Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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20 T H E L I N C O L N I A N boys showed a great improvement in their fielding over the first game. Only one game the 2nd team of Lin- coln Highs lost was to the Bruce School that was well played; the score was 3 to 4 in Bruce’s favor. o the first of the season with a stout whip, but constant pegging at 2nd, had gradually rounded him into form, and at the end of the season he was throw- ing to second with the accuracy of a veteran. o FOOTBALL. The L. Ii. School foot-ball team which was composed of some of the best material that ever wore a uni- form, on account of its numerous and successive victories of the preceding year, was unable to arrange games with local teams this season as it was too far out of their class. Football teams throughout the Missouri Valley barred Lincoln High; and all for the simple reason that that great star, the invincible Mr. Brooks, was in the line up. Lincoln High was matched with Sumner High School of K. C. K. on several occasions, but each time when the date of the contest drew near, something would occur in the Sumner camp that would keep the game from being pulled off; finally Lincoln be- came wise to the fact that Sumner was only stalling and had no intention whatever of playing Lincoln High. For instance take the case of Western University; why did they not wish to come in contact with Lincoln? Every time the name Lincoln High was men- tioned, the whole school, Western Uni- versity, would go and hide. These two examples of fright or yellow, shown by our neighboring schools, and other in- stances too numerous to mention only indicate that glorified brand of “Rough Stuff” out of which that eleven of 1911 was composed. o FIRST TEAM BADLY CRIPPLED. The Lincoln High School 1st base- ball team was badly crippled this year on account of losing several of its old faithful players. The team this season was composed of a number of new re- cruits who were not .all together fa- miliar with the finer points of the game. Some of the recruits, however, by constant practice and drilling, were partially whipped into shape. ' Tire only, regular players that were in last year’s line up were Harrison and Pinckney. Harrison was troubled in “TO EDGAR ALLEN POE.” 1 . (By Ethel Mae Lewis, ’12.) Your short life was sad and dreary Oh, so dreary! The path you trod was weary, ‘Most too weary. But your trials are over now, You have met stern death somehow, And your sorrows all are ended,, Forever ended. 9 • Your sad life was full of love, Vain love. And your life was filled with hopes, Lost hopes. Now you’ve drank of bitter sorrow, Now you feel no fear or borrow, • r In the cold, cold hours of death, Quiet death. 3. Y ou loved much ; you loved many — Oh, too many. Some say you loved one Or maybe none. But you were an exception And, for you 1 make corrections, For your love for all was true, ’Most too true. 4. For you, weird one, drugs and drinks were sweet, Fatally sweet. And through it, you, your death was sure To meet, and did meet. Although you’ve been long dead T slowly bow my head As T breath to you farewell, Alas! farewell. In some your memory lives, Still lives. Who believe not what the world still gives, Cruelly gives. But for you a stand I’ve taken, And my faith cannot be shaken, For your life to me is alluring, Strangely ’luring. n. r

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T II E L 1 N C O L N I A N m 19 So he went to the window which would not slide, So he jumped through the window pane. 9. Then he ran and ran for many a mile, And he thought “Surely this will do ' So he sat him down and began to smile, But the ghost says “I’m here, too.” 10. Then he ran with a speed that was more than speed, From the ghost which he could not see, But all the night tide, He could hear by his side, r l The encouraging voice of his ghostly guide He could hear, but could not see. H. When morning dawned he was miles from the town, And the house with the ghost within it. But was fined 300 “plunks” by the cou rt For exceeding the law’s speed limit. o ATHLETIC NEWS. By Gardiner Pinckney, ' ll. The Lincoln High School athletic club organized January 5, 1911, for the purpose of pulling off a number of fast and clever boxing and wrestling matches during the winter months. o The pupils of Lincoln High School are greatly in need of a gymnasium. There is no apparatus in the school whatever upon which exercise can be taken ; almost every white school in this city has a gymnasium ' and there should be no reason why the pupils of Lincoln High should be deprived of the physical exercise that is of so great importance to their health. Let us all hope that the principal of the high school will become wise and present m ■ the matter before the school board for consideration. Q February 17, 1911, Robt. A. Bailey defeated Clay in 1.54 minutes of hard wrestling. ' Phis match was one of the hardest matches that was ever pulled off in our club. This was the first real bout Clay has had since he broke into fast company. Referee Brooks was continually warning Bailey against his fouling tactics, and several times threatened to disqualify Clay for biting. A large crowd witnessed the match and was well pleased with the entertainment. -o “One Round” Bailey and “Kid Clay’s” boxing contest was called off. The six round boxing contest scheduled to take dace between Bailey and Clay was ca led off, the contest was billed for Mar. 23, 1911, but on account of the promoters not being able to post a sufficient purse at a stipulated time the boys refused to enter the ring. “Young Pink,” cham- pion light weight of Lincoln, chal- lenged the winner of this bout for the championship of the school. o Brooks vs. White. “Lonnie” Brooks and Cordell White wrestled 1 hr. and 30 minutes without gaining a fall. Brooks gained one fall in 2 hours exactly, although Brooks’ weight was 185 pounds and White ' s was only ' 159 pounds. White was greatly handicapped by weight. It was a fierce battle from start to finish. Brooks depended greatly on his weight while White was very clever. White had Brooks several times but Brooks’ weight was too much for him. After two hours of work White was com- pletely exhausted and Brooks won easily. ' This bout was for the heavy- weight champion of Lincoln High. 2 O White offered to bet 2 to 1 that he could pin Bailey’s shoulders to the mat twice in a half hour. o The Lincoln High School 2nd team n defeated the Phillipps school by a score of 13 to 8. Jenkins, a new recruit of the Highs made his first appearance on the rub- ber and struck out nine men. This same team defeated Attuck school in an errorless game 6 to 5. The game was played throughout without an error, and was accompanied by some brilliant features; the high school .

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T 1 1 E L I N C O L N I A N 21 JAWN L. KINGSLEY. Jawn L. Kingsley (may he graduate) Became so impatient that lie could not wait ; So some two weeks before the names were called, Jawn was seen rushing through the Assembly hall. lie rushed up the steps to record room ten, The teacher was summing the records up then. He saw the teacher making his record roll, 1 1 is great conceit had made Jawn bold. And to the teacher of the room lie said, “Am 1 safe;” the teacher smiled and shook her head. lawn L replied, when he had heard his fate, Then write me down as a quituate.” Hut when the last quiz had been gone through Behold, Jawn’s name was recorded, too. Gilbert Ross, ' ll. • o THE DOINGS OF FATE Loraine Jackson. ' 13. The old man had chuckled softly to himself as he thought: “He will come round all right pretty soon and 1 think I admire him more for the way he took it. lie surely is his father ' s son. Robert Greening, like the sons of most rich men, had spent four years in Ric- hest college that the country afforded, but unlike most young men of his class he had not been idle. The first six months after coming from college, lie- had spent in Europe, then lie had come home to study his father ' s business prior to becoming a partner in the firm.. Thinking to better his son ' s condi- tion. if indeed it could be bettered the old man suggested to his son that he marry and settle down , so that before he. the father, died he could see his son happily married and successfully launched on a business career. To this Robert had agreed, but when a few days later his father announced that he had found the young woman. Robert was not all enthusiasm. And when his father suggested that he meet her within two days, Robert rebelled openly. Then followed a heated argument. The maintaining that he had the right to choose his own wife, since he was living in a modern age and did not re- side in Japan. The father saying that it was his duty to his son and his son’s dead mother to see him married well and not beneath him. The old man had in mind the beautiful daughter of one of his business associ- ates, whom he was sure that any man could love and cherish, lie had spoken to his friend Colonel Wettimore about the matter; and the Colonel had fallen heartily in with the plan. They had agreed to break it to the young people on the same day, so as to be ready to re|K rt the matter on the same day. I lilt now Mr. Greening saw all his plans fall heavily to the ground, for his son had declared his intention of being guided by his own heart and will ami had gone from his home in anger to seek his own fortune. Mr. Greening went to his office the next morning half expecting the yet urn of his son that he might report success with that young man to his friend. The two old friends met ami Colonel Wetti- more reported lack of success with his beautiful, but strong-willed daughter, Miss Sonoria Wettimore. The Colonel had more of a loss in his way than Mr. Greening, for after or- dering his daughter to her room until such time as she should feel ready to obey his wishes, he found that she hail gone, no one knew where. lie had searched thqrougldy but quietly for her without avail. Five hours later a young man and a young woman boarded a west-bound train each making for the same vacant seat and reaching it about the same time they sat down together just as though it was the most common-place thing in the world. She had been too agitated and he too preoccupied to think of moving so they sat thus for a moment until suddenly each recognized the other, he saying. Why, Miss Sonoria. where are you going at such an hour? Hut in his heart he had • recognized her as the onlv girl in the world” for him. whom he had met just once before at a dinner and whose last name seemed strangely lost to him.