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

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BASEBALL TEAM

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fall before l3liss's '4l'JGl1llG1'S,ll and the following week Cranston and lVoonsocket were defeated for a second time. The fast East Providence team was defeated twice in games that were close and exciting. St. Georges School at Newport added one more to our defeats in a poor exhibition of baseball at Newport. After a hard fought battle Hope managed to defeat Teclmical for a second time, and then won an overwhelming 'victory from English. Then eanic our lirst meeting with Pawtucket, and in a game niarked by heavy hitting Hope Street won by six runs. ln a stubbornly fought game Hope defeated Classical for the second time. Hope's lVaterloo came next when our team was defeated in a closely contested game with Pawtucket, thus ending the league season, although Hope played two more outside games with North Attleboro and Moses Brown School, winning both, leaving Hope with a. most commendable record, having won tlifteen games and lost three. Much of the success of the team is due to the never tiring ett'orts of Captain Congdon and the willing spirit with which the men worked. On account of the small amount obtained bythe Subscription Lists and the number of suits that it was necessary to buy, financiallyg but with the generous gift of twenty-live Hope ended one of the most satisfactory baseball school. The batting and fielding as a whole was good in each case were as lolloxrs in batting: liudloi 288. And in lielding as follows: Congdon .il8l, The scores for the season were as follows: Hope 9, Wloonsoeket . it lil, English . . C4 17, Technical . . 'L S, North Attleboro . 4' 14, Cranston , . 8, Classical . 44 ll, Cranston . if 7, Woonsoelcet . W 3, East Providence . Hope LG CC Gi CC CL LK LL 0' l :1 K 5, .3 0, 4, 4, 4, lv S, 5, the Association was troubled dollars from the Class of 190-L, seasons in the history of this , the three highest percentages .lJ3l'i, Congdon 3575, Kennedy ennedy .l,l7ifl, and Bliss .Sill St. Georges . . 4. Technical . . ll. English . . 2. Pawtucket . . 8. Classical . Pawtlicket . . . 5. North Attleboro. JC. Moses Brown . . 4. At the end of the season Congdon was re-elected captain for the ensuing year, but as he did not return, F. liudlong was chosen. The prospects 'for a winning team are most promising. Cilrark The season for the track teams opened very favorably. There were several of the old point winners still in school and also some very promising new material Practice began early in the Spring, and Captain Seabury worked his team into line condition. The lnterscholastic League meet was held May Zlst at Andrews Field. In