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

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FOOTBALL TEAM

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Glrzirk Ulvam Last year's Blue and White stated that the track team of 1902 had established a precedent which they hoped would be followed and improved upon in future years. The track team of 1903 certainly fulfilled this hope by winning the Inter- scholastic Track Meet, defeating Classical 50 points to 46, while W oonsocket, the other school entered, took only three points. The following were selected from a large number of candidates to represent the school: Allen, Burdick, Champlin, Clark, Crawford, Darling, Eddy, Hurley, Jackson, Kenney, Littlefield, McKenna, Paddock, Seabury, Tingley, Waterman and Weeks. Only three of these men qualified in 1902, but under the direction of Captain Austin, Coach Ehmke and Manager Hurley, this team secured the cup offered. WVeeks was our best man in the field events, breaking the records for putting shot and throwing discus. He had two firsts and two seconds to his credit, making a total of sixteen points, which was six more than the man next in order captured. Seabury was very successful in the short distances and won eight points. Austin also took eight points in the high jump and pole vault. The whole team worked hard and all did well. The list of those qualifying, and events: Weeks, 16 Points. lst Place. Putting Shot. lst Throwing Discus. 2nd Throwing Hammer 2nd Broad Jump. Austin, 8 lst High Jump. 2nd Pole Vault. Seabury, 8 lst 100 Yard Dash. 2nd 220 H Tingley, 6 1st 220 3rd 100 ' Darling, 5 1st Pole Vault. Kenney, 3 2nd Throwing Discus. Crawford, 3 2nd Putting Shot. I Littlefield, 1 H 3rd 880 Yard Run. These men won six firsts, six seconds and two thirds, making a total of fifty points, and winning the pennant and cup for our school. This spring, although we have lost some of our best men, another successful team ought to be turned out and win another banner to grace the walls of Hope.

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Illnnihall The football team of '03 was the most successful that the school has ever had. Although it did not receive the support it should have received, it nevertheless won third place in the Interscholastic League. The teams in the league that defeated Hope were Pawtucket and East Providence. Both of these games were hard fought and the players did not give up until the whistle blew at the call of time. The games outside the league were played with teams not usually considered in the High School class and the boys did well to hold them to the scores that they did. Last June the Athletic Association elected Frank Kenney, captain 5 Ivory Little- field, manager, and Paul Nicholson, assistant manager. Kenney made a fine captain, besides being a steady and reliable player, Littlefield, assisted by Nicholson, managed the team in a very successful manner and deserves great credit for the amount of money cleared at the end of the season. Early in September Kenney called for candidates and a large number responded. At times there was enough material to form two elevens, so that the men never lacked practice. Damon Brown, '05, who acted as coach in a very creditable man- ner, always kept the players hard 4 at work and much of the success J 'f of the team is due to this fact. The team which was Hnally f picked consisted of: Crocroft, Harkness, l. e., Crawford, l. t., ff? Q Allan, l. g., Ross, Clark, c., 44 Salisbury, r. g., Nisbet, Champ- lin, r. t., Darling, Walsh, r. e., Seabury, l. h. b., Kenney, f. b., Packard, McNott, r. h. b. All the players did good as , individual work. Ross, Clark, if I Allan and Salisbury made a i C ' strong centre for the team. if ,I ' Crawford, Nisbet and Champlin, ' ' 23 were fast and aggressive tackles. ' ' ,S M1 N Crocroft, Harkness, Darling and A 19040 Walsh were strong ends, not many plays getting by them. Budlong as quarter-back, ran the team in fine fashion and generally put up a brilliant game. The backfield, taken care of by Seabury, Kenney, Packard and McNott was one of the fastest in the league. Seabury was a good ground gainer and at times punted the ball very well. Packard, although light, was fast and could be depended upon for good gains. Kenney as full-back was a good player and at times put up a star game. At the close of the season the team elected Seabury, '05, as captain for next year's eleven. The schedule and results were: 2 ,ffl I - ff -'7,,ZFZZZf5f?' ' X ,f 2 -Q In if lf, 1 I W 7 1 f 5, L ' Z 1 October Hope Opponents November Hope Opponents 2, Friends School 0 43 2, E. Providence High 0 16 8, Durfee High 2 17 7, St. Georges 0 0 17, Manual, 29 0 13, Classical High 10 5 21, Brown Freshmen, 0 20 20, Pawtucket High 0 15 27, English High 11 5