Pembroke High School - Mattakeesett Yearbook (Pembroke, MA)

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THE WAMPUM at short and third respectively. E. Johnson and Snow, as of last year, are leading with the bat. This year we will lose by graduation B. Donnell, whose steady catching and hitting have 19 been such a valuable asset to the team. But there is much material to be de- veloped for catcher, so we hope to make the team of 1916 an improvement even on the one of 1915. Grinds In your weirdest reveries can you imagine : Snow not drawing pictures. Graham not lettering. Crossley not getting A-f in geom- etry. Burkett and Straight not fooling. Lucia Whitman getting to school on time. Spofford talking to a girl. Mix not sent out of class daily. The eighth grade not asking ques- tions. Jones dancing. Wanted : No exams. A blizzard and no school. A jitney bus for those who have to stay after school. A first class carpenter to enlarge the front door for Frank ' s convenience. Money for graduation. A first class rat catcher. A safe to keep the Literary Society dues in. A day off to catch herring. Another sleigh-ride. A few more men to be as benevolent as Mr. Shepherd to the B. B. A. A school telephone. Fewer ten cent rings flashing around the school building. Visitors and more visitors. Less Latin Prose Lessons. A cantata for graduation. In singing — second sopranos. Minister — Dost thou love thy neigh- as thyself? Mr. D. — I try to, but she won ' t let me. — Ex. Mr. Mac (after a collision with a stranger)— Why don ' t you look where you are going? Stranger — Why don ' t you go where you are looking? Overheard in Junior English. Mr. D.— Mr. Crossley, what is a theme ? Mr. Crossley — Something we have to pass in every month. John (at supper) — Mary, did you make this pudding out of the cook- book? Mary — Yes, dear. John — I thought so; here ' s a piece of one of the covers. — Ex. Mutt — I never knew before what they hired the girls to do at the Wal- tham Watch Factory. Jeff— What is it? Mutt— To make faces. —Ex. E. S. J. (going into a barber shop) — How long before you can shave me, Pete? Pete (after looking him over) — About two years. Miss Clark (speaking on Current Topic Day) — They serve five meals a day on the transatlantic steamships. Drake (in undertone) — I am going to Europe right away. — Ex. Johnnie — Ma, how old is that lamp ? Ma — About three years. Johnnie — Turn it out; it is too voung to smoke. —Ex.

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IS THE WAMPUM and Tommy, the live coach, at bat, he hit a speedy grounder to Burkett, who disposed of the runner at first. The great pitching of Crowell was the fea- ture of the game, giving one base on balls and four scratch hits with a total of seven bases. Batteries : Pembroke ; Crowell and B. Donnell. Partridge; Briggs, Carey and Prince. Strikeouts: Crowell 11, Briggs 6. Bases on Balls, Crowell 1, Briggs 2. Umpire, Hartford. Hanover H. S. 14, Pembroke H. S. 4. In a loosely played game in which the errors of Pembroke were the fea- ture, Hanover High beat Pembroke High, 14 to 4. The members of the home team were more or less tired and unable to do their best work. For the winners Flavell pitched good ball, which coupled with Al support, was able to hold Pembroke to four runs. Crowell had an off day, allowing ten bases on balls. The hitting of E. John- son and Snow, and a spectacular catch by C. Johnson were the only bright features of the Pembroke boys ' playing. Batteries: Hanover; Flavell and I. Hunt. Pembroke; Crowell, Snow and B. Donnell. Strikeouts, Flavell 8,. Crowell 13. Bases on Balls, Flavell 3. Crowell 10. Umpire, Downes. Pembroke H. S. 11, Marshfield H. S. 7. Pembroke High beat Marshfield High 11 to 7 at Pembroke. Marshfield came up amid much din and racket, only to go home a glum and dejected bunch. Crowell pitched a star game, striking out fifteen and giving but four walking tickets. In this game the hitting of B. Donnell and Snow was noticeable. Pembroke knocked the first Marshfield pitcher out of the box with a series of hits. Batteries: Pembroke; Crowell, B. Donnell. Marshfield; Sinnot, Sim- monds, Taggot. Strikeouts: Crowell 15, Simmonds 3. Bases on Balls, Crowell 4, Simmonds 5. Umpires, Pulsifer and Flavell. Pembroke H. S. 13, Hanover H. S. 11. In a game that was veritably a slug- ging match, Pembroke High defeated Hanover High, 13 to 11. Hanover, ex- pecting a walk-over, started with their third-string pitcher who met his Nemesis in the first inning, after six runs had been scored. He was sup- planted by another, who soon got his passport. Henderson then went in, and managed to hold Pembroke to six runs. Charles Johnson of Pembroke, after a high fly, ran into a fence and had to stay out of the rest of the game. Young was tried second and played a clean, steady game, catching a difficult fly. In the ninth inning the score was a tie, until a single by Crossley and a three-bagger by E. Johnson brought things to a crisis. Crossley in stealing home drew a throw that was wild, and on this Johnson scored. Hanover re- tired in the ninth easily. The first man struck out, the second hit a pop fly to Young, and the third whiffed the breezes. Batteries: Pembroke; Crowell and Donnell. Hanover; Hunt, Henderson, Howes, Thompson. Bases on Balls, Crowell 4, Henderson 2, Thompson 2. Strikeouts; Crowell 9, Henderson 5, Thompson 4. Umpire, Pulsifer. At- tendance 100. Time, 1 hour, 40 min- utes. With four games won, and only one lost, the prospect certainly looks br ight. We intend to beat Marshfield easily, Partridge not so easily, but win from them nevertheless. We hope that a rubber may be played with Han- over. LINEUP. Burkett, 3b. Young, 2b. Snow, s.s. Crossley, c.f. E. Johnson, lb. Graham, A. Donnell, r.f. B. Donnell, c. C. Johnson, l.f. Crowell, p. Young has been transferred to sec- ond, and at Hanover played a good game. Charles Johnson is getting ev- erything, as is Crossley. Snow and Burkett are both playing a good game

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20 THE WAMPUM P. — Do you not find it a great thing to have a telephone in your house? L. — Yes, sir, my neighbors tell me they could not get along without it. — Ex. And this is the pillar of Hercules ! she said, removing her spectacles. Gracious, what is the rest of his bed clothes like, I wonder? —Ex. Who ' s Who at P. H. S. Smartest, Most Popular, Best Athlete, Biggest Bluffer, Wittiest, Biggest Feet, Most Deliberate, Biggest Grind, Biggest Eater, Willard Snow. Hazel Chapman Willard Snow Elwood Johnson Frank Bichmond Willard Snow Walter Crowell Herbert Jones Elwood Johnson Second out of sight. Quietest, Lawrence Spofford Biggest Talker, Walter Crowell Jolliest, Agnes Christie Biggest Waist Measure, Herbert Jones Best Artist, Alvin Straight Best Pianist, Irene Carter Best Singers, Alice Gerow and Willard Snow Best Actor, Arthur Donnell Best Dancers, Amelia Torres and Benjamin Donnell Shortest, Tallest, Heaviest, Best Letterer, School Optimist, School Pessimist, Most Dignified, Most Gullible, Dreamiest, Kenneth Burket Walter Crossley Herbert Jones Arthur Graham Kenneth Burkett Walter Crowell Louise Bates Charles Johnson Alvin Straight Most Easily Disturbed, Arthur Graham Most Practical, Walter Crossley Most Irresponsible, Kenneth Burkett Most Reliable, Walter Crossley