Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

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THE QUILL 19 last quarter of the seven-yard line, from which Vinal scored the only touchdown of the game. Hallowell used the air route throughout the entire game. Ballard, Vinal, Trial, and Vigue were outstanding for Hall- owell while Goggin, Donovan, and Merrill did fine work for Gardiner. G. H.S. 18 - CoNY O November 16, 1935, will have a long life in the memories of those who heard or wit- nessed the Cony-Gardiner football strug- gle. It was the date of the surprising victory of Gardiner's victory over Cony to the tune of 18-O. From the opening whistle un- til the final whistle, the orange and black unit was superior in all departments of the game and was at no time out played. The Gardiner backs fought through the lines un- til they were tackled by three or four Cony men. Wonderful spirit was shown by the spectators, who cheered the loyal orange and black team on to victory. The plays of the game were mainly line smashes and very seldom did Gardiner lose ground. Only one lateral play was attempted and that was unsuccessful, as was the Gardiner passing attack. The first touchdown was scored in the second quarter by means of an end sweep of Merrill's followed immedi- ately by Goggin, who rushed the ball over on a spinner through the line. The second touchdown was made when Killam inter- cepted a pass and ran 75 yards for a touch- down, aided, however, by the wonderful blocking of Dallas Edwards. The last touchdown was scored on a sweet trick play executed through the clever brain-work of our quarter-back, Norm Goggin. After working the middle of the line, Norm called on Bill Donovan to pull an end-around play. This resulted in the expected success of a touchdown. This game showed that Gardiner's football team still had some of the necessary spirit in it. It would be very difficult to pick out any exceptional player as the whole team worked wonderfully to- gether. Much credit is due to the boys who won the Cony-Gardiner annual game and also to the junior varsity who helped our successful varsity team. Although Gardi- ner won 3, lost S, and tied 1 they redeemed themselves in the eyes of all the citizens of Gardiner by winning the most important game, the Cony-Gardiner game. At a banquet given by the supporters of the football team the lettermen elected Harry Drisko and Robert Killam, juniors, as co-captains for the 1936 football team. The lettermen are as follows: Seniors: co-captains Norm Goggin and Bill Dono- van, johnny Lasselle, Keith Curtis, Walter Ricker, Red Lamson, Dallas Edwards, Tubby Jamison, Erland jordan, Vern Stuber, Carl Douglas, Ralph Clarke, El- wood Hawkins, Cecil Smith, Speed Merrill, and Managers, Frank Davis and Wilder Purdy. Juniors: co-captains-elect, Bob Killam and Harry Drisko, and Frank McNally. Sweaters, adorned with chenille G's, were given all lettermen as an extra reward from the citizens of Gardiner. These sweaters were given at a second banquet. The gift of the sweaters was made possible through the untiring efforts of three former G. H. S. athletes, Mike Jones, Joe Burns, and Cecil Smith. BOYS' BASKETBALL Although having only one veteran, Frank McNally, and a new coach, Mike ijones, Gardiner had good prospects for a successful season with the addition of sev- eral men who had junior-varsity experi- ence of the previous year. Among these were Speed Merrill, johnny Laselle, Bill Donovan, and Lorne Ladner. Mike

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18 THE QUILL G. H. S. O - ALUMNI O In their first game of the season, the lighter orange and black played a superb defensive game in holding the heavier Alumni team to a scoreless tie. The Var- sity forward-wall played a nice offensive game, but the backs could not seem to ad- vance into their opponents' territory. Don- ovan's punting and Edwards' tackling for the varsity and Kidder's ground-gaining for the Alumni were the outstanding events of the game. G. H. S. 20 - BRUNSWICK O Gardiner's fighting orange and black team, taking advantage of every possible break, won their first major game of the season. End-sweeps, blocked punts, intercepted passes, and line smashes, all combined, gave the team the game. 'Outstanding players for Gardiner were Norm Goggin, Cecil Smith, Vern Stuber, and Speed Merrill. For Brunswick, Estes and Pletts were the lead- ing ground-gainers. G. H. S. O - MORSE 2 The Hindsmen were opposed in this game by the Morse football team and Mr. Hard Luck himself. Several chances were mis-used as the Gardiner team lacked their punch of the week before. It was a hard- fought game until the last quarter when Edwards, Gardiner's center, made a bad pass over Bill Donovan's head, the ball rolling into the end-zone. Donovan made a good try at taking the ball out, but the Morse-men were on him before he could succeed. Donovan, Stuber, and Goggin were outstanding for Gardiner. G. H. S. O - WATERVILLE 34 The result of this game with Waterville was no surprise to the Gardiner fans. Al- though the orange and black played heads- up football all through the game, they were no match for the heavier, quicker, and smarter Waterville High Panthers. Tommy Cosgrove, Waterville's 136 pound substi- tute left half-back, was the outstanding per- former of the day, scoring two touchdowns. G. H. S. O A Skowi-IEGAN 6 Even though Gardiner lost the game by one touchdown, they pulled a surprise on the predictions of many interested specta- tors. This was a good game, very fast and at times very furious. The Skowhegan score came in the third stanza and was made by Oddy. G. H. S. 7 - BOWDOIN FRosH 12 Again Gardiner's football team was chased by the jinx when they were defeated by the Bowdoin Frosh team. The orange and black were the superior team all through the game and only two blocked punts and a lucky forward pass enabled the Frosh to win. Goggin, Donovan, Ricker, jordan, and Drisko were the outstanding players for Gardiner. G. H. S. 13 - ROCKLAND O Recovering their old-time fight and scor- ing punch, Gardiner's orange and black team fought their way into a victory over Rockland. Most of the plays were line smashes and always were successful for a good gain. Edwards was by far the out- standing player of the game on the defense. Hawkins played a beautiful game, scoring all of the points. G. H. S. O - HALLOWELL 6 Because of their victory the week before, the Gardinerites were expected to over- come Hallowell. But this did not happen on account of an unfortunate fumble in

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20 THE QUILL jones is a former Gardiner High athlete, and is well-known in basketball and base- ball circles. G. H. S. 31 - ALUMNi 26 Under fire for the first time the orange and black quintet edged out the grads in a fast game which looked like anyone's game until the final whistle. Merrill and McNally were high scorers for Gardiner, and Tyler for the Alumni. G. H. S. 26 - HALLOWELL 52 The fast black and white outfit led by Trial and Ballard swept to a decisive victory over Gardiner in spite of the latter's des- perate efforts to stop the attack. G. H. S. 22 - CONY 29 Although defeated, Gardiner fought des- perately, but the better marksmanship of the Cony basketeers proved itself. Merrill was outstanding for Gardiner, while Camp- bell rolled up the points for Gony. G. H. S. 54- WINTHROP 13 Having overcome a two-weeks' doze, Gardiner went to work on Winthrop and came through with an overwhelming vic- tory. McNally, Gardiner's flash, scored at will, rolling up 27 points. Even after the jayvees were sent in, the Winthrop team could not score. G. H. S. 17 - HALLOWELL 26 For the second time our boys were forced to bow in defeat at the hands of Hallowell's black and white flashy outfit. Although defeated, the Gardiner team made a better showing than in the previous game. G. H. S. 22 - LAWRENCE 40 journeying to Fairfield with high hopes, Gardiner found themselves greatly disap- pointed by a more experienced outfit which handed them a 40-22 defeat. Fairfield scored most of their points in the last half, out-scoring Gardiner in this half 22-11. Mucker McNally and Speed Merrill were high scorers with 9 points apiece. G. H. S. 22 - CONY 36 ln the game Gardiner started out by keep- ing close to Cony with the result of a tie score at the end of the first half 13-13. But the last half brought bad luck to Gardiner with Cony out-scoring the boys in the last half to the tune of 23-9. The final score was 36-22. McNally was high scorer of the game with 7 points. G. H. S. 28 - LAWRENCE 20 Disgustecl with 'themselves in their pre- vious showing with Fairfield, Gardiner went to work and cleaned up Lawrence High 28- 20. At the half Gardiner was leading 20-6 and at the end of the game 28-20. McNally, who was changed from center position to left-forward, was high scorer with 12 points. Peacock, the new center, played a nice game in that position, scoring 4 points. G. H. S. 32 - WINTHROP 26 ln their second game with Winthrop G. H. S. repeated their victory, winning by the score of 32-26. In this game Gardiner was sleepy and Winthrop took advantage of the break, but were not good enough to overthrow Gardiner. Again McNally was high scorer with 18 points to his credit. G. H. S. 43-M. S. C. 31 Playing a post-season game Gardiner easily defeated the Maine School of Com- merce with the score of 43-31. At the end of the first half M. S. C. was leading 17-15, but Gardiner began to click and finished with the game in their hands, the score be-