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

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Association, and ground for three courts was procured in back of the school, and with the aid of the Principal and others, the association was formed. For three years the courts have been used, and every spring a tournament has been held and cups given to the winners. Last spring the spirit had so fallen off in the school that in spite of the renewed efforts of the President and Vice President, the boys lost all interest in it and it was with the greatest difficulty that money enough was collected for the support of the Association. In the fall the principal of the Moses Brown School wrote our principal asking that we give up our claim upon the grounds. After a meeting of the Association, we gave up the courts to the M. B. S., but We were allowed the use of one court through the year. This year it has been deemed wise to discontinue the Association in the school, as the boys did not take enough interest in the sport for it to be a success. BASEBALL SQUQ-D At the call for candidates this year the list was smaller than in 1904, because there were only a first baseman and outfielder needed. Nearly all of the men Who were out for the field were of strong calibre, and it was found very difficult to choose. Finally the following team was picked: Bliss, pitcher, Kennedy, catcher, Dona- hue, lst base, W. Budlong, Qd base, lf. Budlong, Captain, 3d baseg A. Budlong, shortg Loughran, left field, Feely, center fieldg Tingley, right field, with Kilton and W'ebster as Hsubsf' To date QMay 1j Hope has lost no games, winning from Brown, 1906, Brown, 1908, Central Falls, Cranston and lVoonsocket. The team is very strong with the 'L stick, and all of the 'men have good averages, and a.s the sea- son advances the men should all turn out to be heavy hitters. The fielding has also been good, many of the errors being excusable, and with more practice and experience the team should by the middle of the season be playing an excellent fielding game. Bliss is in better form than last year, and has shown himself to be a winning pitcher- VVith Kennedy behind the plate, the two make a strong battery. Kennedy is up to his usual form, and few men can Lfstealn second when 4'lValt is in the game. First base was left vacant by Congdon's not coming back to school, and his loss is greatly felt, although 4' Tommy H Donahue fills the position well and is a good batter. Second, third and short are covered by the H Budlong trio,'l and no explanation is ' 24

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Littlefield distinguished himself as a successful advertiser and iinmciei, and he deserves much credit for the prosperous condition in which he left the tieasuiy and for his schedule of games. Moses Brown School, U Hope, 5 English High, O Hope, 5 Technical High, O Hope, 24 lVoonsocket High, 0 Hope, Q3 Moses Brown School, 0 Hope, 18 St. George's'School, 29 Hope, 0 Classical High, 4.5 Hope, 0 Moses Brown School, 0 Hope, 10 East Providence High, H Hope, U Pawtucket High, 28 Hope, O Qnrkrg At the close of the hockey season last year W. Budlong was elected ciptam foi the season of 190-L-05. To the call for candidates nearly enough men reported to form three sevens. From the candidates for thc team the following were selected: Lawson and Church, r. w.g Ross, r. c., W. liudlong, l. c. QGapt.yg F. Budlong, l. w., Cocroft, c. p.5 Nishet, p.g Bullock, goal. On the whole the season was fairly successful, although we landed in second place for the league clnunpionship and lost the pennant, a thing which no other Hope Street team has ever done on the ice. This year our schedule included a, game with Brookline High at the Park. The Brookline team was quoted by the Boston Globe as being H one of the fastest inter- scholastic teams in the country? In this game we were defeated three goals to one, but made the Massachusetts boys work hard to win. An improvement over former years was the procuring of hockey goals. This rid us of disputes about goals being outside the shoes, which were formerly used, and afforded no chance to protest a game as far as goals were concerned. Of this year's team Church, Nisbet and Bullock are the only men left in school, but enough material may still be found in the school to carry us through a successful season next year. The following was the score of games played: Ho 76 el Pawtucket . . 0 Ho Je T English . . O 1 7 7 7 1 7 7 1 Q, 7 'C 7, East Providence, . 0 V 4, Classical, . . U 4 1, Brookline, . . . 3 N 0, Technical, . . Z Ailileiir Numa The Athletic Association wishes to express its thanks to Mr. Freeman for the use of his field during the football season. Also to the Narragansett Boat Club for the privileges extended to the Track Team. Three years ago, the boys of the Hope Street High School formed a Tennis 23

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required to tell how they fill the positions. Loughran is a new man in the left U gardenfl but fills the place well, being very fast on his feet, and a promising batter. U Bill 7' Feely is again in center field, and is fielding his position well, with a marked improvement in batting. Tingley, who played 44 short last year, is filling right field well, and is batting up to his last year's form. Kilton and Welaster make good Hsubsf, both being Cf old handsw at the game. YV e have a strong delegation of players, and with proper support from the school, we should be able to win the pennant again. At the Brown in-door meet held February 6, 1905, in the Lyman Gymnasium, the Hope relay team beat Moses Brown School in a very close race. The team is as follows: H arkness, Allen, Sack, Seabury, QCapt.j Randall, QSub.j An inter-class track meet was held at Andrews Field, May eighth. This was a very close and exciting affair and the result was undecided till the last event. The Seniors secured 465 points, the Freshmen 435, the Sophomores 9, and the Juniors 0. There was a great deal of rivalry and some of the events were run in fast time. This is the first year that Hope has held an inter-class meet. The purpose was to bring out new material and it is to be hoped that the example will be followed in future y ears. WEARERS or THE HH. Harold P. Babcock Albert Harkness, Stephen McKenna, 7 Sam W McNaught, Richmond Seabury, Ernest Salisbury, ff Dan U Ross, lVilliam Nisbet, Arthur Budlong, Rhodes Budlong, Fred Budlong, VValter Kennedy, ff Joe Bliss, Williaiii Feely, ff Tom 'l Donahue, Henry Tingley, A. A. Sack, Jr., ff Teddy 3' Loughran, Arthur Champlin, Arthur Clark, Kirk Packard, Richard Allen, H Rex H Cocroft.