Needham High School - Advocate Yearbook (Needham, MA)

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Thanksgiving Game 1910 Needham 12-Wellesley nothing Although physical education did not become part of the curriculum until 1923, athletics had been part of school life for many years. In 1882 the famous Needham-Wellesley rivalry, the oldest in the country between public schools, was started. A Wellesley student interested fellow students in contributing money toward the purchase of a football which at that time cost 53.00. The principal of Wellesley High School, Mr. Fred Boston, invited the boys of Needham High School to the first game. The game was held at a field near the Morton House in Wellesley, which the Needham students reached by bicycle. Wellesley won that first game, but of the first nine games Needham won four, Wellesley won three, and they had two ties. In 1888 no game was held, for Wellesley refused to play. Since few rigid rules existed at that time, Needham had a few Harvard halfbacks and one father on their team. Spectator participation also apparently had not been ruled against, and when the game became exciting, spectators from both sides were known to jump eagerly into the fight. Since then, however, teams have been set up more fairlvg and the rivalry has continued with the teams playing alternately at Wellesley and at Needham on Thanksgiving Day. In 1923 physical education was made part of the curriculum, and extra- curricular sports became more organized. In 1929 Mr. Claxton started wrestling as a winter sport so that the boys could keep active even when the ice was not hard enough for hockey. In the 1930's and 1940's basketball, baseball, track, and gymnastics followed as well as such girls' sports as field hockey, basketball, and softball. Needham's teams have worked hard in recent years and have achieved records to be proud of, particularly last year in winning the Bay State League All Sports Trophy. Row 1: Elbridge Devine, Daniel Comiskey, A. Beverly Crossman, Row 2: Henry McAdams, Burnhardt Richwagen, James Crossman, Captaing Ross Stanwood, Harry Martin. Row 3: Chester R. Mills, Wilbur Blades, Clinton Woodward, Fred Dunn, James Powers, Harold Wright, Coach Fuller.

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1938-1939 Hockey Team fcoached by Mr. Asa Smallb. Photograph by Bachrach 1935 Girl's Tennis Team 12

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