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

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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.

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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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HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL TEAM. SCHIELE, Guardg Centerg ELDRED, Guardg MCCOWAN, Guardg GRAY, Forwardg ERB, Forward WILCOX, Guardg SNAPP, Forwardg CRAWFORD, Coachg BUSH, Center, Captain. 26