Murphy and Burns. We eer- tainly showed Murdoek how to play and gave Cushing a hard rub. Class of 1901, why didn’t 3 ou get out a team like that ? Class of 1903, try to imitate our example. Among those who assisted materially in getting to- gether and eoaehing this good team we have to thank the captain, Waldo Barker, and our umpire, Charles Sweeney, ’00, whose just decisions made him everybody’s friend. For the first time in the school history we interested the entire faculty in the national game. Perhaps this accounts in some measure for the numerous brilliant plays, for there certainly were a great many. 21