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

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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-

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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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THE Q UILL Z1 ing 43-31. McNally and Merrill were high- scorers with 17 and 11 points respectively. In looking over the seasons record we find that Gardiner won 5 games and lost 5 games. The following is a summary of the two leading scorers of the season. Mucker McNally 125 points Speed Merrill 52 points HOCKEY For the first time in several years Gardi- ner has a hockey team, coached by Palmer Hinds, who volunteered his services. The main purpose is to lay a foundation for fu- ture hockey teams. Most of the material is inexperienced and we should not expect too much of them. Fine spirit is shown, which makes it look as though hockey will become a major sport in G. H. S. G. H. S. O-CONY 5 ' In their first game of the season Gardiner was defeated by the superior Cony team, but they made a good showing as Cony had been defeated only once. For 26 minutes they held Cony scoreless but on account of inexperience the orange and black were forced to submit to a scoring attack. Bob Goggin, Gerald Harriman, and Dallas Edwards were outstanding for Gardiner. G. H. S. 2 - ROCKLAND 3 Encouraged by their nice playing of the previous week, the Gardiner locals went to Rockland and played a wonderful game. Although defeated, Gardiner showed their true Gardiner spirit and sportsmanship and only in the last minute of play were they de- feated. Harriman was the star, scoring both of Gardiner's goals. TENNIS With two veterans, Speed Merrill and Frank McNally, and about 20 inexperienced men working out daily, Coach Charles Arthur is looking forward to a very success- ful season. A fairly large schedule has been made up and it would not be surprising if our local boys should come through with a good number of victories. Charles Arthur, a former G. H. S. net star, is coaching the squad for his second year. TRACK Under the leadership of Coach Charles Hinds Gardiner is attempting to build up a track team to compete with other neighbor- ing schools. Many students from the four classes have reported for practice and are developing rapidly. The track team has a hard, long schedule ahead of them. In the first Colby indoor track-meet Gardiner earned 7 points in taking fourth place by the varsity, senior relay team, Sophomore relay team, Freshman relay team, and eighth grade relay team. The score was as follows: 4th Varsity team 3 points 4th Senior relay team 1 point 4th Sophomore relay team 1 point 4th Freshman relay team 1 point 4th Eighth relay team 1 point Total 7 points In the second meet Bill Donovan, Gardi- ner's flash, took third place in the 300 yard dash. GIRLS' BASKETBALL SCORES G. H. S. 30 Alumni 12 G. H. S. 19 Hallowell 51 G. H. S. 17 Cony 17 G. H. S. 14 Winthrop 30 G. H. S. 15 Hallowell Z7 G. H. S. 8 Lawrence 31 G. H. s. 19 Cony 31 G. H. S. 7 Lawrence 31 G. H. S. 15 Winthrop 29