Joliet Central High School - Steelmen Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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First ymnasium Class of the BOUT the middle of the first semester, Mr. V. D. Hawkins organized the iirst gymnasium class of the Joliet Township High School. He started by select- ing from various classes twenty-five boys who especially needed the exercise. Before taking any exercise, they were all measured as completely as possible with the equipment at hand, and were again measured after the course was completed, all the boys showing marked im- provement. Those showed the greatest improvement who had attended most strictly to business and been present most regularly. The work consisted of movements of the wrists, fingers and so forth, of dumb-bell exercises, of every description, of stationary running, rising on the toes and of Indian club swinging, the lesson ending with a good five-minute run around the room. The time spent in each instance was about forty-five minutes. After the lesson the boys took shower baths. The main object of these lessons was to give some of the weaker boys some exercise and to show how much good a few minutes given twice a week could do, even if nothing better than clubs and dumb-bells were used. The school needs a good gymnasium, where every boy and girl may be required to take an hour's work twice a week. Mr. Hawkins is to be commended for the manner in which he has conducted the class and to be thanked for starting the good work.

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J. T. H. S. Trac eam of 1906. HE TRACK team for the spring of 1906 bids fair for I a successful season, although at the writing of this article it is too early to forecast with any certainty the results of scheduled meets. The lack of proper training facilities, coupled with the loss of Liston, Eldred and Anderson, materially lessens our chances for a winning team. In general, however, each event will be represented. In the shorter runs, the school will likely be represented in the persons of McNally, Lewis and Woelfel, all three being steady, reliable and fairly fast for high school men. With McNally, the holder of the state record, and several others almost equally as fast, the school will be well repre- sented in the quarter. In the longer runs the school has no representative upon whom it can rely with any certainty, the most prom- ising candidates are Griffin, Ross, Lundquist, Schiele, Baum- garter and J. Connell. With Werner and Lewis in the hurdles and pole vault the chances for winning points in those events are reason- ably good. In the broad and high jump, the team will not be strong, there being several candidates and yet none whose perform- ance justiiies confidence. With Giffin, Higgins and Newkirk, the team will probably be strong in the weight events. This year's schedule is a strong one, consisting of one meet with each of the two Auroras, three conferences and one inter-scholastic meet. Joliet's hope for winning the state inter-scholastic meet, held in Urbana- May 19, 1906, rests upon Gifltin in the weights, Werner in the hurdles, Lewis in the pole vault, and McNally in the quarter.

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J. T. H. . Base Ball Team. N APRIL 22, 1905, the Joliet Township High School Baseball team played Wilmington team and won by a score of 32 to 5. The game was a surprise to every one, as Wilmington defeated the local team twice last year. The game was even up to the sixth inning, but after that Joliet gained rapidly. Daniels, the freshman right fielder, was a star with the willow, getting three hits and two passes out of five times up. He did not have a chance to get the ball during the entire game for the Joliet pitchers were holding their opponents down so close that there was no show for the fielders. The lineup was : Jones, c fg Clyne, cg Liston, 2bg Lennon, lbg Leyman, lf, Erb, s sg Gray, Schroeder, 3bg Daniels, r fg Lowery, p. May 3. The Plainfield team defeated Joliet by a score of 7-5. The game was played in Old Ball Park. May 6. The team played Lockport on this date. Joliet fully convinced the opposing team that they could play the national game well by a score of 21-5. May 10. The Baseball team from Northwestern Col- lege defeated the Joliet boys by 7-6. Joliet deserves great credit in holding their opponents to so close a score. May 13. Joliet lost to Armour nine by a score of 16-6. May 17. Plainfield again defeated Joliet by a score of 4-5. May 24. The local team defeated Mazon by a score of 6-4. The game was close all the way through and a great deal depended upon the man at the bat. June 3. The school team at last seems to have struck the proper gait and are at last on the winning side, for Elgin High School was defeated. As a whole the team played well and outshown Elgin in every part of the game. As coach Bush expressed it: They beat Elgin clean off the hands. Jones, c fg Liston 2bg Leymann l fy Clyne, cg Lennon, lbg Erb 2bg Gray 3b.