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

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The juniors beat the seniors THE QUILL could participate. Although these games were less exciting than the regular school games, they were a source of enjoyment to everyone. The juniors were the winners. The First Set The sophomores beat the freshmen The Second Set The juniors beat the sophomores The seniors beat the freshmen SOFTBALL Last fall an entirely new craze fell upon the G. H. S. girls. This fad was soft ball. Starting at the last of the fall the girls didn't have much experience or time for outside games, but did succeed in having two inter- class games in which the freshmen beat the sophomores and the seniors beat the juniors. A great number of enthusiastic fans went out for this new sport under the direction of Coach Doris Newman and we certainly hope that it will continue and be successful throughout the coming years. GIRLS, TENNIS With four veterans, Margaret Dunn, Har' riet MacDonald, Natalie Goodspeed, and Gloria Norton, the outlook for this year's tennis team is bright. Beside the veterans there are many prospective candidates. The schedule for this year's team includes games with Cony High of Augusta and Morse of Bath. BOYS' BASKETBALL Feb Lawrence at G. H. S. Feb G. H. S. at Hallowell Feb G. H. S. at Fairfield Feb Feb G. H. S. at Winthrop Williams at G. H. S. Total jan. Jan. jan jan jan jan Alumni at G. H. S. G. H. S. at Oakland G. H. S. at Cony Hallowell at G. H. S. Winthrop at G. H. S. Cony at G. H. S. Coach Cooper had three lettermen, Normie Rogers, joe Foster, and Carroll Grady, from last year's team from which to mold his 1938 team. From the great number of new boys that turned out Coach Cooper picked the follow- ing, along with the three lettermen, to make up his squad: Carroll Newhouse, Stan Holt, Bob Stultz, Don Gould, Earl Galla- gher, Art Lassalle, Carl Gardner, Bill Dodge, Bob Guay, Charles Baker, Rolly Dill, and Roscoe Downing. Although the team was green and most of the games were chalked up against us, Coach Cooper played his under-classmen considerably, giving them plenty of experi- ence so that- they will be veterans next year. Thus, even though this year the team was handed a number of bad drubbings, this season has served as a building up year and next year Coach Cooper should have results from the men he has trained. G. H. S. 22 ALUMNI Z7 In a game which both teams played fast head-up basketball, the former schoolboys staged a final rally in the fourth period to nose out a five point win. Norm Rogers, a veteran of the varsity court team for two years before, was lost early in the first period when after drib- bling down the floor and sinking a beautiful basket, he was knocked down as he went back into his defensive position. joe Foster and Carroll Grady helped the Gardiner course by scoring 8 and 7 points, respec- tively.

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za THE QUILL back in the third quarter but the jinx which had followed them all season kept them from leading. JANUARY 28 GARDINER 7 CONY Z7 During the first period of the game our team kept the red and white clad rivals busy, but we slumped, and Cony had things more or less their own way for the remainder of the game. However, the score Y-Z7 showed much improvement over the former Cony score of 13452. FEBRUARY Z GARDINER Z2 LAWRENCE 45 The game which we played with the Lawrence High team was one of the most exciting and one of the best-played games of the season. That team turned out to be one of the outstanding teams in the state. In this game everyone did exceptionally well, trying to subdue Julian Fairfield's dead-eye shooting. Mary Cox, playing her first game as forward, proved very efficient, while Inez Connelly played a bang-up game as defense. FEBRUARY 4 GARDINER 24 HALLOWELL 66 Hallowell defeated our orange and black by a wide margin of 42 points. Mary Le- Claire and Mary Fuller on the opposing team popped basket after basket from every point on the floor, showing keen, accurate markmanship. Their fast teamwork and fine guardwork helped in holding us in check but Rines and Woodcock broke loose once in awhile during the first half to score. FEBRUARY 8 GARDINER ZO FAIRFIELD 39 Lawrence High at Fairfield defeated our girls in a hard-fought battle. If it hadn't been for the fact that the opposing team used a string of substitutes, our team might have overtaken them. FEBRUARY 11 GARDINER 27 WINTHROP 48 The girls of the Winthrop High Ramblers, finishing with a 48 to 27 lead, had little difii- culty in burying our team. Taking early leads the Winthrop High girls marched through our team to sink basket after bas- ket. Mary Cox, playing as forward in this game, got 10 of the 27 points. FEBRUARY 15 GARDINER 50 OAKLAND Z3 With Mary Cox and Rachel Rines lead- ing the way, the Gardiner girls closed their regular season with its first win, an over- whelming victory over the Williams High Six. Inez Connelly, as guard, turned in a brilliant performance holding the Williams forwards down. Every member of the Gar- diner team turned in a record performance while the Williams forwards, Scott and Car- rell, played well for their team. Although the Gardiner girls have had bad luck this year, they have gained much experience which will help them next year. In spite of the fact that they won very few games, we must admit that we had a team which showed good sportsmanship and true school spirit. For next year's team. we wish the best of luck. Letter winners for this season were Capt. Mary Cox, Althea Brown, Virginia Tur- cotte, Emily Woodcock, Hazel Hawkins. Margaret Dunn, Capt.-elect Kay Buckley, Rachel Rines, Geraldine Ulmer, Inez Con- nelly, and Gloria Norton. A meeting of the girl's team was held at Miss Newman's house, at which Katherine Buckley, a popular junior, was chosen cap- tain for 1939. INTERCLASS BASKETBALL The end of the basketball season brought about interclass basketball in which anyone

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30 THE QUILL G. H. S. 29 Wu.uAMs 21 In their first game of the season against high school competition, the Orange and Black lads took the lead from the beginning and held it throughout, although sometimes only by one point. Foster was superior, scoring 12 points, with Rogers and Grady right behind him with 7 and 6 points, respectively. G. H. S. 15 CONY Z9 In a game which was played on nearly an even basis in the first period Gony broke loose in the second half to chalk up a 14- point victory. Because of the new ruling the game was a fast one, and soon both teams began to look tired with the result that Cony put in a second team which proved to be as good as their firstg but with Gardiner that was an impossibility, and the new recruits began piling up the score. Foster and Rogers working together clev- erly provei the outstanding Gardiner threats, scoring 13 points between them. G. H. S. 18 HALLOWELL 35 The Gardiner boys were completely out- classed by their Granite Gity rivals in this game. The Hallowell boys' passing and shooting were almost impossible to stop. ln addition Quinn and Ballard seemed to have no trouble at all at tossing the ball in at all angles. with the result that they scored 30 of their team's points. Although the Gardiner boys threatened at no time during the game, Norm Rogers succeeded in scoring 7 points, and Joe Foster tossed the ball through twice. G. H. S. 31 WINTHROP 30 joe Foster lead the Grange and Black boys in this game to a one point margin over the Ramblers from Winthrop when his eye proved up to par as he scored 15 points, many of them difficult long shots. The fans were in complete uproar as the fastest game played in Gardiner's gym this year went into the fourth period with a score of Z1 all. Although Winthrop's cen- ter, Stetson, was able to better Foster by one floor shot, Gardiner's Norm Rogers and Earl Gallagher helped the cause by scoring 15 points between them, and Stan Holt's foul shot completed the scoring as Gardiner went one better than Winthrop to clinch their second win of the year. - G. H. S. 14 CONY 35 In this game Normie Rogers again inf jured his knee, which proved costly to the Orange and Black. Up until the time of the injury, Rogers, working with Foster, had been successful in keeping his team on nearly even basis with their bitter rivals from the Capital City, but on his departure the Red and White started a bombardment of baskets. When the half ended, the Gony lads had scored twice as many points as had the Gardiner boys. After this game was over it was learned that Rogers would be unable to play the rest of the year. Already Carroll Grady had been lost and now with the loss of an- other of their three lettermen the Gardiner boys were to be at the mercy of the strong teams which they had yet to come up against. G. H. S. Z3 LAVVRENCE 35 The Gardiner boys looked bad from the start and all during the first half the home boys were completely outclassed. Lassalle proved the main sparkplug on the Gardiner offense, scoring 10 points, while Bob Stultz looked good at Grady's position. G. H. S. 17 HALLOWELL 35