Hope High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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,, M 693'- -f J 1 x,. 1. K Nxrlt f-A .--, ff Q --x . h gf , Q., J Sal ' 'I M 1 ,- Nl U1 im:-w In reviewing the base-ball season of last year, it is necessary to take into consider- ation the condition of affairs at the beginning of the season in order to estimate the worth of the team in comparison with nines of former years. At the time when our candidates were called out only two of the members of the champion T01 team were in school. With every position except first base and catcher to till, almost a new nine had to bc selected. After about a month of hard practice, Capt. Baker solved this difficult problem by selecting the following men to comprise the nine of 1902: Cole 1, Mahoney 2, Budlong 3, Jones short, Tingley and Weeks pitchers, Shaw l., Harvey ni., Kenney r. and Grimes sub. Patterson made an excellent manager. He arranged a very satisfactory schedule, obtained Lincoln Field for most of the games and kept, so far as possible, the expendi- tures in proportion to the receipts. The league schedule was started rather brilliantly, Hope winning five out of the first seven games played. About the middle of the season the team slumped and of the next six games only two were won. At the end of the season Hope was rated as tied with Manual for fourth place. The tie was unable to be played off on account of rain. The individual work of the players is too well known to need much reference here. It is well to recall, however, a few points. Who will soon forget Weeks' sensational pitching in the Classical game 5 l3udlong's and Mahoneyls always reliable stick Work, Bakerls catching, the triple play by Jones and Cole in the W oonsocket affair g the many seemingly impossible catches of 'tDick Shaw out in left 3 Kenney's timely hit in the eleventh inning which scored Jones and beat English, Tingley's twirling and oftentimes opportune hits g and Harveyts long sprints out in deep centre field? As f'Bill Cole, who was elected captain at the close of last- year's season, was unable to return to school this year, it was necessary to elect another man to fill the vacancy. The success of the team up to this writing shows that the remaining mem- bers of last spring 's nine made a wise move in electing Preston .Tones '03 captain for the season of 1903. Practice was commenced in the Lyman Gymnasium cage on Feb- ruary 21. After a few weeks of indoor work the squad began practice on our present 4 t Home Grounds, corner of Hope Street and Rochambeau Avenue, The players who were finally selected to represent Hope on the diamond this spring are: Congdon 1, .Tones s., Patterson 2, Budlong 3, Weeks and Tingley p., Mahoney c., McEvoy r. f., Hempel l. f., and Xiveeks r., Tingley ni.

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B,xs1sBALL TEAM

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I Not a little of this ycar's success is due to the enthusiasm of the managers, Little- field and Crawford. The schedule is varied enough to interest any team. Following is thetlist of games, with the scores up to the present writing: 1 . Brown Timversity Sophomores at Hope Street Grounds, 1-75 Friends School at 111-iends School, 10-75 Manual Training High at Merino Flats,12-45 Cranston High at Hope Street Grounds, 11-75 East Providence High at East Providence, 26-105 Classical High at Hope .Street Grounds, 8-115 North Attleboro High at North Attleboro, 4-eg Innglish High at Centredale 14-45 Attleboro High at Attleboro, 11-05 Pawtucket High at Pawtucket, 9-11. ' Ex j , .... ' H 1 'M 5 5' ,bag Xijgrx GZ . gi,--N QQ ' Gai:-125. The football team of '02 showed a very marked improvement over its predecessors, although the outlook in September was not so good as it might have been. The team was very much lighter than any of its opponents, but the spirit and determination with which the games were played usually called forth admiration from the specta- tors and won the respect of our adversaries. At the beginning of the season the Ath- letic Association unanimously elected George Patterson manager, with Carl Weeks an able assistant. Littlefield was captain, elected to that office by the '01 eleven, and the team owes much of its success to his commendable work. Manager Patterson ar- ranged an excellent schedule of ten games, four of which were played on East Side grounds, three at Adelaide Park, and three out of town. The management is certain- ly to be congratulated on securing Murray Cann, Brown '02, as a coach, who worked hard and faithfully for the success of the eleven, so inspiring the men by his Get in there, or I'll throw you in and other appropriate remarks, that they did very credit- able work. A squad of twenty-two men responded to Captain LittleHeld's call for candidates, and after two weeks of hard practice, an eleven was picked as follows: McKenna, l. e. 5 Crawford, l. t. 5 Vlleeks, l. g. 5 Carroll, c.5 Paddock, r. g. 5 Tingley, r. t.5 Grimes, Packard, r. e.5 Budlong, q. b. 5 Seabury, Hebden, l. h. b.5 Kenney, f. b.5 Littlefield, r. h. b. The games from the first were played well. If a game was won, Hope always de- served the victory5 and if lost, it was never without a hard fight first. Some games show up well in comparison with those of former years. Friends School did not suc- ceed in scoring against us as in all previous contests she had done, while Rogers High,