Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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26 THE ECHO Left to right: R. Batchelder, G. Sears, H. Reckards, T. Ahern, L. Dalton, W. Callahan, R. Joyce, L. Hlitz, R. White, C. Waters, H. Richardson. ATHLETIC SCHEDULE— 1928 Baseball Apr. 23 — Thayer (2nd) Apr. 27 — Avon May 1 — Cohasset May 8 — Avon May 11 — West Bridgewater May 14 — Thayer (2nd) May 16 — East Bridgewater May 18 — Sharon May 22 — West Bridgewater May 29 — East Bridgewater June 1 — Braintree June 5 — Sharon Tennis May 24— Whitman-Y. M. C. A., Br. May 28 — Weymouth May 31 — East Bridgewater June 7 — Weymouth June 8 — Canton June 11 — East Bridgewater June 15 — Canton Home Games Track School Track Meet, May 12 Triangular meet to be held with West B ridgewater, Avon, Holbrook Baseball Captain — William Callahan Manager — Herbert Reckards Tennis Captain — Herbert Reckards Manager — Robert White Track Boys’ Captain — Edward Sanger Girls’ Captain — Marion Hill Basketball — Girls Seniors — Captain, Cora Johnson Juniors — Captain, Miriam West Sophomores — Captain, Marian Wilbur

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THE ECHO 25 TWO AND ONE HALF On the wide porch there stands a child; His face is clean but “Oh” so mild. His eyes are bright just like the sun. He’s always ready to have some fun. His sweater sags on every side, But he is just his mother’s pride. His age is just two and one half; He’s always ready to create a laugh. His cheeks are “Oh” so rosy red; Tousled red hair crowns his head. Little one of freckles and tan, You surely are a little man. Rita Levangie, ’29. A SONG A little bit of color Woven in and out, A tiny breeze, sighing trees, Gathered round about, A butterfly ’gainst the blue, Sailing clouds on high, A noisy brook, shady nooks, Sunbeams dancing by, The merry ring of voices, Shouts of children gay, A happy song — are helps along This life’s rough highway. Myron Holbrook, ’30. VACATION The last two months of school are here With all their bustle, joy, and cheer, For soon we know from Sumner High We’ll go for August and July. Some at the beach will happy be, While others go to the country, Or if one has a brand new car, He takes it, and he travels far. But when we’ve had our months of fun, Back to Sumner High we’ll come, With its new gym and assembly hall The “coming back” will be best of all. Alma Cummings, ’29. If an S and an I and an 0 and a U, With an X at the end, spell Su; And an E and a Y and an E spell I, Pray what is a speller to do ? Then, if also an S and an I and a G and an H E D spell cide, There’s nothing much left for a speller to do But to go and commit siouxeyesighed. Mr. M.: Now, Harvey, tell me, what is a vacuum ? Harvey (thinking hard): I have it in my head, but I can’t express it. Miss Megley (to tardy pupil): Why were you late? Pupil: The bell rang before I got here.

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THE ECHO 27 BASEBALL The baseball team is doing exceptionally well this year in spite of the expectation that we would be at an extreme disadvant- age because of the lack of practice early this year, due to the wet conditions of the field. The squad of about twenty-five reported for official practice in May, and Mr. Neal began his work of selecting the team. So far we think he has shown good judgment in choosing the boys to represent Sumner. The first game with Thayer Academy Second Team, at Holbrook, April 13, was called off on account of rain. On April 27 we had a game scheduled with Avon at home. It was a decidedly cloudy day, but as no rain fell, everyone was in the best of spirits. We all reported back quite early to get much needed prac- tice, and then waited patiently for the game to begin. Lindsay Hiltz pitched for us, and showed considerable skill in the field, get- ting thirteen strike-outs against nine for Butler, the Avon pitcher. The Avon team f ' eok the lead in the second inning by scor- ing two runs, but in the third we got three runs as a come-back, and held the lead throughout the rest of the game, the final score being 8-4. The summary is as follows: Sumner Waters c Dalton 2b Hiltz p Callahan ss Sears cf Reckards If Ferguson rf White lb Ahern 3b Avon Mann 2b Bezoian lb Kumpha c Puffer 3b Leach rf Butler p Hilton cf Young ss Nouyp If Umpire, Hayden. R H E 2 2 0 12 0 12 0 1 1 0 110 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 1 111 R H E 0 0 1 111 10 0 111 0 10 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 The second game was scheduled with Co- hasset, at Cohasset, on May 1. Because of rain it was called off, and was to be played the next day, if weather conditions per- mitted. Wednesday, May 2, was very clear in the morning, but by the time we arrived at Cohasset in Shaw’s buses it was raining. However, the game got under way, regard- less of the weather. Mr. Neal decided to pitch Hiltz again in this game, and here again he carried out his end of the battle very effectively, getting a total of nine strike-outs, and being touched for only five hits; while Naun, the Cohasset twirler had only seven strike-outs to his credit, and twelve hits were taken from him. Cohas- set took the lead in the third inning mak- ing the score 1-0. In the fourth, we scored one, and the game progressed 1-1 until the seventh inning when we took out our bat- tle axes and stocked up four runs. Hiltz held the home team scoreless for the rest of the game, but now that we had started T e could not be stopped, and we added three more runs in the eighth. The lineup is as follows: Sumner Waters c Dalton 2b Hiltz p Callahan ss Sears cf Reckards If White lb Ahern 3b •Joyce rf Cohasset McAuliffe 3b Shinebrook If Naun p Donavon rf Litchfield 2b Parker ss Rose lb •James cf Alean c R H E 2 3 0 110 2 0 0 111 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 R H E 0 0 3 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 The third game, a return game with Avon was played on the new field at High- land Park, and with two victories chalked up for us we felt quite confident. Avon also was quite self-satisfied, and we were informed that they were out to defeat us. We arrived quite early, and as a result had nuite a bit of practice before the game. Mr. Neal decided to pitch Hiltz again, as he had been quite successful before, and ' ' ■on also used the same pitcher, Butler. Avon had made quite a few changes in the positions of their players, while ours was iust the same with the exception of Fergu- son. who handed in his suit because he had secured a position as chauffeur for some kindhearted old lady in South Braintree. w e took the lead in the second inning by scoring two runs and held the lead through- out the rest of the game. Again Hiltz was going very strong and was not touched for single hit until the eighth; then we caught the man attempting to steal second, =!o we were O. K. once more. In the ninth Puffer got a well placed hit between left p.nd center and was safely on third base be- fore he could be stopped. The feature of