McKinley Junior High School - McKinleyan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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'I THERoAD TO HEALTH ' 1 games that there is. On the Intermediates the teams are evenly matched. Team Three is in the lead. This term there have been many hard games played. About the hardest game played was when the score was nothing all. There have been many other tight games with the score of two all and two to nothing. There were about five players who came from the Seniors to play on the Intermediates. Since they came it has been much harder tolgain points. The captains are as follows: Team l, Clifford Youngg Team 2, Francis Levyg Team 3, Max Pearlg Team 4, Merle Mallon.--Merle M allow, B8. JUNIOR BASKETBALL. The junior basketball league, the lowest of the leagues, is composed mostly of seventh and eighth graders. The playing of the Juniors consists of too many fouls. They act as if they were playing football. The trouble is that they choose referees and umpires without knowing whether they know the rules, or whether he is fair or not. There ought to be a full-fledged referee for every league, and also an assistant. just lately a referee made a poor decision. A player when throwing for the goal on a foul, stepped over the line before the ball hit court- The referee ordered .the ball down to opponents' goal and gave them a try for goal. This was an unjust decision, for he should have made it a center ball. Although there are many fouls, many of the games are interesting. Many of the scores are close, and after some exciting game there is a bitter quarrel which makes it more exciting. But one good thing about the juniors is that they do their best till the end,--they don't quit.-Richard Winter, B9, and Gussie Paul, AS. VOLLEY BALL. VV e, the players of the Bears Volley Ball league, do not think it is a sissy game, and if you don't believe us, come and watch us some time and hnd out for yourselves. VV e are all trying hard for the monogram which is given to each player of the team that comes in first place in per cent, and we play as hard as any other team. Some of the fellows think we can't play anything else, but we all can play other things just as well. There are four teams, and each have eight players, two of Whom are substitutes, who take the place of any regular player who is absent.-Morris Kamwis, AS. May Day Carnival The school grounds certainly did look deserted at noon on May Day. The girls all gathered on the end of the playground situated where VVaclsworth former- ly was. Benches were placed all around the held. The bleachers were 'fully L .

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K I THE ROAD T0 HEALTH H S-idelights of the Bush by a Former Player The Bush league is organized every year, containing four teams which are to have a long struggle for the McKinley monogram. The B7' are not allowed to sign up. There are a great many boys, probably more than any other league, who sign up. Among the famous names that signed up this year were Barney Google, Andy Gump, and Abe Lincoln- There are many hard fought games played on the Bush diamond. The games usually result in a dispute or a one-sided score. The umpire seldom gets through a game in peace. The reason probably lies in the fact that the players usually do not know the rules of the game. These players are just starting in the indoor game. It is no disgrace to play on the Bush, as some ninth graders think. In fact, that is where all successful ball players make their beginning. The games are usually witnessed by a number of scrubs , and others that are not on a team. These follow the game with anxious eyes, and long for the day when they will have their chance to get on a Bush team.-Henry Larrcq, A9. BASKETBALL. Basketliall is a game which is full of action. There are many different kinds of fouls in basketball. If one boy puts his foot in front of another boy and trips him, it is called a foul. Wfhen a basket is shot on a foul, it counts only one point, instead of two. Other kinds of foul in basketball are holding another boy, when he has the ball, and pushing him. There are many chances for a boy to be knocked clown by another boy when the second boy does not mean to knock him down. Many times when one of the boys trips another boy he does not mean to. Sometimes when the umpire does not see a foul, they have a quarrel and want to get another umpire. Sometimes after the game, the team that has lost the game blames it upon the umpire- This, of course, is not good basketball.- Clzarles Burnhart, BS. lN'l'l2RlX'llEDIA'l'lE ISASKIITBALL. This is one of the most interesting . . . ,,,. ..,...v-..-. .....--..f-ke gva, z lavnil

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King ' THE Rolo TQ HEALTH , . occupied, the girls being grouped by classes. All the classes had yell leaders, prom- inent among whom was Mary Plesko for the A9's. Promptly when the bell sounded, the girls who participated in the different events marched upon the field. They were greeted with many cheers. The lines were led by porn-pom girls, each bearing a pom-pom of the color representing her class. The events were held in quick succession because of the limited time. The 50- yard dash came first. Elise Schilling, BS, was the winner. Emma Whitfield, A9, came in a close second. Irene Augustine, A8, took third place. Among the other interesting features were: The chariot race, C two girls and driverjg the obstacle race, and the wand race. The obstacle race was run by the smaller girls, and caused much laughter. The runners had to jump a rope, hurdle over a bench, and hop in a gunnysack for a short distance. The wand race showed good jumping and quick thinking. Good team work was shown by all grades in all races. When at the close of the games the A9's were declared winners, with 17 points, they lost their heads, and such yelling was never heard on the court before. The AS's and B8's tied for second place with nine points. The B9's and A7's tied for third place with seven points. The little B7's came out with five points. This May Day Carnival was enjoyed by all the girls and by some of the faculty who were guests on the side lines.-Myrtle Oliver, A9. Health Rules l. Keep your body clean as well as your mind. 2. Go to bed early and rise early, and you will feel better all day. 3. Doift drink harmful beverages and your lessons will be easier for you- 4. Breathe plenty of fresh air and you will be more cheerful. 5. Play when it's time to play, study when it's time to study, but dou't try to play and sbudy at the same time. 6. Keep your teeth clean and white and everyone will like you. 7. Read good magazines and books and you will be wiser and better. 8. Appreciate the beauties of nature and you will have a beautiful uatureu of your own. 9. Take more interest in other people and their troubles and you won't have time to pity yourself. 10. Rest awhile each day and when you have to work you will feel more like it.