Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS H. H. S. ATPILETICS Our basket ball season of 1929-30 has been unsuccessful as far as winning games has been concerned. We occupied the cellar position from start to finish, without even a close competitor. Dishonor, however does not rest on the losers as long as they are good losers. The season opened on our home court with Waddington as our first opponent. We lost the game after a hard struggle, and the following week we dropped another to Richville at Richville. The third game was a contest with Heuvelton and resulted in an- other defeat. From then on, our team ran the gauntlet, los- ing games at every turn. The teams belonging to the St. Lawrence Valley League were as follows: Waddington, Rensselaer Falls, Richville, Heuvelton, Brier Hill, Morris- town, Madrid and Hammond. In a tournament held at Og- densburg Heuvelton won the cup as champions of the Val- ley League and Rensselaer Falls captured second place. Morristown and Brier Hill al- so participated the first night of play but were rooted out by their superior opponents. Our team was coached by Rev. W. Halbert Campbell, who worked faithfully with the boys. However, he was unable to bring out a winning team, due to the fact that he had no experienced or veteran players to serve as a nucleus around which to build a strong .aggre- gation. Nevertheless, we feel that’ we have been winners in more ways than one. We have had. a good time,- seen some clean, fast basket ball, and received some good lessons in sports- m ansh i p. We are not h ard losers as has been shown by the spirit of our team, which fought desperately to the last, even in the face of overwhel- ming defeat. With our present experience and with the larger and better hall being constructed by the Knox Class, we expect to pre- sent a stronger team next sea- son. :i Little can be said about, our baseball activities, as little had been done at the time our paper was sent to the press. It would seem, however, that Arthur Howie is our only hope for a pitcher, and he now- promises to be second only to the great Walter Johnson.

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1930 BASKET BALL TEAM Front Row—Cedric McDougall, Vincent Felt, Cyril McDougall, Donald Ellsworth, Arthur Howie. Second Row — Harold King, Prin. A. D. Northrop,. Rev. W. H. Campbell, Coach; Floyd Allen. Back Row —Donald MacLachlan and Donald Dunham -------------. .. —

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS Vincent Felt and Mtalcolm Bar- ney are contesting for the re- ceiving position behind the plate, while it is quite prob- able that Donald Dunham will be selected to hold down the first sack. Cyril McDougall has all the qualities of a star outfielder, but he will un- doubtedly resume his old posi- tion as shortstop. We all join in wishing our team a successful season. —Marshall Tyler. THIS AND THAT No adjective in “Webster's Unabridged Dictionary could express our surprise and then disgust oiie morning when we noticed something on the bill- board which read : “Students are not allowed to go in and out the front door except when going out in line. A. Northrup, Principal. We were actually in misery as we had to use our super- fluous energy in walking around to the side of the school and then up two or three flights of stairs. Is it any wonder that we do not get our lessons? It is our hope that sometime in the near fu- ture this proclamation will be repealed. Students of H. H. S. Question—Which one of Tennyson's poems does Jean Stiles prefer? Answer—The coming of Ar- thur. Albert Simons nearly threw up his job as janitor the other day. When someone asked him why he said : “I’m honest and won't stand being slurred. If I find a pencil or a handker- chief about the school when I'm sweeping I hang or put it up. Mr. Northrup or someone who is too cowardly to face me will give me a slur. “A little while ago I saw on the board, 'Find the least com- mon multiple.’ Well I looked from cellar to garret for that thing and I wouldn't know the thing if I'd meet it on the street. Last night in big writ- ing on the blackboard it said, ‘Find the greatest common divisor.' Well, I says to my- self, both of them things is lost now and I’ll be accused of tak- ing them so I'll quit. A friend is the first one who steps in after the whole world has stepped out. Do you know that you real- ly don't know how much you have to know to know how lit- tle you know ? Question—Which one of