Hamilton High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (South Hamilton, MA)

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18 The Hamiltonian hundred in each event toward win- ning the Decathlon which has a pos- sible thousand points. The contest, as the title signifies, was composed of ten events : Standing broad jump Push ups or floor dips Basket-ball free throws Running broad jump Baseball far throws Running high jump pO yard dash Shot put (8 lbs.) Chin-the-bar Half lever The winner of each event in each group received a three inch letter “H” with the initials of the event he von in the upper left hand cor- ner, and an abbreviation of the groun in the lower right hand corner. This resulted in thirty winners, ten in each grou)). The winners of the entire De- cathlon in each grouj) received an eight inch “H” with the abbrevia- tion “Dec” in the middle bar, and the group designation. The Augustus P. Gardner Post of the American Legion has generously donated three five-inch loving cujis as trophies for the winners of the three Decathlon “H’s” who were John Back (Senior group) with 823 pts , Walter McGrath (Intermediate group) with 730 pts., and Ralph Harrigan (Junior group) with 666 Jits. The loving cups will be pre- sented to these three boys at the graduation exercises this June. FOOTBALL NEWS Tith a loss of several stars from the preceding football season, the football eleven found it difficult to keep up with the record made in the fall of 1934, garnering three victories while losing six and tying one. The outstanding game of the season was played with Ipswich re- sulting in a six to six tie. The fol- lowing played on the team and re- ceived letters : W. Fowler E. Belivcau W. Knowlton A. Lougcc R. Grant L. Pappas R. Hamilton J. Back H. Johnson J. Mullins W ' . McGrath G. Thompson Manager Moore B. Greely R. Hursty ‘■ ' Seniors The result of the games were as follows : Hamilton 0 Hamilton 6 Hamilton 25 Hamilton 0 Hamilton 7 Hamilton 2 1 Hamilton 7 Hamilton 6 Hamilton 19 Hamilton 0 Swampscott 18 Reading 1 5 Ghelmsford 0 W eston 7 Danvers 18 Hampton 0 St. John ' s 20 Ipswich 6 Rockport 0 Manchester BASKETBALL nPHE Hamilton High School court season started off with an ex- ceptional “bang” this year, winning its first five games with Marblehead and Peabody playing the part of underdogs in two of the games. The Green and White satin clad boys then suffered defeat for the first time at the hands of the Reading High quintet. They then went on to be beaten six times and to win five more honorable victories, finish-

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The Hamiltonian 17 VARSITY ATHLETES Reading from left to right. Front row: Walter Fowler, Richard Grant, William Moore, John Back, Edward Beliveau, Harold Johnson, Robert Hamilton, John Mullins, Albert Lougee. Middle row: Neil Moynihan, Gordon Thompson, Craig O’Donnel, Louis Pappas, Coach Bryce Walton, Wallace Knowlton, Ralph Flam- gan, Walter McGrath, Henry Baker. Back row: Richard Pcale, Ben. Robertson, Ralph Hursty, Joseph McDonald, Howard Wetson, Arthur Hansbury, Ray Haskell, Bernard Greeley. Not in picture: Harry Wetson, Norman Nielsen, George Garrigan. DECATHLON CONTEST IS contest has been carried on for the past six months in the boys’ physical education classes un- der the supervision of Mr. Walton. The purpose of this contest was threefold : first, to test the various students’ muscles to determine their health needs ; second, to find the com- parative strength of the boys; and third, to supply a means of compe- tition. The boys were divided into three groups, depending on age only. The first group, called Juniors, was made up of boys fourteen years old or younger. The second group, the In- termediates, was boys over fourteen and under seventeen. The third group, the Seniors, was composed of boys over seventeen. All the groups were tested on the same scale of ranking. Each event in each group was won by the bov who achieved the greatest perform- ance. For example, the standing broad .I ' ump in the Intermediate group was won by Ray Haskell with a jump of 8 feet 1 inch. At the same time, each boy received a certain number of points out of a jiossible

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The Hamiltonian 19 ing their season with ten wins and seven losses. Hamilton finished in a tie with Story High of Manchester in the Cape Ann League, thus giving each team a leg on the cup. High scoring honors went to Ed. Beliveau with 208 points to his credit, Harold Johnson with 124 points, and Joe Back next in line with 73 points. Hamilton 41 Groveland 18 Hamilton 46 St. Ann’s 18 Hamilton 43 Groveland 12 Hamilton 30 Marblehead 27 Hamilton 44 Peabody 37 Hamilton 14 Reading 33 Hamilton 26 Marblehead 31 Hamilton 22 Danvers 34 Hamilton 20 Manchester 21 Hamilton 31 Essex 26 Hamilton 33 Manchester 18 Hamilton 32 Rockport 21 Hamilton 37 Essex 16 Hamilton 34 Rockport 19 Hamilton 20 Peabody 42 Hamilton 27 Swampscott 48 Hamilton 2 3 Danvers 33 BASEBALL ' I ' HUS far, Hamilton High has had a fairly successful season despite the fact that Coach Walton had many inexperienced boys. The team has shown good indications of hitting power and two good pitchers in Back and Greely. Erratic fielding, however, has cut down the chances of playing an undefeated schedule. The lineup is as follows; Pappas, ss G. Harrighan, lb Johnson, 2b Wilkinson, c Grant, cf Beliveau, If Neilson, 3b H. Wetson, rf Back, p MacDonald, p Greely, p Below are the schedule and scores up until the date the “Hamiltonian” went to press. (H games at Hamil- ton.) April 27, (H) Hamilton 12 May 1, (H) St. John’s 1.“ ' May 6, (H) Hamilton 4 May 12, (H) Hamilton 8 May 13, St. John’s 19 May 22, Hamilton 11 May 29, (H) Rockport 10 June 2, Hamilton 19 June 3, Hamilton 9 June 9, (H) Hamilton June 12, Hamilton (forfeit) June 13, (H) Ham. (forf’t) Hyannis 1 1 Hamilton 4 H. Town Team 3 Essex 4 Hamilton 6 Ipswich 1 1 Hamilton 2 Essex 3 Manchester 7 Ipswich Rockport Manchester