Harmony High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Harmony, MN)

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Athlrtirs 7Khe American people love athletic sports. The participation in them is general, hut to none do they appeal as to the average boy. That the active participation in safe, enjoyable out-door exercises is conducive to better health and fuller development, needs no defence. The loveof outdoor life, the keen interest in the sport, and the competition which is a factor in most athletic contests make this development, also, a matter of great interest. The rules governing high school athletics, debarring as they do all students from taking part in the contests who are not regular students, have greatly improved the tone of the contests among high schools. This is as it should be. The gamis should teach fair play, manliness, consideration for others, as well as cultivate skill. The base ball season of nineteen hundred and five was a very successful one The high school boys, with O. A. Wolsted as captain, won the seven games played with high school teams, and lost, only, the game played with Luther College Second at Decorah. The players and their positions were as follows: O. Wolsted, (captain) pitcher: Julius Wolsted, catcher: Floyd Newell, short stop; Allen Stork, first base; Norval Helle, second base; O. Brokken, third base; Earl Lang, left-field; Teddy Ryan, center-field; and Eugene Hunt, right-field. Indoor Base Bali, During the fall of nineteen hundred and five an indoor base ball team was organized. It proved difficult to arrange for games, so, after a short time, the team disbanded. Foot ball and basket ball teams were not organized. The former, because of lack of ra.aterial, the latter,because of no suitable place in which to play. Base Ball—190H The base ball season of nineteen hundred and six began, as far as talk and interest among the candidates for the team is concerned, early in March. At a meeting the High School Athletic Association decided to organize a base ball team. Norval Helle was elected captain. The following boys determined to try out for positions on the team: Teddy Ryan, O. Brokken, Floyd Newell, Norval Helle, Earl Lang, Gerhard Kaseu, Eugene Hunt, Oscar Larsen. Knute Berg, Philip Hayes, Harris Ellis, Clarence Wolsted, Norrin Nelson and Tillman Brokken. Out of this number of candidates the first seven had played on the high school team before. The rivalry, friendly tho keen, for the remaining positions, was interesting. The boys went to work and practiced with the will and determination that has had, always, a great deal to do with Harmony High’s successes. A schedule of games was arranged in April. It embraced contests with the high school teams of Caledonia, Decorah, Lanesboro, and Rochester.

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SJl jLAohjaLe Jr . The first game of the season was played with Lanesboro, April 21st., at Lanesboro. The following line-up was used in that game and continued during the rest of the season: E Lange,c: G. Johnson, p: F. Newell,ss; T. Ryan, lb: N. Helle, 2b: O. Brokken, 3b: E. Hunt, If: H. Ellis, cf: ). Larsen and B. Houck, rf. In this game Harmony did some heavy batting, securing in all 12 hits, and won the game, score 12 to 1. On Saturday, April 28, the team went to Decorah and met a team representing Decorah High which had, however, three ex-high school players in their line up. Both teams made even hits but Harmony’s were not bunched right and so lost by a score of 4 to 2. A weik later the same team came to play at Wildwood Park. It was Decorah's Waterloo as defeat came to them without Harmony half trying. Score 23 to 0; 21 hits were made by off Decorah’s twirlers. On May 12 at Caledonia came the first defeat by a high school team, in a close game, score 4 to 1. Caledonia High played a splendid game while Harmony had hard luck in missing some plays at critical times. The game was close and contested with great spirit. The return game was played on local grounds. It proved one of the most brilliant high school games ever played here. Caledonia was outplayed in every department and scored only on an infield error. Clever and timely hitting gave Harmony 8 hits, netting 3 runs. The game was played in one hour. Score3 to 1 in favor of Harmony. On Saturday, May 2t th. the high school team went to Spring Grove to play a third game with Caledonia High. That team had not succeeded in wrestling the championship honors from Harmony, but wanted to try to do so. Rain, however, prevented the game, All indications pointed to a result favorable to us, had the game been played. The Moccasin went to press before the last game of the season with Lanesboro High, June 2,on home grounds. The season has been a splendid one in that the Harmony High School Base Ball Team defended its Championship Banner creditably. In all six games were played. In five of them our boys scored 42 times to their opponent’s 12.