Newport High School - Live Wire Yearbook (Newport, ME)

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THE LIVE WIRE Yes Well for the love a mlke come on gang let's get to work on them guys We ll show them how to play basket ba l Do you mean 1tJohnn1e'? Sure I mean lt The boys all shook hands and then went on to the floor the old Lovell team full of flght wlth everyone pull 1ng together The score mounted unbelievably nothing could stop that team With only a few seconds to go Red took the ball off the opponent s backboard and passed It to Larry Johnson his teammate The team went on offense and took the ball down the floor Larry passed to Johnnle who shot The ball went through for a perfect basket Then came the tlp 05 but the final whistle blew before anything happened The score stood 54 to 34 None of the boys said a word as tney rested for the final struggle They would need thelr energy In the from Red Johnnie shot again The ball passed through the noop for a winning basket Later 1n the locker room Red was saying in a quaverlng voice If It hadn t been for you Johnnie we d have lost that game Oh yeah' Listen made a perfect pass to me I wouldn t so I guess you lf you hadn t have made any basket d1d your part ' Gee Idon t know you fellows after the way I ve acted Red said Aw I guess it was half our fault We Just thought we were mad at you It took something l1ke what you told how to thank us to wake us up to the fact that we re all pals was Johnnle s answer My d1spos1t1on got the better of me then but never agaln I ve learned my lesson was Reds reply They all laughed and next fall saw Red happlly on hls way to college E Weed 38 THE GLORY GRABBER ANS JOHNSON was fighting to control his temper Gen erally calm and easy going he could take a ioke but llstenlng to the boy opposite h1m was taking its toll of will power Roy Chapman had talked for five minutes Hls VOICE sounded like the rasp of a file and his words tumbled like static from a rad1o Only one person that Hans could number had a voice like that and he wasa barker at a side show To change the Hans spoke I suppose you are go mg to enter the Skl race cross coun try mumbled Hans You bet replied Roy You know of course that I won lt last year And he started on a rambllng dlscus sion of his skl ab1l1ty If you stick with me laughed Roy Ill slow down for you on the home stretch You know to g1ve the crowd a thrllll Well I hope lt s O K with you Good by Durlng dinner hour Hans focused his eyes on his plate and ate mechan lcally Directly opposite him sat Chapman who seemed to enjoy a huge Joke If Hans looked up from hls -l I 22 I 4- ll n 9 ll 1 ' an - 9 I ' 7 9 ' H . . . , . 9 - , , , . ll. as li 7 as as - - as ' ' If ' uf, as yy - ' 1 ' . ! ll 1 , . s . ' I A l . , ' . 1 , . . - Y . . . . . , f 1 n 1 I . 1 Overtime period Witha DeI'f9Cf DHSS conversation and relieve his nerves, ff H ' ' H n - , ' 1 1 1 ' ' . va , , . ' U 77 as yy - as 7 ' v 1 . . . . ,, . , V H 1 ' I ' I , n a , Y 1 ' Y! . - . - - if ' ' a H . . ,, Y ' Y 7 u 9 , ' 1 I . , I - 9 . . , If Y ' - - S, , , s 77 . . ' v 44 av ' . . 44 . . . , . . I f

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NEWPORT HIGH SLHOOL Well a guy s gotta eat lf he wants to hve hasn t he? Yeah I suppose so but sometimes I would llke to know lf you don t overdo It Well heres where I leave ya Red see ya ln the mornlng Okay so long Practlce started the next mght and contlnued untll the first game The bovs had practlced falthfully and were rewarded by wmnlng the game They contlnued to wln untll they had amassed a total of fourteen stralght but the next contest proved fatal Everythmg seemed to go wrong Then to top everythlng Red got sore and poked some guy on the opposlng team who had been shovmg hlm Naturally the referee dldn t waste any tlme ln put lng hlm out of the game They lost that game and afterwards IU the locker room of the gym they blamed Red He claimed lt wasn t all hls fault saymg that no one would pass to hlm and then that fellow had started shovmg so he just naturally poked hlm back On the nlght of the final game of the season the one that would declde ths conference champlonshlp between Lovell and the nelghbormg town of Jackson Red hadn tshown up and lt was almost game tlme Slnce the team had lost that fatal game thmgs had gone from bad to worse Every thlng seemed to go wrong The boys argued among themselves and seemed to lose all Interest ln basketball Everyone seemed to thlnk that Red was to blame for all the trouble They told hlm so and rode hxm about lt all the ture Somebody oughta sock hlm hard and drlve a llttle sense mto hls head Johnme was growlmg about Red as they changed up for the game He s always late or somethlng Red showed up Justm tlme for the game He got on the floor Just as the startlng wh1stle blew As usual the team dldn t work well together and at the end of the thlrd perlod the score stood Vxsxtors 30 Lovell 21 Durlng the short rest between perlods Red called the boys to g e t h e r Llsten fellows wlll you please? Red s VOICP had a pleadlng tone ln If we lose thls game I lose a chance to go to college If we wm I UDlVPFSlty whlch means my folks wlll be able to send me but lf we lose they won t be able You see I ve got that chance on my basketball ablllty Mr Hall fyou fellows all know hlm hes the rlch guy that llves on the hllll sald that he thmks Id make a swell player ln college but lf we lose thus game he says the deal s all off He s the one who IS gomg to pay half my expenses Maybe lt was all my fault that we lost that game that started us on our losmg streak but you know I ve got an awful temper andIJust lost my head when I got mad If you hadn t blamed me entlrely afterwards ld have been O K but you kept rldlng me about It and I kept gettlng madder all the tlme Now lets work together llke we used to I know lt IS a lot to ask you fellows after the way I ve acted but wlll you do lt? Blg Johnme Murphy just stood there for a few seconds wlth hls mouth open then he sald You mean lf we lose you don t go to college next fall? . . .F , I 21 1 4- 15 7 ' If 7 ' ' Q 97 ' ' ' ' Y, , . 7 ll ' ' ' ll Y, V L Q 5 ' Y . . , . - yy nn 9 ' H ll , , ll Y, ' ' ' Y V . 44 yy, 7' ' 19 M , . . 1 41 77 . . , . ' 7 . . . . 2 -- I4 I lt ' ' 77 ,, , ,, . . . : . H . , lt, , , . ,, ,Q ' ' get half my expenses pald at the H yy - 9 . . Z 1 . 7 7 . , . . . . ' , . , . . li ,Q , . . . , 41 !7 ' ' 7 w u I v ' 7 ' K 0 , , . . v 1 L , . Q I , Y Y . . Y y 1- n 1 ,' v l ' . . Q , , u V ' l , . . ,- . , . 7 . . ' H . Y . . ,, ,, . . v. L . ' tl y! ' ' ' 64 ' U A . I , .H

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL plate Roy would wlnk at hlm as lf he had a great secret At the end of dlnner a speaker got up and made a short speech of wel come Then he asked for a talk from Roy Chapman last year s skl champ lon Chapman started hrs speech and ten mmutes later he was stlll talk mg the subject was hlmself A team mate of Chapman s suddenly shoved a chalr agamst hls legs Chapman sat down wlth a crash a burst of ap plause followed Then tldes of laugh ter rolled up and down the table In a few mlnutes the Unlverslty coach arose and spoke dlrectlons ID a loud volce The trall IS four mlles long outllned with red and green flags A green flag means turn to your rlght and a red flag to your e Hans snapped erect IH hls chalr at these words There IS to be a dynamlte blast to clear a road from a land sllde durlng the race but lt w1ll be a quarter of a mlle off the trall 0 don t be alarmed I guess those are all of the dlrectlons The boys arose and filed from the hall to the front of the grand stand They llned up and then the starter s gun barked Thlrty boys leaped for ward In a few seconds Hans dls covered hlmself second Looklng ahead he saw Chapman ln hls flashy strlped sweater Chapman swerved and Hans followed They had passed thelr first Hag Suddenly Chapman slld and dlsappeared ln a cloud of snow Hans passed hls tangled figure Lookmg back he saw Chapman get to hls feet Hans slld to the top of the next hlll There stood the second flag like a sentry on duty Hans gazed 1n despalr at lt whlle off to hls rlght he saw a group of men As he started down hlll towards them they waved a flag and polnted Hans ran ln that dlrectlon all the tlme galnlng speed Roundlng a sharp bend at the bottom of the h1ll he saw plled boxes H trled to stop but crashed full tllt lnto thus barrlcade Openmg hls eyes he saw a mana few feet from hlm xn an awkward po sltlon Upon looklng closer he saw that the man s legs were held to the snow by a large rock Then he glanced at the boxes In glarlng red letters were the words Dynamlte and Powder Then he saw a sputterlng hlsslng fuse leadmg from one of the boxes He stumbled to hls knees and crawled to the fuse yanklng It from the box He called to the men on the upon seelng the fallen man they rushed forward Its the boss called one I thought he was wlth u after he stopped to llght the fuse A few mmutes later Hans was back at the college campus He arrlved just IU tlme to see Chapman wln the race Some newspaper men rushed rlght by Chapman and greeted Hans Were you afrald of arrlvlng too late to save the man? How dld you know the Workman was lylng ln the snow? What are you golng to do wlth the scholarshlp you re gomg to be awarded? were the questlons popped at Hans Meanwhlle Roy stood wxth a vacant look on hls face as he was lgnored Later as Hans was rldmg home he sank lntoadeep dlsmal sllence At last one of hls team mates sald You re more famous than Chapman tonlght' ' -1 I 23 l 1- , . . , . h Q ' , ' , ', ' . e , . . : - - ' . 7 Q H . . . . ' ' ' 7 . . : , . . l ft. ' ' , ' , , - -- - hlll, who approached tlmldlyg then, . 9 1 n n 1 at , h U 7 I LL ' , , ' S Q ' H n u l ',, I I , . , . , . . I ' yy cc - l ' ' yy na ' ' , 1 1 n y u - ra ' ' 1 u 7 1 . . . ,