Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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BASEBALL. The year’vS schedule is as follows: April 5. May 3. May 10. May 17. May 21. May 24. May 28. June 7. June 12. “Preps.” 10, F. H. S. 17. Murdock Academy 4, F. H. S 8. Lawrence Academy 13, F. H. S. 9. Keene H. S. 3, F. H. S. 10. Orange H. S. 5, F. H. S. 15. Murdock Academy 6, F. H. S. 11. Lawrence Academy 2, F. H. S. 5. Keene H. S. 9, F. H. S. 4. Cushing Acadeni} ' 10, F. H. S. 7. Notice predominance of ’02 men in the team : Barker (captain), catcher; Burns, ’04, pitcher; O’Brien, ’02, first base; Rich, ’05, second base; McCue, ’02, third base; Frank Cogswell, ’02. shortstop; Murphy, ’01, left field; George Cogs- well, ’04, center field; French, ’03, right field.

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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

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